Category: Alumni
Mike Feinstein, Don Sitarz and Joe Holoubek woke up Tuesday morning ready to see some Huskie history. To be more precise, they were ready to see some MORE Huskie history, because since the three met during their freshman year 47 years ago, they have seen an awful lot. The group has missed only a handful...
College costs money. Lots of money. But those dollars are, of course, an investment – a down payment of sorts on the kind of prosperity that the achievement of a higher education can provide. NIU students who wonder whether it’s worth the financial strain can take this to the bank: It is. The university ranks...
For a few minutes on New Year’s Eve, Henry Kappler and Jennifer Knigge replaced Jordan Lynch and Martel Moore as the most talked-about duo in Huskie Nation. With the Huskie Marching Band packed on to the dance floor, Kappler, a graduate assistant who helps manage the band, took to the stage at the NIU Alumni...
“Northern’s put a great program together. I’m very proud of it, as an alum, I’m very excited and couldn’t be happier for not only what we’re here for – the bowl game – but also what they’ve done off the field academically and in the community.” Those are the words of 1992 graduate Dennis Litz, who...
At most hotels on New Year’s Eve, the big excitement takes place at midnight. At the Embassy Suites in Ft. Lauderdale, however, the party got started a little early when more than 300 NIU students invaded the lobby at about 5 p.m. Luckily for the hotel, these invaders, all clad in red and black, were...
Hundreds of Huskie football fans are pouring into Miami this week to watch their team play in the Discover Orange Bowl. These are some of their stories. Huskie Evangelist David LaCerra knows what it’s like to part of a bowl team. He was a safety on the 1983 Huskie squad that went to the California...
Orange Bowl pride abounded for more than 100 former Northern Illinois University football players and their families gathered at the Pride in the Pack reception Sunday afternoon, sharing stories and engaging in fellowship at the Fontainebleau. The list of former players and coaches in attendance was impressive. Among the players representing the past six decades...
Like the rest of Huskie nation, Connie and Lavarre Uhlken watched from the edge of their seats Nov. 30 as Northern Illinois University squeaked out a double-overtime win over Kent State to claim the MAC Championship, and ultimately a berth to the Orange Bowl. “The whole game, they kept talking about the remote chance that...
As a Chicago native working for the Plant Innovation Center (PIC) at the University of Florida, NIU alumnus Kevin Folta has a hard time finding a pizza in Gainesville that is on par with those he grew up eating. After failing to find a pizza he liked, Folta took it upon himself to create a...
The Northern Illinois football team will return to its “second home” at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2016 when the Huskies play host to the Nebraska Cornhuskers at the historic Chicago stadium in the first of three games between the teams, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher announced Monday. The Huskies and...
Strangely enough, Michael Jackson was an influential force in leading Amy Gahala to her career path in hydrology. Gahala, a graduate of the Department of Geology and Environmental Studies, is currently a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey. “I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, and it all started with Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song.’...
Northern Illinois University is going to the Orange Bowl! With all of the excitement in Huskieland, it only seemed logical to compile a list of the 10 most overheard statements on the NIU campus.