Category: Alumni
Northern Illinois will see 66 current and former student-athletes leave school with their NIU degrees in 2011-12 as 40 current and former Huskie student-athletes from 11 different sports programs earned their degrees Saturday. They join the 19 December graduates and seven others scheduled to complete their studies this summer. In all, student-athletes from 16 different...
The journey Northern Illinois University undertook during the past six months to revise its institutional mission and vision is over, as the Board of Trustees approved the university’s new vision and mission statements during its regular business meeting on May 10. “This is an extremely challenging task – putting a university as diverse and large...
Cherilyn G. Murer was re-elected today as chair of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University for fiscal year 2013. She has served in this capacity since Sept. 15, 2011. Murer, who was first appointed to the board in 2005 and was reappointed in spring, 2011, previously served as the fourth member of the...
With the NIU Honors Program moving into the new residence hall, program alumni were invited April 28 to pay the Douglas Hall honors floors one last visit as part of a “Saturday with the Honors Alumni Council.” The event was followed by an awards celebration honoring office manager Joanne Ganshirt for 25 years outstanding service...
Northern Illinois senior Brad Dieckhaus was selected to the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s 2012 All-Academic Team, the association announced Tuesday. Dieckhaus was one of 87 wrestlers in the country to earn the honor, which is given to individuals who boast at least a 3.3 GPA and either advance to the NCAA Championships or sport an...
Supporters of NIU women’s golf can give to the Huskies and say goodbye to its longtime head coach as the team hosts a weekend of festivities. The weekend begins on Saturday, May 19, with a retirement dinner at Kishwaukee Country Club for NIU head coach Pam Tyska, who is retiring after 26 years of service...
Soon-to-be alumni of NIU will gather this weekend with each other – and with their loved ones – to celebrate their academic accomplishments. Commencement ceremonies are planned Friday and Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 11. Doors open at 5 p.m. Undergraduate ceremonies...
Tickets to Soldier Field Showdown III, the Labor Day Weekend college football match-up between Northern Illinois and Iowa at Chicago’s landmark stadium, are now on sale. Members of the general public can purchase tickets to the Sept. 1 game through Ticketmaster as well as the NIU Athletics Ticket Office. Fans can order tickets online, over...
Having a patent pending in two countries is no small feat, and NIU alum Mark Sweeney is part of a venture that has accomplished just that with the Gumbee Cord. Sweeney graduated in 2009 from the College of Education’s Athletic Training program offered in the department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. The Gumbee Cord is...
Football senior Chandler Harnish and volleyball senior Kristin Hoffman were named Northern Illinois University’s 2011 NIU Alumni Association Male and Female Athletes of the Year, headlining a list of 24 award winners honored Thursday night at DeKalb’s historic Egyptian Theatre during NIU’s third annual Victors Awards. The Victors saw NIU student-athletes, coaches, athletic department and...
A school-record three Northern Illinois University football seniors gained membership in the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame‘s Hampshire Honor Society for 2012, the organization announced Wednesday. Quarterback Chandler Harnish (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell), a 2011 NFF Scholar-Athlete, tight end Adam Kiel (Wentzville, Mo./St. Dominic) and guard Joe Pawlak (Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake) were honored by the...
Five third-year students from the NIU College of Law have been selected as the first-ever recipients of the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Bridge to the Bar Scholarship. The students are Nareman Abdallah of Rochelle, Jeffrey Brown of Morris, Alia Choudhury of Carol Stream, Sania Merchant of DeKalb and Corey Sealy of Oak Park. Each will...
