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Rich Harvest Farms
Two groups of NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology students partnered with Rich Harvest Farms as part of their senior design project. The task at hand: come up with a solution for the elite Sugar Grove golf course’s underground bunker rake system. Rich Harvest Farms is one of the few golf courses that utilize...
Connie Teaberry
Northern Illinois Athletics will recognize its proud tradition of women’s athletics at every home football game this season to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark federal legislation that provided women with unprecedented opportunities to participate in intercollegiate athletics. At each game, NIU will honor some of the women who have made a...
Cherilyn G. Murer
First-year law students enrolled at the NIU College of Law once again will have the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the ethical expectations of lawyers, thanks to Cherilyn and Michael Murer. Launched last fall, the series exposes first-year students at the NIU College of Law to legal scholars and luminaries from across the country to discuss...
STEM Outreach, ILGCP and Design Squad Nation share the goal of motivating girls to pursue careers in science and engineering.
When NIU alumna Peg Keiner was growing up, she took apart nearly anything she could get her hands on just to see what made it tick. Sometimes the most interesting challenge was learning if she could put it back together. Now, as an instructional technology coach in Oak Lawn, she remains just as enthusiastic as...
Mike Malone
Mike Malone, a 28-year veteran administrator at NIU and vice president for the Division of University Advancement, has assumed added responsibilities as president of the NIU Foundation. The move follows the resignation of Mallory Simpson, who left NIU for the dual attractions of a position as vice chancellor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the...
Artist’s rendering of Chessick Practice Center
Work on Northern Illinois’ newest athletic facility, the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center, is set to begin this fall. NIU fans now can make their marks on Huskie history – literally – by purchasing lifetime legacy bricks in the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Huskie Pride Plaza. With each brick purchase, proceeds from the NIU Legacy Brick...
Liam Teague
Liam Teague, NIU’s “Paganini of the Steelpan,” was named today as a winner of a silver Hummingbird Medal from his native Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. An associate professor of steelpan in the School of Music and co-director of the NIU Steelband, Teague is in good company as his homeland confers its highest accolades on...
Kristin Hoffman
Northern Illinois Volleyball standout setter Kristin Hoffman (2008-11) has added another prestigious award to her impressive list of career honors as she was named the Mid-American Conference’s female 2012 Bob James Memorial Award winner, the league announced Tuesday. “When I received a phone call from Korinth Patterson from the MAC office last week, I was...
NIU Huskies football
The 2012 football season kicks off Saturday, Sept. 1, as NIU hosts the University of Iowa for Soldier Field Showdown III. The Huskies return 16 seniors from their spectacular 2011 season, in which they won the MAC Championship and the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. Gates open at 12:30 p.m. Huskie fans are...
670-The Score logo
Northern Illinois Athletics and its multimedia rights holder, IMG College, have renewed the university’s agreement with Chicago sports radio powerhouse WSCR 670-The Score to broadcast Huskie football. Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president and director of Athletics, and Mitch Rosen, program director of The Score, made the announcement Monday. The multi-year agreement extends a relationship...
Kristin Hoffman
In June, Northern Illinois volleyball four-year standout setter Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) was named one of 430 nominees for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award. On Thursday, she entered a whole new territory by being chosen as one of the top 30 honorees for the honor, and one of 10 in NCAA Division...
Brett Frantini
Former Northern Illinois catcher Brett Frantini (2009-2012) signed a contract Aug. 17 with the Baltimore Orioles Rookie League affiliate and reported Tuesday, Aug. 21, to the Gulf Coast League Orioles in Sarasota, Fla. “It’s great news for Brett and his family,” said head coach Ed Mathey. “I know that this is something he had a...
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