The NIU Outstanding Service Award is presented each year to recognize individual civil service employees who demonstrate outstanding service and who make significant contributions to the university and to their community. Up to four awards are presented at the annual Operating Staff
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The Latino Resource Center’s (LRC) peer mentoring program has wrapped up its semester. The program assists Latino freshmen students in their transition and adjustment to college life by providing social, cultural and academic support through the help of a mentor. Approximately 30 mentors
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Update: 12/22/16 – Please note, both events are now sold out. Wait-list names are being accepted if any additional tickets become available. Don’t miss out on a chance to see “Hamilton: An American Musical” at the Private Bank Theatre in Chicago, on Tuesday,
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When Third Coast Percussion’s latest album “Third Coast Percussion – Steve Reich” was nominated for a Grammy award, NIU had reason to celebrate. NIU School of Music alumnus and faculty member Dan Nichols (B.A. ’05, M.M. ’08) is the recording engineer and
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The Northern Illinois University spring ACT and SAT Test Preparation program provides individualized attention in a small classroom setting and offers students a chance to best prepare themselves for the ACT or SAT. NIU parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays but
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Northern Illinois University has hundreds of helping hands looking for meaningful projects to tackle on NIU Cares Day, Saturday, April 22, 2017, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. The event is sponsored by Student Involvement and Leadership Development (SILD). This will be the eleventh
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The month of December is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Journals not posted at that time will go into January business. Final December reports are scheduled to be available on Tuesday, Jan. 10. January
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Over three weeks in January, the College of Law will help students prepare for the LSAT with two practice exams and a Pre-Law Workshop in between. First, take the Practice LSAT from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. This
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Now through Jan. 22, Nutrition Coaching at Campus Recreation is offering an early bird rate of $29 (regularly $39). This one-time fee offers you up to weekly visits with a Nutrition Coach throughout the spring semester. Payment can be made through your
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The end of the fall semester sees students across campus heading home for a much-needed break and a chance to gear up for the spring semester. As many people rush to finish off their holiday shopping, employers and the health insurance industry face
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NIU Athletics would like to wish all NIU faculty and staff a very happy holiday season and to remind you all to take advantage of a special invitation available only to you. Join us for an afternoon of NIU Basketball and the
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NIU hosts a number of career-focused events to give students a leg up in the working world. So why weren’t more students attending? Chad Glover, director of NIU’s Jobs PLUS set out to discover the reason. He stopped random students across campus
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