DeKALB — Hours for the Holmes Student Center temporarily have been adjusted this week following the university’s announcement for a two-week ban on in-person undergraduate classes and student gatherings.
The Holmes Student Center will be open from...
DeKALB — NIU announced Monday nine additional students and two additional employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 49 more students have recovered from COVID-19, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Monday, 72 students and...
DeKALB — The DeKalb County Health Department announced Friday the number of positive COVID-19 cases increased to 1,350.
The DCHD also announced the county reached a COVID-19 warning level Friday, according to a press release.
Among those who’ve...
Monday
Virtual Paint Night: The Wellness Crew will host a virtual paint night from 4 to 6 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. Suggested supplies for the virtual event include: canvas, assorted acrylic paint, paint palette, brushes, cup of water and paper...
DeKALB — Six fire departments responded to an apartment fire at the East Deerpath complex Sunday morning.
Police said no one was in the building when the fire began at 10:10 a.m.
Police are continuing to direct traffic just past Annie Glidden...
DeKALB — NIU announced Friday three additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 13 more students have recovered from COVID-19, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 112 students and one employee are COVID-19...
By Kurt Bitting & Haley Galvin & Ahyen Labanan
| September 11, 2020
DeKALB — Undergraduate courses have been moved online temporarily, until Sept. 28, according to a Friday email from NIU President Lisa Freeman.
Faculty are allowed to submit requests for in-person class exceptions, and students can check Blackboard...
DeKALB — NIU announced Thursday five additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Thursday, 122 students and one employee are currently positive for COVID-19.
The dashboard’s cumulative...
DeKALB — At a young age, Anne Edwards knew she wanted to help people by becoming a teacher. Instead, she found her love for guiding students not in the classroom, but at the Center for Black Studies.
Edwards was recently appointed director of the...
DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday eight additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Wednesday, 124 students and two employees are currently positive for COVID-19.
The dashboard’s...
DeKALB — DeKalb police responded to two separate stabbings that occurred within a few minutes of each other around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Interim DeKalb Police Chief Bob Redel said.
“We had two stabbings within about two minutes of one another up on...
NIU fall enrollment is up by 160 students, a 1% increase from Fall 2019, according to university data released Tuesday.
The ten-day count of enrollment for this fall was 16,769 students; Fall 2019 had an enrollment of 16,609, according to a Sept. 11...
