First-Year Connections (FYC) is looking for NIU faculty and Supportive Professional Staff who are interested in volunteering their time to mentor new students during their transition to NIU. The Student-Faculty Links mentoring program, a component of Orientation & First-Year Experience, gives NIU
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Had Dorothy left her Kansas home for the secure, StormReady confines of NIU, she would have had no need to fear the twister that whirled through her quaint rural town before sending her to Oz. For the ninth consecutive year, NIU
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President John Peters invites nominations of faculty, staff and students for appointment to the four presidential commissions for academic year 2011-2012. Self-nominations are welcome. Forward nominations, including name, address, e-mail and telephone number to Dori Hooker, Office of the President, at dorih@niu.edu.
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In the next couple of days, NIU employees will receive, at their home addresses, a letter from the Department of Central Management Services (CMS) regarding this year’s Benefit Choice Period. Changes for FY2012 that are currently definitive are summarized in the letter. On April 7,
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NIU history professor James D. Schmidt has received the 2011 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for his latest book, “Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor.” Schmidt received the prestigious annual award from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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The David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library has announced its schedule covering April 30 through May 30, which includes reading period and final exams, and from the Memorial Day holiday through the summer. Extended hours for Saturday, April 30, through Tuesday, May 17,
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If you were asked to write a 500-word essay about a strongly held belief, what would you say? New NIU students will have the opportunity to answer that question next fall when the book “This I Believe II,” edited by Jay Allison
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Registration is open for summer faculty/staff memberships to Recreation Services. Benefits of membership include: access to recreation/exercise in an air-conditioned building (Student Recreation Center) and swimming privileges at Gabel Pool. one free consultation with a certified personal trainer. access to sports equipment
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced four appointments to the governing board of Northern Illinois University. Newcomers Anthony A. Iosco and Robert T. Marshall Jr. begin new terms, while veteran trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer were reappointed to the
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The NIU Community School of the Arts is taking registrations for summer. A visit to www.csa.niu.edu provides information about the day camps, classes, ensembles and private lessons that are available for children and adults. The semester begins the week of June 13 and runs
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Every spring, the NIU Alumni Association recognizes the achievements of exemplary alumni through a series of prestigious awards. Winners of the Outstanding Alumni Awards for each of NIU’s academic colleges join recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award, the F. R. Geigle Service Award and
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The Friends of NIU Libraries is sponsoring its annual Book Appraisal Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Northern Illinois University’s Founders Memorial Library. Appraisals will be provided by Thomas
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