Student employment is in high demand at NIU, with close to 3,000 students working at the university every year. The largest employers on campus are Housing and Dining, the Holmes Student Center and the Campus Recreation Center, said Steve Cunningham,...
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...
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...
Students who want to get cash back for their textbooks have a number of places where they can do so. The NIU bookstore in the Holmes Student Center has a buyback event going on. Though the bookstore buys books back year round, is it offering more incentives...
While the semester is ending for college students, learning opportunities are only beginning for junior high and high school students. Starting June 1, NIU will offer numerous summer camps for junior high and high school students. The camps are set up...
Cancer has touched the lives of the Delta Chi Fraternity men. Member Justin Larsen said students in the fraternity feel connected with each other because many, including him, have had family members die from cancer. For that reason, Delta Chi has organized...
“You know it’s a party when the police arrive!” That was one response to security being called when an audience member got on stage and booed one of the Prism Gay Jam performers off-stage 7 p.m. Saturday in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg...
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...
Friends, fun and a free lunch were themes in the Regency Room Wednesday. The elegant room in the Holmes Student Center was alive with students, faculty and staff chatter as they gathered to take advantage of a free catered lunch and the opportunity to...
Tuesday Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) are holding a forum with former police officers and Cook County’s former State’s Attorney to speak out against drug prohibition. The former officials...
The Student Association executive elections began with a rough start, as all seven candidates received sanctions Tuesday. Candidates Delonte LeFlore, Gina Gregolunas, Joshua Venaas and Elliot Echols were sanctioned by Elections Commissioner Jasmine Harvell...
The Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center was home to the Running Start “Elect Her” program Wednesday afternoon. The event was sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and was going to be focused on the importance of involving young women in...
