Jeanette Rossetti has become the fifth nursing professor from NIU to receive a prestigious Nurse Educator Fellowship Award from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Rossetti, who teaches courses in mental health nursing in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, is among the fourth class of a program created to ensure the retention of...
Northern Illinois University graduate student Aaron Vermedal is among several College of Visual and Performing Arts students who are participating in a study abroad program in Poland
NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities will host the Rockford Chariots, a wheelchair basketball team, for an exhibition game Thursday, March 31, on the Victor E. Court of the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. This fun, community-based event will help...
The AND 1 basketball team will invade NIU’s Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1. Tickets go on sale at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for NIU students with valid OneCards and $2 for the general public. D.Up Entertainment and the NIU Campus Activities Board are teaming up to bring this exciting, high-flying and entertaining game to the NIU campus...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
