The Student Association will lobby for House Bill 2990, which would fully fund the Monetary Award Program grants and cut NIU’s budget for Fiscal Year 2016 by 6.5 percent on April 6 in Springfield.The NIU-supported partisan bill passed the Illinois House...
Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) answers students’ questions regarding the budget impasse, MAP funding and technology at “Pizza with Pritchard” on Tuesday in the New Hall Community Center Swing Space. Read more atbit.ly/1YD6bae.
March 31. At 1 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported to have occurred at Neptune East. This case is open.2. At 8 p.m., Santrice Lewis, 24, of Chicago, was charged with obstructing identification reported to have occurred at 300 N. Annie Glidden Road.3....
Judge Thomas Lynch, Attorneys Justin Storer and John Hardison and Student Association member Jose Soto will host The Cost of Convenience from 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 27 at Fatty’s Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Hwy.The program will explain how to borrow...
Five NIU organizations will collaborate to hold a Huskie Mentoring Summit 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 2 in Barsema Alumni and Visitor’s Center.A mentor is a guide, friend, and resource who shares his or her experiences and time to help pave the way for...
The Collegiate Association of Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs will hold their fourth annual Social Impact Summit 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 8 in the Barsema Hall and Barsema Alumni and Visitor’s Center.CAUSE is Northern Illinois University’s social...
The Student Association will collaborate with other offices to begin the Green Office Initiative.The Green Office Initiative will help to make various offices more environmentally friendly throughout the NIU campus, according to an SA news release. SA Director...
NIU Housing and Dining and the NIU Dietetic Internship Program will celebrate the roaring '20s from 4-7 p.m. at the Neptune Central dining hall.Students can enjoy classic foods from the 1920s as well as dance to music and participate in raffles.The residential...
A free pizza and question and answer event with Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley) will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the New Hall Swing Space.Pritchard has been in the state legislature for 13 years and has sat in on many committees including the Higher...
Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority will hold Sigma Soulmates 7-10 p.m. Tuesday at the Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington Ballroom. Sigma Soulmates is a dating game philanthropy event to raise money for the Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation, which supports play...
Readers of the biweekly Baker Report are asked to complete a survey about what they think of the reports, according to an NIU announcement.The survey features questions on what readers like most and least about the reports, rating interest of topics and...
The Student Health Organization and the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive noon to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room, according to an NIU news release.Appointments are preferred but walk-ins are accepted. Contact Paulina...
