Professor Joe Bonomo, a favorite teacher among many NIU students in the Department of English and a well-known rock ’n’ roll author and authority, has a new book out...
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Registration still open for youth summer camps
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Nontraditional student, nontraditional career
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University Police to conduct mock drills in May
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Douglas D. Baker named NIU president
Registration still open for youth summer camps
Summer is just around the corner. If you’re looking for a fun, educational way for...
Nontraditional student, nontraditional career
When Carol Multack (B.A., English, 2012) decided to return to college, she was a...
University Police to conduct mock drills in May
The NIU Department of Police and Public Safety will conduct summer in-house training from...
Douglas D. Baker named NIU president
Douglas D. Baker – an award-winning professor of business, proven high-level administrator and scholar...
Latest News
Q-and-A with NIU author Joe Bonomo
Former Gov. Jim Thompson to speak, receive honorary degree at May 25 law commencement
The Northern Illinois University College of Law will present former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson with an Honorary Doctorate of Law during its Saturday, May 25, commencement ceremony, where...
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NIU names Eric A. Weldy vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Following a 10-month national search, Northern Illinois University announced it has selected Eric A. Weldy, associate vice president for Student Affairs at Florida State University, as its new vice...
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Lynne Thomas aims for Hugo Award hat trick
Lynne M. Thomas, curator of Rare Books and Special Collections for the NIU Libraries, has been nominated for three Hugo Awards, the leading award for excellence in the field...
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Eddie Williams plans retirement after 43 years of service at NIU, will complete career May 31
Hanging prominently on the wall in Eddie R. Williams’ office is his framed, signed original offering letter from Northern Illinois University when he was extended his first full-time teaching...
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Universities agree to pick up pension costs
Presidents and chancellors at public universities and colleges across the state reached an agreement in principal with House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and House leaders Thursday for public universities...
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Stevens Building tenants move out May 20
After years of deterioration and a dubious two-decade reign atop NIU’s capital budget request list, the Stevens Building is drawing nearer to its long-awaited transformation.
Construction will begin after Jan....
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Student Life
From transfer student to May 2013 graduate: ‘Without NIU, I would not be where I am today’
by Isaac Palma College is a defining moment in a person’s life; it is the...
Sports
Anderson, Klonowski earn first team All-MAC honors, Zimmerman selected for second team
Northern Illinois baseball players Eli Anderson (Glenview, Ill./New Trier) and Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) were...
Arts
Six seniors to play Community School recitals
Six students who are graduating from high school are performing senior recitals this spring,...
Diversity
Student Affairs celebrates Huskie Heroes
NIU’s Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management recognized winners of the Huskie Heroes...
Science & Tech
Community invited to ‘electrify minds’ June 6
What is green, sits on rusty metal nails, and has 120 volts of electricity...
Global
McCord calls Myanmar higher education needs ‘extensive, systemic’ after IIE delegation visit
Chris McCord vividly remembers the earnest questions that faculty had about research and their...
Photos
Sports
Baseball ends season with tournament loss
The Northern Illinois baseball season came to a close in the Mid-American Conference Tournament against Buffalo Thursday morning as Bulls pitcher Mike Burke threw a complete game shutout to defeat the Huskies, 13-0. MAC West Champion NIU ends the 2013 season 22-34. It was only the third such pitching performance since 2004 and the 15th...
Men’s soccer player Dusty Page named to serve National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Dusty Page of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team has been selected to serve on the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). “I am really pleased for Dusty,” said NIU men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi. “It is quite an honor for him to be selected by the NCAA to be on their national Student-Athlete...
Huskie baseball unable to overcome Falcons during 11-inning MAC Tournament opener
Playing extra innings baseball for third time in the last five games, the Northern Illinois baseball team (22-33) surrendered two runs in the top of the 11th to Bowling Green (21-28) as the Huskies fell to the Falcons, 6-4. “We had a great approach on the offensive side of the ball on their starting pitcher....
Ruzich secures final MAC West weekly award
Northern Illinois catcher Nate Ruzich (Joliet, Ill./South Suburban College) was named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Player of the Week in the conference’s final weekly award. Ruzich earned his first career honor with strong play behind the dish and at the plate. The award is the Huskies second player of the week award this season...
Baseball clinches MAC West Championship
MAC West champions! The Northern Illinois baseball team (22-32, 16-11 MAC) clinched its first ever Mid-American Conference West division championship Saturday afternoon in 10 innings at Ball Diamond as the Huskies defeated Ball State (28-23, 15-12 MAC) on Connor Schomig’s (Darien/Hinsdale South) three-run double, 6-4. NIU now travels to the MAC Tournament in Avon, Ohio, which...
Baseball falls to Ball State in Game Two
Northern Illinois reliever Zach Badgley (McHenry/McHenry) worked 4-2/3 innings for Huskies, limiting Ball State to one run, two hits and two strikeouts. NIU (21-32, 15-11 MAC) would fall to BSU (28-22, 15-11 MAC) in game two of the series, 14-3. Today’s game will now decide the Mid-American Conference West division champion. Ball State jumped out to...
What's Going On
NIU expands regional summer offerings to 200
NIU has expanded its summer catalog with 60 undergraduate and 140 graduate courses offered...
Award-winning sci-fi author Lauren Beukes scheduled to visit NIU for June 10 public talk
The Friends of the NIU Libraries will host a talk by award-winning author Lauren Beukes...
Operating Staff employees sought to represent employee council on six university committees
Have a voice. Join a committee. NIU’s Operating Staff Council is seeking employees interested...
Retirement party set for Aquanette Simpson
Aquanette Simpson, director of Employee Services and Human Resource Development (ESHRD), has announced her...
College of Law plans annual golf outing June 7
The NIU College of Law will hold its ninth annual golf outing Friday, June...
Themed Learning Communities open for fall, incoming first-year students invited to apply
Incoming first-year students are now able to pre-enroll in one of the 19 Themed...
Campus Highlights
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NPR names Gray as new development director
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Literacy Education professor’s dissertation wins academic ‘Triple Crown’ with trio of top awards
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Farewell reception planned for Eddie Williams
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NIU geographer helps to connect the dots between healthy companies, healthy regions
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NIU, District 428 celebrate co-teaching model used in local professional development schools
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