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A corporate jet departs the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport after conducting business in DeKalb. The DeKalb Airport hopes to soon provide a more convenient option for NIU teams.

Athletes to fly with DeKalb airport come August

By Hany Abdel | December 9, 2013

Athletics will be up and away when it’s allowed to use the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport for travel, which may come as soon as August.For more than 20 years, the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, 3232 Pleasant St., has plugged away with yearly reviews...

Huskie Football honored through city sign

By Erin Kolb | September 9, 2013

Local support for the Huskies will be more visible next week, when an NIU football schedule will be put up on the corner of Lincoln Highway and First Street.The sign will cost about $8,000 and will be paid for by resources set aside by the athleticdepartment...

Sean Frazier hired as new athletics director

By Jacob Onak | July 16, 2013

Sean Frazier is the new athletics director of NIU.Frazier has been the deputy athletics director at the University of Wisconsin since April 2011. Before being promoted to deputy athletics director, Frazier was the associate athletic director for operations...

NIU to Announce New Athletic Director

By Jacob Onak | July 15, 2013

The new NIU athletics director will be announced at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Yordon Center.After the news conference in DeKalb there will be another news conference at 3 p.m. in Chicago at The Mid-America Club in the Aon Building.NIU has been on the search...

Spears named acting director of Athletics

By Jacob Onak | April 4, 2013

Christian Spears, deputy director of Athletics, has been promoted to acting director of NIU Athletics with the recent departure of Jeff Compher. Spears, who has been a part of the Athletics executive administrations team since 2009, will begin his new...