The NIU Department of Communication is preparing to raise the curtain on its popular three-day Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival at the Jameson Auditorium, located inside the university’s Cole Hall. Free and open to the public, the 17th annual festival will
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Senator Dick Durbin sat down Tuesday with leaders from DREAM Action NIU to update them on efforts to protect DACA recipients. While the information was complex, his message was simple: Don’t give up. In a 30-minute session at Altgeld Hall, the Illinois
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The Northern Pact encompasses principles that outline the expectations we have for members of our community–being purposeful, just, caring, open, disciplined and celebrative. Each year, the Division of Student Affairs awards the Northern Pact scholarship to students who share this vision of service
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NIU’s Board of Trustees last Thursday approved a plan to join with the University of Illinois on legislation that would tie stable state funding to greater accountability. Trustees voted unanimously to partner with U of I on the Investment, Performance and Accountability
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Christine Rienstra Kiracofe, a professor in the NIU College of Education’s Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, has been named co-editor of Education Law Into Practice (ELIP). ELIP is a special section of West’s Education Law Reporter and sponsored by
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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. 24 at DuSable Hall and the Carl Sandburg Auditorium at the Holmes Student Center The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) Regional
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There is a great need to diversify faculty at Illinois’ universities to reflect the student body and society to address educational disparity. NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and College of Education will host a statewide conference on Saturday, Feb. 24,
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NIU’s Anna Quider will play a leading role this year in advocating for federal research funding to the nation’s universities. Quider, NIU’s director of federal relations, recently was elected president of the board of directors for the Science Coalition, a nonprofit and
Read moreDuring the 2017 Regional Leadership Conference of the Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (GLACURH) at La Cross, Wisconsin, NIU student leaders and staff were recognized with 16 awards for their hard work throughout the year. NIU attendees also
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Associate Professor Eric Jones, from the Department of History of History and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, has been selected as the recipient of NIU’s 2017 Outstanding International Educator Award. The announcement was made during the annual International Recognition Reception, one of many
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The Graduate Council’s Student Awards Committee is honoring four scholars for outstanding work on their theses and dissertations for work covering an impressive array of scholarly pursuits in two broad categories: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education; and Health Sciences and STEM.
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As the nation wrestles with concerns surrounding racial, religious and cultural divides, the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is working to address those social matters here at NIU. “ADEI has been diligently partnering with campus staff, faculty and students to
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