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Photo of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award trophy
Northern Illinois University quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Jordan Lynch added another preseason award to his résumé Thursday as he was named to the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List. The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award marks the sixth preseason watch list on which Lynch’s name has appeared. Lynch has been on the...
Photo of an NIU bus parked outside Altgled Hall
In May, the NIU baseball team enjoyed access to Wi-Fi on the bus to the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Ohio. Information Technology Services and NIU Transportation worked together to conduct a trial run of the service. The students could connect to the Internet to attend to coursework, check email and view multimedia at broadband speeds....
Huskie Pride at Work!
As summer winds its way toward fall, major campus improvement projects are enjoying some finishing touches. Current work include renovations to residence halls such as Gilbert Hall and Grant D Tower. Meanwhile, the brand-new Outdoor Recreation Sports Complex and the Kenneth & Ellen Chessick Practice Center are nearing completion. Each of these projects will enhance...
Weldy chats with Orientation Leader Eric Glasby.
When Eric Weldy accepted the job as Northern Illinois University’s vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, he knew that: a) NIU had a good football team, as his former employer, Florida State University, faced the Huskies in the Orange Bowl, and b) he would be managing a transition that would push the university...
NIU’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library has released a schedule of hours for the fall semester. From Monday, Aug. 19, through Sunday, Dec. 1, the library is open: from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; and from noon...
Rod Carey
Football was in the air once again on the campus of Northern Illinois University as the NIU football team turned in the first of 24 preseason practices at Huskie Stadium Monday afternoon. The two-time defending Mid-American Conference champions began their pursuit of a third title under partly cloudy skies, cool temperatures and passing showers, typical...
Dog days of summer? Not a chance here on the NIU campus, which is abuzz with student research, even more so than usual. It’s no secret that NIU students regularly assist faculty year-round in research laboratories across campus. But the recent additions of three specially focused summer programs is ratcheting up efforts to introduce both...
NIU Huskie football players hoist the MAC championship trophy
Single game tickets for Northern Illinois’ five 2013 football home games go on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 1 through the NIU Athletics Ticket Office in the Convocation Center, online via Ticketmaster and NIUHuskies.com and on the phone by calling 815-753-PACK (7225). With the winningest team in the state of Illinois fresh off its second...
Photo of piggy bank
A degree from Northern Illinois University provides one of the best returns on investment offered by any college or university in the state, according to rankings released Monday by Affordable Colleges Online. According to the authors, the rankings strive to identify those colleges and universities that offer the greatest lifetime return on investment. Graduates from...
Eric Luzzi
Northern Illinois men’s soccer and head coach Eric Luzzi announced the signing of three international student-athletes to join the Huskies this fall. Richard Hall (Billericay, England/The Billericay School), Albert Levett (Southend-on-Sea, England/Belfairs High) and Chris Bernard (Langley, England/Chalfonts) round out the incoming class, which now features 11 players, for the Huskie men’s soccer team. “I...
Students pose in front of the Field Museum’s Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sue.
The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning has announced its first cohort for the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). In its inaugural year, SROP is made up of 10 students representing three colleges and eight majors. Students in SROP have designed research projects ranging from studying human hepatocellular carcinomas to depression rates among homosexual...
The cost of borrowing for tuition, housing and books will be less expensive for Northern Illinois University students and their parents this fall as a result of Senate passage of a bipartisan proposal linking interest rates on federal student loans to the financial markets, providing lower interest rates right away. Rates for future years will...
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