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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...

While the NIU campus buzzes with the activity of helping students learn today so they can lead tomorrow,  many faculty and staff are busy preparing for the fall 2013 incoming class. On Saturday, Feb. 2, the university’s largest-ever Admitted Student Day welcomed almost 400 admitted students (and more than 1,300 people overall) to campus to...

Northern Illinois University’s 2013 Teaching Effectiveness Institute will start with the traditional – the first day is devoted to strategies on motivating students and convincing them to focus on learning rather than grades – before racing to modern times with sessions on optimizing the digital classroom. What’s more, the day of digital talk will take...

NIU students are brightening the holidays for a group of adolescents who often go forgotten during the season of giving. As part of an engaged-learning project in two group-communication classes taught by Department of Communication professor David Henningsen, the NIU students collected about 400 gifts for teens in the foster care system. Young people ages...

Student Involvement & Leadership Development is gearing up for NIU Cares Day 2013. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 20; however, plans are under way to convene the planning committee and to recruit volunteers to assist that day. An NIU Cares Day kickoff and preview meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6,...

The Student Recreation Center will close from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, for a maintenance issue. Nine compressors on the roof are being replaced which will help improve heating and cooling in the facility. The Chick Evans Field House will be open as an alternate site during those hours. The track, some...

Huskie Family Connections (HFC) invites all parents, students, and additional family members to join in the variety of Fall Family Weekend activities and events taking place from Friday, Sept. 21, through Sunday, Sept. 23. Fall Family Weekend is not only an excellent way for NIU families to get acquainted with the campus and surrounding community, but it also...

Adjusting to college life may be overwhelming for some, but NIU’s Admitted Student Days provide incoming freshmen the opportunity to become better acquainted with their prospective surroundings prior to attending the university. The first of two scheduled Admitted Student Days was Monday, Feb. 21 with 375 potential students and 532 guests in attendance. Another estimated...

Robert Sorsby, NIU’s new student trustee, was sworn in Thursday morning before the meeting of the Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Personnel Committee of the Board of Trustees. Sorsby, whose term officially began July 1, is a senior who expects to graduate next May with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and a minor...

The College of Business’ Society for Human Resource Management rated “superior” for the 21st time. NIU’s student chapter has been honored with a Superior Merit Award for 2009-2010. This award is the most selective award from the SHRM national organization. It recognizes: the highest achieving student chapters in the country for their exceptional ability in...

Off-Campus & Non-Traditional Student Services invites new off-campus and non-traditional students to join us for an open house reception on Tuesday, August 24 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the basement of the Holmes Student Center (Room 023, j and k). Meet other students like you, and staff and student leaders who can help...

The Academic Convocation took place on Friday, August 20 at the NIU Convocation Center. Academic Convocation is a formal ceremony to officially welcome and celebrate incoming students to Northern Illinois University. Students learned about the many academic opportunities and campus traditions of NIU. President John G. Peters and members of the faculty and staff celebrated...