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When NIU Forensics team member Julia Boyle wins, the university wins. The 2016 graduate placed third at the Pi Kappa Delta National Collegiate Forensic tournament, and as part of winning, the organization made a monetary donation to the charity of Boyle’s choice. “Receiving third place gave me the power to contribute financially to a fund I believed in,”...
Julia Boyle
Julia Boyle is a winner, and that’s not up for debate. The NIU junior represented Illinois in the 2015 Interstate Oratory Contest and placed fifth in the nation. “I am extremely lucky to have represented both Northern Illinois University and the state of Illinois at Interstate,” said Boyle, who is from Oak Lawn. “It felt...
There is no debating that it has been a stellar season for the NIU Forensics team. From the 2015 Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament held at NIU, to the Novice Nationals tournament held at Butler University, Huskies continue to earn top honors this March in formal speech and debate competitions. “The coaching staff is...
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Northern Illinois University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, together with the Department of Communication and NIU Forensics, is hosting students from 20 schools for the annual Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament. Preliminary rounds start today, and the competition will continue through Saturday at locations in the Holmes Student Center and DuSable Hall. Awards...
“It was the best week I’ve ever had,” Oak Lawn High School junior Damian Samsonowicz said of the Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ 28th annual Speech Camp, which provided campers the chance to improve their speech talents while developing life skills that will strengthen them throughout their academic and professional careers. The six-day, residential...
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NIU plays host this weekend to the 32nd annual Novice National Forensics Tournament, a three-day event that will serve as a stepping stone for competitors, a homecoming for many coaches and an intense learning experience for two NIU students. Students and coaches from 10 states and 25 schools will compete in intercollegiate debate and individual...
Benjamin Donovan, Chris Michels, Yanelly Villegas and Kyle Larson
Ordinarily, the topic of accounting wouldn’t stimulate an exciting discussion for most. However, the way that professor Tim West teaches his Accounting 679 class makes it a topic worthy of debate. In an effort to “better help students develop an ability to think on their feet,” West created a learning experience that simulates the climate...
Back row, from left: Kyle Larson, Yanelly Villegas, Nicole Autry (coach), Lisa Roth (coach), Judy Santacaterina (coach). Front row, from left: Chris Michels, Jimmy Zucker, Bernard Chestleigh, Robert Browning, Kevin Bartelt.
The NIU Forensics team extended its winning streak at the Pi Kappa Delta Nationals at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., held from March 13 to 16. Eight members of NIU’s Forensics Team competed against 89 other schools to win the “Team of Excellence” award. Debate Team competitors were Chris Michels, Benjamin Donovan, Yanelly Villegas...
Judy Santacaterina
NIU will host more than 200 students Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, for the annual Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament. NIU has hosted the tournament every other year for the past 25 years and has come to be known as the “cradle of coaches” in the forensics community. So it’s no surprise...
Kevin Folta
As a Chicago native working for the Plant Innovation Center (PIC) at the University of Florida, NIU alumnus Kevin Folta has a hard time finding a pizza in Gainesville that is on par with those he grew up eating. After failing to find a pizza he liked, Folta took it upon himself to create a...
Toni Keller
NIU Forensics will sponsor a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, to benefit the Antinette “Toni” Keller Scholarship Fund. The event will be held at Potbelly Sandwich Shop, 1013 W. Lincoln Hwy., which will donate  25 percent of all sales during those hours to the scholarship fund. Huskies United, a group dedicated to bringing...