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Northern Illinois University College of Business alumnus Dean DeBiase will appear Sunday, April 8, on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” The last time DeBiase was connected with “The Apprentice,” he was the one at the head of the table telling contestants, “You’re fired.” That was in 2004, when he and two other alums filled the role...

An April 3 panel discussion on wrongful convictions gave law students at Northern Illinois University a powerful lesson about the long, and sometimes twisting, road to justice. Delivering that lesson was Juan Rivera, who spent 19 years of his life behind bars for a crime he did not commit – the rape and murder of...

The Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities (PCSM) at NIU has announce that NIU staff members Suzanne Coffield, Ellen Franklin and Wesley Coats (who is retired) are the recipients of the 2012 Deacon Davis Diversity Award. Named in honor of Deacon Davis, founder and former director of the CHANCE (Counseling Help & Assistance Necessary...

Members of the NIU Speech-Language Pathology faculty and staff are excited to be recognized for their diligent work in the form of a high ranking in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges and Universities listing. NIU’s graduate Speech-Language Pathology program is ranked first in the State of Illinois for master’s-only programs at...

NIU’s University Writing Center (UWC) will have consulting positions available for Fall 2012. The center will offer undergraduate positions, which require a consistent, 10-hour-per-week commitment. The center also will have 10-hour graduate assistant positions, which include tuition waivers and a stipend. The UWC hires from all majors. Open house are planned from 3 to 5 p.m....

Three seniors were the prize winners at this year’s Northern Illinois University Mathematics Contest. Scott Rexford, a senior mathematical sciences major from DeKalb, won first place, and will be awarded the first prize of $100. Nathanael Kozinski from DeKalb and Doug Fry (actuarial science) from St. Charles finished in a tie for second. Each will...

NIU trombone studio teacher Jeremy Moeller will present an evening of trombone music at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Moeller will perform pieces by Sulek, Rabe, Pryor, Wagenseil, Jongen and Bernstein. He will be accompanied by Yoko Yamada on piano. Moeller was appointed principal trombone of the...

The NIU School of Music will host its third annual World Music Festival from Wednesday, April 11, through Sunday, April 15. As usual, this week-long event will consist of concerts and lectures featuring various world music styles and cultural dialogues in music. NIU’s own Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, a student group led by two Syrian-born...

Studying abroad is the most unique way to learn. Not only does one get to achieve higher education, but one is also able to actively learn through cultural immersion in another country.  Students are able to see and experience things they only dreamed of before studying abroad. Suren Nersisyan and Vladimir Yelakov received the ultimate...

NIU’s annual Showcase of Student Writing, sponsored by the First Year Composition Program in the Department of English, will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The showcase provides a forum for hundreds of students in various English classes to share their...

Team Light Up Africa is a step closer to its goal of providing cheap, affordable electricity to the developing world. Their portable generator/energy storage device, the Zoom Box, was selected as one of 200 semifinalist in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. The competition drew more than 1,700 submissions. NIU’s four students are hoping to launch...

In conjunction with the current Graphic Novel Exhibition Suite, the NIU Art Museum has announced two new exhibitions opening with a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5, and several upcoming events. The Golden Age of Wordless Novels and Artist Illustrated Books, 1917-1951, explores a peak revival period of relief printmaking which enabled...