DeKALB – From Aug. 21 through Aug. 25, Week of Welcome events occurred across campus for new and returning students. Events throughout the week included a campfire to Corn Fest.
WOW Campfire Connections:
From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday...
DeKALB – A heat advisory is in effect for DeKalb until 8 p.m. Monday, and DeKalb is in an excessive heat warning from Tuesday afternoon to Tuesday evening.
Heat index values are expected to be 105 degrees to 109 degrees including heat indexes, with...
DeKALB – Every college student’s favorite late-night eatery is back open and in full swing in time for the new school year.
D.P. Dough reopened July 28 under new ownership with all new staff.
“We are under corporate now, we’re not under...
DeKALB – From Aug. 21 through Aug. 25, NIU students moved into the residence halls while enjoying the weather prior to the start of the fall semester.
Cars were lined up outside of the various residence halls as students unloaded their belongings...
DeKALB – On a cool summer morning, around 50 people gathered to dedicate a new veteran’s memorial in DeKalb.
At 10 a.m. Thursday at the north wall of the Plaza DeKalb building, across from the Egyptian Theatre, veterans of DeKalb and supporting...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| August 21, 2024
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5:32 p.m. Aug. 23 to reflect the details of Thursday’s meeting of the NIU Board of Trustees’ Finance, Audit, Compliance, Facilities and Operations Committee.
DeKALB – A dwindling holding balance and...
DeKALB – The information in this report is compiled from the NIU Police Department’s Daily Crime Log.
Any case defined as “unfounded” was not included in this list. Any “closed by exception” case is closed due to circumstances outside of...
DeKALB – Students played games, ate at food trucks, spun around on carnival rides and tried to not fall off a mechanical bull at the end of the semester carnival event hosted by the Campus Activities Board on Friday.
From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday...
Editor's Note: This is part of a larger series, "Looking back at the Class of 2020" that asks 3 senior graduates about their experience graduating during COVID-19 and how they feel graduating now.
DeKALB – Four years after a global pandemic that...
What did your senior year look like before the pandemic?
“I feel like I made the most of my college experience as much as I could. I did like a lot of sports, I did band, I did the pit orchestra for the musical — I was in a lot of clubs.”
Do...
What did your senior year look like before the pandemic?
“When you're an athlete, you're seeing your soccer season and your senior night and, like, people celebrating you and stuff, and there was just really none of that, it was just, I never really...
What did your senior year look like before the pandemic?
“One of my assistant band directors, he used to go to the YMCA which is where I would go to the gym like every evening. And so I'd see him there occasionally and he was like, ‘hey, do you...
