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Tag: Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning
Research Rookie Natalie Cincotta presents at URAD 2013.
NIU’s 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 interest to conduct a small-scale research project. Students applying for the Research Rookies program must be an...
NIU undergraduate student Larissa Root presents research in Washington, D.C.
The summer weeks are a great time for undergraduate students to participate in internships and research programs. These opportunities provide students the ability to apply theories and ideas learned in the classroom to hands-on work in the lab or conducting field work. One opportunity NIU undergraduate students can participate in is the Summer Research Opportunities...
Students discuss future plans at GSPS.
NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) is gearing up to host its spring semester events: Graduate School Preparation Seminar (GSPS) and GRE Basics Workshop. This past fall GSPS hosted 49 students, many of whom enjoyed the unique opportunities that GSPS provides. One student had this to say about the GSPS experience: “I...
Martin Luther King Jr.
NIU’s 2014 MLK Service Week will take place the week of Jan. 21. The week will promote civic reflection, community service, equality and diversity awareness throughout campus and in the community. Members of NIU’s MLK Week of Service planning committee were awarded the MLK Day of Service Collegiate Challenge grant for $1,200 from Illinois Campus...
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The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning’s 17 Themed Learning Communities (TLCs) have been getting out of the classroom and hitting the road to connect their educational lessons to real life experiences. A TLC consists of two to three general education courses taken in conjunction to examine a common theme across the disciplines. Faculty...
Harry and Jaymie Simmon join Anthony Roberts.
The 2014 cohort of NIU Research Rookies was introduced Monday in ceremonies at Altgeld Hall, outlining their participation in research projects that will tackle issues ranging from curing cancer to canceling out the noise of snoring. Now entering its fourth year, Research Rookies provides a select group of freshmen, sophomores and first-year transfer students the...
Sarah Stuebing can walk from her childhood home to her college campus in a matter of minutes. The path she chose at Northern Illinois University put the world at her feet. Since enrolling at NIU in 2010, she has been the model of the engaged student. She has conducted original scholarly research, cultivated a series...
Fall 2013 Developing Champions: In the Classroom, in Competition, and in Life TLC
NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning is offering two TLC informational sessions at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in Room 305 of the Holmes Student Center. These sessions are open to all and will provide information on the Themed Learning Communities (TLC) program as well as the proposal process. OSEEL...
Diane Ebert-May
NIU’s Department of Biological Sciences, in conjunction with Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning and Secondary Science Teacher Certification, invites faculty members, deans, and department chairs to a talk on “Driving Instruction with Data: Assessment.” Diane Ebert-May, a professor of plant biology at Michigan State University, will speak from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov....
Graduate School Preparation Seminar
NIU’s Graduate School Preparation Seminar (GSPS) takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 The GSPS costs $5 and includes seminar sessions and lunch. Students attending GSPS will receive information about finding the right graduate school, the application process, the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), creating a personal profile and utilizing campus resources....
Today’s students at Northern Illinois University have a multitude of resources available to them in order to provide support for a successful academic career and beyond. Among those support mechanisms are NIU’s so-called peer-to-peer mentoring programs. Sophomore pre-nursing student Shareny Mota has taken advantage of these programs since coming to NIU, and now, she’s taking...
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The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning will host its annual fall Bowling Bash for Themed Learning Communities (TLCs). The Bowling Bash will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Huskies Den in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center.  There will be free bowling and pizza for...
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