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Calling all faculty members conducting research this year: If you are interested in having an undergraduate student assist you with your research project, consider filling out the Faculty Mentor Interest Form. Faculty mentors are expected to guide students through the research or artistry process while providing their student with learning resources and necessary tools for...
Looking to become more independent in your research? Interested in learning more about your major and future career? NIU’s Student Engagement Fund is a collaborative effort by the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to provide stipends for students working on faculty-mentored research projects and to...
Research Rookies
The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning is now accepting applications for the Research Rookies Program for the 2015-16 academic year. What is the Research Rookies Program? Research Rookies pairs freshmen, sophomores and first-semester transfer students with faculty mentors to complete one-year research projects. Together, each team will write a formal research proposal, conduct...
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The Student Engagement Fund, developed by the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has extended the application deadline to Feb. 23. “We are so excited to launch this program and to work with an academic unit to encourage students to participate in research and student engagement,”...
Huskie Service Scholars
NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) is currently accepting site supervisor applications for the Huskie Service Scholars (HSS) program for the 2015-2016 academic year. Launched four years ago, the program has been changing to provide a rewarding experience for students and site supervisors (campus partner). HSS is a program that provides opportunities...
A collaborative effort by two Northern Illinois University units is making funding available to undergraduates to participate in research and other student engagement projects. The Student Engagement Fund, developed by the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will begin accepting proposals this week. Some funding is...
Biological Sciences major Zachary Howard works in Barrie Bode’s lab as a Research Rookie.
Looking to become involved on NIU’s campus? Interested in learning more about your major and future career? Want to earn $500 while gaining practical and invaluable experience? NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning is now accepting applications for the Research Rookies program for the 2015-2016 academic year. The Research Rookies program links students...
Undergraduate Research Assistantships
Looking for an on-campus job that aligns directly with student career success goals? Interested in conducting research on tornadoes, X-rays, fashion or personal relationships? Those are just a few of the options available to students who apply to work as an Undergraduate Research Assistant. The Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA) program provides opportunities for students to...
NIU biologist Rangaswamy “Nathan” Meganathan works with Debarati Ghose, a graduate student in biology.
First, the good news: Five NIU professors this summer snagged three prestigious grants that total nearly $1 million. Now for the better news: the funding also provides cutting-edge research opportunities for NIU students, allowing them to work alongside top scientists in their disciplines. “These are impressive research projects by an extraordinary group of faculty scientists...
NIU Research Rookie Hannah Savage
Looking to become involved on NIU’s campus? Interested in learning more about your major and future career? The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning is now accepting applications for the Huskie Research Rookies program for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Research Rookies program links students with faculty mentors in their major or area of...
Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day 2013
NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning will host the fifth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Approximately 350 current undergraduate students who have participated in a faculty-mentored research or an artistry project will be...
Nancy Lublin enjoys building things out of ideas and people. That’s why she’s coming Saturday, April 12, to Northern Illinois University on NIU Cares Day, to kick off the university’s annual Celebrating Excellence event with two separate presentations: “Do Something to Change the World” and “Finding Your Inner Entrepreneur.” Lublin is the CEO of DoSomething.org,...
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