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Graduate students! To help new students with their transition, the Graduate School has prepared some orientation materials for review. Information is available in text and as downloadable mp3 files. Materials are available on the Virtual Orientation page.

For anyone interested in applying to the Graduate School, we have assembled some application tips and other useful information. To see more, visit the Apply page and visit the Application Advisor.

Interested in a Management Information Systems (MIS) degree?
 
The OM&IS Department is scheduling two MIS informational sessions this Fall:
 
Monday, November 14, 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. at the College of Business (Barsema Hall) BH 231
Tuesday, November 15, 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. at the College of Business (Barsema Hall) BH 340
 
Please read the MIS Information Session flyer for more information

Next Application for Graduation Deadline:
(August 2012) - April 6, 2012

Recent Headlines

Kristopher Kopp, a Ph.D. student in the NIU Department of Psychology, is the recipient of the CISLL Graduate Student Fellowship.
Laurie Elish-Piper and Joseph Magliano, co- directors of NIU’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy (CISLL), said Kopp’s promise as a scholar and his commitment to interdisciplinary research of educationally relevant research in language and literacy make him a perfect recipient of the first CISLL Student Fellowship. (read more)

Team of NIU scientists discovers simple, green method of producing highly touted graphene
Scientists at Northern Illinois University say they have discovered a simple method for producing high yields of graphene, a highly touted carbon nanostructure that some believe could replace silicon as the technological fabric of the future. (read more)