Category: News

NIU eliminates out-of-state tuition premium

Affordable in-state tuition rate offered to all U.S. residents beginning in fall 2018

  • December 12, 2017
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Board of Trustees unanimously voted Dec. 7 to extend the university’s domestic tuition rate structure to the NIU College of Law so that all U.S....

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Professor champions efforts to recognize Mother Jones

Historical marker to be dedicated to labor leader along I-55 near Springfield

  • December 4, 2017
In the early 20th century, author Upton Sinclair called Mother Jones “the walking wrath of God.” Over the past decade, NIU history professor Rosemary Feurer has been determined to make...

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‘Replace judgment with curiosity’

Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity

  • December 4, 2017
After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a...

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Breaking the Silence

Suicide ‘survivors,’ counselors discuss uncomfortable subject, stigma

  • October 17, 2017
For Adam Carter, the moment came some 15 years ago in the preschool classroom where he taught. Three-year-old Malcolm would not – or perhaps could not – sleep during the...

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More authority for nurses

New legislation empowers advanced practice nurses, helps increase healthcare access

  • September 26, 2017
Illinois legislation that gives advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) greater authority to administer health services was signed into law last week. The action lifts burdensome licensing regulations for APRNs, allowing...

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Small particles, big deal

As ‘big science’ efforts shift into high gear at Fermilab, NIU faculty and student scientists reap the benefits

  • September 11, 2017
Some of the world’s largest and most fascinating experiments—the kind that involve hundreds of scientists and tackle mysteries of the universe—are happening practically in Northern Illinois University’s own back yard,...

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Top honors for educating male nurses

National organization names NIU ‘2017 Best Nursing School for Men in Nursing’

  • September 7, 2017
Northern Illinois University recently received the  “2017 Best Nursing School for Men in Nursing Award” from the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) for its commitment to preparing men to...

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