For Orientation and Family Connections (OFC) summer is the busiest time of the year. Soon thousands of new students and their family members will arrive on campus for their orientation and enrollment program. Between Thursday, June 6 and Monday, Aug. 12, OFC
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A new Pre-Orientation Program will give students a running start before attending on-campus orientation this fall. A self-guided online module, the Pre-Orientation Program (POP) provides students with their first look at the information they’ll use to navigate the numerous academic and support
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Northern Illinois University junior Cornell Cox is not afraid to confront life’s big questions. In a conversation about his path to NIU and his choice of major, he brings up climate change and war, deep questions about how human behaviors have led
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The NIU Department of Mathematical Sciences will host a regional mathematics competition from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at DuSable Hall and the Carl Sandburg Auditorium at the Holmes Student Center. Close to 400 students from 17 high schools
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There is so much more than football that could explain the love and regard new NIU head football coach Thomas Hammock, ’02, has for his alma mater. “[NIU] has always been a special place for me in my development as a man,”
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The Huskie Hack – NIU’s annual 24-hour hackathon – is being revamped this year. The revitalized hack now offers more opportunities for NIU student mentors to gain project management experience as they work with teams of high school students who are harnessing
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By the fall of 2019, a full-service Starbucks coffee house should be operational on the NIU campus. As part of the renovations at the Holmes Student Center (HSC), crews are building out a space for the popular destination coffee shop. The new
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While the demand for mental health services on campus is growing, the folks at NIU’s Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) want students to know they are always available to help more people. Students should not hesitate to contact CCS should they need
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Students will have a new provider of health care services when classes resume next semester. The NIU Board of Trustees approved an agreement Nov. 15 to have Northwestern Medicine assume management of Health Services, effective Jan. 7. Such a change was among
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Students who have attended high school in Illinois—especially those from DeKalb County and the city of Chicago—are the focus of new scholarship incentives announced this week. Funded by a $2.73 million grant from the state of Illinois matched by the university, NIU’s
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Chad McEvoy NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) will launch a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management next fall. The new program capitalizes on the department’s rich heritage of preparing graduate students for careers in the thriving sport industry, which includes all of Chicago’s major professional
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Northern Illinois University’s STEMfest is an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and math that strives to introduce all people to the wonders of science. However, for some adults and children, a loud, bright and crowded environment makes it hard for them
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