A weekend blizzard blanketed the Midwest in snow and led to class being canceled at NIU, but classes resumed Tuesday.The blizzard left more than a foot of snow in DeKalb and 22 inches by Lincolnshire, which was the highest accumulation in the state, according...
About 100 people showed up for a student-organized snowball fight Monday.Senior journalism major Mikey Pastrana set up the Facebook event for this year’s event with his friend, Michael Payne. The pair wanted to celebrate the cancellation of classes...
Huskie Buses 1 and 2 are not running today because campus is closed for safety reasons, said Brett Williams, Student ASsociation director of Mass Transit.
Break Service will run on the No. 11 bus from at least 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Williams said.
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First- and Second-Year Experience is holding a series of seminars known as the Interfaith Conversations to introduce belief systems to attendees.The conversations are 7-8:30 p.m Wednesday, Feb. 11, 18, 25 and March 4 in the Founders Memorial Library staff...
NIU will be host its sixth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day April 21.The fair is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, in the Holmes Student Center’s Ellington Ballroom, according to the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning’s website.Any...
The Study Abroad Office will hold its Spring Study Abroad Fair 1-5 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Holmes Student Center, Glass Gallery.More than 30 programs will be at the fair, according the Study Abroad Fair website.There will be financial aid representatives...
The Student-Alumni Mentoring Program kicks off on Saturday, according to an NIU announcement.The Student-Alumni Mentoring Program aims to provide students with guidance through mentors’ educational and professional experiences, according to its website.The...
Students are planning to host a large snowball fight at 2 p.m. today in Central Park.A Facebook event advertising the snowball fight has more than 350 people saying they are attending. Those with last names starting with A-M should wear red while those...
A weekend blizzard that produced more than a foot of snow will clear today, though more storms are expected to hit DeKalb throughout the week.The storm produced nearly twice February’s average snowfall of 7.3 inches and will drop the temperature to...
NIU President Doug Baker hosted two town hall meetings Thursday to talk about recruitment, retention and program prioritization.Retention decreased by 1.2 percent to 87 percent between the fall and spring semesters, with enrollment dropping to 19,000,...
