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Northern Illinois University

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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.

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Title: Northern Illinois University - Home | Facebook

URL: https://www.facebook.com/NorthernIllUniv

Description: Welcome to Northern Illinois University's official facebook page! We are glad you came by, and would love for you to share comments and photos, compliments and even criticism. We do ask that you keep personal attacks, vulgarity, and racism out of the conversation. Posts and comments considered offensive will be deleted. NIU is not responsible for and does not necessarily endorse photos, posts and comments contributed by those who "like" our page. Material that could be considered spam will be reviewed and may be deleted.

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