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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...

College of Education to screen ‘How to Survive a Plague’

By Northern Star staff | February 18, 2015

College of Education will show the film “How to Survive a Plague” at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Cole Hall auditorium.“How to Survive a Plague” is a documentary about activists who in the early years of the AIDS epidemic fought for a more balanced public...

Taiwanese students visit NIU camp to experience American culture

Taiwanese students visit NIU camp to experience American culture

By Rhea Riley | July 20, 2014

26 Taiwanese students spent three weeks at NIU to experience the 2014 American Summer Education Camp and gain a better understanding of American culture.The camp started when Pi-Sui Hsu, associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology,...

Pop culture finds way into new courses

By Allison Krecek | December 4, 2013

Listening to Tupac, reading the Hunger Games and playing Dungeons and Dragons are all things students can do in classes coming next semester.The College of Education has created 15 classes available to all. The courses have been promoted through posters...