Category: Students
Wondering where all your time went? How can you succeed in a large lecture class? The Office of Student Academic Success will be hosting a Mid-Semester Check, in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center on Tuesday, Oct. 16 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m and Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 6 p.m. to 8...
The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team fell 1-0 Sunday afternoon to Ball State following a failed clearance attempt in the ninth minute of play in windy, rainy conditions at NIU Soccer Complex. Thunder and lightning caused a 71-minute delay in the 25th minute. “It was a difficult day in Senior Day and I think everyone...
It wasn’t easy, but the Northern Illinois volleyball team gutted out a comeback 23-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 15-10 win Saturday night at Victor E. Court over Akron in a cross-divisional Mid-American Conference meeting. The Huskies (15-9, 6-2 MAC) used slim kills (59-54), digs (85-81) and blocks (13-11) edges to nip the Zips (10-10, 3-5 MAC)...
Junior quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel) was 13-of-20 passing for 232 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 129 yards and two scores Saturday as Northern Illinois claimed a dominant 45-3 Homecoming victory over Buffalo at Huskie Stadium. The victory moves NIU to 6-1 overall, 3-0 in Mid-American Conference play, while increasing its...
The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to third-ranked Akron on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Soccer Complex. The Huskies created a number of excellent chances but were unable to find the back of the net as Akron collected its seventh-straight shutout. “We didn’t win the game and at the end of...
The Northern Illinois volleyball team continued to play well against the Mid-American Conference East Division as the Huskies achieved their second straight sweep of a cross-divisional foe by beating Buffalo 25-23, 25-14, 25-16 Friday night at Victor E. Court. “This was a real good start for our group on homecoming weekend,” said NIU head coach...
Senior Courtney Oldenburg rewrote the Huskie cross country record books again Friday in Peoria, Ill., as she broke the school 6K record at the Bradley Classic. Alongside Oldenburg were sophomore Jamie Burr and freshman Ali Olson, both of whom finished in the top 60 in the 222-runner field. Yet, the Huskies could only manage a...
In the dying embers of regulation time and the match tied 2-2, Miami’s Kelsey Dinges headed a ball past Northern Illinois goalkeeper Amy Carr (Hemel Hempstead, England/Townsend Church of England) into the near post netting to lift the Mid-American Conference leaders, 3-2, over the Huskies. NIU (6-6-2, 2-3-2 MAC) rallied back from a 2-0 deficit...
This week is national Fire Prevention Week, and Northern Illinois University’s 2012 Annual Fire Safety Report provides a comprehensive look at fire safety, including statistics on reported fires in on-campus student housing facilities, institutional polices concerning fire prevention, fire safety education and training, and procedures to follow in case of a fire and other matters....
The NIU Clean Snowmobile Team is back in action this year with the hopes of creating two new vehicles for competition next March in Houghton, Mich. The team is working on a 2007 Yamaha Phazer as well as a 2011 Polaris Rush. The Polaris Rush was donated by Polaris to the team this year for...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team kicks off the second year of the Mark Montgomery era tonight when the Huskies hold their first official practice of the 2012-13 season. “It’s a new group, we want to build on the momentum from the end of last year but it’s a new team with new faces,” said...
Intercollegiate Athletics, in partnership with the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, is working to further promote Huskie Pride across campus. The two departments are encouraging the entire campus community, including students, faculty and staff, to wear school colors and apparel the day before home football games in support of “Red & Black Fridays”...
