DeKALB | Though demolition has already begun, the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new first-year residence hall is scheduled for noon today. President John Peters will break ground on the 1,000-bed facility at the construction site, which is...
DeKALB | The SA Senate unanimously passed its fiscal year 2011-12 budget with little debate during Sunday night’s meeting. The budget no longer funds groups for transportation, significantly cutting funding for some groups. Speaker of the Senate Austin...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. March 22 At...
Over 700 people watched NIU's jazz ensemble play with Grammy-winning trumpeter Randy Brecker. Brecker has been playing the trumpet and flugelhorn for over 50 years. He accompanied the jazz ensemble Thursday night in playing some selections he has written...
Two longtime NIU benefactors donated $1 million to the NIU University Honors Program. John and Nancy Castle, a local businessman and NIU professor of rehabilitative counseling (respectively), donated the money to help honors students to study overseas....
Bradley Bond has been named the dean of the NIU graduate school, making him responsible for the "leadership and vision" of almost 6,000 graduate students. Bond previously held various administrative positions with the University of Southern Mississippi...
NIU linebacker Devon Butler is in fair condition as of Wednesday afternoon at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Butler is recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered on April 5 while visiting a friend at 1009 Apsen Drive. Butler wrote on his...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. April 9 At...
Everyone says they care; now NIU is proving it. On Saturday, NIU will hold its fifth annual NIU Cares Day, which is a campus-wide day of community service. The goal is to bring students, faculty and staff together to complete service projects in the county...
Some students may feel they know the best places to study, searching out nooks in the academic buildings or reclining in the Gallery Lounge in the Holmes Student Center. But once they sit down and crack open those textbooks and class notes, some students...
DeKALB | For the first time since its trip to Japan was cut short because of the earthquake, the NIU Alumni Association is set to go to Turkey. Members of the Alumni Association are anxious about the trip after the earthquake last month cut their trip...
DeKALB | Arthur McFarlane, great-grandson of historical icon W.E.B. DuBois, gave his first key note speech at the age of 12. Soon after, he passed out backstage. “Maybe I should have gotten some sleep and eaten the night before,” McFarlane said. “And...
