Category: Students
Welcome Days 2013 is packed full of events to help you learn all about being an NIU Huskie. A tentative schedule of events is listed below. Contact the sponsoring department to confirm locations and times. Students who anticipate barriers to their participation in Welcome Days should contact the Disability Resource Center to arrange accommodations. Accommodations...
With Grant D Tower and Gilbert Halls coming online this fall, housing approximately 500 students, Northern Illinois University will begin a cost/benefit analysis regarding the future of Lincoln Hall as a student housing option. A preliminary study of current student housing trends, capacity requirements and operational costs that include proper maintenance of the dated facility...
According to Emily Prieto, director of Northern Illinois University’s Latino Resource Center (LRC), there was no way that DeKalb resident Elizabeth Garcia was not coming to NIU. “Lizy’s been a Huskie for a long time,” Prieto explains about the 2013 DeKalb High School graduate who is coming to NIU to study Community Leadership and Civic...
An outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is chosen each year to receive the prestigious Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award. Lincoln Student Laureates are honored for their overall excellence in both curricular and co-curricular activities. The NIU Student Laureate should have an NIU grade point average of...
The NIU Student Association has announced new Huskie Bus routes for the upcoming academic year (Fall 2013) and onward. New routes will be operating as of the first day of classes: Monday, Aug. 26. Route 1: Academic/Campus (1L & 1R) Route 2: Residence Halls (2L & 2R) Route 3: Greek Row Route 4: Twombly/Greek Row...
Coming off its second consecutive appearance in the Mid-American Conference Tournament final, the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team gathered Tuesdsay to begin its 2013 preseason camp. A new-look Huskie side will take the field this season as 11 newcomers blend with 12 returnees to form this season’s 23-man roster. “There is always an excitement around...
Northern Illinois football’s Nabal Jefferson added another prestigious honor and postgraduate scholarship to his trophy case today when was named the male winner of the 2013 Bob James Memorial Award by the Mid-American Conference. The award, named for the second commissioner in MAC history (1964-71), is selected by the league’s faculty athletics representatives and goes...
More than 30 undergraduates gave presentations and displayed posters on their research Thursday, Aug. 8, during the Summer Research Programs Symposium inside Altgeld Hall. The students have been participants in three specially focused programs designed to nurture their interests in science and artistry: Research Experience for Undergraduates, McKearn Summer Research Fellows and the Summer Research...
The Illinois State Society of Washington, D.C., has awarded scholarships to each of the four NIU students who interned this summer in the nation’s capital, but the real payoff was in the experience itself. The interns rubbed shoulders with political powerhouses, such as Speaker of the House John Boehner and NIU alumnus and former Speaker...
Exactly three weeks away from kickoff of Northern Illinois’ 2013 season opening game at Iowa, the Huskies held their first extended scrimmage of preseason practices Saturday night at Huskie Stadium. The 80-minute scrimmage closed out the second of two practices for NIU as the Huskies went through their first two-a-day of fall camp. Northern Illinois...
The Northern Illinois volleyball team officially began their 2013 campaign Friday, as the team reported to campus in preparation for the preseason. The team went 21-15 a season ago under head coach Ray Gooden – the team’s third consecutive 20-win season – and advanced to the MAC Championship match for the third year in a...
The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team reported Friday, Aug. 9, for camp. Practice began Saturday, giving the Huskies six days of work until their first preseason contest versus Valparaiso. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Head coach John Ross and his staff, who helped orchestrate a six-match turnaround in 2012, led the...
