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Marke Freeman
Senior Marke Freeman scored 30 points and flirted with a triple-double, helping the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team capture a 73-62 win over Ball State, Wednesday at the Convocation Center. Freeman added nine steals and eight rebounds while matching her season high in points. She scored nine points in a row during a 15-0 first...
Silas dunk
Northern Illinois senior guard Xavier Silas was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week on Monday following the Huskies pair of victories over Eastern Michigan and Toledo. Silas averaged 25.5 points and 4.5 rebounds to earn his fourth Player of the Week award of the season; he was also named MAC West...
Rod Carey
Rod Carey, who has spent nearly all of his 13-year collegiate coaching career in the Midwest, has been named the offensive line coach at Northern Illinois University, NIU head coach Dave Doeren announced Thursday. Carey joins the Huskies after three seasons coaching the offensive line at the University of North Dakota. He completes Northern Illinois’...
Silas in red
Senior guard Xavier Silas scored 31 points, including a career-high-tying six three-pointers, as the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team survived for a 71-69 victory on Tuesday night at Eastern Michigan. The Huskies led by 13 at the intermission and hung on for two-point victory. Junior forward Tim Toler added 11 points and a team-high seven...
NIU Student athletes
Northern Illinois student-athletes have extended the Huskies’ streak of consecutive semesters with a cumulative grade point average above 3.0 to 11 as NIU Athletics’ combined team GPA stands at 3.017 following the Fall 2010 semester, NIU Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Academic Support Services Francine St. Clair announced Monday. The Huskies’ string of consecutive...
Dr. Otieno with students
An announcement this week from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching confirmed what most at Northern Illinois University already knew: NIU excels in providing students opportunities for engaged learning. “NIU always has prided itself on working to ensure that the knowledge we share and produce is relevant and enhances the world around us,”...
H-Bowl tropphy
Rarely has a team celebrated a Humanitarian Bowl victory as wholeheartedly and with as much joy as the Northern Illinois Huskies celebrated their 40-17 win over Fresno State Saturday in Boise, Idaho. In the final seconds of the win – NIU’s school-record 11th of the season – Gatorade baths were freely given, coaches’ names were...
Mike Matukewicz
New Northern Illinois head football coach Dave Doeren announced Wednesday that Tom Matukewicz, who is serving as NIU’s interim head coach for the 2010 uDrove Humanitarian Bowl, will remain with the Huskies as linebackers coach, the position he has held at the school for the past three seasons. Matukewicz gave the team the news following...
Photo of an NIU Huskie football helmet at Soldier Field
Northern Illinois University’s new head football coach will be introduced today (Monday) at a press conference scheduled for 2:00 p.m. in the main concourse of the NIU Convocation Center. The event is open to public.  The press conference can also be viewed live via a free online video stream  at www.niuhuskies.com. Former head coach Jerry Kill...
ice on branches
The National Weather Service has issued Winter Weather and Wind Chill Advisories that extend until noon on Monday, December 13. NIU campus locations and offices are open for normally scheduled activities. During these winter months, all students, faculty and staff are urged to use caution and personal judgment in their travels to and from campus...
Build America Bond sale
Northern Illinois University has completed the sale of  Build America Bonds to fund a series of renovations across campus. The bond sale, which was approved by the NIU Board of Trustees in October, was conducted Thursday, Dec. 9. The university had to complete the sale prior to Dec. 31 to qualify for the federally funded...
Jerry Kill, who led Northern Illinois to a 10-3 record, a national ranking and the 2010 MAC Championship game, has accepted the head coaching position at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota announced Sunday night. Kill informed the Huskie team of his decision following Northern Illinois’ Annual Football Banquet in DeKalb. NIU Associate Vice President and...
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