Share Tweet Share Email
Tag: high school students
WYSE logo
More than 400 high school students will overtake the Duke Ellington Ballroom Thursday, March 3, as participants in the sectional Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) competition. Students from 47 area high schools will compete in four divisions based on the schools total enrollment (division 300, division 700, division 1,500, division unlimited). Students will...
The NIU Department of Mathematical Sciences will host a regional mathematics competition from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at DuSable Hall and the Altgeld Auditorium. More than 400 students from 16 high schools will participate in the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) Regional High School Mathematics Contest. Individual and team...
Photo of red pens on a stack of paper
With help from NIU students, Thomas McCann and Elizabeth Kahn, both NIU English professors specializing in teacher certification, say they have zeroed in on key strategies to improve high school student performance on writing assignments. Previous research shows, McCann says, that students perform better on writing assignments when given several opportunities to prepare for that...
Jack Olson Gallery
NIU’s Jack Olson Gallery, part of the School of Art and Design, will host its annual High School Invitational from Monday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 8. The exhibition in Room 200 of the Visual Arts Building showcases works by high school students from northern Illinois. In conjunction with the exhibition, the School of Art...
Photo of a person taking a standardized test with a No. 2 pencil
NIU’s fall 2015 ACT Test preparation program promotes individualized attention in a small classroom setting and offers students a chance to best prepare themselves for the ACT test. Registration for Saturdays or Sundays is now available online. The program covers English, math, reading and science reasoning. Sessions take place in Room 337 of Graham Hall....
Photo of an NIU tour
Next Friday, July 31, we will be hosting approximately 2,000 potential new Huskies and their families on campus. The Northern Illinois University Summer Open House takes place mainly in Holmes Student Center, but a campus scavenger hunt and departmental receptions are also planned. Open House experiences weigh very heavily on students’ final decision on where...
Research Rookie and Mentor Matching Engine mentor Tyler Stringer
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Do you have a desire to help students who are just beginning their journeys in the world of research? Mentor Matching Engine is looking for mentors like you. The Mentor Matching Engine is an online platform designed to connect professors and teachers with high school students to help mentor them...
Stateline Quiz Bowl by Bergstrom logo
A key component of the “Transform Rockford” movement is a greater emphasis on providing quality education to improve workforce readiness and provide better opportunities for the area’s young citizens. In that spirit, WTVO-TV Channel17/WQRF Fox 39 has announced that it will launch “Stateline Quiz Bowl by Bergstrom,” a new half-hour local television series that will...