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Chandler Harnish
Northern Illinois senior quarterback Chandler Harnish has earned one of 16 spots in the 2011 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Class, presented by Fidelity Investments, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. The prestigious award provides postgraduate scholarships to an elite group of 16 players chosen from across all divisions of college...
Photo of a health care worker preparing an IV
NIU Career Services will host its annual Health Professions Job Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Resumes and professional dress are required. Tips for preparing for the job fair are available online. One resume copy is collected at entry. The cost...
Yarn/Wire
The NIU School of Music’s New Music Ensemble, under the direction of Gregory Beyer, will be joined in November by New York City-based ensemble Yarn/Wire. The groups will present two programs of music by major composers of the 20th century. This multi-day event scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 1, and Wednesday, Nov. 2, will be the...
Mabel Kwan
The NIU School of Music will host a concert of new music for piano featuring NIU alum Mabel Kwan. Her performance will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the Music Building Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public, and the hall is accessible to all. Kwan’s program will...
Avalon Quartet
NIU’s Avalon String Quartet will begin its concert year by performing one work from each period of the complete string quartets of Beethoven. The Avalon will begin with Quartet in D-Major, Op. 18, No. 3, followed by Quartet in F-minor, Op. 95 “Serioso,” and Quartet in F-major, Op. 135, No. 16. The concert begins at...
Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center. Image courtesy HKM Architects + Planners, Inc.
Less than one month after the announcement that Northern Illinois University benefactors Dr. Kenneth and Ellen Chessick will donate $3 million to the University to name the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center, the new indoor training facility for Huskie Athletics, NIU President Dr. John Peters and Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher...
Photo of palace in Casco Viejo
Join the NIU Alumni Association for a tropical adventure. The Alumni Association is hosting a trip to “the land between the seas” as it heads to Panama this new year. The trip will take the alumni group from the Spanish-influenced architecture of Panama City to the Panama Canal, a true marvel of modern engineering. Exquisite...
1970s publicity photo of Kansas
Members of the NIU Philharmonic will have a rare opportunity on Saturday, Oct. 15, to combine their orchestral talents with rock when they perform with the band Kansas at the Convocation Center. During the 8 p.m. Homecoming weekend concert, guitars, drums and violins will share the same stage for a one-of-a-kind sound, said Paul Bauer,...
Sample Illinois driver's license
NIU students, faculty, staff and local residents can renew driver’s licenses and state IDs, purchase annual vehicle license plate stickers, register as organ and tissue donors or conduct other transactions on campus at a mobile office of the Illinois Secretary of State. In addition, NIU collegiate license plates will be available for purchase. Twenty-five dollars...
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Gloria Ladson-Billings, chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will speak Thursday, Oct. 20, at NIU on “Pushing Past the Achievement Gap.” Despite the intense focus on the achievement disparities between African-American and Latino students and their White counterparts, Billings posits that the achievement gap discourse keeps academics locked...
Internship Fair
It’s never too soon to prepare for life after college. Students looking to get head starts on their career searches will have the chance to speak with potential employers during career fairs sponsored by NIU Career Services. Students seeking internship opportunities can speak with representatives from 73 varying companies at the NIU Internship Fair from...
The Huskies celebrate a Jordan Lynch touchdown against Kent State.
Two of the nation’s best college quarterbacks will take the Huskie Stadium field Saturday as NIU’s Chandler Harnish and Western Michigan’s Alex Carder lead their teams into battle. So says Coach Dave Doeren, whose 3-3 Huskies bring a 40-10 toppling of Kent State into the annual Homecoming game. Kick-off is set for 2:30 p.m. Students...
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