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NIU's Fall 2022 semester shows a downward trend in overall student enrollment | Getty Images

Fill in the blank: My advice for freshmen and transfer students is…

By Keely Quinlan, Marketing Team Member | September 8, 2022

My advice for Freshmen and/or incoming transfer students is to be yourself. I know it is very intimidating coming to a big college campus, especially if you are not from here. You should never have to change yourself for others, and so many people...

Sophomore Genesis DeLaTorre (left) walks to class with her
friend sophomore Karla Valle (right) Wednesday night in the MLK
Commons.

Raising the bar: NIU plans to improve scholarships, facilities, programs to attract students

By Felix Sarver | September 14, 2011

For the next 10 years, NIU aims to improve scholarships, campus facilities and create new academic programs to attract more and higher quality students as part of NIU President John Peters' Vision 2020 Initiative. NIU has some trouble attracting high...

Gimme some skin: National High Five Day starts scholarship fund for incoming freshmen

By Leah Spagnoli | April 21, 2011

For 10 years, the third Thursday in April has been considered "National High Five Day." Thursday was no different besides the fact that NH5D turned into a scholarship fund. In honor of the 10th annual National High Five Day, the National High Five Project...

First ever Admitted Student Day enrolls about 400 freshmen

By Kyla Gardner | February 21, 2011

DeKALB | About 400 new freshmen enrolled for the 2011 fall semester during the first ever NIU Admitted Student Day. About 65 to 70 percent of the high school seniors had enrolled before coming to campus Monday, said Megan Woodruff, assistant director...