Tag: Communiversity
The NIU Art Museum will present Local Visions: Selections From Area Collections, a diverse exhibition featuring art and objects belonging to local residents. The exhibition opens Tuesday, January 6, and runs through Saturday, February 21. A public reception will be held Thursday, January 15, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and will feature a gallery talk by artists, collectors...
The last time NIU Media Services turned over the live production reins to local high school students – four from Sycamore and two from DeKalb – the Castle Challenge ball was round. Now it’s a prolate spheroid made of pigskin. Media Services Director Jay Orbik and his crew will take local teens under their wings...
NIU President Doug Baker’s call for stronger connections between the university and its host community has generated dozens of ideas from enthusiastic supporters of both town and gown. In just 12 months, the number of active “communiversity” projects has more than doubled, with many more ideas waiting in the wings. Rather than limiting new initiatives,...
For the second consecutive fall, NIU and the City of DeKalb have partnered to display window clings at DeKalb businesses featuring the NIU football program. NIU President Dr. Douglas Baker, NIU Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Sean Frazier and DeKalb Mayor John Rey, along with Huskie football legends Bob Heimerdinger and George Bork, unveiled the first...
The Northern Illinois University Convocation Center, in partnership with the NIU Center for Governmental Studies survey research team, is working to engage its many stakeholders in order to obtain input and insights into the types of programming the facility should offer. Sean Frazier, NIU’s associate vice president and director of athletics, calls the Convocation Center a...
Emani Brinkman can’t exactly say what prompted her to attend an informational meeting about Sycamore High School’s SpartanTV broadcasting club. “I just went,” the 14-year-old freshman says. “I started doing graphics for the basketball games, and it was really cool and fun.” Given that same opportunity Feb. 7 inside the NIU Convocation Center for the...
The screams erupted immediately. As soon as the half-dozen NIU Huskies football players pushed open the side doors of Brooks Elementary School and stepped onto the cold and sunny playground, they heard a greeting worthy of Justin Bieber or One Direction. Children quickly mobbed the Huskies, who were ready to sign autographs, answer questions and...
Be a part of history as Northern Illinois University celebrates the inauguration of President Douglas D. Baker on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 13. The inauguration is the highlight of a four-day-long set of activities in conjunction with Baker’s installment as NIU’s 12th president. President Baker brings a rich background in business, organizational management and...
All are welcome to join the NIU College of Education for a fall tradition: The Community Learning Series. This semester, a “Superintendents Summit” panel discussion is planned at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. A reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres begins at 5 p.m. Members of the panel are...
Over the past three months, the NIU community – including alumni and ‘communiversity’ members – have been engaged in an intensive process of discovery that has generated greater awareness of the depth of NIU resources, many of which are not fully recognized within our NIU community. It is also apparent that we have, for some time, faced...
Northern Illinois will hold “Movie Night at Huskie Stadium” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to mark the official debut of the new HD scoreboard, ribbon boards and audio system installed at Huskie Stadium this summer. Fans are invited to come to Huskie Stadium at 6 p.m., get autographs from NIU student-athletes, including members of the Northern...
With the desire of reaching out to the DeKalb community, the University Honors Program initiated a service learning project called “Birthday Boxes,” during the 2011-2012 academic year. This service project has since grown and become a staple of the University Honors Program tradition. Partnering with Safe Passage and Hope Haven, Birthday Boxes provides University Honors...
