Tag: residence halls
Douglas Dining Center is serving vegetarian and international cuisine for the fall 2013 and spring 2014 semester, NIU Housing and Dining has announced. “NIU has an established and committed vegetarian and international population located on-campus and off-campus. Members of the Student Food Committee brought concerns that students wanted a larger selection and variety of vegetarian...
Welcome Days 2013 is packed full of events to help you learn all about being an NIU Huskie. A tentative schedule of events is listed below. Contact the sponsoring department to confirm locations and times. Students who anticipate barriers to their participation in Welcome Days should contact the Disability Resource Center to arrange accommodations. Accommodations...
Information Technology Services has planned a cable TV outage from 5 to 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, and Thursday, April 18, to perform maintenance on the system. This outage will affect all residence halls and Northern View Community. For more information, contact Jan Gerenstein at (815) 753-5339 or jstein@niu.edu or Mike Kuba at (815) 753-5332...
Registration for NIU Cares Day 2013 is now available online. Entering its seventh year, NIU Cares Day continues to be a phenomenal campus and community-wide day of community service. On Saturday, April 20, students, faculty and staff members will be transported throughout DeKalb County to complete service projects that benefit non-profit community agencies as well...
In the late fall of 2011, a group of a student leaders wanted to improve the experience in the residential dining halls on the NIU campus. Now the committee has grown to 12 to 14 members who attend each week. Members are from each residence hall, RHA, the Student Association and commuter students. Throughout the...
Northern Illinois University’s new residential complex will open its doors to the community from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 14, just before the NIU Huskies take on Toledo to decide who will go to the MAC Championship game. Alumni and surrounding community members are welcome to come see the New Residence Hall and tour...
A trio of NIU residence hall dining rooms are going tropical Wednesday, Oct. 17. Douglas Hall and Neptune Hall (from 4 to 7 p.m.) and Stevenson Hall (4 to 8 p.m.) are participating in the special dinners organized by dietetic interns. The nautical-themed menus (which vary slightly depending on hall) include shrimp cocktail, citrus marinated...
Thursday’s new student move-in event marked the beginning of the four-day Welcome Days schedule at Northern Illinois University. According to the university’s Housing and Dining offices, between 2,000 and 2,500 students made their way to their new residences, assisted by volunteers and staff. “The move-in traffic has been steady all day,” said Michael Stang, executive...
Just in time for the start of fall semester, version 2.5 of NIU Mobile is rolling out in app stores. The popular smartphone app adds additional campus-friendly features for students on the go. New modules include: eSuds – Look up the status and availability of the washers and dryers in the residence halls. Social Media...
The sudden taste of autumn weather means that new academic year is only a fortnight away! Welcome Days 2012 begins Thursday, Aug. 23, providing new Huskies and their families with a four-day greeting. New this fall is Bark ’til Dark, a series of weekend events for the entire campus that includes programming on the first...
As part of Housing & Dining’s continuing efforts to enhance services to the residential campus community, Residential Dining has engaged Porter Khouw Consulting to assist in examining residential dining needs on campus. The consulting company will launch a survey for all NIU students Friday, Feb. 10. During an on-campus visit, Porter Khouw Consulting met with...
The NIU University Honors Program, along with the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, has announced that its living-learning community, the Honors House, will move from Douglas Hall to the new residential complex when it opens for occupancy next August. The formal announcement was made by Christopher Jones, associate vice provost for University Honors,...