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A NaviLens accessible wayfinding QR code on a door at the Normal Road entrance of
Holmes Student Center. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

NIU introduces self-navigation system

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter | January 29, 2023

DeKALB – Colorful block QR stickers are popping up all over campus on bathrooms, stairwells and prominent buildings around NIU – but when scanned, most students won’t realize that these patterns are not meant to be seen, but heard. NaviLens is...

National event focuses on the visually impaired

By Dave gong | October 13, 2011

Saturday is White Cane Day, a national event designed to bring attention to people with visual impairments, said Gaylen Kapperman, coordinator of the NIU visual disibilities program. White Cane Day focuses on the use of white canes which help people who...
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