DeKALB – NIU students will have the opportunity to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine April 20 and May 18 during a vaccine clinic held by the DeKalb County Health Department, according to a Wednesday email sent to students.
Students will be offered...
DeKALB — NIU nursing students were involved with distributing the COVID-19 vaccine until March 11 at the Convocation Center as part of the DeKalb County Health Department Team.
Students were on a volunteer basis or using this experience as part of...
DeKALB – The DeKalb Police Department’s social worker liaison program helped nearly 300 people in the second half of 2020. Here’s how the program is operating now:
The social worker liaison program is a partnership between the DeKalb Police...
DeKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department will host free COVID-19 vaccine clinics for all NIU students April 17 and April 20, according to a Friday email sent to students.
The announcement comes as all Illinois residents 16 and older become eligible...
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DeKALB – Cohen Barnes is taking the lead for the next mayor for the City of DeKalb after raking in 62.38% of votes in the 2021 consolidated elections, while mail-in ballots still need to be counted.
Barnes leads the election with 2,391 votes at the...
The SGA elections are over and the list of winners has been posted to the SGA’s HuskieLink page.
The election results are as follows:
Executive Branch
President: Devlin Collins - 595 votes
Vice President: James (Jimmy) Holmes - 535 votes
Treasurer:...
DeKALB — Former NIU point guard Eugene German announced a pro basketball deal Saturday with the Kokomo BobKats of The Basketball League.
German played four seasons with the NIU men’s basketball team, becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer...
DeKALB – When sophomore nursing major Zoe Bragas became aware of the rise in violence against Asian Americans, her first thought was, “well, I guess it's okay if I become too white for my family because maybe other people – privileged people – ...
DeKALB – The SGA Senate unanimously approved Deputy Speaker Dallas Douglass as the speaker of the Senate for the 53rd session at their meeting Sunday.
Douglass said his main goals as speaker are to represent active anti-racism, support underserved...
DeKALB — Redshirt junior 184-pounder Brit Wilson earned All-American honors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships Saturday in St. Louis, the highest finish of five NIU wrestlers.
Wilson, a Mexico, Missouri native, is the first NIU wrestler...
DeKALB – The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a measure Thursday to extend NIU President Lisa Freeman’s appointment for another four years. In the extended agreement, Freeman will also receive a $30,000 salary increase by fiscal year 2024.
The...
