Tag: Corn Fest
This weekend’s annual Corn Fest will attract thousands of people to the DeKalb community. Event organizers and the DeKalb Police Department want visitors and residents to know about road and parking lot closures leading up to, and during, the festival. The carnival is located in the city lots of Glidden, Ellwood and Haish, which are located between...
Corn Fest offered more than food, music and carnival rides. Attentive eyes might have caught the first glimpses of the “Downtown Initiative.” Launched by a volunteer squad of undergraduate and graduate students from the NIU School of Art and Design, the project comes in response to NIU President Doug Baker‘s pillars. Talk about Student Career...
Organizers of DeKalb’s Corn Fest announced street and parking lot closures occurring in conjunction with the festival, which runs from Friday, Aug. 29, through Sunday, Aug. 31, in downtown DeKalb. According to organizers, the carnival area will occupy the city lots of Glidden, Ellwood and Haish – located between Oak and Locust Street off of Second and Third...
NIU’s connection to the local community and DeKalb County run deep, and those ties, as well as President Doug Baker’s continuing emphasis on maintaining and building the “communiversity” connection, are the inspiration behind the 2014 Corn Fest jerseys that the Huskies will wear in the Aug. 28 season opener at Huskie Stadium. In addition to recognizing...
NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities has good news for campus community persons with disabilities who want to attend this weekend’s Corn Fest activities in downtown DeKalb. TransVAC is offering free rides Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sunday, Sept. 1, to the elderly and those persons with disabilities. To be placed on the routing list,...
New and returning students and community members all are invited this weekend to DeKalb’s annual Corn Fest event, located at the Taylor Municipal Airport. NIU is providing convenient transportation to and from the festival throughout the weekend. Weekend activities include an Air Fest with biplane and helicopter rides in addition to a B-25 Bomber, an...
