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Adventure club prepares for upcoming summer activities

By Rhea Riley | April 21, 2014

Outdoor Adventures is gearing up for its next summer trip to Alaska for a hike up the Harding Icefield Trail.A facility in the Recreation Center, Outdoor Adventures focuses on outdoor activities that include hiking, backpacking and rock climbing and are...

Adventure seekers skate lagoon

By Jack Manning | January 30, 2014

Outdoor Adventures led students to the lagoon for winter revelry Wednesday at its Winter Wonderland event.Outdoor Adventures started the event last year to market its spring events.At the Winter Wonderland, students had the opportunity to ice skate at...

Tapped, the poster for which is seen here, is a documentary revolving around the use of bottled water.

‘Tapped’ screening aims to raise awareness of environmental issues

By Jessica Cabe | March 21, 2012

Water usually doesn’t top the list of controversial topics. But the NIU Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy teamed up with Outdoor Adventures to reveal the hidden evils of bottled water. The group is sponsoring a free...

NIU ‘outdoorsman’ helps students experience the wilderness

By Aurora Schnorr | October 5, 2011

On the outside, junior geology major Keith Gortowski may seem like just another NIU student, but this guy might be the closest thing NIU has to Bear Grylls. When Gortowski first came to NIU, he was looking for a group in which he could release his inner...

Students’ families invited for weekend campus activities

By Faith Healy | September 22, 2011

Today marks the first day of NIU's annual Fall Family Weekend, where students can invite their families to a number of events. The event is planned by Huskie Family Connections, an organization which aims to provide parents a connection to the university....