Category: Community
If you walk into the archives of the Sycamore History Museum, you will see shelves and shelves of neatly organized and indexed files and boxes. Finding the materials you are looking for takes only seconds thanks to volunteer archivist and NIU graduate Robert Glover, who overhauled and modernized the museum’s archives while he was still...
More than 1,200 NIU students were up with the sun Saturday morning, which was appropriate since they spent the day spreading sunshine across DeKalb County as part of the annual NIU Cares Day. The early start was worth it, said Kaitlyn Fritz, a member of the Sigma Lambda Sigma service sorority, which spent the morning...
Approximately 1,200 participated in Saturday’s NIU Cares Day event, a campus-wide day of community service. Northern Illinois University students, faculty and staff volunteered to complete projects that benefit DeKalb County’s not-for-profit organizations and community agencies as a way of thanking the community for their support of the institution and its mission. The volunteers were transported...
Northern Illinois University’s second-annual Celebrating Excellence event—which begins Saturday, April 12, and runs through May 1—has more than tripled in terms of the number of functions highlighting the many accomplishments and contributions of NIU students, faculty and staff to the university’s mission during the academic year. Last year’s event included 16 different activities. “We invite...
Hungry? The Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb will present an exclusive “Big Night Movie & A Dinner” event Sunday, April 27. This benefit for the Egyptian will feature the showing of the 1996 movie “Big Night” at 3 p.m. at the theater (135 N. Second St.), followed by an authentic reenactment of the “Big Night” dinner...
Until we find that goose laying golden eggs, we are all going to have to learn to manage credit and debt wisely. Luckily, NIU’s Center for Economic Education and STEM Outreach are offering a workshop for educators and a STEM Café for the general public to help people learn about financial literacy. And, in the...
Mayor A. George Pradel proclaimed Friday, March 21, as “Dolly McCarthy Day” in Naperville, recognizing the Northern Illinois University alumna’s years of service to the Naperville area and nonprofit organizations. The proclamation reads: “Dolly is a voice for countless not-for-profits. She helps them by consistently giving them a platform to broadcast their message and encourage...
Northern Illinois University is seeking new participants to join in the Bold Futures Workshops series scheduled from Friday, March 28, through Wednesday, April 2. NIU students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as community members are welcome to participate by registering as a new participant. Most workshop sessions will be located in the Holmes Student...
A team of social entrepreneurs will be among the featured guests Friday, April 4, at the second-ever NIU Social Impact Summit, at the Barsema Alumni and Visitor Center. The event, sponsored by Product Development Technologies and presented by NIU-based Collegiate Association of Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs (CAUSE), is intended to educate students and others about social...
Working in partnership with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Lt. Governor Sheila Simon announced that the Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) will develop a comprehensive report detailing the regional and overall state economic impact of federal and state military assets and the defense industry in Illinois. “We look forward to working with...
The Northern Illinois University Student Association is displaying blueprints and ideas from the campus master planning thesis in the second floor Gallery Lounge in the Holmes Student Center through March 28. The organization is seeking the input of the university and community on ideas to improve NIU’s campus experience. “I invite you to stop by...
The Avalon String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the NIU School of Music, recently concluded a short tour of California, and performances at The Music Guild garnered a terrific review in Stage and Cinema. In the review, entitled “I Found my Love in Avalon,” Tony Frankel calls the Avalon Quartet “one of the most meticulously amalgamated ensembles...
