NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology had a busy week. In celebration of national Engineers Week, CEET organized a series of events that brought 200 middle and high school students from 10 schools in the northern Illinois region and included a trivia competition and banquet for CEET students. The halls of the Engineering Building were...
The Northern Illinois track and field team will head today to the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships as weeks of preparation and competition culminate in the final competition of the 2011 indoor season. The two-day event kicks off at 10:30 a.m. today at the Perry Field House in Bowling Green, Ohio, with the women’s pentathlon. Field Events will...
NIU’s Internet connection became faster and able to provide more bandwidth resources when the university tripled its broadband services with provider Cogent Communications in January. For students, faculty and staff who depend on the network for study, work and research, the news is welcome, said Cindy Phillips, director of customer services at Information Technology Services. The increase allows information...
Northern Illinois University will celebrate Women’s History Month in March with a variety of events based on the theme of “Women’s Migration and Immigration.” The events, organized by the NIU Women’s Studies Program and many other sponsors, will examine the gendered nature of migration and immigration from various perspectives. “Migration and immigration are critical topics...
Sophomore Maksym Bartiuk of the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. Bartiuk earned a pair of singles victories playing at first singles for the Huskies against Eastern Illinois and Northwestern. He also claimed a doubles victory along with freshman Maksym Lagutin...
NIU’s Civic Leadership Academy will offer a seminar Thursday, March 10, on “Understanding Your Government’s Finances and Financial Position.”
In 2006, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the “Let Them Rest in Peace Act,” which prevents the disruption of funerals or memorial services with disorderly conduct. Now, with the help of 17 NIU students and one class project, House Bill 180 might undergo an amendment change. The amendment was created as a final project...
Members of NIU’s College of Education family are enduring a difficult week as they mourn the passing of promising elementary education student Alexis “Lexi” Weber and longtime and valued staff member Paula McDowell. Paula Jo McDowell McDowell died Saturday, Feb. 19. She was employed at NIU for nearly 26 years, spending the last six years as an administrative...
Former junior college All-American placekicker Josh Gallington has signed a national letter of intent to play football for the Northern Illinois Huskies, NIU head coach Dave Doeren announced Tuesday. Gallington, who has spent the last two seasons at Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, Calif., becomes the 23rd member of Doeren’s first signing class at Northern Illinois. ...
The Eychaner Award, sponsored by the Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Prism, is presented annually to recognize individuals affiliated with NIU who have made outstanding contributions that enhance the lives of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT).
NIU’s Unity in Diversity (UID) Steering Committee is now accepting entries for its annual theme contest, which is created to encourage participation in diversity programming as it relates to gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion, race and physical ability.
NIU students are invited to submit essays to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trasngender Resource Center essay contest, held each year as part of the activities for LGBT Awareness Month in April.
