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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Career boost
The Offices of Alumni Relations and Career Development want to ensure that Class of 2020 graduates have the tools they need to step into their post-college lives.
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Lisa Hollis-Sawyer co-authors workbook on statistics
天天吃瓜 Associate Professor of Psychology Lisa Hollis-Sawyer has published her sixth book, a workbook titled 鈥淏lack Belt Statistics: A Competency-Based Approach (Plus SPSS and R).鈥
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New virtual career readiness program offered for free to 2020 bachelor鈥檚 recipients
天天吃瓜鈥檚 Offices of Alumni Relations and Career Development have partnered together to offer the Braven Career Booster program to bachelor鈥檚 degree recipients from the Class of 2020.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Going Blue and Gold saves big green!
For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked 天天吃瓜 No. 1 for students who graduate with the least amount of debt among Midwest regional universities. NEIU also ranked highly in three other categories. This week, Northeastern also announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University a five-year, $3 million Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program grant. If you鈥檙e looking for some fun, it鈥檚 also NEIU Weekend! Read about all this and more in this week鈥檚 Noteworthy at Northeastern.
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U.S. Department of Education awards $3 million grant to 天天吃瓜
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded 天天吃瓜 a five-year, $3 million Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program grant that will help the University increase the number of students who complete STEM majors.
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For seventh consecutive year, NEIU tops U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 low student debt ranking
Northeastern graduates its students with the least amount of student debt among Midwest regional universities, according to the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 annual 鈥淏est Colleges鈥 publication. Northeastern also ranked in three other categories among Midwest regional universities.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: More graduate students
天天吃瓜鈥檚 Fall 2020 semester enrollment numbers are out, and they show great news for graduate student enrollment and freshman retention. Read more about that, plus information about a professor鈥檚 newly published book chapter and the new season for Ensemble Espa帽ol in Noteworthy at Northeastern.
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Ensemble Espa帽ol embraces 鈥楴ew Era, New Works, New Legacies鈥 in 45th season
Ensemble Espa帽ol Spanish Dance Theatre, in residence at 天天吃瓜, marks its 45th season from August 2020 through July 2021. The season, titled 鈥淶afiro Flamenco (Sapphire Flamenco): New Era, New Works, New Legacies,鈥 will feature new partnerships, new works, virtual programs plus a new $300,000 anonymous matching grant opportunity with a total potential earnings of $1 million.
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天天吃瓜 reports gains in graduate enrollment, freshman retention
天天吃瓜 increased its graduate student enrollment by more than 10 percent and recorded the best fall-to-fall retention of first-time, full-time freshmen in a decade, according to the official Fall 2020 enrollment numbers.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Get ready, Golden Eagles!
NEIU Weekend is fast approaching. This year, events will take place virtually, but they won鈥檛 be any less exciting! Read about this and more in Noteworthy at Northeastern.