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Money Smart Week

Money Smart Week

By Ryan Ocasio | April 8, 2014

Educational children’s books line a table as Mary Beth Henning, co-director of the Center of Economic Education, holds up a children’s book called “Isabel’s Car Wash” and discusses ways to introduce children to finance and the concept of saving,...

Children taught financial literacy

Children taught financial literacy

By Lark Lewis | April 8, 2014

From interactive websites to nonfiction stories of entrepreneurship, the Center for Economic Education presented ways to introduce students to the world of personal finance Monday.The center gave administrators resources to teach their students financial...

University Council lets plus/minus grading system through

By Felix Sarver | November 7, 2012

Plus/minus grading will soon go into effect at NIU. The option to veto the plus/minus grading policy was brought up again at a University Council (UC) meeting Wednesday. The UC decided during an Oct. 10 meeting to send the policy to the Undergraduate...