Category: Students
Northern Illinois University’s Society of Women Engineers (NIU-SWE) received two awards from the Chicago Regional Section of SWE. NIU-SWE won two awards in the Small Section category. The first award was an honorable mention for the best collegiate section. The second was an award for the best collegiate website. NIU-SWE received $300 in cash in...
Jeanne Meyer has been both a prosecutor and a public defender. She’s been both a police officer who arrested those who broke the law and a sturdy support system for those innocent victims of crime. Now the NIU police sergeant and former victim advocate in the NIU Office of Support and Advocacy has taken on...
Mac Miller’s “Macadelic Tour” is stopping Saturday, Sept. 15, at the NIU Convocation Center. The show will start at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Opening acts are Travis Porter and YG. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3. Tickets are general admission and $28. Ticket prices rise to $30 on...
Aurora’s Farmers Market is celebrating 100 years of providing fresh, locally grown produce, and NIU nutrition students are joining in the festivities. Events begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, when the market opens at 350 N. River St. at Wilder Promenade. The Gipsy Trio will play circa-1912 jazz at 9:30 a.m. Mayor Tom Weisner will...
Northern Illinois baseball coach Ed Mathey announced the addition four student athletes to the program’s Class of 2012, now up to 15 total signees Wednesday morning. The new editions include two juniors and two freshman, one of whom was drafted in the 33rd round by the Chicago White Sox. “We’re excited to add these guys...
Members of the Northern Illinois track and field team added another honor to their impressive 2011-12 season Thursday, as they were named an All-Academic team by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. NIU was among 171 teams nationwide and one of six Illinois schools to receive the honor. The Huskies...
Northern Illinois men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi announced changes to his coaching staff today. Luzzi announced assistant coach Garrett Biller has been promoted to the top assistant coach position, Mike Boland has been promoted from his position as volunteer assistant coach and Nick Stirrett has joined the Huskie soccer staff as a volunteer assistant...
Northern Illinois, the defending Mid-American Conference champions, will once again contend for the league crown, according to the 2012 MAC Preseason Poll released Tuesday by the league office. For the second straight season, NIU is listed second in the MAC’s West Division behind Toledo by the members of the media representing league markets who make...
Students and faculty returning to NIU’s DeKalb campus this summer following the end of the spring semester might have noticed something missing. The banners that had adorned light standards across campus are now down. No, they weren’t stolen. They didn’t blow away in an early summer windstorm. And they didn’t melt in the summer heat....
Three Huskie Research Rookies are taking their research to the next level. Elaine Rodriguez, Noemi Rodriguez and Guadalupe Lopez submitted abstracts based on work they completed in the Research Rookies program to the SACNAS National Conference: “Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World.” The trio was accepted as presenters for the conference scheduled from...
One year ago, NIU student Jeffrey Lamble found himself exploring the lives of open landfill scavengers in Central America. An estimated 4,000 “waste pickers” in Guatemala City turn small profits by rifling through the 40 acres of trash for reusable items that they can pocket and sometimes sell. This includes food. Unfortunately, their labors expose...
Experience the spectacular beauty of the Apostle Islands via touring sea kayaks and camp in some of the Northwood’s most pristine sites with NIU Outdoor Adventures. Often considered one of the finest paddling and camping destinations in the continental United States,the islands provide kayakers with fascinating destinations that include Basswood, Hermit and Stockton islands. Kayakers...
