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Study Abroad fair to be held in Holmes Student Center

By Roxana Moraga | September 15, 2013

 Students can explore the possibility of studying in foreign lands at Wednesday’s study abroad fair.The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.Students planning on attending will ask questions...

Students to gain information on majors at Exploring Majors Fair

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 2013

NIU is out to help all the students who have had trouble settling on a major.The Exploring Majors Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.More than 700 students attend the fair each...

NIU to host Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day

By Jessi Haish | January 14, 2013

Online registration is open. The event will be held on April 23 in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. Students currently enrolled at NIU who have participated in a faculty-mentored research or creative project are eligible to showcase...

Freshman undeclared majors Jenny Kazy-Garrey (left) and Courtney Fanizza speak with KNPE Academic Advising Graduate Assistant Jessica Brenner during the Exploring Majors Fair Wednesday afternoon Sept. 29, 2010 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom.

Students explore majors at fair

By Franz Varga | September 24, 2012

Students crowded the Duke Ellington Ballroom to shop for majors and minors Monday. The Exploring Majors Fair exposed students to the variety of paths offered by NIU. Dozens of different colleges had tables set up where representatives handed out brochures,...

Holmes Student Center

History’s Foundation: Holmes Student Center

By Olivia Willoughby | May 6, 2012

Pointing high up in the sky, this building can’t be missed. Whether it was for orientation or to wait impatiently for the Huskie Bus, a student has been here at least once. With its first two floors built in 1961, the Holmes Student Center might just...

NIU Jazz Ensemble to perform songs of Ellington Ballroom namesake

By Alex Fiore | April 11, 2012

Come Thursday evening, the Duke Ellington Ballroom will be filled with the sounds of its namesake. The NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in the Ellington ballroom located inside the Holmes Student Center, performing songs by Ellington and...

TAILS to host auction, dinner gala

By Northern Star Staff | March 21, 2012

TAILS Humane Society, 2250 Barber Greene Road, will host its eleventh annual auction and dinner gala at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom.The event will provide critical funding for TAILS’ adoption program, according...

Agee remembered fondly by staff

By Matt Liparota | November 28, 2011

Standing in Kishwaukee Memorial Hospital early Wednesday morning, Larry Bolles said he could see how much senior sociology major Steven Agee II meant to some people at NIU. As news spread of Agee's fatal shooting, which occurred at a party at 809 Edgebrook...

Freshman pre-physical therapy major Esequiel Salas receives
information on occupational therapy jobs from Beth Wilcox, a
representative from Allied Health Professionals LLC at the Heath
Professions Job Fair on Monday.

Job fair attracts students interested in health services

By Shelby Devitt | November 7, 2011

Career Services hosted 30 health profession companies at the Heath Professions Job Fair in the Duke Ellington Ballroom Monday. Representatives included hospitals, physical and occupational therapists and Navy and Air Force recruiters. "This is where the...

Duncan Penn (left) and Ben Nemtin (right) watch a video of
fellow cast member and friend Dave Lingwood run across a soccer
field naked to cross #50, streak a field, off of their bucket list
at the Duke Ellington Ballroom Friday night.

“The Buried Life,” fulfilling dreams in DeKalb

By Jerene-Elise Nall | November 6, 2011

The boys of MTV's The Buried Life brought their Megatour to NIU Friday to share their experiences with crossing items off bucket lists and to ask students: What do you want to do before you die? Their story, though buried itself in excessive T-shirt giveaways...

Lead NIU Summit gives students chance to network, develop leadership skills

November 2, 2011

NIU students can get "buried" this weekend as a part Student Involvement and Leadership Development's Lead NIU Summit.SILD's Lead NIU Summit, held 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, will host a number of events in the Holmes Student...

Performers drag it all out tonight at Duke Ellington

Performers drag it all out tonight at Duke Ellington

By Jessica Cabe | October 19, 2011

Diversity respects all genders. That is the message students will deliver at CAB's D.R.A.G. Show 7 p.m. tonight in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. "There are a few NIU and former NIU students [participating]," said Brittany Tidwell,...