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Faculty initiates diversity

By Sam Malone | November 3, 2016

With racial tensions growing in the United States, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has attempted to dissolve this issue by providing diversity workshops to faculty.Janice Hamlet, director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the College of...

Pass/Fail: Diversity class will foster acceptance; MTV star deserved better fan support

By Brooklyn Harper | October 6, 2016

Pass: Diversity class will foster acceptanceOn Sunday, the Student Association Senate approved a resolution which will require students starting their first semester at NIU in fall 2017 and after to take at least one credit in a human diversity course...

Diverse administrative programs recommended to restructure

By Madison Kacer | May 3, 2016

Many administrative programs dedicated to diversity and inclusion were categorized as in need of transformation in the program prioritization reports released Monday.Program prioritization, which began in 2014, uses task forces to create reports that...

Exams don’t examine culture

By Marilou Terrones | October 12, 2014

Upcoming standardized exams generalize bilingual students’ language knowledge.On Saturday, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will administer bilingual exams in Watson Hall. During the two-hour tests, students are expected to prove...

Pass/fail: Diverse film series offered, Be cautious when driving

By Shaz Sheikhali | January 28, 2014

PassThe College of Education is offering a diversity film series.It is nice to see the College of Education strive to create a diverse content selection, with movies ranging in topic from ethnicity to sexual orientation.They will be showing an array of...

Local children to celebrate diversity with flag parade

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 2013

The flags of more than 200 countries will be on display on campus when local fifth graders hold their Parade of Flags.The annual parade begins at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Huskie Stadium. Students will go east on Lucinda Avenue and end in the Martin Luther...

Diversity does not include labels

By Danny Cozzi | April 10, 2013

When I was first hired as a community adviser in Stevenson Hall, there was an activity called “Dialogue on Diversity” during the few weeks of training. This was an hour or so discussion of “diversity,” during which one of the hall directors read...

Mikey Brown, junior family and individual development major,
performs at "Diversity Monologues" at Grant South Tuesday
night.

Project RED brings three days of diversity celebrations to Grant Tower

By Thomas Verschelde | November 8, 2011

Grant Tower is celebrating diversity through the the Residents Engaging in Diversity Project, also known as Project RED."Diversity is much bigger than race and culture," said Martise Cooks, full-time hall director of Grant D Tower. "It can be other things...

Black Student Union petitions to increase diversity in NIU faculty

By Jacqueline Evans | January 18, 2011

The Black Student Union (BSU) has pledged their support for the petition to increase ethnically diverse faculty at NIU, created through BSU member Sarah Theodore-Young. "The petition was an idea I developed after speaking with a group of friends about...

Unity in Diversity speech competition to celebrate cultural differences

By Shaun Zinck and Amy Kreeger | November 7, 2010

The Unity in Diversity Team is hosting "Celebrating our Differences Together," an event on campus to increase awareness of cultural and racial differences tonight at 7 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center. "The students who compete come from a variety of...

NIU campus sees increase in diversity

By Ryan Griesmeyer | September 20, 2010

Throughout the years, NIU's population has grown and evolved by welcoming different ethnic groups and cultures to the campus. "NIU has a very diverse population," said Residence Program Coordinator Gregory Ross. "If you walk across the campus on any day,...