Kenneth Quigley, an alumnus who spent years listening to students as an independent campus minster in the Holmes Student Center, died Nov. 18.Quigley, who was 65, started as an independent campus minister in 1998. It became a full-time role, as he would...
Locals hosted a dinner to help raise money for Typhoon Haiyan survivors Sunday.Sunday’s dinner event was held at the Oak Crest Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive. The event was hosted by the Filipino-American Association of Northern Illinois.Evelina...
Alumna Melissa Leisner, a seventh-grade English and reading teacher at Prairie Knolls Middle School in Elgin, has won the Milken National Educator Award, which includes a cash prize of $25,000.Since 1987, the Milken Family Foundation, co-founded by Michael...
The David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library will extend its hours from Dec. 2 to Dec. 17.The law library will remain open to everyone until 6 p.m. each day; after 6 p.m., only law students will be allowed to stay in the library.During this extended period...
Two alumni are using what they learned at NIU to found a business that makes traveling in Southeast Europe a little easier.Alumni Matija Biljeskovic and Fraser Gibson are collaborating with others to make a bus ticketing system for Southeast Europe. The...
The Sociology Student Advisory Committee invited JustGoods, 201 Seventh St. in Rockford, to sell its ecological and socially responsible handmade goods Wednesday and Thursday in Reavis Hall.The committee and JustGoods agreed that 10 percent of Wednesday...
Nov. 20• At 12:31 p.m., officers patrolling DuSable Hall met with Breanna N. Jones, 20, of Bolingbrook, who had an active arrest warrant for disorderly conduct/filing a false police report. Jones was arrested.Nov. 21• At 12:41 p.m., officers met with...
The week may be cold, but Thanksgiving shouldn’t be ruined by bad weather.The week will see highs in the 30’s, and NIU meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste doesn’t expect rain or snow.“Although it will be cold, travelling conditions should be good throughout...
Students fasted Friday in honor of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, raising about $400 for Hope Haven, a shelter in DeKalb.Members of the Muslim Student Association, the Anthropology Club and Student Involvement & Leadership Development organized...
Alumna Melissa McGrath spoke Wednesday night about the business she founded and the history of Bellingham, Wash., the town she lives in.McGrath and a friend, Sara Holodnick, started a business, Good Time Girls, in Bellingham. They give tours of the town...
The Student Association Senate will review five candidates as it looks to elect a speaker Sunday.The SA Senate will elect its next speaker during its meeting at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center. Board of Trustees members like chair John Butler and...
About 400 faculty and staff, active and retired, gathered Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center to discuss pension reform with state legislators.Representatives Tom Demmer and Bob Pritchard and Senator Dave Syverson attended to get the peoples’ perspectives...
