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Students must take advantage of grants

By Angela Pagan | April 5, 2015

Students are underutilizing scholarship opportunities and need to take advantage of financial aid since it may be diminished due to budget cuts.NIU President Doug Baker said more than 4,000 students who rely on financial aid could be negatively affected...

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...

Graduate helps language center

By Keisha Howerth | February 5, 2014

Alumnus Ralph Strozza is helping keep foreign language students on the cutting edge of technology.Strozza, CEO and founder of InterPro Translation Solutions, recently made a second donation of SDL Trados Studio licenses for the Foreign Language Learning...