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NIU Cares Day is celebrating its 12th anniversary and needs alumni, staff, faculty and graduate assistants to help celebrate by making it the best NIU Cares Day to date! If you are looking to work alongside students who are doing great things for the community, then consider volunteering for NIU Cares Day. “NIU Cares Day...

The Huskie Food Pantry needs volunteers for the Fox Valley Marathon on Saturday, Sept. 9, and on marathon day, Sunday, Sept. 17. Volunteers will be helping with operations and setup for an aid station (Sept. 9 at the Fabyan Forest Preserve location in Geneva, IL) and village operations (Sept. 17 in St. Charles, IL). These...

The annual Kishwaukee United Way Day of Caring will be on Monday, June 22, with a kick-off rally and volunteer check-in at 8:15 a.m. The Day of Caring is an organized day of volunteer service in the community – much like NIU Cares Day. Each year, approximately 200 community volunteers complete projects at 30 nonprofit...

Do you have a passion for service and leadership and love to travel? Come learn about Huskie Alternative Breaks. An alternative break is a trip where college students engage in volunteer service, typically for a week. Each trip has a focus on a particular social issue. Students learn about the social issues and then perform...

Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is sponsoring a massive poster sale in the Promenade Lounge of the Holmes Student Center, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23, through Friday, Jan. 27. Representatives from the poster company Beyond the Wall will be selling decorative posters, vintage posters, movie posters and so much more to...

Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) will sponsor a massive poster sale in the MLK Commons during the first week of fall classes. Representatives from the poster company Beyond the Wall will sell posters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, through Friday, Aug. 26. Pick up decorative posters, vintage posters, movie posters...

Do you want to become an involved student leader? Would you like the opportunity to improve your leadership skills? If so, enroll in Student Involvement & Leadership Development’s Leadership Academy. NIU’s Leadership Academy is a three-tiered, self-paced leadership program which allows participants to complete the activities as their schedules allow. Developmental tracks include Personal Leadership,...

Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is sponsoring a massive poster sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, through Friday, Jan. 29. The sale takes place in the Promenade Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. Representatives from Beyond the Wall will sell decorative posters, vintage posters, movie posters and much more. Proceeds...

Are you an involved student leader? Do you believe you should be recognized for all you do as a leader at NIU? If so, consider applying for a Kevin D. Knight Leadership Award, presented by the Student Involvement & Leadership Development. Awards include institutional tuition waivers and leadership awards for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors and...

For the sixth-straight season, the NIU football team will compete in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship game which will be held this Friday, December 4 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The NIU Student Association (SA) and Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) have partnered to sponsor a fan bus package for students who wish to travel to Detroit...

Calling all student leaders: Registration for the NIU LEAD Summit is now open. The NIU LEAD Summit – NIU’s premier leadership conference – is open to all NIU students; however, conference content is geared toward undergraduate students. Scheduled Saturday, Nov. 14, in Barsema Hall, the summit is the concluding event of Leadership Week. Participants can attend...

Do you want to become an involved student leader? Would you like the opportunity to improve your leadership skills? If so, enroll in Student Involvement & Leadership Development’s (SILD) Leadership Academy. NIU’s Leadership Academy is a three-tiered, self-paced leadership program – you can complete the activities as your schedule allows – that includes Personal Leadership, Campus...