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NIU faculty, staff and student volunteers are needed to help welcome our new students and their families to campus at Huskie Fall Kick-Off on Friday, August 25. At this dynamic event, new students learn what it means to be a NIU Huskie fan! We’ll celebrate the different NIU traditions with the president, faculty, staff and...

Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) provides a sympathetic ear and a wealth of resources for free. Students can speak one-on-one with CCS’s counselors or participate in group therapy. To ensure that students receive the necessary support outside of the office, Consultation Services helps faculty, parents, and peers to better understand and assist their students and...

Opening on September 5th, the Pick Museum of Anthropology’s fall exhibition, “Quilts and Human Rights” features over 40 quilts from around the world that honor champions of human rights, document events and experiences that show quiltmaking as a means of coping with oppression, and examine how quilts can raise awareness about social issues. The Museum...

NIU’s Operating Staff Council (OSC) is seeking employees interested in serving on campus committees. Representatives are needed for the: Athletic Board (one representative for a three-year term) Campus Parking Committee (two representatives for a three-year term) Campus Security and Environmental Quality Committee (one representative for a two-year term) Parking Appeals Committee (one representative for a...

The DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCCVB), invites the NIU community to participate in its Stakeholder Survey through July 28th to provide honest and candid feedback about DCCVB’s past work and what you’d like to see in the future. Your feedback is confidential and only shared with the DCCVB in the aggregate. The DeKalb...

NIU Presidential Research Professor Philippe Piot in physics was appointed earlier this year to serve on the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC), which advises the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The DOE’s Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program supports fundamental research that aims to understand, predict and ultimately control matter and energy at...

Lora Oberg has been appointed to the position of assistant university budget officer for NIU. She reports directly to Cristine Black, director of financial analysis and state budget reporting in the Office of Budget and Planning. In this role, Oberg is primarily responsible for the development and maintenance of the university’s five-year budget model. She...

Facilities Management and Campus Services has announced that beginning Monday, July 17, all table and chair orders that would normally be requested through Materials Management Distribution Services will now go through the online “Event Support Request” form.  To order, complete the online form with all required information about the event. Under the “Facilities Services” section,...

On July 5, Gillian King-Cargile, director of NIU’s STEM Read program in the P-20 Center, released her new children’s book, The Toy and the Test Drive. The book is the third installment in the Stuffed Bunny Science Adventure Series published by NIU Press. It explores concepts of solar power and potential and kinetic energy in a...

Thirteen design students from Xi’an University of Technology in Shaanxi, China, spent two weeks at NIU as part of what both universities hope will be the start of a series of exchanges between the two universities. The students spent a week studying under School of Art and Design Assistant Professor Perrin Stamatis and Instructor Johnathon...

NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning will host the fifth annual Summer Research Symposium from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday, August 11, in the Altgeld Auditorium. Any undergraduate student who has participated in faculty-mentored research or artistry over the course of the 2016-17 academic year is encouraged to present his or her...

Wheeler G. Coleman is the new chair of the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees, elected June 15 alongside four colleagues also chosen for new responsibilities. Coleman, who has served on the board since 2011, said his election comes at “a critical time in the history of Northern Illinois University.” “We need to pivot and...