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Week of the Young Child celebrates youth education

By Joe Palmer | April 23, 2012

NIU’s Campus Child Care (CCC) is celebrating the education of youth by participating in the Week of the Young Child. The event is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and will last all this week. Activities and...

GradComm and Northern Star to host Tribune photographer

By Kelly Bauer | January 23, 2012

GradComm and the Northern Star will bring Chicago Tribune staff photographer Scott Strazzante for a presentation on his 25-year-long career.The presentation, called Shooting From the Hip: How photojournalism is reaching its golden age, will take place...

Jessica Greenen, junior elementary education major, teaches
ballet to a community dance class in Gabel Hall Wednesday.

Students, professors host community dance school

By Lauren Dielman | January 18, 2012

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...

Will Rhode, freshman computer and design tech major, eats a
slice of pizza at the Huskie Bash at Huskie Stadium on Thursday
afternoon.

Welcome days ahead at NIU

By Matthew Frierdich | August 21, 2011

DeKALB | Even with the beginning of a new school year, some things never change. The image of confused freshmen carrying boxes followed by crying parents can be seen every fall. In order for new students to feel more comfortable acclimating to their school,...

Best Buddies host ‘Spread the Word to End the Word’ event

By Alex Fiore | February 28, 2011

DeKALB | NIU students will pledge to amend their vocabularies in Gabel Hall Wednesday as part of Best Buddies' "Spread the Word to End the Word" event. The national event is designed to help people eliminate the word "retard" from everyday conversation,...

Latino Film Fest aims to promote culture

By Troy Doetch | February 20, 2011

The Center for Latino and Latin American Studies wants you to know that it's here. Sharing a Garden Road address with the Latino Resource Center, it offers students a minor, a graduate concentration and a variety of programs to expand their knowledge...

Daniel Martinez, Freshman computer science major, leaps into the Gabel Hall pool as part of the ROTC water combat training.

ROTC cadets test skills

By Alex Fiore | November 18, 2010

Clad in full fatigues and gym shoes, NIU Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets breathed deeply and took the plunge. Over 40 ROTC cadets took part in their Combat Water Survival Test (CWST) as part of their commission requirements Thursday afternoon...