NIU Today

Women’s gymnastics teams from seven Mid-American Conference schools will come together Saturday, March 24, at the NIU Convocation Center to vie for the coveted MAC Gymnastics Championship trophy. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. for the meet, which begins at 2 p.m. in the main bowl of the Convocation Center. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5...

Version 2.0 of NIU Mobile hit Android and Apple app stores this week and adds some highly anticipated new features to the university’s free smartphone application. “One of the top requests we had is to bring the Advanced Geospatial Lab’s Huskie Bus Tracker to the app,” said Jennice O’Brien, director of Web Communications. “Now, with...

DAYGLOW, “The World’s Largest Paint Party,” scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, has been cancelled due to facility production concerns. Event production officials are examining options which might include rescheduling the event at a later date. All tickets will be fully refunded at the point of purchase. Ticket refunds will be available starting at 10 a.m. Monday,...

DAYGLOW, “the world’s largest paint party,” will invade DeKalb with a  high-energy music, art, dance and paint party at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. The experience is for fans who are 18 and older. Audience members must show state-issued IDs upon entrance. Doors open at 8 p.m. No coat-check will be available. Ticket holders younger...

Grammy “Best New Artist” nominee J. Cole, the rap world’s newest sensation, is coming to the NIU Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. Cole is headlining the 2012 Campus Consciousness Tour, which also features Big K.R.I.T. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for J. Cole go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16....

Daughtry is set to showcase lead singer and band namesake Chris Daughtry’s emotionally resonant voice and knack for relentless melodic hooks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, inside the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Special guests will be announced later. Tickets for Daughtry go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27....

Two contestants from the 2012 Miss America pageant will visit the NIU campus Friday, Jan. 27, to attend the Castle Challenge. Miss Illinois Hannah Smith, who is a future NIU student, and Miss Iowa Jessica Pray will join DeKalb Barb and Sycamore Spartan fans at the NIU Convocation Center. Photograph opportunities will be available from...

NIU basketball fans will have a great chance to see the past, present and future of Huskie basketball this weekend as both the men’s and women’s programs host their annual Alumni Day at the Convocation Center. The Huskie men will host their Alumni Day activities Saturday, Jan. 21, before their 7 p.m. game against Ball...

The Snowstorm Music Tour 2012 will storm through DeKalb and land Friday, Feb. 10, at the NIU Convocation Center. Headlining the tour are hip-hop crossover sensations T-Pain and the ever-eclectic Gym Class Heroes. Special guests include Grieves & Budo, Cris Cab and one artist yet to be announced. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Doors open at...

Secretary of State Jesse White announced today that office services will be at the NIU vs. SIU men’s basketball game Saturday, Dec. 17. The office will be located near Entrance 2 in the Convocation Center from noon until the end of the game. Fans can purchase NIU collegiate license plates (as well as SIU plates)...

NIU will hold commencement Saturday, Dec. 10, and Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Convocation Center. Saturday, Dec. 10 – 4 p.m. Graduate School ceremony combining doctoral, masters and performer’s certificate candidates (doors open at 2:30 p.m.) Sunday, Dec. 11 – Undergraduate Ceremonies Ceremony One – 9:30 a.m. (doors open at 8 a.m.) College of Engineering and...

As the last of STEMfest’s 4,000 participants trickled out of the Convocation Center Oct. 22, they were still buzzing with the day’s excitement. “The lasers are cool! The static electricity is cool!” one young girl chattered to her parents. She looked out over the festival floor’s hundreds of hands-on exhibits and threw out her arms...