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Northern Illinois University

Collected by: Northern Illinois University

Archived since: Oct, 2015

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Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon, Illinois. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system for producing college educated teachers. Douglas Baker was named the university's twelfth president in May 2013. The university is composed of seven degree-granting colleges and has a student body of 25,000 with over 225,000 alumni. Many of NIU's programs are nationally accredited for meeting high standards of academic quality, including business, engineering, nursing, visual and performing arts, and all teacher certification programs. It is one of only two public universities in Illinois that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the highest levels of all sports, Division I. NIU's athletic teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference.

Subject:   Universities & Libraries,  Blogs & Social Media,  Education,  Illinois

Creator:   Northern Illinois University

Publisher:   Northern Illinois University

Source:   Northern Illinois University website

Coverage:   Spatial: DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois

Format:   HTML

Type:   Website

Language:   English

Collector:   Northern Illinois University Regional History Center and University Archives

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Title: Northern Star

URL: http://www.northernstar.info

Description: The Northern Star is the student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. The Northern Star covers NIU campus news, DeKalb city and county news, NIU Huskie sports and northern Illinois entertainment. The newspaper has published continuously since 1899. It was originally called the Northern Illinois, until 1954 when it was renamed the Northern Star. The paper became a daily (M-F) in 1965. The Northern Star Online was launched in 1995. The newspaper publishes Monday through Thursday during the academic year and weekly during the summer sessions. Exceptions to publication are holidays, semester breaks and exam periods. The Northern Star is a member of The Associated Press, Associated Collegiate Press, College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, Illinois College Press Association, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce and several other professional journalism organizations. The Northern Star offices are located in the Campus Life Building, Suite 130, DeKalb, IL 60115.

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Subject:   Student newspaper

Creator:   Northern Star ,  Northern Illinois University

Publisher:   Northern Star,  Northern Illinois University

Source:   Northern Illinois University website

Language:   English

Format:   HTML

Type:   Website

Collector:   Northern Illinois University Regional History Center and University Archives

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