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Pre-Veterinary Medicine Association to show off owl, vulture at Wednesday event

By Northern Star staff | March 4, 2015

Pre-Veterinary Medicine Association will hold an informational wildlife event at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Montgomery Hall Auditorium.The event will feature a presentation from the Oaken Acres Wildlife Center, 12140 Aldrich Road in Kingston. Members from the...

Smoke-Free Campus Act at NIU focus of community meeting

By Northern Star staff | March 4, 2015

NIU will hold an open meeting with residents and businesses Monday to discuss the Smoke-Free Campus Act.The Smoke-Free Campus Act, which goes into effect July 1, will prohibit smoking on all Illinois public university campuses, including outdoor spaces.The...

Senior marketing major Laine Smid (left) and sophomore accountancy major Chloe Pooler (right) converse with Rok Teasley of the Peace Corps Monday at Careers for a CAUSE. The Peace Corps was one of several organizations and businesses that attended Careers for a CAUSE at the Barsema Alumni & Visitor’s Center. The event encouraged students to attend so they could network with companies and executives.

CAUSE to teach social entrepreneurism at third annual Social Impact Summit

By Northern Star staff | March 4, 2015

CAUSE will hold its third annual Social Impact Summit 8:30 a.m. April 10 in the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center.The summit is held to teach students about social entrepreneurism and to facilitate networking.Breakfast and registration will run 8:30...

College of Education alumni to talk about bringing innovation to classrooms

By Northern Star staff | March 4, 2015

College of Education alumni will share how they've introduced innovation into their classrooms at an upcoming panel event, according to a College of Education news release.Renee Gust, owner of Kids Connection in St. Charles; Meg Van Dyke, a teacher at...

NIU VP Weldy responds to students’ housing questions on Twitter

By Northern Star staff | March 3, 2015

Why is New Hall still called New Hall? What will happen to Grant South and Lincoln Hall this fall? Find out the answers to these questions and more through Eric Weldy's, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Twitter takeover of...

Gender & Sexuality Resource Center celebrates This is What a Feminist Looks Like free sticker day

By Northern Star staff | March 3, 2015

Free stickers saying "This is a What Feminist Looks Like" are available today at Reavis Hall.Buttons bearing the phrase are also available for $1 in Reavis Hall, Room 103. Free stickers are available in Reavis Hall and at the Gender & Sexuality Resource...

NIU College of Law to hold Medical Marijuana Symposium

NIU College of Law to hold Medical Marijuana Symposium

By Northern Star staff | March 3, 2015

The College of Law will hold a Medical Marijuana Symposium 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 17 in Altgeld Hall, Room 315.This event is a conference to discuss Illinois’ marijuana pilot program, according to an NIU news release. Illinois’ marijuana regulation...

Department of Communication launches alumni newsletter, Communication Connections

By Northern Star staff | March 3, 2015

The Department of Communication has launched a newsletter, Communication Connections, to update alumni.The newsletter, released Tuesday, features stories about students, alumni, faculty and administration aligned with the department.

WOMS students hold bake sale to raise awareness of human trafficking

By Northern Star staff | March 2, 2015

WOMS 436H students will hold a bake sale to raise awareness of human trafficking 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in Founders Memorial Library.“We believe that one of the biggest tools against slavery is awareness and the more we can recognize...

Cesar Chavez to be honored during Student Organization, Migrant Students Foundation blood drive

By Northern Star staff | March 2, 2015

The Student Health Organization and the Migrant Students Foundation will hold the National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge noon to 4:45 p.m. March 26 in the Holmes Student Center, Capitol Room.The event was started in 2009 by the American Red Cross...

Secular Student Alliance to bring in Dan Barker for speaker series

By Northern Star staff | March 2, 2015

The Secular Student Alliance will hold the last three of five speakers in their spring 2015 speaker series during the coming weeks.• 6 p.m. March 25 at Faraday Hall, Room 143: Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, will present...

Student Association Senator David White discusses his bill to move SA executive elections to online voting during Sunday’s SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. White said online voting would increase voter participation, but other senators said turnout would be better increased with advertising.

SA Senate moves voting online

By Ashley Morse | March 2, 2015

After a nearly 90-minute debate on the effectiveness of online voting, the Student Association Senate passed a bill, 20-12, that would allow students to vote online for the SA executive election.Polling stations in DuSable Hall, the Holmes Student Center,...