Category: Community
NIU faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to nominate NIU professors with outstanding records of community engagement for the 2013 Presidential Engagement Professorships. Nominations will be accepted now through the end of September. The honor is based on President John Peters’ call for engagement with the community through research, economic development, service and...
NIU faculty standout William Baker, who holds a joint appointment with University Libraries and the Department of English, will present a Board of Trustees Professorship Seminar at noon Monday, Oct. 1, in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center. The event is open to the public, with refreshments to be served before the seminar,...
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...
Update: 2:30 p.m. – The advisory is canceled. DeKalb police have made an arrest in the off-campus shots fired incident. City of DeKalb police have informed the university that the department is investigating shots being fired during an early morning off campus incident Saturday, September 8. DeKalb Chief of Policeww Eugene Lowery said that...
NIU’s Center for Non-Governmental Organization Leadership and Development (NGOLD) and the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP) are co-sponsoring two opportunities to learn about tax exemption for nonprofit organizations. The first event is a free workshop for students only. It will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in LaTourette Hall, Room 200....
Chicagoland’s Don’t Panic, it’s a Distro plans a Sunday, Sept. 30, release of “DeKalb Brawl City,” a compilation CD featuring punk and metal bands from DeKalb. The 17-track CD features independently released music from both current and defunct bands from DeKalb. Ranging from punk and metal to folk and ska, “DeKalb Brawl City” dives down deep...
Northern Illinois University reminds students, faculty and staff of the safety resources available to them on the NIU website. “The NIU safety website offers important and useful information that students will need daily, in stormy weather and during occasional emergencies,” said Kathy Buettner, vice president for the Division of University Relations. “The resources contained within...
NIU’s Student Involvement & Leadership Development invites all area community agencies and not-for-profit organizations to recruit students for volunteer opportunities during the annual Volunteer Fair. The event is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the Stevenson Towers Dining Area. Participants are given a table and are encouraged to showcase their organization’s...
The 1998 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requires Northern Illinois University to make good faith efforts to provide students with voter registration forms prior to presidential and gubernatorial races. Voter information is available on the Illinois State Board of Elections website, including a pamphlet titled “Registering to Vote in Illinois.” Illinois residents can register...
You might have heard that spider’s silk is one of the strongest materials in the natural world, but did you know that scientists are working to develop genetically-engineered goats that can produce a spider-like silk in their milk? That’s just one of the weird and fascinating things happening in the world of materials science, a...
Best-selling author Timothy Snyder, an award-winning historian of Europe and genocide, will visit NIU to deliver the ninth annual installment of the W. Bruce Lincoln Endowed Lecture Series. Snyder, the Housum Professor of History at Yale University, will begin his talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. His presentation is...
The NIU community is mourning the death of Arthur Paul Doederlein, a dedicated and beloved professor in the Department of Communication who, over the course of more than four decades, made an impact on the lives of thousands of students. Doederlein, 70, died Friday, Aug. 24, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, with his family by his...
