Tag: Student Support Services
NIU’s Peer Mentor Summit will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Barsema Alumni Visitor Center. Registration is available online. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Students, faculty and staff are especially encouraged to attend if they are involved in mentoring or plan to be involved in mentoring in...
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars organization at NIU is planning its annual New Member Induction Ceremony, scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center. During the induction ceremony, new members will be presented with their pin of membership and introduced to the new inductees and...
NIU will host “Operation Graduation” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, to celebrate National TRiO Day. Sponsored by Student Support Services, workshops will be held in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Topics include: Social Media: Creating Your Own Brand College Readiness: Survival, Planning and Study Skills Graduate School...
College Parents Group will host its 13th annual “Christmas/Holiday for Kids” event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21. Many of the parents’ of the College Parents Group will participate as well as invite children from homeless and disadvantaged families in the community for an afternoon of good cheer at the Chandelier Dining Room on the...
John R. Nay, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, will visit NIU at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, to talk to students about international internships, fellowships and careers. Nay will speak in Neptune Central Meeting Room 109 about U.S. Department of State-sponsored opportunities for students that can lead to promising international careers. Programs offer...
During spring break this year, a group of NIU students in the Student Support Services program visited the nation’s capitol. They traveled with other students representing TRiO Programs throughout the state. TRiO Programs are federally funded initiatives aimed at helping students who are first-generation, low-income and/or learning or physically disabled. The students took part in...
NIU’s Student Support Services is celebrating not only the renewal of its federal funding but the addition of a fifth year. The U.S. Department of Education granted $1.8 million to the program, housed in the Office of the Provost, and extended its financial support because the NIU initiative is among the top 10 percent of...
Terrance Green, a nationally recognized speaker and the author of “Becoming an All ‘A’ Student: The Quick and Easy Guide to Getting a 4.0,” will train people to maximize their full potential in every aspect of life during a 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, presentation at NIU. Sponsored by the Graduate School, the Center for...
