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Senior catcher Katie Keller is the team captain of the NIU softball team for the 2022 season.

Katie Keller strives to help others, stay humble with softball success

By Jordan Radloff | March 24, 2022

Earning prestigious awards, records and titles can be a very rewarding experience for collegiate athletes. For senior catcher and team captain, Katie Keller, every milestone or acknowledgment earned comes with an opportunity to motivate herself and her...

New enrollment plan focuses on removing barriers, retaining students

New enrollment plan focuses on removing barriers, retaining students

By Wes Sanderson | March 22, 2022
NIU released a new enrollment plan to help guide retention and enrollment efforts through 2025.
Redshirt senior guard Paulina Castro (24) walks out to greet the women’s basketball team during the starting lineup announcements March 5 on Senior Night before a game against Central Michigan at the NIU Convocation Center.

Coaches reflect on 50-year impact of Title IX on women’s sports

By Waleed Alamleh, Sports Reporter | March 22, 2022

DeKALB —  It has been 50 years since the passing of Title IX. The law has not only had an impact on women’s athletics in the past, but it can still further equality in women’s sports across the country.  What is Title IX?  2022 marks the 50-year...

Rich Harvest Farms (pictured) will play host to one of eight LIV Golf Invitational Series events Sept 16-18. The series is backed and sponsored by LIV Golf Investments, which is majority owned by PIF, a Saudi-backed investment firm.

Saudi-backed LIV Golf to host event at Rich Harvest Farms

By Wes Sanderson | March 16, 2022
Greg Norman's company LIV Golf Investments announced a multi-million dollar, 8-event invitational series that will visit NIU home golf course, Rich Harvest Farms.
Lincoln Hall sits in front of New Hall and will be torn down to be turned into a Health Informatics Technology Center.

Health Center to replace Lincoln Hall

By Ally Formeller | March 10, 2022
Health Informatics Technology Center will promote collaboration and will include students within all disciplines.
Kaitlyn Cheng (Left) looks longingly at the horizon as Irina in Three Sisters The play was performed in November at the Sally Stevens Players Theatre in the Stevens Building (Courtesy of Kaitlyn Cheng)

Kaitlyn Cheng shines bright in NIU theatre productions

By Parker Otto | March 8, 2022

Sitting in the student lounge of the Stevens Building, it’s nearing the end of the fall semester when Kaitlyn Cheng sits down for an interview. She’s very excited to talk about her work as she prepares to graduate in May. Some students at NIU are...

Sarah Potter attended grad school where she studies speech pathologist, before working as a speech pathologist for 15 years (Courtesy of Sarah Potter)

Former speech pathologist continues late husband’s documentary dream

By Madelaine Vikse, Editor-in-Chief | March 6, 2022
Sarah Potter is on a mission to make her late husband Scotts documentary dream a reality.
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance has different productions throughout the spring semester (Abigail Lamoreaux | Northern Star)

NIU School of Theatre and Dance shines with ‘You Are You’ performance

By Abigail Lamoreaux, Chief Copy Editor | February 28, 2022

On Friday, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance opened a new adaptation of Karel Čapek’s “R.U.R.” under the alternate title “You Are You.” Written by NIU alumnus Matthew Yee and directed by Matt O’Brien of GreatWorks Theatre Company, this...

Kayden Wacker-Gray (right) poses with his mother Lacey Wacker-Gray from the sidelines of the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl in Orlando, Florida in December.

NIU football builds bond with Rockford teen

By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | February 25, 2022
Kayden Wacker-Gray might not be old enough to suit-up for NIU football, but the 14-year-old has become a member of the Huskie pack regardless.
Junior forward AJah Davis shoots from the free throw line during a game on Jan. 15 against the University of Toledo Rockets. The Huskies fell 73-52 as Davis led all NIU scorers with 24 points. (Summer Fitzgerald/ Northern Star)

A’Jah Davis: DeKalb superstar 21 years in the making

By Waleed Alamleh, Sports Reporter | February 15, 2022

DeKALB — When junior forward A’jah Davis first started to get serious about her basketball journey at DeKalb High School, just five minutes out from NIU, the university wasn’t always a part of the plan. But it became the place Davis needed to return...