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The new Braven UNIV 301 course will be offered for the spring semester and will be online from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. (Daija Hammonds | Northern Star)

Preparation for internships, jobs is the focus for new course UNIV 301

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | November 14, 2022

This past Fall, a new course, UNIV 301, Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator, began. This course helps students prepare for jobs and internships after they graduate.  “I would say that it is a great way to build tools that you are going to need...

Missteps lead publishing industry to review diversity effort

By HILLEL ITALIE | February 12, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — As debate rages around “American Dirt,” the bestselling novel criticized for its portrait of Mexican life and culture, publishers are pledging to change a historically white industry as critics question whether it can truly transform.Diversity...

Why should you or shouldn’t you get an internship?

By Northern Star Staff | June 22, 2014

Kevin BarteltStudents should definitely take advantage of summer internships.NIU offers students many internships. Career Services has a great program called Huskies Get Hired! You can narrow down your search options to specific interests, location and...

Interning worth lost free time

By Matthew Flores | April 13, 2014

Sacrificing time from your summer for an internship will benefit you in the long run.Every year students leave after their final exams to go home, take summer jobs or travel. They should use that time to gain experience that may get them a better career.“Internships...

Attendance at Internship Fair declines

By Carlos Galvez | February 18, 2014

Clarification: An earlier draft of this story reported that 200 fewer students attended the Internship Fair on Tuesday than last year. That number came from an early estimate before the event ended. The story has been amended to reflect the final attendance.Fewer...

Attend NIU fairs to gain experience

By Kim Randall | January 15, 2014

The Internship and Full-Time Career fairs that NIU offers provide a great way to get a shoe in the door in your field of choice.Though the fairs are next month, now is the time for students to begin prepping to ensure they are more than ready.The idea...

Internships boost chances for student success after college

Internships boost chances for student success after college

By Gina Lorusso | October 22, 2013

For many students, the idea of an internship seems intimidating and even scary.For others, it’s the long-awaited chance to make that transition from an undergraduate life on campus to a professional standpoint as an adult in the real world.Students...

Senior finance major, Kevin Rogina talks with a recruiter from New York Life Insurance Company about employment opportunities at the Job Fair held in the Convocation center on Wednesday.

NIU students look at prospective opportunities at job fair

By Kevin Steiger | February 20, 2013

More than 1,000 students and alumni sought their dream job at the 39th spring job fair Wednesday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. students, alumni and the public had the opportunity to meet company recruiters in person at the Convocation Center. Attendees dressed...

Hultgren to accept applications for political internships

By Northern Star Staff | November 19, 2012

Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Geneva, is accepting internship applications for spring and summer 2013. According to a Friday news release, the congressman will accepting both full- and part-time applicants for spring internships, and full-time applicants for...

NIU alumna to give speech on social media, internships in job market

By Ian Gough | April 16, 2012

Graduation and job-hunting can be endlessly stressful for some students, but it doesn’t have to be. At 3 p.m. Friday, NIU alumna Elena Haliczer will be giving a speech in Reavis Hall Room 211, entitled Impatience is a Virtue: how internships, social...

NIU should implement the trimester system

NIU should implement the trimester system

By Logan Short | April 27, 2011

Imagine getting off of school for winter break when Thanksgiving break starts instead of a week or two later, an extra week for spring break and fewer classes per period. These are some of the benefits that NIU would see from a trimester schedule versus...

Internships are still available

By Meaghen Harms | March 24, 2011

Available summer internships could be closer than one would think. Local businesses are still offering internships for area students. Internships are a way for students to see how a certain field of study translates outside of the classroom. "When they...