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Northern Today - May 27, 2008

Earl "Gip" Seaver and Greg LongNIU leaders to attend institute
on general education for ideas

NIU conducted its last systematic review of the general education curriculum about seven years before this fall’s freshmen were born.

With that in mind, seven university leaders will attend the American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on General Education this weekend in Minneapolis.

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Speech-Language-Hearing ClinicSpeech-Language-Hearing Clinic
enjoys new Sycamore Road home

A move to the NIU Family Health, Wellness and Literacy Center has finally ended concerns of cramped spaces at the university’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.

The new 26,330-square-foot clinic now enjoys incredible flexibility.

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James HornChemistry professor named recipient
of grant for use of technology in teaching

Who hasn’t ever struggled with a set of instructions on how to put something together?

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John PuterbaughRecent Star editor Puterbaugh named
among nation’s most promising journalists

On the same day John Puterbaugh began his first professional job at the DeKalb Daily Chronicle, the recent editor of the Northern Star was named among the nation’s 100 most promising student journalists.

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Deadline: Will newspapers survive?Deadline: Will newspapers survive?

NIU will help bring together prominent journalists to answer question

NIU is one of the sponsors of a June 12 panel of prominent Chicago journalists asking the question: Can newspapers survive in the Internet age, with circulation falling and advertising shrinking at almost every big paper in America?

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