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An adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” will be presented as the next Studio Series production of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. “The Canterbury Tales” originally consisted of 24 stories written by Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. Eight of these stories have been adapted for the stage by visiting...
Green Up NIU
NIU aims to score big for recycling at the remaining home football games by having teams of volunteers fan out across the Huskie Stadium tailgating venues to help fans recycle. At both of the remaining home NIU football game this season (Nov. 3 and Nov. 14), NIU’s environmental student clubs, in collaboration with NIU Recycling...
Kathi Bennett
In the first two years of the Kathi Bennett era of NIU women’s basketball, the 300-win coach has given the Huskie faithful a taste of what she can do to a turn around a program. With this year’s roster more full of her recruits, the Huskies have embraced Bennett’s signature defensive principles and style, and...
Jordan Godsey, class of 2013
The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team saw its three-match shutout streak come to an end Tuesday afternoon with a 2-0 loss at Western Michigan. Goals from Jason Grant in the 78th minute and Erik Kelly in the 86th minute helped give the Broncos the victory. “I thought on the whole it was it was not...
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This summer saw several changes to the piano inventory at the NIU School of Music. One of the finest changes arrived in the form of a Hamburg Steinway Model C, which became available in Chicago in July. The piano faculty went to try it and quickly fell in love with the instrument. Carla W. Montgomery,...
Mathew Tembo
Led by Mathew Tembo, the NIU Afropop Ensemble will present a concert at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in the Recital Hall of the Music Building. Currently a graduate student at NIU, Tembo is a well-known Afropop musician from Zambia, Central Africa. He takes music straight from the villages of Zambia, creating his own genre of...
Abdel Nader
Sophomore Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) of the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team has been named to the Mid-American Conference West Division Preseason All-MAC Team announced today by the league office. Nader, an All-MAC Freshman team selection last season, was one of five players selected by the 24-member media panel. Nader averaged 10.4 points and...
Sean Progar
For the first time this season, two Northern Illinois players were named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week as defensive end Sean Progar (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) and kicker Mathew Sims (Hannibal, Mo./Hannibal) earned the honor, the league office announced Monday. Progar was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week after his seven-tackle,...
Poster of the third NIU New Music Festival: Fall 2012
The NIU School of Music’s New Music Ensemble, under the direction of Gregory Beyer, has announced its third annual New Music Festival. Scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 6, and Wednesday, Nov. 7, this year’s celebration will spotlight music of would-be centenarian composer, John Cage (1912-1992), perhaps America’s most widely recognized avant-garde composer and thinker of the 20th...
NIU Cares Day 2012
Student Involvement & Leadership Development is gearing up for NIU Cares Day 2013. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 20; however, plans are under way to convene the planning committee and to recruit volunteers to assist that day. An NIU Cares Day kickoff and preview meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6,...
The ENAE Business School in Murcia, Spain
Business moves faster and blurs borders now more than at any time in history. To keep pace, companies are looking for employees who bring a unique set of skills to the workplace, one that Northern Illinois University College of Business Fast-Track MBA programs are designed to provide. The program provides students with the full MBA...
Photo of a dinner plate of fish sticks, potatoes, creamy seafood salad and a lemon wedge
NIU Housing and Dining has begun hosting an all-you-can-eat fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. every Friday this fall semester at Douglas Hall. “We are hearing that many NIU students say that they eat fish on Friday. We are seeing a lot of area restaurants, organizations and stores offering seafood on Friday, so we...
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