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NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) offers a wide variety of great experiential learning opportunities. OSEEL collaborates across NIU’s campus to provide undergraduate students with engaged learning opportunities both in the classroom and outside, that range from undergraduate research to peer mentoring opportunities, service learning, internships and others too! With plenty of...

Are you getting involved on campus? Are you attending class regularly? Are you enjoying your NIU experience? The answers to these and other questions can be found through MAP-Works. All new freshmen and transfer students are encouraged to participate in the first MAP-Works survey of the 2013-2014 academic year. Students participating in MAP-Works complete a...

The Office of Student Academic Success has rebranded a popular series of academic workshops and made other changes to better fit the needs of NIU students. Formerly known as the Soup & Success Series, Edible Education provides students with a free lunch while learning about various topics critical to academic success at NIU. The original...

Northern Illinois University will host or participate in 16 financial literacy events in DeKalb, Geneva, Naperville, Rockford and Sycamore during the Federal Reserve Bank’s Money Smart Week, scheduled from Saturday, April 20, through Saturday, April 27. “This year’s Money Smart Week is an exciting chance for students to gain knowledge about financial literacy topics that...

Tax season is here and the IRS deadline is nearing. NIU’s Department of Accountancy will help you accurately complete your taxes by providing on-campus tax preparation to students, faculty, staff and the DeKalb community. The free service is sponsored by NIU’s Financial Cents, and is available from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays through April 10...

To be successful is to feel successful. Drink your water, exercise, eat your fruits and vegetables and sleep well. Although these things are definitely keys to physical health, what about mental health?

No one likes to be bullied. We have been learning about bullying since we were very young. We all know it is wrong.

All freshman and new transfer students are encouraged to participate in the final MAP-Works survey for the 2012-2013 academic year. The survey is available now through Monday, Feb. 25, and is accessible through students’ NIU e-mail accounts or by visiting the Office of Student Academic Success website. For students looking to maintain or improve their first semester grades, MAP-Works might...

The Office of Student Academic Success and the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning are now accepting applications for the Northern Light Ambassadors program for the 2013-2014 academic year. The program provides each undergraduate college with an elite body of students to assist with public relations, fund development, retention, engaged learning and special events....

NIU’s Office of Student Academic Success will host a pair of Destination Graduation workshops later this month. The events are designed to help students gain tips and tools from NIU faculty, staff, alumni and community members before moving into the world as professionals. Students can partake in different sessions on topics including student loans; salary...

Do you have good study habits? Are you getting enough sleep at night? Do you miss being at home? The answers to these questions could be indicative of your overall success in college, and the NIU MAP-Works survey-based assistance program is designed to keep freshman and new transfer students focused on reaching their academic goals....

The IRS deadline for filing income tax returns is quickly approaching, and the Department of Accountancy at NIU wants to help by providing free tax preparation to students, faculty, staff, and the DeKalb community. In conjunction with the Volunteer Income Tax Association (VITA), IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers from the Accountancy Department in the NIU College...