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Cole Hall, Room 100, sits empty after classes on Tuesday. Cole Hall houses the Pick Museum of Anthropology. (Ariyonna McGahee | Northern Star)

Examining the effectiveness of lectures

By Brandon Clark, News Reporter | November 9, 2023

DeKALB – If you listen close while walking the corridors of DuSable Hall, you can hear the sound of higher education, and it sounds like a lecture.  Lectures have been used to educate since the time of Socrates and Plato, but modern students, like...

Stephanie Richter speaks about Faculty's upcoming move to Black Board Ultra. Faculty members are wary to switch to the new program. (Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon | Northern Star)

‘Back to the Pack’ to bring stopped out students to NIU

By Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, News Reporter | September 6, 2023

DeKALB– Previously stopped out students may be getting the opportunity to return to NIU with financial assistance according to Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. ‘BACK TO THE PACK’ PROGRAM Students who left NIU in the past year and are...