Police say a social media post students suspected of being a threat has been found to have no connection to NIU.The post, which was shared across Instagram, Twitter and Facebook on Friday, contained threatening language directed at Northern High School...
Max Essex, renowned scientist and Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences at Harvard University, will be a guest speaker at the History Department’s 12th annual W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture.The event, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in...
Chief Diversity Officer Vernese Edghill-Walden said she will be working to integrate diversity into NIU’s curriculum using a survey distributed to faculty members.Edghill-Walden became NIU’s first chief diversity officer on Aug. 1. Her role is to...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.Friday1. At 2 a.m. Aug. 22,...
The NIU Veterans Association has found a home on Greek Row for student veterans after a year of searching DeKalb properties.The house, located at 824 Greenbrier Road, will serve as a place of living for military veterans, Army Reservists, National Guardsmen...
DeKalb Police have one person of interest after a robbery was reported at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Greenbrier and Russel roads, said DeKalb Police Sgt. Mark Tehan.A male victim reported he was walking on the sidewalk when he was forced...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.Aug. 29• Christopher L. Feltz, 41, of Earlville, was charged...
It is the year of the community college, according a declaration by Gov. Bruce Rauner in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Illinois Community College System, which includes Kishwaukee Community College.On average, 63 percent of Kishwaukee’s transfer...
The DeKalb Fire Department will hold its 4th Annual Pancake Breakfast 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 4 at DeKalb Fire Station #1, 700 Pine St.This breakfast will raise funds for the DeKalb Firefighters Historical Foundation, which was founded four years ago,...
The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center is inviting all students to attend its annual Clothing Expo on Wednesday. The Clothing Expo will allow students to pick out free gently used and professional clothing. Another giveaway will be held in the spring...
Registration for 2015 Homecoming activities, which are open to students, student organizations, faculty, staff and community members will end next week.This year will mark NIU’s 109th Homecoming, the theme of which will be “Huskies Light the Way.”...
This week marks National Hazing Prevention Week, and the Student Association is making sure students are aware of it by setting up an information station in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons.Three fraternities — Kappa Alpha Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha and...
