Tag: athletics
The Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy (SMFT) program recently received reaccreditation for the next seven years from the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). For DeAnna Harris-McKoy, it’s a completion of a goal she set when she was hired to serve as the program’s director. “When I joined the SMFT...
Northern Illinois University Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier was honored by NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities (PCSM) Thursday, April 18, as one of the recipients of the 2019 Deacon Davis Diversity Award at the PCSM’s Annual Diversity and Inclusion Luncheon at the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center on...
NIU Athletics will recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Huskie women student-athlete alumni from the pre-Title IX era (1961-1981) during the NIU Legacy Celebration, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 15-16. Among the highlights of the weekend’s events will be the awarding of varsity letters to student-athlete alumni during a breakfast reception in the South Lobby of the Convocation...
The NIU Huskies will take on the Duke Blue Devils in the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 26, at Ford Field in Detroit, officials of NIU, the bowl and the Mid-American Conference announced Sunday. Kickoff for the game at Ford Field will be at 5:15 p.m. EST/4:15 p.m. CST on ESPN. NIU (8-4,...
NIU Athletics would like to invite you and your family to join them for the 2017 Huskie Summer Circuit, the annual “tour” that brings NIU Athletics head coaches and staff in contact with fans and alumni throughout the region.At each event, fans will hear from Sean Frazier, NIU associate vice president and director of Athletics,...
May’s 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships are right around the corner, and the entire NIU community is invited to celebrate the university’s first opportunity to host a collegiate sports national championship. In less than a month, some of the nation’s best college golfers and golf teams will convene at one of...
NIU Athletics would like to invite students, NIU faculty/staff and community members to its eighth-annual awards banquet, “The Victors”, on Tuesday, May 2, in downtown DeKalb, at the Egyptian Theatre. The event is free for any Huskie fans who would like to join in on celebrating the academic, athletic and community service accomplishments of this...
NIU Athletics invites all NIU faculty and staff to Faculty-Staff Appreciation nights on Tuesday, Feb. 28, for the NIU men’s basketball game and on Wednesday, March 1, for the women’s game. Two complimentary general admission tickets are available to faculty and staff for the men’s game versus Western Michigan at 7 p.m. The women’s team...
Northern Illinois University’s Athletics Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its 2017 induction class, selection committee chair Rodney Davis announced. “We want to remind the community, faculty and staff, our fans and NIU alums that this is an open process and that we encourage the public to submit qualified nominees,” said Davis, a former...
Northern Illinois University student-athletes Emily Naegele (softball) and Nelle Youel (women’s tennis) are among the 29 women selected nationally to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for Spring 2016, as the NCAA informed all winners of their selection over the past week. Naegele, who earned All-American honors in softball for 2016, and Youel, who completed her...
Huskies Anna Brereton (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) and Meg Wolowicz (Manitowoc, Wis./Manitowoc Lincoln) are spending 10 days in Central Europe this summer, visiting four different countries and playing in the 2016 European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Brereton and Wolowicz will play for BIP Midwest in the tournament’s...
Three Northern Illinois University student-athletes were among a select group of 200 NCAA student-athletes chosen to attend the 2016 NCAA Career in Sports Forum held the first weekend of June in Indianapolis. Participants at the annual educational forum learn about and explore potential careers in sports. Among nearly 1,000 applicants from every level of collegiate...