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The Northern Illinois volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to No. 25 Miami in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum on Friday night. The loss in NIU’s sixth NCAA Tournament appearance was its first at a neutral site. Previously, the Huskies were 2-0 in neutral site matches. NIU is...
NIU Human Resource Services will host its annual blood drive Tuesday, Dec. 6. It will be held on the Heartland Blood Centers’ Mobile Coach, which will be located in the HR parking lot at 1515 W. Lincoln Hwy. in DeKalb. The blood drive will run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The donation process takes about...
Members of the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education (ICBCHE), in collaboration with the Office of Precollegiate Programs and the NIU Black Faculty Association, will hold a town hall meeting Monday, Dec. 5, at NIU. The group will develop strategies for assuring black access and equity in Illinois education. Two years ago, the...
So it’s all come to this. A few short-but-busy months since Coach Dave Doeren and his Huskies visited Detroit before their 9-3 season began, they’re back to finish it in the biggest fashion possible at the 2011 Marathon MAC Championship. “We laughed about it in the postgame the other night – how long ago it...
NIU President John G. Peters today unveiled a new Vision 2020 Initiative website that allows faculty, staff, students and the public to follow progress made toward university goals in a wide range of areas, including student success, student recruitment, academic enrichment and faculty research. “This website holds us accountable, because as time goes by, one...
Northern Illinois University’s Brad Dieckhaus was named the Mid-American Conference’s Wrestler of the Week, the league announced Thursday. Dieckhaus kicked off his senior season with a bang Saturday, recording three victories at the Hoosier Duals in Bloomington, Ind. After missing the first two duals of the season and the Michigan State Open due to injury,...
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish has been named the winner of the Mid-American Conference’s Vern Smith Leadership Award, which is presented annually to the MAC’s top football player, the league office announced Wednesday. Mid-American Conference head coaches voted on the award and on the league’s all-conference team, which features nine Huskies in all, four on...
We all know it takes talent, sweat, and discipline to be an athlete, but have you ever stopped to think that it takes the same mettle to march in the band? Skeptics need only watch junior Zach Haas perform “Let’s Groove Tonight” on his 45-pound sousaphone during a Huskie halftime show to become believers. The...
After a month away from home, members of the Huskie wrestling team will host their annual Showcase Meet Thursday when they face the Purdue Boilermakers. The meet, which is the 25th meeting between the two schools since 1969, begins at 7 p.m. in the Convocation Center. The dual will also be the first meeting between...
To ensure that the lawyers of tomorrow are not only technically skilled but also are ethical legal practitioners, Cherilyn and Michael Murer have extended their sponsorship of the lecture series “Introduction to the Legal Profession: History, Culture, and Values.” Launched this fall, the series exposes first-year students at the NIU College of Law to legal...
Northern Illinois University’s Ryan Neir was named Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. Neir played a big role in NIU’s defensive-minded win over Eastern Michigan Friday which clinched the MAC West title for Northern Illinois. Punting into a strong wind for half of the day, Neir kicked seven times for...
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team pulled off a dramatic 53-50 win over Southern Illinois Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Down 50-49 with 13 seconds left in the game and NIU (3-3) in a bit of a panic as the shot clock was winding down, Alicia Johnson (Harvey, Ill./Thornton) got the ball at...
