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Northern Illinois University has hundreds of helping hands looking for meaningful projects to tackle on NIU Cares Day, Saturday, April 22, 2017, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. The event is sponsored by Student Involvement and Leadership Development (SILD). This will be the eleventh year of this special NIU and DeKalb tradition! NIU Cares Day was created...
Organizations from across campus have united to plan a Homecoming week focused on being engaging and inclusive. “For the last couple of years, we’ve been talking about ways to make a more unified Homecoming,” said Liz McKee, assistant program director of Student Involvement and Leadership Development. In the spirit of unity and inclusivity, the ballot...
Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) will sponsor a massive poster sale in the MLK Commons during the first week of fall classes. Representatives from the poster company Beyond the Wall will sell posters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, through Friday, Aug. 26. Pick up decorative posters, vintage posters, movie posters...
Do you have a passion for service and leadership – and love to travel? Become a Huskie Alternative Breaks (HAB) site leader. NIU’s HAB program presents students with non-traditional opportunities to travel to various communities in the nation and abroad during the university’s winter, spring or summer break to participate in service projects. An alternative...
NIU is looking for alumni to serve as project site leaders from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, for NIU Cares Day. Students volunteer each spring in the DeKalb area to help with community service projects, such as painting, lawn service, planting, helping at soup kitchens and working at animal shelters. Now in...
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Huskie Alternative Breaks (HAB) has openings for its international alternative break trip being held from May 15 to May 22 in Nicaragua. An alternative break is a service-learning trip where a group of college students engage in volunteer service during a designated university break. Alternative break trips allows students to engage in hands-on service experience,...
Student Involvement & Leadership Development
Do you want to become an involved student leader? Would you like the opportunity to improve your leadership skills? If so, enroll in Student Involvement & Leadership Development’s Leadership Academy. NIU’s Leadership Academy is a three-tiered, self-paced leadership program which allows participants to complete the activities as their schedules allow. Developmental tracks include Personal Leadership,...
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Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is sponsoring a massive poster sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, through Friday, Jan. 29. The sale takes place in the Promenade Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. Representatives from Beyond the Wall will sell decorative posters, vintage posters, movie posters and much more. Proceeds...
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Are you an involved student leader? Do you believe you should be recognized for all you do as a leader at NIU? If so, consider applying for a Kevin D. Knight Leadership Award, presented by the Student Involvement & Leadership Development. Awards include institutional tuition waivers and leadership awards for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors and...
NIU Cares Day
Volunteers from the NIU family come together every spring to thank members of the university community for their support of the institution and its mission. NIU Cares Day, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, benefits DeKalb County’s not-for-profit organizations and community agencies through planting, painting, cleaning, sorting, assisting with events and...
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Calling all student leaders: Registration for the NIU LEAD Summit is now open. The NIU LEAD Summit – NIU’s premier leadership conference – is open to all NIU students; however, conference content is geared toward undergraduate students. Scheduled Saturday, Nov. 14, in Barsema Hall, the summit is the concluding event of Leadership Week. Participants can attend...
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Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is in search of project sites and NIU volunteers (students, faculty and staff) for NIU Make a Difference Day. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, with volunteer check-in occurring from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and service projects happening from 10 a.m....
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