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Chavez and Mathews were among the 36 M.S.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs students, including some enrolled in HESA 509: Campus Environments and Student Subcultures, who presented their projects Dec. 8 during the “Contemporary and Historic Social Movements at NIU” exhibit and reception held in the library. Other projects

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Northern Illinois University Receives Insight Into Diversity Magazine’s 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award National Recognition of Academic Libraries That Are Making a Difference for 
All Underrepresented Groups Dekalb, IL—Northern Illinois University Libraries received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into

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Associate Dean Gwen Gregory and Head of Special Collections and Archives Brad Wiles attended the Northwest Illinois Library Legislative Meetup on November 29 in Rochelle. This event was sponsored by the Illinois Library Association and focused on legislative actions that will affect libraries of all types. State and federal legislators

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Illinois college students are invited to participate in a study on college course material affordability and experiences during the current term. The “Illinois Course Materials Survey: Student Perspective” provides a way to share information about the cost of your textbooks and instructional materials, the impact that textbook costs are having

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NIU Libraries are happy to announce that the 2024 “Wildlife from the NIU Campus and Along the Prairie Path” calendar is now available for purchase. A collaboration between NIU Libraries and local wildlife photographer/English Professor Emeritus Michael Day, the calendar features a “hyperlocal” selection of photographs of birds, animals, and

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The NIU Office of Accreditation, Assessment and Evaluation (AAE) had recommended this book for the teaching faculty across campus:  Advancing Assessment for Student Success: Supporting Learning by Creating Connections Across Assessment, Teaching, Curriculum, and Cocurriculum in Collaboration with Our Colleagues and Our Students by Amy Driscoll, Swarup Wood, Dan Shapiro,

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Join the NIU Library Special Collections and Archives Department and the Southeast Asia Library for our annual Fall Collections Colloquium featuring presentations on the impact of the Peace Corps on the NIU community. Southeast Asia Library Curator Hao Phan will present an overview of the Southeast Asia Library holdings and

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Founders Memorial Library hosted the Stroke of GeNIUs Mini Golf event during Family Weekend at NIU. Over 300 people visited the library to learn about resources available to them. Our mini golf adventure was nothing short of amazing! We had a fantastic turnout, and the competition was fierce. It was

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