DeKALB | In 1993, Carrie Helmig walked into Stevens Lab as a teaching assistant who was unprepared and unsure of what to expect, as she had no training to teach her recitation.“They threw you to the wolves then,” Helmig said. “Literally, you go...
DeKALB | Even after nine years of experience with Housing and Residential Services, Deborah Gettemy was left speechless when offered the position of department director.After Patricia A.R. Martinez, former Housing and Residential Services director, left...
Black Male Initiative is bringing excitement to the courts by hosting their annual basketball tournament 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Stevenson basketball courts.Teams are allowed eight players and the games will be five on five. Registration is...
Stage Coach Players and NIU graduates will be performing a “dramedy” about life-long college friendships that debuts Sept. 15 at the Stage Coach Player Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St.The Stage Coach Players have been performing in the DeKalb community for...
First and Second Year Experience will be holding a film screening and discussion for Human the Movie – Vol. 1 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 12 in Holmes Student Center Carl Sandburg Auditorium.The film follows interviews with people from 60 different countries...
DEKALB- The Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality will host an NIU alumni talk with Michelle Costigan 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16 in Reavis Hall 103.Costigan will discuss how the LGBT Studies and Women’s Studies experiences influenced her...
DeKALB | Campaigning began Wednesday for the 16 senator candidates who are running in the Student Association Senate special election.If at any time the number of senate vacancies is less than half the total number, a special election shall immediately...
DeKALB | Sophomore sociology major Riss Carter does not identify with any pronouns. Instead, Carter goes by “Riss.”“I’m not a he,” Carter said. “I’m not a she. I’m not a they. I’m Riss.”Pronouns became a concern at NIU about two years...
DeKALB | Enrollment at NIU is down by about five percent because of Illinois’ continued population decline and the level of state support for higher education, according to a Sept. 7 campus update.The expected decline puts NIU enrollment at about 19,000...
DeKALB | An elimination of charge backs in the Department of Informational Technology has begun as a result of program prioritization.Program Prioritization uses task forces to create reports that review 223 academic programs and 236 administrative programs...
