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NIU plans for double-occupancy dorms, in-person events for fall
DeKALB – NIU is taking more steps to return to a sense of normalcy in the fall semester as students living on-campus will be allowed to have a roommate, and many in-person events will return.
Beth Ingram, executive vice president and provost, announced at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting that plans for the fall semester are underway. The university doesn’t plan on requiring COVID-19 vaccines as of right now because they’re under an emergency use authorization.
Screenshot of presentation at NIU Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday. (Kierra Frazier)
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DeKALB – ACCESS, PAL and the Writing Center will merge into the Huskie Academic Support Center located in the Founders Memorial Library Learning Commons.
The process has begun and the full implication of the Huskie Academic Support Center will be completed in Fall 2021 to improve the success of NIU students, said Huskie Academic Support Center director Gail Jacky.
The goal behind the Huskie Academic Support Center is to provide comprehensive, accessible and dynamic academic support, according to the Huskie Academic Support Center NIU website.
“[Huskie Academic Support Center will] provide academic skill development and success coaching that is incorporated as part of academic recovery and success planning, and is also available as on-demand or stand-alone programming designed to enhance student’s success as they transition to NIU and throughout their entire college journey,” according to a Huskie Academic Support Center informative PowerPoint presentatio