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NIU Cares Day volunteers
It’s never too early to care! Student Involvement & Leadership Development takes that approach to its annual service event, NIU Cares Day. The 2012 event is scheduled for April 14; however, work to convene the planning committee and to recruit volunteers to assist that day already are under way. An NIU Cares Day kickoff and...
NIU Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is in search of volunteers to participate in its annual Rake Across DeKalb event, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Volunteers from the NIU community (students, faculty and staff) go into the community to assist area residents and non-profit organizations with lawn clean-up in...
Where are you getting your next meal? Some DeKalb residents don’t have an answer to that question. Thanks to a new NIU program, however, the hungry in DeKalb have an answer in a new set of allies; NIU students, faculty and staff who want to fight hunger in their own communities. President Obama challenged higher...
Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is in search of project sites for its annual Rake Across DeKalb event. This event sends volunteers from the NIU community (students, faculty and staff) into the community to assist area residents and non-profit organizations with lawn clean-up in preparation for winter. Participation is free for both volunteers and...
City of DeKalb police are investigating an apparent shooting that took place late Wednesday night in the vicinity of  Lucinda Avenue near the Village Commons Bookstore. According to DeKalb police several individuals were involved in an incident in a parking lot adjacent to the Village Commons Bookstore.  During the altercation a gun was fired resulting in one individual suffering a non-life...
The DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced an open casting call on behalf of the “Untitled Ramin Bahrani Film” being shot in DeKalb County this fall. The movie is an independent film starring Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens and Heather Graham. DeKalb County residents are encouraged to attend the open call from...
Fifth-grade students from DeKalb schools will march Friday, Sept. 16, with flags from more than 200 countries. The annual Parade of Flags begins at Huskie Stadium, continues east on Lucinda Avenue and ends at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commons. The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. and will complete with a program in the...
The City of DeKalb is encouraging members of the community, including all NIU students and employees, to participate in an online survey to help determine what new businesses would most appeal to them as consumers. Part of a marketing strategy to attract new commerce to the area, the results of the survey will influence the...
Logo of the Special Olympics Illinois
Members of the local law enforcement will help raise money and awareness for the Special Olympics during the 25th running of the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run from Sunday, June 5, through Friday, June 10. The week-long intrastate relay will feature 3,000 officers representing each branch of law enforcement. Officers from the NIU, DeKalb and...
Mayra C. Daniel
Sixteen Mexican-American eighth-graders from DeKalb’s Clinton Rosette Middle School will spend Wednesday, May 4, at NIU to get a glimpse of their future college lives. “The students, many whose parents have not attended college, will learn how a college education can set them on a path that changes their lives and the world they inhabit,” said Mayra...
Logo of Montessori Children's House of Sycamore and DeKalb
The Montessori Children’s House of Sycamore and DeKalb will hosting a registration kickoff and open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19. Registration for new students will be accepted during the open house; space is limited. The program is located in the educational wing of St. John’s Lutheran Church at 26555 Brickville Road in...
NIU football reigned supreme in the City of DeKalb at least for the day on January 24.  Mayor Kris Povlsen at the start of Monday night’s DeKalb city council meeting read a proclamation acknowledging the Northern Illinois University football team on its success during the 2010 season. The Huskies capped off a record-setting football campaign...
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