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Direct from a phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, will make its NIU Convocation Center debut at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24. As “the next best thing to seeing the Beatles!” (Associated Press), RAIN performs the full range of the Beatles’ discography live onstage, including the...

Members of the Academic Convocation volunteer coordination committee are looking for volunteers for this year’s Academic Convocation and Band Run, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23. Several volunteer opportunities are available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day. The convocation itself begins at 11 a.m. Volunteer opportunities are currently being solidified and are subject to...

The deadline to order regalia for the 2013 Academic Convocation has been extended until 4 p.m. Monday, July 8. Around 2,500 students will participate in the formal academic welcome for new members of the Huskie family, which this year begins at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the NIU Convocation Center. Faculty and staff can...

Soon-to-be alumni of NIU will gather Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, with each other – and with their loved ones – to celebrate their academic accomplishments. Commencement ceremonies take place at the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 10. Doors open at...

Montgomery Gentry, one of country music’s all-time greatest duos, will take the stage Sunday, April 21, at the NIU Convocation Center. Special guest Chuck Wicks will kick off the concert at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. All seats are reserved and ticket prices are $36 and $26. Tickets can be purchased at the NIU...

Five years ago, the NIU Convocation Center started the Convo’s Colossal Clean Sweep to bring the community together during tough economic times. The “Clean Sweep” has been a success; however, the name has not. Vendors and the community felt as though the name only caters to garage sales and not to the flea market and...

Kid Cudi, a Brooklyn-based rapper from Cleveland, will perform Friday, March 29, at the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Special guest to be determined. Tickets for Kid Cudi go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1. Tickets for the floor are general admission and are...

As the tops of the four coach buses appeared on the western edge of the NIU Convocation Center about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, the joyous clanging of the victory bell grew louder. Many in the crowd of well-wishers who came with flags, banners and handmade signs began to wave, most of their hands tucked inside red...

So who’s ready to cheer? All Huskie football fans are encouraged to welcome the team back home from Miami this afternoon – Wednesday, Jan. 2 – at the NIU Convocation Center. The team is anticipated to return to campus around 2:30 p.m. today, at which time fans will line the entrance of the Convo. Bring thunderstix,...

NIU will hold commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 15, and Sunday, Dec. 16, inside the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. Participants in the ceremonies should assemble in Victor E. Court at least one hour before each ceremony begins. Late arrivals are not guaranteed participation in their ceremony. Saturday, Dec. 15 – 4 p.m. Graduate...

A crowd of 2,750 cheered Wednesday inside the NIU Convocation Center as the football team enjoyed a halftime rally in honor of their second consecutive MAC championship and their upcoming Jan. 1 trip to the Discover Orange Bowl. Football players slapped the hands of fans, spoke to the crowd, signed autographs and basked in the...

The NIU Convocation Center will welcome Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley back to campus Thursday, Feb. 14. Special guest Thomas Rhett will open the show, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Tickets are $27 and $51.75. All seats are reserved. Tickets...