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Kelly Smith
Fans of NIU women’s basketball can watch the action Wednesday, Dec. 17, for the price of a canned good and $1. During the 7 p.m. “Hoops for Soups” game versus Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, anyone who brings a canned good to the doors of the Convocation Center can then buy a ticket for a buck....
NIU Cares Day volunteers
Volunteer registration for NIU Cares Day 2013 will close Friday, March 22. Students are encouraged to sign up as a volunteer team or by themselves (with Team-NIU Cares). A team can consist of members of a student organization, occupants of a residence hall floor, a group of friends or colleagues or more. Registration is available...
Maria Torres
Moving to suburban Carpentersville from Mexico when she was 15, Maria Torres became involved in fighting for the rights of people like herself: undocumented immigrants in the United States. Growing up as the son of executive directors in the Salvation Army, Tom Babbitt knew he also wanted a career path where he could assist others...
NIU Cares Day volunteers
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...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service logo
Monday, Jan. 21, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that closes schools and other government offices. But several groups on campus are working to make sure that the annual commemoration of the famed civil rights leader’s birthday is not just a day off but a call to action. From Tuesday, Jan. 22,...
Logos of NIU Intercollegiate Athletics and the Salvation Army
Northern Illinois Athletics and the NIU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will show their support for the Salvation Army of DeKalb and the organization’s annual “Kettle Kickoff.” Any person who makes a donation of cash or canned food to the Salvation Army from Sunday, Nov. 11, to Wednesday, Nov. 14, will receive a coupon good for $10...
West Point
Over the past decade, the Northern Illinois football team has played in some of college football’s most storied locales, from Tuscaloosa, Ala. to Ohio State’s “Horseshoe” and “the Big House” of Michigan, not to mention Chicago’s Soldier Field. On Saturday, Sept. 15, Northern Illinois takes on the Black Knights of Army in West Point, N.Y.,...
NIU student Megan Maloney sits with plastic bags collected to weave sleeping mats for Chicago's homeless.
NIU and Kishwaukee College are teaming up and joining universities across the country to bring awareness to the growing homeless and hunger problems that are strangling families. Starting Monday, Nov. 14, both schools will take part in national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. A complete calendar of events is available online. During the week, students...
NIU will host the Army Cadets of West Point Military Academy for the first home football game of the season at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. To honor the occasion, Military Student Services is holding a canned food drive at the game. Show your Huskie Pride: Bring a canned good or non-perishable food item and...
Logos of the NIU Huskies and the Salvation Army
Northern Illinois Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is holding a Food For Families Drive, in which Huskie student-athletes are seeking support in their collection of food items that will be donated to the Salvation Army of DeKalb and Sycamore. Huskie fans who donate a bag of non-perishable foods will receive an opportunity to purchase a discounted ticket...