Through the Latino Resource Center, Northern Illinois University is offering a specialized, one-credit-hour UNIV 101 course that focuses on getting freshman students familiar with college life. The Latino Experience is geared specifically toward Latino students and issues related to their college experience,
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First-Year Experience invites all NIU staff, faculty and graduate students to attend the morning of the UNIV 101/201 Instructor Development Conference, scheduled Friday, May 17, in Barsema Hall 300. The day will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with a presentation by Vice
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Orientation & First-Year Experience and the NIU chapter of Lambda Sigma Sophomore Honor Society have teamed up this semester to offer second-year students an opportunity to give back to the campus and community. Through “Sophomore Days of Service,” Lambda Sigma members will
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Interested in helping first-year students learn how to succeed at NIU? Apply to become a UNIV 101/201 instructor for fall 2013. UNIV 101 is a one-credit, 12-week course focused on helping first-year students develop the essential academic and social skills needed to
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Northern Illinois University’s Common Reading Experience, Orientation & First-Year Experience and the Student Association are collaborating to sponsor “This I Believe about POLITICS,” an event centered around expressing beliefs related to government, laws, rights, leadership and other issues connected to the upcoming
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Dan Gediman, executive producer of National Public Radio’s “This I Believe” series and co-editor of the books, “This I Believe” and “This I Believe II” is coming to NIU. Gediman will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, and 11 a.m. Wednesday,
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Vasti Torres will provide the keynote address for “Strengthening the Student Experience,” the annual Midwest Drive-In conference for faculty, academic administrators, student affairs professionals and graduate students who work with first-year students. The conference is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28, at NIU’s
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NIU faculty, administrators, staff and returning students are encouraged to “Get the Book, Read the Book and Donate the Book” as part of the First-Year Common Reading Experience (CRE) this fall. For the second year, NIU’s book selection is This I Believe
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Second-year students at NIU could win an iPad 3, a Kindle Fire or a $25 gift card for Ollie’s Frozen Custard by participating in the Sophomore Experiences Survey online by Saturday, March 31. The 15-minute survey was sent as a link in
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If you were asked to write a 350- to 500-word essay about a strongly held belief, what would you say? Would it look the same as another person who hails from the NIU community? We all might have a connection to NIU,
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Interested in helping first-year students learn how to succeed at NIU? Apply to become a UNIV 101/201 instructor for fall 2012. UNIV 101 is a one-credit, 12-week course focused on helping first-year students develop the essential academic and social skills needed to
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What do you believe? Could you say it in 500 words or less? From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, First-Year Connections invites the campus to grab some free pizza, speak and hear others speak about personal beliefs at an open
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