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Lauren Nale, Junior Rehabilitation Services student, speaks at the relaunch party for "Honorable Mentions," an online student journal for all university honors students on Wednesday night in the Campus Life Building.

Honors program to relaunch online journal

By Lindsey Rodriguez | January 30, 2013

Honors students will soon be sharing their skills with the world--again. Honorable Mentions, an online student-run journal that is open to all University Honors students, will relaunch on Friday. A party was hosted on Wednesday to celebrate the publication’s...

Total enrollment slips

By Erin Kolb & Felix Sarver | September 13, 2012

Student enrollment saw a decrease for the third year in a row. The ten-day count for student enrollment is down by 4.9 percent from last year, with 21,869 students enrolled for the fall 2012 semester. Student enrollment in fall 2011 was 22,990 and 23,850...

Management Professor Shannon Taylor "left" faces off against,
Marshal Happ junior bio-chemistry pre-medical major in the Honors
Faculty vs. Students soccer game in the Chick Evans Field House
Thursday night.

Honors sutudents defeat honors faculty in soccer match

By Andrea Azzo | October 13, 2011

NIU Honors students overcame honors faculty to take the win in a 10-4 victory in the department's annual soccer match Thursday afternoon.Engineering technology professor Andrew Otieno said honors faculty felt confident going the match, held in the Chick...

Saying goodbye after 24 years at NIU

By Letter writer | February 15, 2011

An Open Letter to NIU: One of the few positive aspects of otherwise sad partings is that they provide a rare moment during which we often recollect and thank those to whom we are indebted. As some of you already know, on July 1, 2011 I will leave Northern...

Project Prom works to make younger girls’ dreams come true

By Takia Simpson | February 15, 2011

Got prom dresses? The NIU Women's Resource Center is teaming with the NIU Honors Program to collect used prom gowns that will be donated to girls in the DeKalb community. Project Prom will be collecting gowns in the Women's Resource Center until Thursday....

Students volunteer at Conexion Comunidad

By Leah Spagnoli | November 29, 2010

Honors student Lauren Sikes said she volunteers every week in order to give back and work with students in the community. NIU honors students volunteer at the Conexion Comunidad, 637 11th St., from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays....