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Efforts to create welcoming, supportive campus ongoing NIU once again has ranked among the most LGBTQ+ friendly colleges and universities in the nation. Setting the bar for LGBTQ-inclusive polices, programs and practices nationwide, Campus Pride recently named NIU to its 2023 Best of the Best LGBTQ-friendly Colleges and Universities List. One of only two Illinois...
NIU’s Edible Campus kicks off its second year with a new website, more ways to get involved and a fundraising dinner. On Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, NIU’s Edible Campus is hosting a fundraising dinner created and prepared by Chef Bryan Flower, NIU assistant director of food systems innovation, along with Daniel Koenen, executive director for...
Editor’s Note: This event has been postponed until November 2023. Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Greg Grandin will present “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America” during the Department of History’s annual Lincoln Lecture, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Sept. 21 in Altgeld Auditorium. The presentation...
Along with Huskie spirit, this year’s Homecoming celebration will showcase Bold Spirits. As part of a new, unique event, Huskies are invited to kick off the 116th Homecoming at Jonomac Orchard in Malta. Scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, Huskie Hour with DeKalb County Spirits will include samples from DeKalb County’s local...
Chris Lowe The NIU College of Education’s Office for Student Success is officially under new management. Chris Lowe, who served as assistant director from December through April, is now the director. Alex Owens, who joined NIU in November of 2021 as an academic advisor in the Department of Special and Early Education, has been named...
The Latino Resource Center (LRC) is starting off the fall semester strong, providing new and returning students with engaging programs, wellness resources and celebratory events. One of their newest wellness resources was debuted during a recent Latinx student organization leadership retreat. The center unveiled “Color Me Stress Free,” a coloring wall where students can relieve...
‘We’re all Huskies here’ Expect an even bigger celebration at this year’s 116th Homecoming when NIU takes over downtown DeKalb for a Huskie Homecoming Block Party. The NIU 116th Homecoming Blocky Party will shut down a portion of Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, and feature what can...
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is facilitating two upcoming bus trips this fall through their Get-on-the-Bus program: Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, the NIU Art Museum will travel to Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff, Illinois and the Driehaus Museum in Chicago, and Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 the NIU Art Museum will travel to the...
More than a dozen NIU alumni are preparing for something radically different this fall, compared to previous years.  Instead of preparing for another semester at NIU, 13 former members of the Department of Military Science’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program will prepare to report for duty to the U.S. Army. ROTC is a college...
NIU is establishing a new transdisciplinary research cluster to advance and promote collaborative research across disciplines that educate and study learning in the STEM fields. The commitment is responsive to the university’s multiyear focus on promoting transdisciplinary scholarship and delivers on objectives articulated in the 2022 and 2023 University Goals, most specifically, NIU’s intention to...
Marlon Millner, Ph.D., has had his eye on NIU’s Center for Black Studies. Recognized throughout the state and nationally, the center plays a vital role not only in promoting the value of Black studies, history and culture at NIU and beyond, but also in engaging the campus and community. As the center’s new director, Millner...
Starting this week, NIU faculty and staff feeling a bit under-the-weather can access urgent care services at the Student Health Center run by Northwestern Medicine (NM). NM assumed operation of student health services and student athlete care at NIU in 2019. The university recently renewed its partnership with NM for an additional five years and...
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