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The Daily Herald and ABC7 News covered NLU's International Women's Day event. Speakers from Asia, Australia and a South Dakota Sioux tribe joined an NLU audience on March 8 to discuss women's progress. See the Daily Herald's in-depth preview article here, and view ABC7 News broadcast coverage here.

  *   Daily Herald: <http://blog.nl.edu/2016/03/daily-herald-features-international-womens-day-event/> Global lineup comes to Wheeling for International Women's Day conference<http://blog.nl.edu/2016/03/daily-herald-features-international-womens-day-event/>
  *   ABC7 News footage<https://drive.google.com/a/theharbingergroup.com/file/d/0B6NfGIQQopfSZEJEMTFHXzFPZjA/view?pref=2&pli=1>

The Rockford Register Star profiled NLU Alum Tiffany Aurand, a second-grade teacher in Loves Park, when she recently won the Golden Apple teaching award for the Rockford area. Find out about Aurand's reaction here.

  *   Rockford Register Star: <http://blog.nl.edu/2016/03/golden-apple-award-presented-to-alum-in-rockford-area/
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Univision TV News interviewed NLU's Monica Ramos and student Salma Santoyo about how NLU's Harrison Professional Pathways program can provide a quality, affordable degree for Hispanic students. Watch the video, which is in Spanish.

  *   Univision Chicago segment<http://blog.nl.edu/2016/04/nlu-student-official-tell-univision-tv-news-why-pathways-a-good-fit-for-hispanic-students/>

NLU's Doug Schreder, Ph.D., was profiled in the Daily Herald Business Ledger section on executive education. Schreder stood out for his varied background, spanning a range from international business to corporations and family and entrepreneurial firms.

  *   Daily Herald: Business Ledg<http://blog.nl.edu/2016/03/daily-herald-features-nlus-prof-doug-schreder/>er profile<http://blog.nl.edu/2016/03/daily-herald-features-nlus-prof-doug-schreder/>

The Gates Foundation has funded NLU and two other universities to do something radical: reinvent the urban university. When
officials from the other two universities came to visit NLU, they brainstormed on how to increase graduation rates and better integrate into their urban communities as a resource.

  *   NLU Blog: In Quest To Reinvent Urban Universities, Philly, NC Educators Visit NLU<http://blog.nl.edu/2016/03/in-quest-to-reinvent-urban-universities-philly-nc-educators-visit-national-louis-universitys-chicago-campus/>

Hispanic business publication Negocios Now named Monica Ramos, NLU's Director of Family and Community Services, to its 40 under 40 list of Chicago Latinos. She joins the ranks of the White Sox' Jose Abreu and a who's who of Chicago leaders.

  *   Negocios Now: <http://blog.nl.edu/2016/01/40-under-40-list-of-chicago-latinos-names-nlus-ramos/> Latinos 40 Under 40 in Chicago<http://blog.nl.edu/2016/01/40-under-40-list-of-chicago-latinos-names-nlus-ramos/>


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