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Deadline for Promise Fund apps set for Nov.1

By Thomas Verschelde | October 26, 2011

The DeKalb County Community Foundation (DCCF) is accepting applications for a Promise Fund grant that would provide up to $1,500 to educational institutions and community organizations that provide services to the underserved.Elaine Suarez, DCCF Community...

Students make paper planes during STEMfest Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center. STEMfest celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics with hands-on activities, exhibitions and more.

STEM Festival brings interactive science experience to NIU

By Shadonna Merriweather | October 25, 2010

What turned out to be a morning full of heavy rain, dark clouds and ankle high puddles settled into an afternoon that kids could not resist. NIU’s Haunted Physics Laboratory metamorphosed into Spooky Science Saturday and was geared toward teaching little...