Drawing on his Texas roots, NIU student Thomas Rhoden recently released “Texaners,” a collection of eight short stories published by Etoile Solitaire Press. It is the sixth book for Rhoden, a doctoral student in political science. “I’ve spent about a decade in Southeast Asia, but for the last two years I’ve been in Thailand,” said...

Alumni and friends of NIU are invited to network and reconnect with the university Friday, May 1, at a regional event in Dallas. The event will begin with an open bar and appetizers at 6 p.m. at Urban Crust in North Dallas (Plano), located at 1006 E. 15th St. in this historic downtown. Guests will be...

Heather Grobe, who is studying early childhood education in NIU’s College of Education (COE), did not expect