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Emani Brinkman can’t exactly say what prompted her to attend an informational meeting about Sycamore High School’s SpartanTV broadcasting club. “I just went,” the 14-year-old freshman says. “I started doing graphics for the basketball games, and it was really cool and fun.” Given that same opportunity Feb. 7 inside the NIU Convocation Center for the...
In an effort to better serve NIU students, the Office of Student Academic Success (OSAS) made some changes to help support student success initiatives. Last fall, the OSAS made the decision to centralize their student success specialists. Once spread out across campus in each of the academic colleges, the specialists are now located in the...
NIU’s Center for Black Studies has scheduled a full slate of events for Black Heritage Month 2014. The theme for this year is “Reclaiming Our Roots, Renewing Our Commitment” and will honor Nelson Mandela’s life, work and legacy. From 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, NIU Department of History professor Ismael Montana will lead...
NIU’s Office of Student Academic Success will host Edible Education, a series of informational workshops that include free lunch. The workshops are geared toward creating events that are student-centered and encourage student success initiatives. Lunch is provided to make this a comfortable environment for students to relax and engage with their speaker. Building Your Resume Wednesday,...
Northern Illinois University is inviting all football season ticket holders and Huskie Athletics Support Fund (HASF) donors to get an insider’s look at the 2014 NIU football signing class at a special National Signing Day Party beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. Join NIU head coach Rod Carey and his staff for a social...
OK, who’s ready to work? NIU’s spring 2014 career events offer students and job-seekers the chance to network and to impress potential employers. This spring features NIU’s annual Internship Fair, Full-time Job Fair, NIU Educators’ Job Fair and the Retail Leadership Expo. A pair of workshops are planned to help students prepare: “ABCs of Getting...
Pianist Yao Lin traveled 6,600 miles from her native city of Beijing because she was offered a full scholarship and graduate assistantship from the NIU School of Music. But a short bike ride on campus left her unable to play the piano. Lin, known on campus as Lina, remembers hitting the ground and losing feeling in...
NIU is the best place in the nation to earn online master’s degrees in education. So says U.S. News and World Report, which today released its third annual rankings of online programs – the only ones published that compare data of online degree programs rather than the schools that offer them. The NIU College of...
The Course Transformation Project (CTP) invites faculty interested in finding ways to make large lecture-based introductory classes more interactive and engaging to attend one of three CTP informational sessions this month. Sessions will be offered in Altgeld Hall 225: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 Faculty selected to...
NIU welcomed Douglas D. Baker last summer as the university’s 12th president. Since then, the NIU community has enjoyed getting to know President Baker and First Lady Dana Stover. This spring and summer, President Baker will hit the road to get acquainted with NIU alumni and friends across the nation. He will share his strategic...
All throughout the fall semester, Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) has been helping students find opportunities to give back to the community. Destiny McDonald, director of Community Service for SILD, said the push for students to get involved starts as soon as students arrive to campus. “As a part of Welcome Days in the fall,...
Got a New Year’s resolution in mind? NIU Psychology Professor Amanda Durik offers three motivational science-based tips that could help you accomplish your goals. Durik blogs on the topic this week on the Psychology Today website. (NIU psychology professors are regular contributors to the site.) She says accumulating research in the science of motivation suggests...