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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Students to gain information on majors at Exploring Majors Fair

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 2013

NIU is out to help all the students who have had trouble settling on a major.The Exploring Majors Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.More than 700 students attend the fair each...

Dr. David Yeager speaks at his presentation: "Mindsets That Promote Academic Tenacity" in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center on Tuesday afternoon. His presentation focused on ways that teachers could better engage their students and set them up for success.

Speaker discusses student motivation

By Kevin Steiger | February 20, 2013

David Yeager, a Carnegie Foundation fellow and educator, presented “Mindsets that Promote Academic Tenacity” to the faculty and student body to help increase student motivation and success. The event was sponsored by the NIU Collaborative on Early...

Ellington’s reopens with new menu

By Logan Love | February 19, 2013

A new menu is available at Ellington’s as they reopen for the semester today. The restaurant is run by students of family, consumer, and nutrition science (FCNS) class 320. The restaurant has more than 100 reservations for today. A three-course meal...

Senator Rebecca Clark speaks about Tuesday's Internship Fair at the SA Senate meeting on Monday. The Internship fair allows NIU students to apply for internships during the summer or school year and speak to employers.

SA Senate discusses voter turnout

By Erin Kolb | February 17, 2013

The Student Association (SA) Senate met Sunday in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room to discuss issues in the structure of undergraduate council committees and lack of student participation in SA elections. According to Senate Speaker James Zanayed, the...

Sam Hight Sextet to perform for NIU

By Katie Finlon | February 17, 2013

The Sam Hight Sextet will play 8 p.m. Mondays at the Holmes Student Center Diversions room. The sextet had a recent lineup change. The members of the Sam Hight Sextet are Bobby Cooper on trumpet, Andy Czarnecki on guitar, Sam Hight on alto saxophone,...

Julia Lamb, outreach coordinator at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (left), tells Brittany McGee, freshman actuarial science major (right), about the advantages of studying abroad in Southeast Asia.

Holmes Student Center to host the Study Abroad Fair

By Kelly Marshall | February 6, 2013

Students will be able to meet with faculty members who direct the worldwide short-term study abroad programs at the Study Abroad Fair today. The 20th annual fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center’s gallery. This is the first...

Marketing major, Matt Pashawitz shakes hands with an employer at the Marketing and Sales Talent Night at the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center on Monday evening.

NIU holds it annual Marketing and Sales Talent Night

By Erin Kolb | February 4, 2013

Representatives from 45 different marketing and sales companies attended the annual Marketing and Sales Talent Night on Monday. The excitement lasted from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. According to Rick Ridnour,...

Soup & Success series to hold time management event

By Northern Star Staff | January 28, 2013

It’s About Time! (Management) will be hosted from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center. The event is part of a workshop series called Soup and Success, geared toward creating student-centered events and encouraging...

Save-A-Vet event to honor etired miliary dogs

By Northern Star Staff | January 28, 2013

Save-A-Vet (SAV) is determined to help rescue military working dogs (MWD) from being put down when their service to our country is done. SAV provides housing for disabled veterans in exchange for caring for the dogs. Danny Scheurer is accompanied by retired...

Holmes Student Center to offer driving license services

By Robert Baird | January 23, 2013

Students, faculty and local residents will have the opportunity to utilize the office services of Secretary of State Jesse White from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center. The office will be providing certain driver...

MLK activies planned

By The Northern Star Staff | January 17, 2013

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, several groups will host events, including a week-long food drive for the Salvation Army. The MLK Week of Service Committee will be collecting non-perishable foods at all MLK week events. The discussion...

NIU to host Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day

By Jessi Haish | January 14, 2013

Online registration is open. The event will be held on April 23 in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. Students currently enrolled at NIU who have participated in a faculty-mentored research or creative project are eligible to showcase...

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