NIU Today

Students who enroll in NIU language department professor John Hartmann’s intensive Thai language class quickly overcome their inhibitions about learning an Asian language, even one that is tonal and written in a non-Roman alphabet. There is no textbook to purchase. In its place is SEAsite, an online, media-rich, interactive resource for learning the language and...

Energized by a 47-30 home victory over Cal Poly, Head Coach Dave Doeren and the NIU Huskie football team will travel to Mt. Pleasant, Mich., this week to play Central Michigan. The game, which opens NIU’s Mid-American Conference schedule, begins at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. Fans can watch the game on ESPN-3, hear the...

Northern Illinois University Women’s Studies and NGOLD (Center for NGO Leadership and Development) are sponsoring a teach-in on the current famine and humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. The event, “Horn of Plenty? Famine: Man-made Natural Disaster in Africa,” will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in Room 100 of...

In Washington, D.C. … Activities in Washington over the past week bring to mind a quote from that great sage, Yogi Berra: “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Once again, Congress found itself at a critical juncture to approve a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would allow the federal government to operate Saturday, Oct. 1, the...

If every memory you ever created suddenly ceased to exist, what would you change in your life? Northern Illinois University alumni Scott and Joan Bolzan will visit their alma mater to deliver an inspiring presentation based on their book “My Life, Deleted: A Memoir.” The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6,...

After averaging 6.86 kills per set over the weekend, Northern Illinois outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was named Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Already the NIU school career record holder for MAC Player of the Week selections, the sophomore’s second nod this season increases her career total to...

Senior quarterback Chandler Harnish threw for 187 yards on 18-of-21 passing and two touchdowns and ran for 118 yards and a score as Northern Illinois defeated Cal Poly, 47-30, Saturday at Huskie Stadium. Senior running back Jasmin Hopkins added a career-high 143 yards rushing and two touchdowns as the Huskies raced out to a 27-0...

NIU will hold a flag-raising ceremony to honor its 1963 National Championship football team prior to NIU’s homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 15, NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher announced Friday. The ceremony will be held at the site of the new flagpole in the southwest corner of the stadium beginning...

Rockford is one of 20 U.S. cities that have won a federal Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge grant. A grant totaling $2.4 million has been awarded to a collaborative made up of Northern Illinois University, Rock Valley College, the Rockford Area Economic Development Council and EIGERlab to accelerate job creation and innovation for small and...

Members of the NIU community will soon have the opportunity to hear presentations on multicultural curriculum transformation given by faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines. Each of the presenters participated in the most recent Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute. The Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute was designed to facilitate discussion about multicultural issues, to...

Switchfoot and Anberlin have canceled their Sunday, Oct. 2, concert at the NIU Convocation Center. The cancellation is “due to circumstances out of our control,” according to a statement from the concert’s promoter. Tickets will be refunded starting at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. Tickets must be returned to the place of purchase in order to receive...

Clyde J. Wingfield, who served as NIU’s president for a turbulent 10 months from July of 1985 to May of 1986, died Thursday, Sept. 15, in Dallas. He was 80. NIU’s ninth president held bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from East Texas State University and a Ph.D. in political science from the Maxwell...