On Tuesday, April 21, five of this year’s Golden Apple Award winners got together at NEIU to talk about what inspires them as educators and share some advice with NEIU students. All five winners are NEIU graduates from the College of Education. The Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching […]
Month: April 2009
GLBTA Awareness Week
Through the week of April 13-17, Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) celebrated Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance (GLBTA) Awareness Week, which raised awareness about the GLBT community through campus activities and presentations. On Monday April 13, there was presentation held in Alumni Hall where NEIU graduate Edith Bucio spoke about […]
Financial Aid to make system changes
The Department of Education and the Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Financial Aid Office is changing the way they do business with students. Maureen Amos, Associate Director of Financial Aid, explained these changes in a Town Hall meeting.Amos said that in October 2008, a consultant came to the Financial Aid office […]
Ex-Puerto Rican political prisoners
Que Ondee Sola and the Union for Puerto Rican Students brought ex-Puerto Rican prisoners Ida Luz Rodriguez and Luis Rosa Perez who came to school to discuss the reasons for their imprisonment and the crimes brought on from the U.S. government against Puerto Ricans efforts to become separate from the […]
Hahs answers questions at Student Town Hall
On March 31, Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) President Sharon K. Hahs hosted an informal student town hall meeting. Hahs initiated the meeting by discussing the importance of having inclusive student representation in university decisions. Open discussion soon followed after her five minute introduction. Even though only twelve individuals attended the […]
Green fee makes good on bike racks, motion sensors
Students can expect four new bike racks to be installed near the Classroom Building by April 10, courtesy of the student green fee. This is only one of the many projects in the works by the Green Fee Committee, which assembled on March 31 for their monthly public meeting. The […]
Logically speaking
I’m not going to say that math isn’t necessary, because that’s just a silly claim to make. Instead, I’m going to be arguing that having separate logic and math requirements is redundant. In other words, why require both courses for graduation for certain majors, like philosophy? The basic principles of […]
Homeland Security Recruitment Protest
The second annual Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Political Science Career Day held Tuesday, April 7 started routinely enough, yet went out with a rather loud bang. The event was an all-day affair held in Student Union room 003, otherwise known as “the fishbowl,” the glass-walled room off of the cafeteria. […]
Field Trips are Valuable Experiences
Why are field trips valuable experiences for students? Practical experience is why; the kind of learning by doing that cannot be accomplished in a classroom. This holds true within many different academic disciplines, of the value of hands-on experience vs. a basic classroom lecture. I will give you one experience […]
Where Did All the Computers Go?
On the main campus of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), there are a total of four computer labs available to students. There is one in the B Building, two in the Classroom Building, along with a smaller lab hidden on the second floor of the Science Building. There are just over […]