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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...

NIU has reached a new high-water mark in graduating its student-athletes, according to Thursday’s release of the Graduation Success Rate report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. At 83 percent, Northern Illinois’ latest overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) – which includes student-athletes who entered NIU between 2002-2003 and 2005-06 – is the highest in school...

Four Northern Illinois student-athletes were named 2012 1A FAR Academic Excellence award recipients. NIU volleyball player Kristin Hoffman, punter Ryan Neir of the Huskie football team, women’s golfer Kelsie Passolt and track and field’s Jenner Sio were among 55 awardees from Mid-American Conference schools on the list. Student-athletes who carry a 3.8 GPA, have competed...

For the seventh consecutive year, all 17 of Northern Illinois University’s sports programs have exceeded the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) according to the 2012 APR report released today by the organization. The APR has become the primary tool used by the NCAA to judge a team’s...

Nine NIU student-athletes attended the 2012 NCAA Career in Sports Forum, which took place from June 7 through June 10 in Indianapolis. Matt Battaglia (football), Brittney Callahan (women’s basketball), Daniel Green (football), Chanel Kellyman (track & field), Claire McAuley (cross country/track & field), Sara McLaughlin (women’s tennis), Logan Pegram (football), Danny Pulliam (women’s basketball) and...

Northern Illinois will see 66 current and former student-athletes leave school with their NIU degrees in 2011-12 as 40 current and former Huskie student-athletes from 11 different sports programs earned their degrees Saturday. They join the 19 December graduates and seven others scheduled to complete their studies this summer. In all, student-athletes from 16 different...

Northern Illinois will celebrate its 2011 Mid-American Conference Champions and begin looking toward the 2012 Huskie football season at the annual Huskie Athletic Support Fund kickoff at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. The event, featuring NIU coaches and student-athletes, free food and drink and important information on 2012 football tickets, will be held in Victor...

Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish is in New York City today, where he will be honored tonight as one of the National Football Foundation‘s 16 Scholar-Athletes for 2011 at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Already the recipients of an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship, one of the Scholar-Athletes will win the William V. Campbell...

The 18-member NCAA Division I Board of Directors adopted a package of proposals Thursday that toughen academic standards and provide increased academic and economic support to student-athletes. Northern Illinois University President John Peters, who represents the Mid-American Conference on the board, said the reforms will give conferences the option of adding more money to scholarship...

Northern Illinois Athletics ranks among the top universities in the Mid-American Conference, and has once again topped the national average in the Graduation Success Rate of its student-athletes, according to data released Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For the fourth straight year, Northern Illinois’ Graduation Success Rate (GSR) topped the 80 percent...

Last year,  the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning introduced Themed Learning Communities to NIU. This year, Intercollegiate Athletics integrated into this program with its first TLC: “Developing Champions: In the classroom, in competition and in life.” With an emphasis on leadership and social justice, the 25 hand-picked freshman student-athletes who represent almost every NIU...

Northern Illinois University supporters Dr. Kenneth and Ellen Chessick announced that they are continuing their long legacy of support for the university by donating $3 million to Huskie Athletics to name the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Facility. The gift is the largest ever made to Northern Illinois Athletics and the second-largest given to the...