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Buckle up and drive safely! Police will be out in force both day and night as part of the 2012 Thanksgiving Mobilization in the late-night fight against impaired driving and seat belt law violators. The 2012 holiday campaign runs from Monday, Nov. 12, through Sunday, Nov. 25. During the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, eight people...

Northern Illinois University launched a new social media initiative to provide timely safety information to the NIU community. Traditionally delivered in the form of SMS text alerts or email advisories posted to NIU Today, the new protocol still sends emergency alerts via text message and advisories by email, and now includes safety bulletins on the...

NIU’s Department of Police and Public Safety is encouraging students to enjoy their weekend on campus responsibly. “The start of the semester is an exciting time, but students, alumni and guests on campus should use good judgment and apply sound personal safety practices in an effort to help ensure a fun and safe weekend for all,” says...

NIU staff and faculty are committed to ensuring a safe and healthy campus and learning environment that challenges and inspires students to be academically and personally successful. The cooperation and involvement of students, faculty and staff in maintaining a safe and secure teaching and learning environment is absolutely necessary, and all members of the NIU...

The Northern Illinois University Department of Public Safety will conduct a test of its Campus Alert System on Thursday, November 17 at 1:55 p.m. Everyone who has subscribed to the text alert system should receive a text message that is clearly labeled as a test of NIU’s emergency text alert messaging system. The following test...

Northern Illinois University students and local community members are invited to witness the devastation caused by an alcohol-related car crash during a mock DUI rescue. The annual simulation will take place in lot C of the NIU Convocation Center from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. Conducted by the NIU Department of Police and...

City of DeKalb police are investigating an apparent shooting that took place late Wednesday night in the vicinity of  Lucinda Avenue near the Village Commons Bookstore. According to DeKalb police several individuals were involved in an incident in a parking lot adjacent to the Village Commons Bookstore.  During the altercation a gun was fired resulting in one individual suffering a non-life...

NIU is dedicated to providing a safe campus community. And you can help. Last fall, NIU established the Stay Safe initiative, a program designed to allow students, faculty and staff to express their concerns about safety issues on campus. Stay Safe is a monitored e-mail suggestion box that allows NIU security, building services and facilities...

Student, parents, faculty and staff can stay on top of campus safety online. The NIU website offers important and useful information that students will need daily, in stormy weather and during occasional emergencies, said Kathy Buettner, Vice President for the Division of University Relations. The page can be found at http://www.niu.edu/emergencyinfo/index.shtml. Within the website is...

Buckle up! Police will be out in force both day and night as part of the 2011 Click It or Ticket campaign. The 2011 Click It or Ticket campaign runs from Friday, May 13, through Monday, May 30. Some law enforcement agencies already have begun their local campaigns. More than 500 law enforcement agencies are participating in...

  Had Dorothy left her Kansas home for the secure, StormReady confines of NIU, she would have had no need to fear the twister that whirled through her quaint rural town before sending her to Oz. For the ninth consecutive year, NIU has been certified as a StormReady University by the National Weather Service for...

NIU is becoming a regional leader in changing Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees into pathways for bachelor’s degrees. Formerly, the AAS was regarded as a “terminal” degree, because its career and technical emphases prepared students for specific professions but not for further college studies. “The concept of a terminal associate degree is becoming obsolete,”...