Tag: Homecoming
Northern Illinois University will hold the 109th Homecoming celebration Saturday, Oct. 24. A weekend of festivities welcoming alumni back to campus will be highlighted by the Huskie football team‘s game versus Mid-American Conference West Division foe Eastern Michigan at Huskie Stadium. Kickoff times for all of NIU’s games in 2015 are TBA. Homecoming Weekend will...
Something golden will lurk amid all the red and black inside Huskie Stadium during NIU’s 108th Homecoming football game Saturday. The 4-1 Huskies, who have notched 50 FBS wins since 2010, will play Central Michigan for the 50th time. And, with NIU looking to push its second-in-the-nation win total to 51, maybe it’s no coincidence...
Campus Recreation still needs 40 volunteers Saturday, Oct. 11, for the Homecoming 5K run/walk. Volunteers are needed from 6 to 10 a.m. Volunteers receive Homecoming 5K volunteer shirts. Volunteers help with encouragement, set-up, registration, traffic flow along the course, start and finish lines, awards, food and take-down. Email dlochbaum@niu.edu for more information about volunteering.
Showing our Huskie Pride is part of our rich Homecoming tradition at NIU. As you celebrate Homecoming and its traditions this week, enjoy your time with friends, classmates, alumni and others in our community. As members of the NIU Huskie Family, we are committed to the principles of the Northern PACT: creating a purposeful, just, caring,...
The DeKalb Police Department has announced parking restrictions for NIU Homecoming weekend. The following streets are subject to enforcement of existing parking restrictions: Varsity Boulevard Regent Drive Eco Park Drive Fotis Drive Aspen Court Spiros Court Pappas Drive These streets are a tow-zone, with parking prohibited from the hours of 2 to 6 a.m. In...
Who’s ready to party? NIU’s annual Homecoming festivities begin at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, with the powder puff football game and BBQ. Before the week’s finale – the City Rhythm Rec Party, planned from midnight to 4 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 – students and alumni will have myriad opportunities to gather and celebrate the...
Join Campus Recreation for the fifth annual Homecoming 5K Run/Walk, which begins at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. NIU’s “Run for a Better U” 5K is an out-and-back race, and the terrain is flat and fast. The race route starts and ends at the Student Recreation Center on the southwest corner of Lucinda Avenue and...
Three Northern Illinois University alumni plan to bring The DogHouse to campus to provide convenient meals while giving students an opportunity to work and learn on the job. Co-founders Jordan Delegal, Keith Otis and Elliot Echols of Hungry Huskies Inc. are working with the university to roll out the first food truck business on campus....
Northern Illinois University will hold the 108th Homecoming celebration in its history Saturday, Oct. 11. A weekend of festivities welcoming alumni back to campus will be highlighted by the Huskie football team’s game versus Mid-American Conference West Division foe Central Michigan at Huskie Stadium. Kickoff times for all of NIU’s Saturday games in 2014 are TBA....
Good things continue to happen at Northern Illinois University. Last week, NIU was selected as one of just 16 institutions in the U.S. to be designated as an “Innovation and Economic Prosperity University”
Homecoming week is upon us. I have enjoyed feeling the buzz on campus and seeing NIU pride on display everywhere I go. For students, Homecoming means a chance to enjoy some of the many social and communiversity activities that take place during the week with classmates. For faculty and staff, it marks a chance to...
With four minutes remaining on the clock in The Big House – the fabled home of the University of Michigan Wolverines – the Akron Zips stand atop the scoreboard, 24-21. Can it happen? Will another David from the Mid-American Conference on the road beat a Big Ten Goliath, as NIU had done two weeks earlier...
