Category: Community
Former Northern Illinois University associate vice president and director of Athletics Jeff Compher has been named one of four Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Under Armour Athletic Directors of the Year (ADOY) by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) for his work at NIU. Compher was one of 28 winners spanning seven divisions...
Northern Illinois University first lady Barbara Cole Peters recently published the first of a four-part book series called “Women at Northern: Our Witnesses to History,” the result of her research of student newspapers, essays, poems, letters and annual yearbooks from the archives held at NIU’s Regional History Center. Volume I tells stories of the earliest...
Members of local law enforcement agencies will participate in the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 9. The run begins at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, 150 N. Main St. in Sycamore. DeKalb-area participants include representatives from the NIU, DeKalb and Sycamore police departments and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department who...
John Lewis, senior research scholar at NIU’s Regional Development Institute, moderated a panel of experts in the fiber optics industry May 30 at the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. Broadband and Economic Development Technology Focus Luncheon. About 150 attendees learned about the importance of high-speed fiber and broadband to economic development in the region. Matthew...
Sycamore will paint the town red and black from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, in support of NIU Night. Visitors are encouraged to wear Huskie gear, meet NIU athletes and get their autographs, participate in mini-sport games and have their pictures taken with Victor E. Huskie. NIU STEM Outreach also will provide hands-on...
NIU Transportation and the Division of Finance & Facilities are hosting a farewell reception Tuesday, June 11, for Bill Finucane. The event takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Altgeld Hall Room 315 (the Board of Trustees Room). Remarks are planned at 3 p.m. All are welcome. Finucane, longtime manager of the transportation department,...
The NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology will team up Wednesday, June 19, with Caterpillar Inc. to present the third annual Tee Up Fore Scholarships golf outing. Golfers of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. Over the past two years, this golf outing has raised more than $40,000 in scholarship funds for current...
Northern Public Radio has named Robert K. “Bert” Gray as its new development director. Gray is a seasoned public- and not-for-profit agency administrator and fundraiser. He brings experience in communications, marketing, planning, personnel and project management to the NIU-based broadcast service consisting of WNIJ (89.5 FM), WNIU (90.5 FM) and NIRIS (Northern Illinois Radio Information...
What is green, sits on rusty metal nails, and has 120 volts of electricity shooting through its vinegary center? It’s the electrified pickle, and it’s going to get zapped again Thursday, June 6, when NIU STEM Outreach and DeKalb County libraries present the Bright Futures Electricity Fair. The Electricity Fair will be held at the...
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 of science fiction and fantasy. Thomas is nominated for Best Related Work for co-editing “Chicks Dig Comics,” a collection of essays by award-winning writers and artists...
NIU teacher candidates and their co-teaching partners in District 428 recently celebrated the successes of a new model of teacher preparation – the professional development school’s co-teaching model. In the co-teaching model, an NIU teacher candidate is paired with a master teacher from a partnering school district. The pair spends a full year collaborating on...
Six students who are graduating from high school are performing senior recitals this spring, the NIU Community School of the Arts has announced. The six are Paige Phelps, Danielle Pivonka and Owen Ruff of Sycamore and Hanna Bingham, Erin McGaughey and Genevieve Smelser of DeKalb. All of the recitals are free and open to the...
