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NIU’s Operating Staff Council will host crochet and knit workshops open to all faculty, staff and students this month. Those who attend the crochet workshops will have the opportunity to produce sleeping mats for people who are homeless and without shelter. Beginners are welcome; no previous experience is necessary. All workshops take place from 12:05...
Huskies Student Food Pantry logo
NIU’s College of Education is now accepting donations of food and personal hygiene products for the Huskies Student Food Pantry. The pantry, which relies on donations and volunteers, strives to provide non-perishable, supplemental food and other necessities for NIU students who are in need of support. Kathy Zuidema, who works in NIU Career Services and...
Colleen M. Boraca
Colleen Boraca, clinical assistant professor in the NIU College of Law, wrote an op-ed July 23 for the Chicago Sun-Times. “The human face of proposed budget cuts” comes in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget cuts, one of which calls for a reduction of $12.7 million for homeless services. “A recent day was normal...
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
NIU students and faculty/staff groups are teaming up with community organizations to present a slate of events in recognition of the National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, scheduled from Saturday, Nov. 15, through Sunday, Nov. 23. The goal is to educate NIU students about hunger and homelessness in their neighborhoods, their country and around the...
National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week: Resolve to Fight Poverty
Northern Illinois University students and faculty/staff groups are teaming up with community organizations to present a week of events in recognition of Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, nationally held from Saturday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 24. The goal of the week is to educate NIU students about hunger and homelessness in local, national and...
Jennifer Rosato and Anita Maddali
NIU’s College of Law will open a free legal clinic this fall in Aurora, focusing on legal issues that can contribute to health problems in the area’s indigent population. NIU Law will partner with both Hesed House – a comprehensive homeless resource center in Aurora that will house the clinic – and Aunt Martha’s Health Center. The...
Logo of project r.e.d.
NIU’s Grant Towers residential complex invites students to come engage in diversity by participating in its annual signature program, Project R.E.D. (Residents Engaging in Diversity). Scheduled from Tuesday, Jan. 29, through Thursday, Jan. 31, Project R.E.D. provides students with the opportunity to expand their cultural awareness through a variety of fun and engaging events. This...
Logo of the National Coalition for the Homeless: Bringing America Home
NIU students and faculty/staff groups are teaming up with community organizations to present a week of events in recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, scheduled from Saturday, Nov. 10, through Sunday, Nov. 18. Sponsored on campus by Student Involvement & Leadership Development, the week features a variety of service opportunities with the Northern...
Laura Vazquez
Laura Vazquez, Media Studies professor in the Department of Communication at NIU, will receive the prestigious Distinguished Service and Leadership Award for her years of filmwork from the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. Vazquez will be honored Monday, Oct. 29, at the association’s national conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Since 2006, Vazquez,...
Photo of onion soup and bread
The 14th annual “Empty Bowls” project is scheduled for Friday, March 23. Reservations are recommended for either of the two seatings at 4:30 and 6 p.m. in the Chandelier Room, 143 Adams Hall. The menu includes chicken noodle soup, broccoli-cheddar soup, minestrone soup and chunky pizza soup, a tomato-based concoction with cheese, pepperoni and mushrooms....
Yolanda (right) enjoys a MELD banquet with her husband, Usvaldo, and her oldest daughter, Alejandra.
As a 16-year-old with five siblings and an abusive mother, Yolanda struggled to gain attention from her single parent. She finally succeeded – and in a big way, or so she thought – when administrators at Rockford East High School expelled her for fighting. But though it might have earned her some street cred with...
NIU student Megan Maloney sits with plastic bags collected to weave sleeping mats for Chicago's homeless.
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...
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