Thomas Hammock, a former Huskie player and assistant coach, returns home as the 23rd head coach in the history of the Northern Illinois University football program, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier announced on Friday. Hammock returns to
Read more
Last November, NIU Figure Skating took to the ice once again for the 2018 Bronco Challenge Cup sanctioned by the United States Figure Skating Association and hosted by Western Michigan University. The competition included 20 university teams competing in short programs, ice
Read more
When Debra Boughton, senior associate Athletics director and chief of staff in NIU Athletics, looked around the room of the first ATHENA-Women of Accomplishment Award Reception she attended as a newcomer to the community she asked, “How did these women become who
Read more
First- and Second-Year Experience (FSYE) invites all departments with mentoring programs available at NIU to participate in a ground-breaking initiative to identify and match their mentoring programs to interested students. After FYSE revamped their Mentor Match Survey last year to make it more student-friendly,
Read more
NIU has a unique opportunity for people who want to learn more about law enforcement. Faculty, staff and students are invited to enroll in the NIU Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy, an 11-week experiential learning opportunity that begins Wednesday, Jan. 30. “The
Read more
University leaders are unveiling today a five-year Strategic Enrollment Management Plan that will guide NIU in attracting and retaining students who represent the diversity of the region, nation and world. Called “fundamental to the mission and vitality of the university,” the plan
Read more
Seventeen NIU Professional Sales students hit the road on a Huskie bus last month to jump-start their sales career. This intersession class – Professional Sales in the Field, otherwise affectionately known as “Sales on Wheels” – provided firsthand exposure to five companies,
Read more
Tricia Rollerson Tricia Rollerson grew up in various homes around the country, moving from one state to the next. So did Teresa Polson. Both went to college, earning bachelor’s degrees in psychology and social work, respectively. Later, they both found paths into
Read more
Mary Gardner For years, Mary Gardner has required her LTCY 300 students to create theoretical “listening center” projects on paper. Gardner, an instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, expects these assignments to propose good nonfiction texts to read aloud to children.
Read more
By the fall of 2019, a full-service Starbucks coffee house should be operational on the NIU campus. As part of the renovations at the Holmes Student Center (HSC), crews are building out a space for the popular destination coffee shop. The new
Read more
While the demand for mental health services on campus is growing, the folks at NIU’s Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) want students to know they are always available to help more people. Students should not hesitate to contact CCS should they need
Read more
To set NIU students up for success, the University Honors Program has created several guaranteed admission agreements with programs on campus. This means that all NIU Honors students who meet certain qualifications are guaranteed to be accepted into these listed programs at
Read more