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Northern Today - December 3, 2007

Illinois Rural HealthNetNIU-led group to create statewide
broadband network to improve
health care in rural Illinois

A coalition of universities and rural health care providers from across Illinois will create a fiber-optic, point-to-point wirless communications network that will revolutionize delivery of health care in rural areas of the state.

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Mira ReisbergFuture elementary school teachers learn
valuable lessons from art education professor

Some of the most valuable lessons NIU teacher education students learn come from inside – and then outside – the Art Building.

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NIU Chamber ChoirChamber Choir’s holiday concert
features world premiere of song

Eric Johnson’s decade-long interest in the works of English composer Sir John Tavener includes a doctoral dissertation on the man whose “Song for Athene” closed Princess Diana’s funeral.

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Robert Rosner and Abraham VergheseNIU will award honorary degrees
to Argonne director, physician

NIU will present honorary doctoral degrees to Robert Rosner, director of Argonne National Laboratory, and to Dr. Abraham Verghese, a best-selling author and professor of medicine.

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Brent GageHigh school seniors invited to become
tomorrow’s leaders, scholars at NIU

The NIU experience will become even more significant over the next decade for the 200 students who are chosen for the new Leaders and Scholars Program.

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Altgeld Hall in wintertimeNIU invites community to Altgeld Hall
for holiday family celebration Friday

Northern Illinois University President John Peters and Mrs. Barbara Peters invite the community to spend a magical evening inside historic Altgeld Hall during the Holiday Family Celebration from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7.

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NIU's Chipotle video teamChipotle will make special delivery
to NIU students who won ad contest

Four NIU students in the Department of Communication will have some extra spending money this holiday season.

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