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Move over, Chicago. There’s a new home for jazz in Illinois. For more than 25 years, the NIU Jazz Lab Band, or Laboratory Band, has impressed audiences both locally and internationally with award-winning performances. Now, with some help from NIU resources, the band is celebrating the release of its first album, “Quintessence.” The Lab Band,...
NIU President John G. Peters
President John G. Peters charted Northern Illinois University’s course toward the future today, calling for enrollment growth to 30,000 by 2020, attracting more high-performing students and increasing the university’s dedication to hands-on learning that prepares students to be leaders after college. Those were among the highlights of Peters’ 12th State of the University address, which...
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Northern Illinois University is launching two new bachelor degree programs, both of which will appeal to students who seek careers that will make a difference in the world around them. The Illinois Board of Higher Education earlier this month approved the new interdisciplinary majors—one in environmental studies and the other in community leadership and civic engagement....
Mack H. Lewis II
NIU senior sociology major Mack H. Lewis II attended this July’s Campus Pride’s fifth annual Campus Pride Summer Leadership Camp, aptly called “Camp Pride.” The five-day long leadership institute, the only national program of its kind, is geared toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally student leaders from colleges and universities across the United States....
NIU will host the Army Cadets of West Point Military Academy for the first home football game of the season at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. To honor the occasion, Military Student Services is holding a canned food drive at the game. Show your Huskie Pride: Bring a canned good or non-perishable food item and...
Kate Green, NIU’s 2010-11 Lincoln Laureate
An outstanding undergraduate senior from each of the four-year, degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is chosen each year to receive the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award. Members of the University Scholarships Committee are seeking assistance from faculty and staff to identify NIU’s winner for 2011-12, the 36th year students have been recognized by...
NIU President John G. Peters will deliver his annual State of the University Address at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in the Altgeld Hall auditorium. President Peters will speak about the Vision 2020 Initiative. The speech is open to the public, and will be streamed live here at NIU Today. University release time policies pertain...
Over the summer, ITS installed more than 150 wireless access points, bringing the total number of campus access points to approximately 450. The newly installed devices provide the highest possible data speed and widest area of coverage to give students and faculty the best wireless experience. To accelerate progress toward 100 percent campus coverage, ITS...
Nearly 2,600 eager students packed the streets surrounding the NIU residence halls Thursday, Aug. 18, for Move-In Day 2011. Moving away from home for the first time can lead to some anxious moments for some students, but the enhanced amenities of the newly-renovated Grant Tower C should ease the transition. The Grant Tower C renovation is...
Aerial view of central campus
This is the last in a series of articles offering a brief overview of the Vision 2020 working group reports. Colleagues, Today I am pleased to announce that the sixth and final Vision 2020 Working Group report is available online for review and comment. This report, from the Sustainability Working Group, focuses on what Northern...
NIU new logo
Today’s announcement of a new university logo to accompany the tagline selected in December 2010 – “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” – completes the research and design phase of NIU’s institutional brand identity. Working hand-in-hand with the “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” tagline, the trademarked logo is the visual component of NIU’s communications efforts to strategically convey...
High school students from across Illinois attended NIU's HELP Camp.
Erika Weeden will launch an organization near Mother McAuley High School to help clean up her community on the South Side of Chicago. Olivia Guerra will teach more of her teenage peers at Rock Falls High School about the Search Institute’s “40 developmental assets” that help to foster healthy, caring and responsible adults. Emily Rohman...
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