As NIU and the world around us deals with a global pandemic, artists continue to find ways to express themselves. In the College of Visual and Performing arts the learning and teaching hasn’t stopped, it’s simply evolved to meet the needs and
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s order to close nonessential businesses and the statewide mandate for residents to shelter in place has changed life as we know it, but there is one thing that remains unchanged. In DeKalb County, we come together to help our
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About three dozen of NIU’s most tech-savvy teachers are volunteering their time to help smoothen the transition for colleagues as the university shifts to remote instruction for the remainder of the semester. The Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center (FDIDC) recruited the
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Alternative Spring BAE 2020 Looking for silver linings has quickly become a daily, and necessary, healing priority for a struggling world. Viral videos of exhausted doctors performing John Lennon’s “Imagine” in a hospital lobby. Of relatives waving through windows at their loved
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Throughout the year hundreds of students participate in JobsPLUS through the program’s network of academic, employer, and extracurricular partners. Since our definition of “in school” has shifted to mean remote learning for the remainder of the semester, JobsPLUS has responded by making
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As the world faces the challenge of a lifetime in the spread of COVID-19, our community of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends is ready to face this monumental challenge with grit, perseverance, and compassion. The College of Business is embracing technology
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What are DeKalb County public health professionals doing to stem the tide of COVID-19? How many cases are there in DeKalb? What can you do to protect yourself and your community? Join us for an online discussion with DeKalb County Health Department
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As NIU and the world around us deals with a global pandemic, artists continue to find ways to express themselves. In the College of Visual and Performing arts the learning and teaching hasn’t stopped, it’s simply evolved to meet the needs and
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As NIU and the world around us deals with a global pandemic, artists continue to find ways to express themselves. In the College of Visual and Performing arts the learning and teaching hasn’t stopped, it’s simply evolved to meet the needs and
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What is artificial intelligence and how will robots affect your future career? How do humans respond to disasters? What does democracy mean and under what circumstances is it just? These are just a few of the questions honors students will have an
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Like many new employees, Mary Kay Soesbe was nervous about starting a new job when she was hired in October, 2019 in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education. “My previous position was with a small family business that grew into a
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NIU’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program once again received high marks in the latest U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate schools. The MPA program ranked fourth in the nation in the specialty field of local government management and
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