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NUCALLS promotes language learning, community engagement through free lessons

NUCALLS promotes language learning, community engagement through free lessons

Petrina Danardatu, news staff February 5, 2020
The Northeastern University Culture and Language Learning Society, or NUCALLS, is a group dedicated to sharing the power of language. They provide free language sessions once a week in hopes of enriching and educating the Northeastern and Greater Boston community. 
David Nica, a fifth-year economics major and the external vice president of NUCR explains his organization's referenda questions to SGA.

Referenda approved include evening academic advising, increased ISEC access

Jessica Silverman, deputy campus editor February 5, 2020
The Student Government Association, or SGA, agreed upon the referenda questions for students to vote on in the March elections. Of the 16 referenda questions proposed by student organizations, SGA passed five.
Canvas to replace Blackboard as NU learning management system

Canvas to replace Blackboard as NU learning management system

Lucy Gavin, deputy campus editor February 3, 2020
Canvas will replace Blackboard as the school’s learning management system, Northeastern announced Monday in an email to students.
The launch event took place on the 17th floor of East Village.

CAMD launches Center for Design

Mihiro Shimano, news correspondent February 1, 2020
The College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, hosted the official launch event for the Center for Design Tuesday evening. The event showcased some of the interdisciplinary research that the center has worked on.
The faculty senate meeting took place in Raytheon Amphitheater.

Faculty senate recommends increasing faculty wages by 4% to improve U.S. News and World Report Ranking

Huntington News Roundup February 1, 2020
In a bi-monthly meeting Jan. 15, members of Northeastern’s faculty senate approved a resolution that would raise faculty salaries by 4 percent, a move intended to improve Northeastern’s U.S. News and World Report ranking, which could also raise tuition for students.
Northeastern filed a proposal with the city to use 149 rooms in the Midtown Hotel as student housing.

Students still housed in Midtown Hotel after two years

Savannah Miller, news correspondent January 29, 2020
Northeastern first used the Midtown Hotel for student housing in the spring semester of 2018. Since then, the hotel has been home to more N.U.in students, as well as first-years in the ContiNUe program, transfer students and upperclassmen returning from co-op or study abroad. 
Portland, Maine is a coastal town about 108 miles north of Boston.

Northeastern announces new campus in Portland, Maine

Lucy Gavin, deputy campus editor January 27, 2020

Northeastern announced Monday that it is launching a new graduate campus in Portland, Maine, a coastal town approximately 108 miles north of Boston. The new campus, called the Roux Institute, will specialize in digital technology and life sciences, with an emphasis on artificial...

Students emails begin transition to Microsoft Office 365

Students emails begin transition to Microsoft Office 365

Jessica Silverman, deputy campus editor January 25, 2020
In SGA’s weekly senate meeting Jan. 13, Associate Vice President of Engagement and Experience Marcus Robinson met with senators and discussed the transition of students’ email addresses from G Suite to Microsoft Office 365.
The Northeastern community responded swiftly to the situation, with over 100 students and local activists showing up on Centennial Common Tuesday night to protest the deportation.

Iranian NU student deported, sparking outrage in NU community

Deanna Schwartz and Zeynep Tuncer January 23, 2020

As classes have begun for the spring semester, one student in particular, Mohammad Shahab Dehghani Hossein Abadi, will be unable to attend. The 24-year-old economics major was detained and later deported from Boston Logan International Airport Monday, sparking outrage from Northeastern...

By texting the hotline, students are matched with other students who are given the tools and resources to listen emphatically, respond thoughtfully and help however they can within the limits of a non-licensed support system.

Lean on Me provides a new platform for anonymous peer-to-peer support

Pavithra Rajesh, news correspondent January 22, 2020
Lean on Me is a texting service that provides non-crisis support to students, from students.
Wallace-Thomas, a third-year economics and mathematics combined major, has taken part in many projects both on and off Northeastern’s campus.

Student Charles Wallace-Thomas IV works to end discrimination on and off campus

Petrina Danardatu, news staff January 22, 2020
Wallace-Thomas currently serves as the director of Students Against Institutional Discrimination, or SAID. This organization works to minimize institutional discrimination at Northeastern University. 
Fourth-year journalism major Zipporah Osei completed a co-op in Washington D.C.

Students find co-op can take a toll on social lives

Riana Buchman, news correspondent January 22, 2020
Although Northeastern students reap many benefits from Northeastern’s co-op program, it can also complicate the relationships they form on campus.