An NIU-built sexual assault help app will be released in the fall and Safe Passage expects the app to reduce the 6,500 calls it received on its 24-hour hotline in 2015.Four students from Tech Bark, an NIU coding club, teamed up with Kristen Myers, director...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.March 281. At 11:41 a.m. March...
The Residence Hall Association will hold a prom night 7:30-10:30 p.m. April 21 in the Grant Towers dining hall.The event will feature food, a DJ and a photo station. Prom “royalty” will also be selected. The theme is based on the board game Candy...
The Student Association will be sponsoring a Springfield lobbying event Wednesday during which the state budget impasse and funding of Monetary Award Program grants will be addressed.A bus will be provided for students and departs at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday...
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. will hold its annual Skate Jam 9 p.m. to midnight Thursday at the Aurora Skate Center, 34W113 Montgomery Road in Aurora.“I’m excited,” said Kevin Gordon, Alpha Phi Alpha member. “I’m feeling sensational about...
Cultural Fusion, presented by the Asian American Association and the Student Association, will be held 7 p.m. April 22 in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium, according to a flier.“Cultural Fusion will be a really great event and it’s...
The Northern Lights Ambassadors are collecting supplies for Jane Adeny Memorial School.Help NLA make an impact by donating supplies from April 1 through April 29in the Academic Advising Center and various locations across campus. Students can donate gently...
The Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program (SEAYLP) will hold its Colors of Southeast Asia event from 5 to 7 p.m. on April 24 in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium.Students can come and learn about countries like the Philippines, Indonesia,...
Teachers rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago to support a one-day strike held by the Chicago Teachers Union in Chicago on Friday. Teachers said the strike was aimed at getting lawmakers to adequately fund schools in the nation’s third-largest district.
Laurie Elish-Piper, newly appointed dean of the College of Education, said she has already reduced 11 percent of spending by using the college’s budget effectively and not cutting employees or programming.Elish-Piper was acknowledged as a Presidential...
