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A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for central DeKalb County until 2:45 p.m. At 1:44 p.m., the National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter-size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located near Shabbona and moving east at 10 mph. Locations impacted include DeKalb and Cortland. Heavy rains flood roads...
Ed Mathey
The Northern Illinois baseball team added two more to its small, but strong recruiting class for the 2011-2012 season Thursday. Jordan Huffman (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa/North Iowa Area C.C.) and Taylor Nawrocki (Fairmont, Minn./North Iowa Area C.C.) mark NIU head coach Ed Mathey’s most recent newcomers, joining Anthony Ciango (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove North), Micah McCulloch (Rochelle,...
The Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships began Thursday at the NIU Track & Field and Soccer Complex. Northern Illinois had just one athlete competing on the opening day of the meet as Amanda Schwab represented the Huskies in the javelin throw. “We are excited to have competition under way here at the MAC...
Nicole Germillion
The Northern Illinois University softball team suffered a 2-0 setback to Miami (OH) Thursday night in its second game of the 2011 Mid-American Conference Softball Tournament at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio. The loss ends NIU’s run in the tournament. The Huskies, the No. 3 seed, finished the 2011 season with a 26-27 record. The...
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NIU’s College of Business was invited to be a member of the SAP University Alliances Community. SAP is dominant player in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software market. Academic institutions are invited into the SAP University Alliances Community only after meeting stringent criteria. Joining the SAP University Alliance Community will permit NIU business faculty to use SAP software and...
Dave Grant
NIU’s Intercollegiate Athletics family invites the campus to help bid farewell to one of their most storied head coaches, Dave Grant. After 15 years of service to the NIU Huskies, the wrestling coach is moving on to pursue other opportunities. An open house is planned for 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, in the main lobby of the Convocation Center. The event and...
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NIU’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies will hold  a retirement reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, in honor of Barb Berg and Lin Nevitt. Both Berg, business manager for the Northern Illinois University Press, and Nevitt, administrative assistant in the Graduate School, are retiring after 25 years of service to the university....
Bloomberg Businessweek - The Best Undergraduate B-Schools
The NIU College of Business added to its list of accolades this week with the release of more detailed information from the Bloomberg Businessweek rankings of business schools. Earlier this year, Bloomberg released the overall results, with NIU placing at number 84 out of more than 600 eligible AACSB-certified business schools. This week a more...
Lynn Neeley
Lynn Neeley, a professor in the Department of Management in the NIU College of Business, has won funding from the Coleman Foundation. As part of the approved funding, Neeley was designated to serve as project coordinator for a new Coleman Foundation Faculty Fellowship program at NIU. As project coordinator, Neeley identified two Faculty Fellows to collaborate with on...
Logo of the 2011 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
The Northern Illinois track and field team is hosting the 2011 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend at the NIU Track and Field & Soccer Complex. The championships began this morning with the men’s hammer throw competition. Action begins at 11 a.m. Friday, May 13, with the 110-meter hurdles in the decathlon. The men’s high jump...
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NIU will upgrade Monday, May 30, to Blackboard Next Generation (NG). This is the most significant upgrade of Blackboard since it was first introduced at NIU almost 10 years ago. In addition to delivering a redesigned, updated interface, Blackboard NG will simplify the process of creating and editing courses, will facilitate classroom collaboration and allow for better...
The Honorable Judge Robbin Stuckert administers the oath of office Thursday, May 12, to new NIU Trustee Robert T. Marshall (left) and returning trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer.
NIU welcomed a new member to its Board of Trustees Thursday morning with the swearing in of Robert T. Marshall Jr. Also sworn in were board Chair Marc J. Strauss and Trustee Cherilyn G. Murer, each of whom was reappointed to a second six-year term on the board by Gov. Pat. Quinn. Before swearing in the...