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Noteworthy at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø: Raising money for scholarships
Dust off your golf clubs—the NEIU Foundation’s biggest scholarship fundraiser of the year is coming up! Find out how to sign up for the Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event featuring former Chicago Bulls great Bob Love, check out the latest photos of The Nest residence hall and watch the first video in a new series featuring President Sharon Hahs and Provost Richard Helldobler.

Noteworthy at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø: President’s Report
November has arrived, and so has the 2017 President’s Report. Find out where to read the annual Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University publication, which student earned a major scholarship with the help of a USDA grant and which faculty members lent their academic expertise to the week’s news coverage in this edition of Noteworthy at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø.

Noteworthy at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø: A busy break
Only a few days of spring break remain before Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University resumes classes ... not that it was a quiet week around the University. From research partnerships to research papers to community service planning, check out the latest from around the University.

STARTALK awards Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø grant to train Arabic-language educators
, an organization whose mission is to increase the number of United States citizens learning, speaking and teaching critical need foreign languages, has awarded Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University a $57,328 grant for a new Multilingual Learning Center (MLC) program. The intensive teacher training summer program, STARTALK: Summer 2018 Language Teacher Training Institute, will train a group of 20 to 25 Arabic-language speakers and educators to teach elementary-age students by equipping them with curriculum development and foreign language instruction pedagogy.