Northeastern shared in the spotlight in July when thousands of delegates from around the nation came to Boston for the Democratic National Convention.

A number of delegates, reporters, and support staff stayed in university housing. Many others attended parties and colloquia on campus.

Northeastern provided the venue for a pro-literacy event, hosted by the First Ladies of Iowa and New Mexico, Christie Vilsack and Barbara Richardson.

The African-American Studies department co-hosted a daylong seminar with New Jersey secretary of state Regena Thomas on black political participation.

NU students also played a role at the convention, held at the FleetCenter.

Students taking a class on the convention, taught by political science professor Michael Dukakis, volunteered as convention support staff. Several journalism graduate students interned for various media outlets covering the event. And criminal justice students volunteered with the convention’s security force.

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