The FAFSA timeline is changing, and 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Office of Financial Aid is here to help. Find out about upcoming #EarlyFAFSA workshops, next week鈥檚 Graduate Open House, a faculty member鈥檚 book award and more!
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#EarlyFAFSA workshops
Northeastern will host at three of its locations in the coming weeks. Current students, high school students and returning students, as well as their families, are welcome to attend. Students can apply for their 2017-18 aid beginning Oct. 1, 2016, using 2015 income data.
First Book Award
Phi Alpha Theta, the international honor society for History students and professors, has awarded Associate Professor Mateo M. Farzaneh the . 鈥淭he Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership of Khurasani鈥 was published in March 2015 by Syracuse University Press. The book provides an overview of the political history of Iran in the 19th and early 20th centuries and the ideas of the renowned cleric Mulla Muhammad Kazim Khurasani. The Constitutional Revolution (1906-1911) was the 20th century鈥檚 first such political movement in the Middle East. Khurasani, a Shiite jurist, scholar and spiritual leader, was a leading advocate of constitutionalism.
Reflections: Part 8
We wish nothing but the best for President Sharon Hahs, who will retire at the end of the month. Before she goes, Interim President Richard Helldobler sat her down for one last informal chat to reflect on her decade at Northeastern. He also got her to offer some advice to her successor. Check out the final installment in our .
A special visit
President Sharon Hahs this week hosted Jacqueline Padron, program director of the United States Department of Agriculture, Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program (USDA-HSINP). Padron, who was appointed to her position five months ago, is visiting regional offices that are sponsored by the program. Northeastern is the host institution for the USDA-HSINP Midwest Office, and Padron visited with administrators, faculty and staff from Northeastern and other Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the region.
And there鈥檚 more!
- The College of Graduate Studies and Research will host its on Sept. 28.
- The Community Music School is for the fall session.
- Northestern will host a free at the Logan Square branch of Liberty Bank (2392 N. Milwaukee Ave.) from 10 a.m.-noon on Sept. 24.
- Northeastern will participate in the on Sept. 29 at Malcolm X College. Led by researchers from Northeastern, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, and The University of Illinois at Chicago, ChicagoCHEC fosters meaningful cancer research, education, training and outreach within the city鈥檚 underserved communities. It is supported by a five-year, $17.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.
In the media
In the newsroom
On consecutive nights, WTTW鈥檚 鈥淐hicago Tonight鈥 invited a Northeastern alumnus and a professor to join panel discussions on city violence and the national economy, respectively. Eddie Bocanegra (B.A. 鈥12 Social Work) participated in a that focused on the Chicago violence, and Economics Professor Emeritus Ed Stuart not to change interest rates.
Also in the media ...
- published a glowing review of Georgiann Davis鈥 (B.A. 鈥04 Sociology) book, 鈥淐ontesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis.鈥
- of Quincy, Ill., reported that Christian Diaz (B.A. 鈥09 Justice Studies) has been hired as the first men's lacrosse head coach at Quincy University.
- ended a story about the new FAFSA application start date with an anecdote about the efforts by Director of Financial Aid Maureen Amos and her team at Northeastern.
- reported on the Sept. 8 Kosciuszko Foundation lecture hosted at Northeastern by the Polish and European Academic Center for Exchange & Research.
To do
The 82 reading series
As part of its minor in Creative Writing, the Department of English has launched a new reading series called The 82 on Sept. 29 with three local writers. Lily Be, Willie X. Lin and C. Russell Price will participate in the event from 4-6 p.m. in Fine Arts 202.
Mark your calendar!
- , Sept. 26 through Oct. 21, Fine Arts Gallery
- , 12:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Pedroso Center
- , noon Sept. 28, Pedroso Center
- , 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Student Union 003
- , 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Auditorium
- , 6 p.m. Sept. 29, Alumni Hall
- Thursday Night Live: Shelly Miller, 10 p.m. Sept. 29, Student Lounge
- , 7 p.m. Sept. 30, Alumni Hall
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