Welcome freshmen and new students to Northeastern Illinois University. Northeastern has a lot to offer that would not be found at other schools. Students’ experiences at Northeastern will differ from those at many other universities. Northeastern has a different makeup than the traditional four-year school. Northeastern has the largest returning […]

Stage Center is a center of theatre and learning at NEIU. It is a place where theatre comes to life and to get involved it takes. “Any Student it doesn’t matter major minor, we even open up to people outside of the school if they are interested in terms of […]

Is that light on top of the Northeastern Police car real? NEIU public safety officers are fully trained Illinois police: on par with CPD and Illinois State Police in both training and authority. They are here to assist students, as well as monitor them. NEIU Police Sgt. John Foley describes […]

It’s summer, and lets be honest: you figured you could enroll in that class you wanted through ancient phone system of ours the day before classes officially began. Running to one of those shady rooms full of phones you’d swear your parents used when they went to Northeastern, you managed […]

What’s an FNG, you ask? Freshman New Guy. Welcome, FNGs to NEIU, and may your stay here be an enjoyable one. It probably will be a long one! While this is your first semester here at Northeastern, this is my last. I will be graduating come December, and I must […]

Since the late sixties NEIU has been aware of the need for more opportunities and greater access to education for Chicago’s Hispanic community. From the development in 1969 of what is now El Centro, the university’s Hispanic catering satellite campus, until the present, NEIU has had a long history of […]

The most important thing about going to school is getting into classes. Sometimes it’s harder than you may think. Most of the classes you need are also classes your fellow students need, and there are usually only one to three different sections to choose from. Also, there is the fact […]

There is more to Northeastern Illinois than what you see at 5500 N. St. Louis, the site of the main campus. There are two satellite campuses of Northeastern, each with its own history and community of learners. The first is the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS), […]

Tuition is going up as are gas prices, along with many other things, making paying for college all the more difficult. There are ways to lessen that load, at least as far as tuition bills are concerned. The Financial Aid Office at NEIU offers assistance to students, including part-time students, […]

Rick Martin has been a Wizard (what DJ’s on WZRD Radio call them selves) in one way or another since its inception in the early 1970’s. There is a lot of history behind that sticker filled doorway off the basement student lounge. WZRD is one of the last “Free Form” […]