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Toy Drive
Generous hearts often want to make the holidays magical for needy children, but for the third consecutive year, NIU students are brightening the season for a group that often goes forgotten: adolescents in foster care. As part of an engaged-learning project in two group-communication classes taught by Department of Communication professor David Henningsen, the NIU...
Board members of the University Women’s Club of NIU, as part of their philanthropy program, have given $1,000 to the NIU women’s track and field program and Head Coach Connie Teaberry. These funds will be used to purchase additional pairs of running shoes for the outdoor season. Standard equipment issue for the women participating in...
Northern Illinois University supporters Dr. Kenneth and Ellen Chessick announced that they are continuing their long legacy of support for the university by donating $3 million to Huskie Athletics to name the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Facility. The gift is the largest ever made to Northern Illinois Athletics and the second-largest given to the...
When Dean Romualdas Kasuba helped design the current home of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at NIU, the plans for the building (which opened in 1995) did not incorporate putting his name over the door of the building’s main auditorium. That detail was taken care of Tuesday, Feb. 8, as the current leadership...