DeKALB — Students who are looking to change minors or learn about different options can look into the Black Studies minor offered by the Center for Black Studies.
The minor requires students to take 18 credit hours within the required courses,...
By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle Reporter
| February 9, 2022
DeKalb- This week the Tails Humane Society is featuring a two-year-old dog named Ramos who is looking for a new home.
Ramos is great with children as well as other dogs and walks great on a leash. Ramos does have some enemies; he is not fond of cats,...
DeKALB — Huskies Care and Serve is a volunteer program run by the Campus Activities Board (CAB) that allows students to work on projects that give back to the NIU and DeKalb communities.
Tuesday’s event allowed students to fill bags with necessities...
DeKALB — With big reforms for infrastructure planned with the passage of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, a majority of the funds used to carry out the law’s goals will be tax dollars. Tax filing season officially began on Jan. 24 and with an estimated...
By Claudie Miller, Lifestyle Writer
| February 8, 2022
DeKALB- The Special Collections and Archives (SCA) is a new unit that coordinates the services and programs of the Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and the Regional History Center and University Archives (RHCUA).
For the last two years,...
DeKALB— A student was found unresponsive Monday morning on campus and pronounced dead after an apparent medical crisis, according to NIU spokesperson Joe King.
The university declined to provide the name of the student, but emails obtained by the...
DeKALB— Total enrollment has decreased by 4% from the Spring 2021 semester, according to 10-day enrollment data. The enrollment numbers reflected a familiar trend that NIU and other schools across the country have seen since the pandemic hit.
There...
DeKALB— In the last week, the average price of gas has increased 10.9 cents per gallon, averaging a total of $3.61/g on February 7th, according to GasBuddy's survey of 4,378 stations in Illinois.
The cheapest gas prices in the state reported...
By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
| February 7, 2022
DeKALB — The weather in DeKalb for the second week of Feb. looks as though it may be a warmer week than we have seen so far this year. Even with warmer weather there is still a chance for more snow later in the week, according to the National Weather...
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman announced her goals for the 2021-2022 academic year in a Board of Trustees meeting last November. The goals presented to the Board of Trustees include annual and multi-year objectives in six different themes.
For...
