NIU Honors Program will host a 5K Fun Run 9 a.m. Saturday at Hopkins Park. Same-day registration will be held before the race 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. and will cost $20 per person.This fundraiser is donating proceeds to Birthday Boxes, which provide children...
Campus Dining Services will celebrate National Homemade Cookie Day 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in all of the dorm dining halls.The NIU bakery will have plenty of fresh cookies prepared for anyone who wants to join. Toppings and frosting will be available...
DeKALB | The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved NIU’s request to renovate the first floor of the Holmes Student Center at its meeting Tuesday.The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the first phase of the renovation at St. Xavier University...
DeKALB | Chemistry and biochemistry professor Tao Xu and a student research team are collecting data for a research project at NIU about converting light into electricity in an eco-friendly way.The project uses perovskites, a photovoltaic mineral with...
NIU operating staff council will host the Giving Project 12 to 1 pm. Thursday in the Holmes Student Center Glidden Room.This event will give people the opportuniy to make projects and gifts for people in need. For more information, contact Pam Roesner...
NIU officials received approval to spend roughly $2.28 million during the next five years to upgrade the school's computer systems, according to a Sept. 28, 1984 Northern Star article.The computers were to have been obtained through a five-year purchase...
Honors students will have the opportunity to volunteer for community service 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Oct. 27 at the Communiversity Gardens located on the east side of Anderson Hall.The garden is cared for by a network of students, faculty...
As I sit here and wait for someone to find me,Let me tell you all what I see.I see DuSable, Reavis, Cole and Zulauf Hall,Holmes Student Center and the campus mall.Scavenger hunt clues will be published on NorthernStar.info beginning today until Friday...
Campus Activities Board will host the second audition day for NIU's Got Talent from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room.The first audition day was held yesterday.Some of the performances happening at NIU's Got Talent includes...
Ellington's, a student-run restaurant, will open from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center.Starting today, the restaurant will be open every Tuesday and Thursday and provides three course meals. This event is $10 per person for a...
