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Northern Illinois University (U.S.)

DeKalb, Illinois

Last modified: 2022-08-05 by rick wyatt
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Institution

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system for producing college-educated teachers. In addition to the main campus in DeKalb, it has satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon, Illinois. The university is composed of seven degree-granting colleges and has a student body of 25,000 with over 240,000 alumni. NIU is one of only two public universities in Illinois that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the highest levels of all sports, Division I. The university's athletic teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University
Paul Bassinson, 2 July 2022


Logo

[logo] image located by Paul Bassinson, 7 July 2022
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