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Northern Illinois University (NIU), is a nationally recognized comprehensive teaching and research institution with a student body of over 24,000 and alma mater for more than 225,000 alumni. The university is located 65 miles west of Chicago in DeKalb. NIU was established in 1895 as Northern Illinois State Normal School to prepare college-educated teachers. - Source: Wikipedia

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