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NIU engineering student Alan Hurt is traveling in Africa this summer to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and conduct research.
A simple mouse click can help a team of NIU business and engineering students win funding to start a company that they believe can provide safe and affordable electric power to millions of Africans. The team, Light Up Africa, is competing in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge, competing against other college students across the country...
NIU Cares Day 2011
Registration for NIU Cares Day 2012, NIU’s campus-wide day of community service Saturday, April 14, is now available online. Students, faculty and staff members will be sent all over Sycamore and DeKalb to complete service projects that will benefit not-for-profit community agencies as well as individual residents. Past partners have included the DeKalb Park District, the...
NIU’s Spring 2012 career fairs offer students and job-seekers the chance to network with and impress potential employers. Career Services will begin the season with two workshops in advance of the fairs: “ABCs of Getting an Internship” and the Career Fair Preparation Workshop. Attendees are encouraged to be prepared by researching the companies, rehearsing elevator...
NIU sociologist Jeffrey Kidder during his days as a bicycle messenger.
The real Chicago winter has finally reared its ugly head, and if you think the cold, slush and snow are tough on motorists, imagine what it’s like for the city’s bicycle messengers, those daredevils who risk life and limb in downtown traffic to make rush deliveries. NIU sociology professor Jeffrey Kidder has a good idea....
Daughtry is set to showcase lead singer and band namesake Chris Daughtry’s emotionally resonant voice and knack for relentless melodic hooks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, inside the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Special guests will be announced later. Tickets for Daughtry go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27....
Photo of a medical professional using a syringe to give a vaccination.
Administrators of NIU Health Services are reminding students of two important deadlines this month. Immunization Records The Illinois College Student Immunization Act and NIU policy requires all students born on or after Jan. 1, 1957, who are enrolled in a class at the DeKalb campus to submit proof of state-required immunizations. Students must provide written...
Chandler Harnish
Just days after celebrating a season-ending victory in the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala., a quartet of Northern Illinois University senior football players are taking a step toward a future in professional football as they begin training for postseason collegiate all-star games. Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish, named an honorable mention All-American by SI.com after...
Flag of China
As a result of a site visit to Inner Mongolia and Beijing, China, this past summer, Michelle Bringas will lead a Study Abroad trip to summer to Beijing, China. Bringas, director of the NIU Asian American Center, will travel from Wednesday, June 14, through Saturday, June 30. The program takes an innovative, collaborative approach for...
Photo of an NIU teaching assistant in front of the classroom
NIU’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center is seeking nominations for the 2012 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. These awards acknowledge outstanding graduate teaching assistants for their contributions to the teaching mission of NIU. Each recipient of the award will be presented with a plaque and recognized at the Graduate Students Reception sponsored by the Graduate School at...
2012 Snowstorm Music Tour logo
The Snowstorm Music Tour 2012 will storm through DeKalb and land Friday, Feb. 10, at the NIU Convocation Center. Headlining the tour are hip-hop crossover sensations T-Pain and the ever-eclectic Gym Class Heroes. Special guests include Grieves & Budo, Cris Cab and one artist yet to be announced. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Doors open at...
Northern Illinois volleyball’s Lauren Wicinski (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) and Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American list, the organization announced Wednesday. “It’s always been a dream of ours to be a regional program with national recognition,” said NIU Head Coach and 2011 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Ray...
Northern Illinois University President John G. Peters and his wife, Barbara, welcomed hundreds of local young people and their families to Altgeld Hall on Friday evening for the annual Altgeld Holiday Family Celebration.  Celebration-goers traveled the world with Victor E. Huskie, experiencing the sights, sounds and flavors of festivals and celebrations as they occur in other...
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