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Speaker inspires again

By KeAndre Worthy | September 26, 2013

Accountancy and College of Business students heard from an inspirational speaker who focused on motivating them through the semester and life.John O’Leary, an inspirational speaker who visited NIU in 2010, came back Wednesday to motivate more students.“Love...

Former faculty member honored

By Jessi Haish | June 19, 2013

Ten alumni of NIU’s accounting program are raising money to create the Donald E. Kieso Endowed Chair in Accountancy. The group looks to raise more than $1 million. Kieso is currently the Peat Marwick Emeritus Professor in the College of Business and...

College of Business, Goodwill Industries provide free tax preparation for low-income residents

By Lauren Dielman | February 7, 2012

Goodwill Industries and NIU's College of Business have teamed up with the DeKalb County Creating Assets, Savings and Hope Coalition (CA$H) to provide low-income residents in the DeKalb and Sycamore area to have their taxes prepared free of charge by NIU...

Editorial: NIU’s undergraduate catalog should reflect the amount of classes offered

By Editorial Board | November 6, 2011

NIU has earned a C average in coursework this year.The university offers many courses to students on the pages of its undergraduate catalog, but it only offers about 71 percent of those courses in a classroom.In accountancy, 77 percent of courses that...