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The NIU Marching Band leads a procession of students from Neptune Hall to the Convocation Center on Friday during the annual Band Run. Thousands of students took part in the march, wearing Northern Pact T-shirts.
Three individuals have been found for vacancies in Health Services, Career Services and Military and Non-Traditional Student Services, according to an email from Eric Weldy, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, to NIU employees.Linda...
Immanuel Lutheran Church will reward people with Target gift cards for giving blood on Sept. 1.The church, 511 Russell Road, will hold the blood drive from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in its Fellowship Hall. Donations can be scheduled by calling Norm or Marion...
Local band Jazz in Progress will hold free a concert Tuesday in Hopkin’s Park.The performance will start at 8 p.m. at the Dee Palmer Band Shell. Admission is open to everyone.Jazz in Progress is an 18-piece combo that plays the best of classical jazz,...
A group of students shared why they chose NIU and how they foresee their college experiences. The Northern Star will check in on them throughout the year.Lilydian Tolbert, freshman nursing majorWhy NIU: “It seemed like a good school ... the people...
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/.Aug. 5• At 11:17 a.m., Terrell...
More than 5,000 NIU students who qualify for Monetary Assistance Program funding have been credited an estimate of what they would have received had an Illinois budget been approved at the start of the semester.NIU has joined other Illinois universities,...
Jennifer Jeffries said she loves her job as an office administrator and loves working with students, but $15.68 an hour makes her feel “undervalued.”Low wages in comparison with other Illinois public universities are why she and more than 600 NIU...
Reggie Thomas, jazz studies coordinator and Jazz Ensemble director, directs Jazz Ensemble during a rehearsal Sept. 29 in the Music Building. Music and theatre and arts will be reviewed in the spring.
A Huskies football player was charged with driving under the influence and possession of a fraudulent driver’s license on July 24.Wide receiver Skyler P. Monaghan was stopped by a DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy at 12:18 a.m. on Route 23 and Lloyd...
NIU is taking employee nominations to serve on search firms to fill four dean positions.The proposed firms would conduct national searches for permanent positions in the colleges of Business, Education, Law and Visual and Performing Arts, said Lisa Freeman,...
