Topic - Northern Illinois University

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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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2009 file photo, Five crosses stand outside Northern Illinois University's Cole Hall marking the one year anniversary of a shooting in the NIU lecture hall that left five students dead in DeKalb, Ill. NIU will mark the tenth anniversary of the shooting with a memorial service Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Bells will toll and wreaths will be placed at a memorial at 3:06 p.m. at the school's DeKalb campus. School officials say the university community will observe a moment of reflection. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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In this Feb. 6, 2018 photo, former Illinois State University student Maria Christiansen sits with her son Sebastian, 2, in their home in Cortland, Ill. She was shot and nearly killed in a 2008 shooting at NIU Feb. 14, 2008. Christiansen recovered from her wounds and is now a police officer on the campus. Families affected by the shooting that killed five and injured 21 are remembering their loved ones 10 years later. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, parents, students, first responders, school officials and others are planning to gather in honor of the victims. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald, via AP)

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