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The Northern Illinois University Fall ACT Test preparation program provides individualized attention in a small classroom setting and offers students a chance to best prepare themselves for the ACT test. The program begins Sunday, Oct. 6, and be held on consecutive Sundays until Nov. 3 in Graham Hall Room 334 from 1 to 4:30 p.m....

How can U.S. teachers build the coming generation of U.S. students do to build STEM pipelines? NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology introduced more than 30 middle and high school teachers of science, math and technology to engineering careers through an ASM Materials Science professional development program. The program, which inspires and motivates teachers...

NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming will offer Gay/Straight Alliance: LGBTQA Leadership and Activism, a new summer camp for students entering grades 9 through 12. Scheduled from Sunday, July 7, through Friday, July 12, the camp represents an opportunity for lesbian-, gay-, bisexual-, transgender-, queer-, questioning- and ally-identified high school students who...

It’s prom season: What better way to celebrate than by donating dresses and suits to local high school students? Did your prom or formal dress only get one wear? Did you only wear that tie or tuxedo once? Here’s a chance to give that glamorous gown another use and put that dancing tuxedo suit out...

Judges are needed for the Region V IJAS Science Fair, which takes place Saturday, March 23, in the Holmes Student Center. Science fair judges play a crucial role in an event that encourages the study of science among junior high and high school students, who participate in the fair by writing research papers and creating...

Northern Illinois Athletics invites all local high school athletic directors and guidance counselors to attend the first Northern Illinois High School Athletic Directors’ Resource Seminar at NIU from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. The free event will provide information to high school personnel so that they can assist student-athletes during the recruiting and...

Northern Illinois University will host the Illinois High School Association state football finals in odd-numbered years beginning in 2013 and running through 2021 the IHSA announced today. “This is a great day for our university, the DeKalb-Sycamore community and our entire northern Illinois region,” said Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president and director of Athletics....

NIU’s Exploring Careers in Health and Human Sciences Camp is scheduled the week of July 22 through July 27. Those days will prove busy ones for high school campers coming to NIU to learn about health care careers. Not only will they become involved in hands-on learning labs, they will also be assigned to teams...

Spring proms and formal dances are coming up fast. Finding the right dress can be costly and time consuming. The NIU Women’s Resource Center want to help via “Project Prom.” Throughout April,  high school and college students are welcome to come and choose from a wide selection of new or gently used prom or formal...

While social inequities and educational gaps in high schools across the United States have long been the subject of discussion, one voice that has not been previously heard is that of the constituents most directly affected: high school students. Thanks to Cynthia Taines, an assistant professor in NIU’s Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations...

As high school science teachers return to their classrooms to begin a new school year, scholars from NIU are urging them to talk more to girls. Otherwise, the College of Education researchers warn, the United States will struggle to meet its scientific and technological ambitions for the future. Science teachers spend 39 percent more class...

NIU faculty members will meet Wednesday, Nov. 10, with leaders of Rockford Public School District 205 to learn about NIU’s current activities in Rockford and about priorities for the Rockford schools. The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. Large, urban school districts...