Lisa Hoogerwerf, account executive for Financial Shares Corporation, addressed the 40-member audience on how to prepare for the first job after college. The 1984 NIU graduate spoke about the "Checklist for Success" to members of the Public Relations Student...

The possibility of discrimination at several Illinois colleges and universities has raised concerns with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's Student Advisory Committee about the severity of the problem among state institutions. Student Advisory Committee...

High school students interested in attending NIU are invited with their parents to attend a Columbus Day open house to become familiar with NIU's campus and academic offerings. Prospective students can check in at the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington...

An NIU assistant French professor recently received a certificate of appreciation from the State Board of Education. D. Raymond Tourville was awarded the certificate for his contributions in the development of foreign language and international studies...

Members of the Huskie Busline and the Student Association Mass Transit Board will be working together this semester to improve the quality of service on several routes, including routes 3 and 4. One problem is the amount of time scheduled for each route....

In order to ensure English proficiency in NIU classrooms, the Advisory Committee on Effective Classroom Instruction will be recommending a minimum Test of Spoken English (TSE) score which some foreign students will have to attain before they can become...

Employees and customers of Otto's have started a "We Care" fund in memory of Christine Billmyer, the NIU student who died after being injured in a car accident Sunday morning. Billmyer, who worked at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Hwy., was a passenger in a car...

Parents and alumni might be left out in the cornfields after attending the festivities of NIU's Homecoming unless they have already made reservations for DeKalb-area hotels and motels. Many hotels have been booked for months and some as far in advance...

NIU's computerized data base, Illinois Research Network, provides information to those searching for expertise on a given subject. The network contains professional profiles on more than 6,000 Illinois faculty members from 12 universities, 800 of whom...

A discussion on current policies in the Soviet Union will be led by Albert Resis, associate professor of history, tonight at 9 p.m. in Swen Parson's moot courtroom. "Moscow September ‘87: Gorbachev's Dream and Reality", will focus on Resis' trip to...

FREEPORT—NIU announced its intention to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Tuesday to offer a master of arts degree in library and information studies at the Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center in Rock Island. NIU President John LaTourette said the...

The NIU School of Music recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts which will allow it to expand on its scholarship program designed for exceptional students headed for professional careers in music. "It's a very significant recognition...