Concert season is in full swing (sometimes literally) in the School of Music, with a host of opportunities to hear great music performed by very talented students. There’s something for every musical taste, from NIU’s quartet-in-residence, the Avalon String Quartet (November 5)
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WorldChicago, NIU Business and citizen diplomacy. WorldChicago officially welcomed Balaji Rajagopalan, dean of the NIU College of Business, onto its board of directors. WorldChicago is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to citizen diplomacy: the shaping of mutually beneficial foreign relations through one-on-one interactions
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Adam Neal Adam Neal, an alum of the NIU College of Education, returned Monday, Oct. 1, to Graham Hall to serve as the new director of Advancement. Neal comes from the College of Business, where he has served in a similar role
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Zach Wahl-Alexander, Tim Mack and Jenn Jacobs Opened in December 1904, the 120-acre Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles can hold 348 juvenile males in its Level 2 medium-security facility. The average daily population of 138 represents about 40 percent of that capacity. The
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Three alumni are preventing crime and protecting America in different ways as staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Although their degrees from Northern Illinois University are different, three alumni share commonality as they work behind the scenes to protect homeland
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On nice days, Lisa Freeman will walk the mile or so from Northern Illinois University to her DeKalb home. Along the way, she’ll stop behind the fountain near Davis Hall, with the building’s observatory rounding out the sky. She’ll take it all
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Students who have attended high school in Illinois—especially those from DeKalb County and the city of Chicago—are the focus of new scholarship incentives announced this week. Funded by a $2.73 million grant from the state of Illinois matched by the university, NIU’s
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The high cost associated with having a period has Natalie Goldberg taking action. The NIU junior from Naperville recently kicked off a Menstruation Campaign project as a way to create awareness and help offset the financial burden that Huskies face when buying
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Chad McEvoy NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) will launch a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management next fall. The new program capitalizes on the department’s rich heritage of preparing graduate students for careers in the thriving sport industry, which includes all of Chicago’s major professional
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Dan Migala Dan Migala is always thinking. The co-founder and chief innovation officer of 4Front Sports and Innovation Consulting Firm is the guy behind the Chicago White Sox’s 7:11 starting time – brought to you by 7-Eleven, of course. He’s also the marketing whiz who
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A new program aims to help second-year students at NIU avoid the sophomore slump. First- and Second-Year Experience has partnered with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to create the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Second-Year Scholars program. With a
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Lynn Gibson During Lynn Gibson’s undergraduate years in the NIU College of Business, then housed inside Wirtz Hall, she lived directly across the street in the Timbercrest Apartments on the corner of Lucinda Avenue and Garden Road. Hers was Apartment 5, she knows
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