The Department of Nursing just announced new cohorts popping up in locations near you.  In a cohort, you’ll attend class with the same people throughout all the courses, and you will know your entire schedule from the beginning.  The nice part about this is that you’ll get to know your classmates and come to rely on them in many ways.  Another benefit – we have found that students in cohorts are more likely to complete their degrees.

New Cohorts:

• Elgin Community College: Spring 2010 and Spring 2012
• Harper College:  Fall 2008 and Fall 2010
• Waubonsee Community College: Fall 2009 and Fall 2011

Visit www.niu.edu/offcampusacademics/nursing/ to see program requirements and discover how much a bachelor’s degree in nursing can advance your career as an RN.

In the past, many of our nursing cohorts were located in hospitals.  Moving forward, you’ll notice that most cohorts will reside inside community colleges all across Northern Illinois.  NIU believes that learning is best conducted in educational environments—and lucky for you—NIU doesn’t make you come to DeKalb.

Check back often to see if new cohorts are available in your area!

Amanda

I am so excited to announce that NIU is hosting chat sessions for our adults and prospective students who don’t have time to get attend an open house at one of our Outreach Centers. 

Chat sessions will work just like the open houses–only during chats, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with current students as well. 

Registration begins in early September, but I wanted to let you all know that we have chosen the dates:

Open house at NIU Rockford: October 4, 5:30-8:00

Nursing for RNs: October 10, 12:00 noon

Computer Science: October 17, 12:00 noon

Industrial Technology and Management: October 23, 12:00 noon

Elementary Education: October 24, 12:00 noon

Transfer Center Coordinator (general information about transferring to NIU): October 25, 12:00 noonI hope to see (or hear) you all at one of these events, AC