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Students, faculty, administrative staff and community members joined in the celebration of NIU’s third annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service Week, held the week of Jan. 19. The week built upon existing initiatives to bring about change to the NIU campus and the community. Events, which included a memorial march, a think tank, two...
The Huskie Service Scholars program is hosting the second annual Coats with Heart competition. Coats with Heart is a campus-wide coat and accessory drive competition held in accordance with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in November. Huskie Service Scholars are asking student organizations, campus departments and other groups to sign up to participate in...
Using parasitic wasps to fight the fly population might sound like something out of the latest sci-fi film, but entomologists are actually researching this bug battle to find environmentally friendly solutions for pest control. At the next STEM Café, NIU professor Bethia King and Ph.D. candidate Ted Burgess from NIU’s Department of Biological Sciences will...
A “Local Flavors Harvest Dinner” is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, to support the work of the DeKalb County Community Gardens. The fundraiser at Tapa La Luna, 226 E. Lincoln Hwy., will feature a menu using produce and meat from DeKalb County. Craig Mathey will provide music. Tickets are $45 each,...
There was no shortage of activities for NIU students to participate in during the opening weekend’s Welcome Days on campus. While many were leisure activities, some students took advantage of the opportunity to give back to the DeKalb community by participating in the second annual Saturday of Service hosted by NIU’s Student Involvement and Leadership...
The DeKalb County Chapter of Women in Management, Inc. will host a holiday luncheon Tuesday, Dec. 6, featuring a presentation by Dennis Barsema, social entrepreneur and instructor in the NIU College of Business. Social entrepreneurship recognizes social problems and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve positive social change. Barsema...
NIU and Kishwaukee College are teaming up and joining universities across the country to bring awareness to the growing homeless and hunger problems that are strangling families. Starting Monday, Nov. 14, both schools will take part in national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. A complete calendar of events is available online. During the week, students...
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...
