Pass/Fail: NIU enrollment push pays off for diversity; Do research on charities before donating
Blake Glosson
October 5, 2014
Pass: NIU enrollment push pays off for diversityAs the vice president of the Student Advisory Council for the School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences, I know firsthand how much focus is being directed toward retaining students while attracting new ones — especially international students...
Longest-serving employee retiring, rewarded
Julia Layton
July 10, 2012
Pat Siebrasse is retiring after 50 years at NIU. Siebrasse is the longest-serving employee at NIU and did all of her work in the school of family, consumer and nutrition sciences as an Office Manager. She said she remembers the Holmes Student Center was still being built when she started in 1962. Siebra...
Empty Bowls event aims to raise hunger awareness
Lauren Dielman
March 21, 2012
Everyone is encouraged eat soup for a good cause. The School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences and the NIU Ceramics Club organized the event Empty Bowls to bring awareness to hunger. The event will be hosted by Bread for the World (BFTW) and the Student Dietetic Association. NIU will host Empt...
NIU community walks to reduce violence
Amy Kreeger
November 21, 2010
People in the community rallied together in the Walk With Women Against Violence on Sunday in the MLK Commons. Head coordinator Megan Flack, along with coordinators Candace Anderson and Christine Munz, all senior family and child studies majors, said they wanted to get the community involved. "I have al...
