NIU's Career Planning and Placement Center helps students cope with the pressures and problems of finding a job after graduation. Campus Recruiting Coordinator Jean Callary said the most used service in her office is the on-campus recruiting program....

Careers trends in the 1990s will move toward well-rounded generalists rather than narrowly-focused specialists, said a coordinator in cooperative education. According to Doug Davis, special populations and humanities coordinator for the Cooperative Education...

Want a job? Be prepared to hunt. Ellen Anderson, a placement counselor for the Career Planning and Placement Center, said it takes about five to six months to find the "right job. So, we recommend that students begin looking in January." "People who sit...

When looking for a job, remember at least two things: working abroad is always a possibility and the NIU Career Planning and Placement Center has information to help. The career planning and placement program provides free information for students and...

Some NIU students and faculty are happy but wary about the recent legalization of the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela's possible release from prison. South African President F.W. de Klerk announced Friday the African National Congress would...

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series examining financial aid opportunities at NIU. Today's article looks at low-interest loans. Paying for college has never been easy, but those aware of financial aid opportunities available at NIU...

When looking for a job, remember at least two things: working abroad is always a possibility and the NIU Career Planning and Placement Center has information to help. The career planning and placement program provides free information for students and...

The best-paying jobs for recent NIU graduates have come from the electrical engineering field. Yes, that's right, electrical engineering. NIU electrical engineering majors who graduated 1988-89 report they earn a median salary of $32,000 a year, representing...

NIU will raise the hourly minimum wage five cents to $3.80 for students when the federal minimum wage increases in April, 1990. "Traditionally, NIU has always followed the minimum wage laws," even though the government does not require it from state agencies,...

Prepaid rents and security deposits protect student tenants and landlords, according to DeKalb apartment managers. Sixth Ward Alderman Jamie Pennington proposed a landlord and tenant ordinance limiting the amount of prepaid rent to a month and a half....

Rockford area college officials welcome an NIU graduate studies extension. "We're looking forward to NIU being established in our community," said Rock Valley College President Karl Jacobs. "It'll be an evolutionary process of NIU fitting into Rockford's...

This letter is in response to a letter that appeared in the Jan. 29 edition of The Northern Star. The subject of the letter was, of course, abortion. I found a statement made by the author rather disturbing. Ms. Hoffner stated, "This result (conception)...is...