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One year ago, as Sean Dwyer celebrated a few days off from his NIU classes during the Thanksgiving holiday, the first-year student in the College of Engineering & Engineering Technology got to work. It wasn’t finishing the leftover turkey, braving the Black Friday chaos or  watching as much football as humanly possible. It was the...
DeKalb Festival Chorus “Hodie, Hallelujah!” concert poster
Members of the DeKalb Festival Chorus will perform their holiday concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. The concert will take place at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, 26555 Brickville Road in Sycamore. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. The concert features beautiful works by J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Ola Gjielo...
Saundra McGuire
Northern Illinois University’s 2013 Teaching Effectiveness Institute will start with the traditional – the first day is devoted to strategies on motivating students and convincing them to focus on learning rather than grades – before racing to modern times with sessions on optimizing the digital classroom. What’s more, the day of digital talk will take...
Communication professor David Henningsen drops off gifts for foster children at the Lutheran Child and Family Services office in Belvidere.
NIU students are brightening the holidays for a group of adolescents who often go forgotten during the season of giving. As part of an engaged-learning project in two group-communication classes taught by Department of Communication professor David Henningsen, the NIU students collected about 400 gifts for teens in the foster care system. Young people ages...
NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women is accepting nominations for the 2013 NIU Outstanding Women Student Awards. The deadline for nominations is Friday, Dec. 20. This recognition program was created in 1980 and is held annually to: encourage the full participation of women students in all facets of the university experience and in...
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The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s Corporate Scholars program gives companies the opportunity to have an impact on the NIU campus. Partnering corporations help prime NIU students to fill engineering positions as interns or full time positions after graduation. “The Corporate Scholars program is a wonderful opportunity to pair the best and brightest students...
NIU career fair crowd
The holidays have begun, final exams are fast-approaching and winter break isn’t far behind. Nonetheless, staff in NIU Career Services have an important message for students from freshmen to seniors: The time to start thinking about spring semester career fairs is now. NIU’s spring 2013 career fairs offer students the chance to network and impress...
U.S. music schools are steeped in the tradition of helping students to maximize their artistry as musicians. But there is another side to the music industry. The business side. NIU is among the few schools in the country to offer students practical training in the dollars-and-cents aspect of music before they begin to earn a...
English as a second language (ESL) programs are becoming increasingly popular in teaching programs across the country. And no wonder. ESL credentials are increasingly necessary for teachers to land jobs. The reason: an exploding number of English language learners in public schools. In this state alone, according to a 2011 Illinois State Board of Education...
George M. Shur
George M. Shur, who served as general counsel for Northern Illinois University from 1983 until his retirement in 2003, died Sunday, Nov. 25. He was 70. An avid supporter of education and the community, Shur also served president of the board of education for DeKalb Community Unit School District 428. A memorial service will take...
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Taking a preview course before starting training for a new career is a little like taking a new car for a test drive – informative and helpful. Northern Illinois University’s Department of Special and Early Education in the College of Education is offering people the chance to “test drive” the Early Childhood Studies program by...
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Members of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra invite the public to its holiday pops concert. “Winter Wonderland” begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The traditional family concert will feature many holiday favorites, including Haydn’s “Toy Symphony” and a seasonal sing-along. This performance is sponsored...
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