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Following the end of the 2019 spring semester at Northern Illinois University, marked officially by four graduation ceremonies at the NIU Convocation Center in early May, a relative sense of calm has settled over the DeKalb campus. Classrooms are quiet, foot traffic is practically non-existent and normally packed parking lots are empty. While the rest of...
Country music sensation Thomas Rhett, with special guests Kelsea Ballerini, Russell Dickerson and Ryan Hurd, will be live at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, on Friday, March 3, 2017. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m., at the box office, LiveNation.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. Ticket prices range from $25 to $54.75....
Thousands of Northern Illinois University students will soon transition to the status of NIU alumni during commencement ceremonies Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, 2016. Commencement ceremonies will be held at the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 13.  Doors open at...
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NIU will hold commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec. 13, inside the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. Participants in the ceremonies should assemble in Victor E. Court at least one hour before each ceremony begins. Late arrivals are not guaranteed participation in their ceremony. Saturday, Dec. 12 – 4 p.m. Graduate...
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Olympic champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White will headline the Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular along with 10-time world gymnastics champion Simone Biles at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. The show begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16. Doors open at 6 p.m. Select tickets are now only $15 and can be purchased at...
Little Big Town: The Pain Killer Tour
Grammy Award-winning country group Little Big Town will bring its THE PAIN KILLER TOUR Thursday, Oct. 29, to the NIU Convocation Center. The foursome – Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet and Kimberly Schlapman – already have hit more than 50 markets on this highly successful headlining tour produced by AEG LIVE/The Messina Group. UPDATE,...
Rich Homie Quan
Rappers Rich Homie Quan and Hoodie Allen are coming Friday, Oct. 23, to the NIU Convocation Center for the “Huskies Light the Night” Homecoming concert. Presented by the Campus Activities Board, the Student Association and the Convocation Center, the show begins at 8 p.m. with opening act DJ Jamal Smallz. Doors open at 7 p.m....
More than 100 law enforcement and fire personnel representing Northern Illinois University, local, state and federal agencies participated in a Friday morning drill which simulated multiple improvised explosive devices going off in the NIU Convocation Center. Police, fire and emergency medical first responders and investigators—as well as NIU senior administrators—participated in the training simulation that...
Little Big Town: Pain Killer Tour
Grammy Award-winning country group Little Big Town has added a fall leg of THE PAIN KILLER TOUR that will stop Thursday, Oct. 29, at the NIU Convocation Center. The foursome – Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet, and Kimberly Schlapman – already have hit more than 50 markets on this highly successful headlining tour produced...
NIU Commencement
Soon-to-be alumni of NIU will gather Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, with each other – and with their loved ones – to celebrate their academic accomplishments. Commencement ceremonies take place at the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 8. Doors open at...
Rick Springfield
Hey, Rick Springfield fans! The NIU Convocation Center wants to offer all “working class dogs” a little relief from the stress of filing taxes with a Rock’n Tax Day deal. For one day only – Wednesday, April 15 – fans can purchase tickers priced at only $15 to see the Grammy Award-winning pop star appear Friday,...
Convo's Collosal Clean Sweep
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Seven years ago, the NIU Convocation Center started the Convo’s Colossal Clean Sweep to bring the community together during tough economic times. It proved a tremendous success and, after a year off, the Clean Sweep is back: The Convocation Center will host its flea market and garage sale from 9...
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