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The eighth annual NIU Cares Day is right around the corner! From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 12, more than 1,000 students will be out in the DeKalb community assisting with various projects for not-for-profit organizations, community agencies and DeKalb county residents. Volunteer registration will occur in waves this year, starting with team leader...
Movie poster for “An American in Paris”
DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre is partnering with NIU to bring the community a film series featuring “Best Picture” films through the decades. The series begins Tuesday, Jan. 14, with 1930’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Starting when the theater opened in 1929, Academy Award-winning Best Picture films were chosen from each decade to create this...
Pianist Yao Lin traveled 6,600 miles from her native city of Beijing because she was offered a full scholarship and graduate assistantship from the NIU School of Music. But a short bike ride on campus left her unable to play the piano. Lin, known on campus as Lina, remembers hitting the ground and losing feeling in...
Campus snowball fun – Winter 2013
With the winter storm season here again, Northern Illinois University provides the following recommendations to heed during extreme winter weather conditions. Stay indoors if possible Residents should have a battery operated radio, extra blankets, and a three-day supply of essentials such as water, non-perishable foods, first-aid supplies, medication, pet supplies and batteries. Prepare a list of...
In the 2012-13 academic year, 71 percent of fulltime undergraduate students at Northern Illinois University received need-based financial aid from state, federal and university sources. However, thousands of eligible Illinois college students missed out on state financial aid by not completing the required Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) soon enough. The NIU Student...
A look back at bowl week as the Northern Illinois Huskies traveled to San Diego for the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 26.   [View the story “NIU in San Diego” on Storify]
NIU Cares Day 2011
All throughout the fall semester, Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) has been helping students find opportunities to give back to the community. Destiny McDonald, director of Community Service for SILD, said the push for students to get involved starts as soon as students arrive to campus. “As a part of Welcome Days in the fall,...
An armored vest from the Tana Toraja people of Sulawesi, Indonesia, is one of the featured items in the "Rarely Seen Southeast Asia" exhibit on display through May 15 at the NIU Anthropology Museum.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a Preservation Assistance grant to the NIU Anthropology Museum. Grant funds will support conservation training for museum staff, supplies to improve textile storage, and environmental monitoring kits. These competitive NEH grants are awarded after a rigorous peer-review process. The Textile Storage and Environmental Monitoring project, supported...
Advocate Sherman Hospital is pleased to announce Advocate Health Care has selected Northern Illinois University alumna Linda Deering to serve as Sherman’s new president, effective January 1, 2014. Deering replaces Rick Floyd, who is moving on to become president of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. Deering brings more than 35 years of...
With over two decades of experience in both collegiate and professional women’s basketball, University of Arizona assistant coach E.C. Hill has made a name for herself on a national level. She is not only a prestigious athlete and coach but also as a woman of the best traits, including compassion and dedication. Hill’s career begins...
Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker provided a roadmap for a bold future for NIU in the face of the state’s challenging financial picture during his keynote speech at the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce’s final monthly General Membership Luncheon of 2013 Monday. The luncheon audience of hundreds of chamber members listened attentively as President...
Martin Luther King Jr.
NIU’s 2014 MLK Service Week will take place the week of Jan. 21. The week will promote civic reflection, community service, equality and diversity awareness throughout campus and in the community. Members of NIU’s MLK Week of Service planning committee were awarded the MLK Day of Service Collegiate Challenge grant for $1,200 from Illinois Campus...
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