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Northern Illinois University has been named to the list of Best National Universities as a first tier institution, ranked No. 189 by U.S. News and World Report. Last year, NIU was ranked 194 in this same category. “This is very good news,” said Raymond Alden, executive vice president and provost. “It affirms the excellence in...
Children young and old are invited to bring their imagination and sense of wonder to the NIU campus this October for a day of hands-on activities, demonstrations and exhibits focused on the marvels of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). For the third straight year, STEMfest will wow spectators at the NIU Convocation Center from...
Nirmala John
Northern Illinois University’s ACCESS has appointed Nirmala John assistant director for Peer Assisted Learning (PAL). Having spent more than 25 years serving as supervisor for the Tutoring Center at Harper College in Palatine, John will oversee the PAL tutoring centers located in Douglas Hall, Lincoln Hall, New Residence Hall and Founders Memorial Library. She also...
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The NIU Alumni Association invites all alumni, staff and students to expand their business network at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, during Speed Networking Night. Held at NIU-Naperville, the event will allow attendees to meet dozens of alumni who live in Chicagoland. Tickets are $15 for non-dues-paying members, faculty, staff and current students. Cardinal &...
The Future Leaders of Indonesia Program will bring 16 youth and adult leaders from Indonesia to the the NIU International Training Office from Sunday, Sept. 16, through Sunday, Sept. 30. Globalization drastically changes institutional arrangements, roles and patterns of interaction among global citizens. Along with the changes, globalization brings to fore various challenges and opportunities...
CTP faculty fellows talk during an Aug. 20 retreat.
NIU Vice Provost Anne Birberick is inviting faculty members to an upcoming interactive workshop on Next Generation Course Redesign, also known as NextGen, presented by Philip Turner and Brenda McCoy of the University of North Texas (UNT). Turner and McCoy will share their successful model for transforming large lecture classes into environments of experiential learning....
NIU Robotics Club
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology soon will have a new robotics club. The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in Room 253 (the Acoustics and Vibrations Lab) of the Engineering Building. Junior electrical engineering major Ryan Riddel hatched the concept for the club when he noticed that NIU did not...
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NIU will host the 10th annual SLATE Conference Thursday, Oct. 11, and Friday, Oct. 12, at NIU-Naperville. Over the past nine years, more than 2,500 people representing almost 120 unique institutions from the Midwest, across the country and around the world have attended the SLATE Conference. This conference invites all faculty, teaching staff, system administrators,...
Drew VandeCreek
University Libraries has launched Huskie Commons, a new online repository featuring NIU student theses and dissertations and faculty members’ publications in peer-reviewed journals. While outreach to NIU faculty is just beginning, Huskie Commons already contains full text versions of more than 60 faculty publications and links to more than 4,000 theses and dissertations. In the...
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Lawyers and clowns share the stage in the first play of the Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance 2012-2013 production season. An adaptation of Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” runs Thursday, Sept. 27, through Sunday, Sept. 30, and from Thursday, Oct. 4, through Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Stevens Building O’Connell...
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NIU-SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) will host guest speaker Danielle Newell, executive team lead of HR at Target Corp. and district resource for HR, from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Barsema Hall Room 127. The topic will be human resources in retail. All management and undecided business majors are encouraged to...
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The Illinois Department of Central Management Services has announced that it has extended insurance coverage provided by all current carriers at least until supplemental managed care contracts have been procured. The provision specifically affects those who are insured through Health Alliance HMO, Health Alliance Illinois and Coventry HMO. According to the announcement, those contracts could...
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