Nominations for the Outstanding Service Award are being accepted until Feb. 24.Up to four NIU civil service employees receive the award each year. Each recipient is presented with a plaque and a $1500 reward.Any full- or part-time civil service employee...
Students and community members can participate in everything from ballet to Irish step dancing to hip-hop at the NIU Community Dance School this semester.Dance classes officially started Monday, but registration is ongoing, said Diane Rimmer, Director...
It used to be August. Then July. It got moved to April and now it's the third week of March.Each year, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) filing deadline for MAP Grant eligibility approaches sooner...
Fighting through a DeKalb winter proves painful in and of itself. Imagine trying to do it without proper clothing. Feed'em Soup, 122 S. First St., provides a clothing closet for those in need to warm up in the Midwest. "We have some hats and gloves; we've...
The number seven bus is best known for delivering students to businesses like Wal-Mart and Target, located on Sycamore Road, but downtown business owners think students should explore stops closer to campus.After five stops, students get the opportunity...
The windshield of Maggie Carrigan's Volkswagon Beetle is cracked after she hit a pedestrian in December 2008. Carrigan's brakes failed to stop her car from skidding into Lincoln Highway, and the pedestrian was found to be at fault for jaywalking. Police...
Samantha Korineck, 15, sits in the passenger seat of a parked Ford pickup five miles out of town. The car is running, the heat on. She's wrapped in a cream-colored horse blanket - the kind you'd place under a saddle. She'll be treated for her concussion,...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. TUESDAY At 11:07 p.m.,...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday At 12:54 a.m., an officer observed a westbound truck...
A Northern Illinois University student walks past the front of Cole Hall, which reopened today after renovations began in March 2010. Cole Hall has been closed since being the site of the February 14, 2008 shooting at NIU, which killed five students and the gunman, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in DeKalb, Ill.
Moses Mutuku, NIU College of Education professor and leader of the Kenya Literacy Project, died Sunday at Kishwaukee Hospital.Mutuku joined the College of Education in 2001. He also worked with the Kenya Literacy Project, which sought to improve daily...
Wreaths and rose stems no longer hold shut the doors to Cole Hall. As one enters the hall, they are submerged in a transformed world. An unlit common area waits to shelter more than just the handful of students speckled within the tall windows, to warm...
