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Student Recreation Center
Have you been procrastinating about getting started on a fitness or exercise program? Do you want or need assistance in setting fitness goals and getting started? Do you want to learn how good nutrition can enhance your fitness goals? Take advantage of Recreation Services mid-semester faculty-staff membership for $50. Among the benefits:  Access to more than...
Huskies track & field
The Northern Illinois track and field team opened the 2011 outdoor season with 12 event victories and two new school records on Saturday at the Point Loma Nazarene Invitational. Cora Caulfield set a new school-record in the discus and the NIU quartet in the 4×100-meter relay also set a new Huskie record. “The ladies competed...
Stephanie Tofft
NIU softball utility player Stephanie Tofft was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for her performance at the Colorado State Classic. Tofft was an offensive machine as the Huskies won the tournament, taking four of five games. The freshman from Lincoln, Calif., started all five games at catcher for the Huskies and hit...
Natalie Sutter
Although none of the gymnasts on this year’s Northern Illinois gymnastics team had ever competed in NIU’s Chick Evans Fieldhouse before, the Huskies looked right at home in the team’s former home while competing in the State of Illinois Classic Saturday. Northern Illinois used its season-best performances on uneven parallel bars and balance beam to...
Sundance Wicks
Northern Illinois University assistant coach Sundance Wicks will serve as Interim Head Coach of the NIU men’s basketball program, NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher announced Thursday.  Wicks will lead the program during its current head coaching transition. “It is important for our staff and student-athletes to have a point of...
Ricardo Patton
Ricardo Patton, who completed his fourth season as Northern Illinois’ head men’s basketball coach in 2010-11, will not return to the Huskie bench, NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher and Patton announced Wednesday. “I appreciate the hard work and dedication to Northern Illinois University and our men’s basketball program that Ricardo...
Xavier Silas
Northern Illinois men’s basketball senior guard Xavier Silas was named Wednesday to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team and the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 14 First Team. Silas averaged a MAC-best 22.3 points per game this season and also grabbed 4.6 rebounds per contest. He is the first Huskie to be named to the All-MAC...
Congress returned from its recess last week. The top agenda item remained the FY 2011 budget. To avert a government shutdown when the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expired Friday, March 4, both the House and Senate agreed to a two-week extension of the CR until Friday, March 18. Included in this CR was $4 billion in cuts;...
The Northern Illinois University College of Business has once again secured a position on Bloomberg-Businessweek’s list of best undergraduate business schools. The college moved up 10 spots from last year to No. 84. Only 139 of 579 accredited business schools in the country were invited to participate in the ranking process. This is the fifth year of...
Photo of Buddhist temple in Thailand
Students who want to study abroad this summer have opportunities in Sicily and Thailand that will result in Department of Anthropology credit.
Late Night Ride
NIU’s Late Night Ride Service will experience a temporary suspension of service between the hours of 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. today. The temporary delay in service will accommodate Late Night Ride staff who will be attending funeral services for William D. McDermott. The Late Night Ride Service will resume normal operation shortly after 8:30 pm and run...