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Northern Illinois University students and local community members are invited to witness the devastation caused by an alcohol-related car crash during a mock DUI rescue. The annual simulation will take place in lot C of the NIU Convocation Center from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. Conducted by the NIU Department of Police and...

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In Springfield … Fall Veto Session begins Tuesday, Oct. 25, and we are seeing public statements by various elected officials on items they hope will be addressed during the six days of this session. Gov. Pat Quinn, who used his amendatory veto on House Bill 1353, is hoping that the General Assembly will not override...

The Call for Presentations to present research and artistry at the 2012 Third Annual Research Conference, sponsored by the Graduate Student Research Association, is now available online. The conference will be held Saturday, March 31, in the Holmes Student Center. Attendance is free to all students, faculty and staff. All NIU students, graduate and undergraduate,...

NIU’s Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management has a new marketing campaign and message for students: the “Match Made in Heaven” with Victor E. The deadline is Friday, Dec.  9. Students can’t help becoming attached to Victor E. Huskie and all the activities and programs he can offer them. The campaign’s message is about...

NIU and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, Taiwan, signed an historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) June 28, 2011, agreeing to foster academic exchange and cooperation between the two institutions. This agreement allows for the exchange of students, faculty and information as well as collaboration in academic programs, conferences and research. Any college or...

A memorial service will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 12, for William Tolhurst. The service will take place in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. Light refreshment will be served immediately following the program. Tolhurst—a veteran professor in the NIU Department of Philosophy who was well known for his...

Central Management Services has announced a Special Enrollment Period that will allow employees to switch their insurance coverage if they so desire. During the Special Enrollment Period, from Monday, Oct. 10, through Friday, Oct. 28, members wishing to change their health plan must complete the Special Enrollment Form, available on the benefits website, sign it...

Where are you getting your next meal? Some DeKalb residents don’t have an answer to that question. Thanks to a new NIU program, however, the hungry in DeKalb have an answer in a new set of allies; NIU students, faculty and staff who want to fight hunger in their own communities. President Obama challenged higher...

NIU’s Center for NGO Leadership and Development, or NGOLD, will host an open house from noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10,  in Room 114 of Zulauf Hall. Coinciding with the open house will be a special information session on the new Community Leadership and Civic Engagement (CLCE) major. The session will be held from...

With the Illinois General Assembly’s Fall Veto Session less than a month away, look for the issue of state employee pension plans to start creeping back into the headlines, says Steve Cunningham, NIU vice president for Administration and Human Resources. The topic dominated much of the discussion at the end of the spring legislative session,...

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is honoring 11 people with Distinguished Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Awards. Dean Christopher McCord and Provost Raymond Alden will present the awards during an Oct. 14 reception, dinner and awards program at the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. The annual awards were established during the college’s 50th anniversary year in...