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Northern Today - August 13, 2007

Richard OremGrant to help NIU improve instruction
of regions’s English language learners

A competitive federal grant ultimately worth $1.5 million will help NIU improve the instruction of English language learners across the top third of the state.

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Gerald BlazeyBlazey takes temporary assignment
with U.S. Department of Energy

NIU's presidential science adviser has accepted a one- to two-year Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment with the DOE Office of Science.

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Shirley RichmondDepartments, faculty realign
in Health and Human Sciences

A realignment of professors in NIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences is expected to cultivate shared strengths, spur collaborative research, enhance teaching and possibly bolster faculty ranks.

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Leroy PernellPernell accepts deanship
at Florida A&M law school

After serving 10 years at the helm of the NIU College of Law, Dean LeRoy Pernell will leave DeKalb in January to assume the deanship at the Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando.



Photograph of cornNew ag-weather Web site predicts pest migrations

Farmers have long known the breeze can carry crop-damaging bugs. Now a new Web site launched by NIU tells agricultural producers in the Midwest which way the wind blows and when pests might be hitching a ride.

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Photo of auditoriumAcademic Convocation to showcase
movie internships, community nutrition

During NIU’s annual Academic Convocation ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24, professors Laura Vazquez and Amy D. Ozier will share the real-world learning experiences of two outstanding student project groups in their respective disciplines.

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