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Stage Center Theatre has launched a virtual theatre festival for social justice featuring works submitted by the NEIU community. Submissions are still being accepted for the festival as well as the Undocumented Cookbook and COVID-19 student archives.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø has been awarded a grant from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund to aid recruitment and retention efforts. Some of these efforts were mentioned in President Gloria J. Gibson’s State of the University address, which took place virtually on Oct. 27. Read about all this and more in Noteworthy at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø.

The Fall 2020 semester wraps up next week, but ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is not slowing down.

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in March, forcing the rapid shift to remote teaching and learning for the rest of the Spring 2020 semester, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Student Center for Science Engagement had just put out a call to the faculty for its Undergraduate Summer Research and Professional Training Program.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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.

For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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’re looking for some fun, it’s also NEIU Weekend! Read about all this and more in this week’s Noteworthy at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø. 

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) has awarded ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø a $456,286 grant to help target equity in its recruitment and retention efforts. This federal CARES Act funding is one of nine Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund competitive grants totaling $3 million that IBHE has awarded to public colleges and universities.

President Gloria J. Gibson released a video welcoming students, faculty and staff to the Fall 2020 semester. The bookstore has new processes for ordering and picking up books, and multicultural student orientations continue. Read about all this and more in Noteworthy at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Offices of Alumni Relations and Career Development have partnered together to offer the Braven Career Booster program to bachelor’s degree recipients from the Class of 2020.