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Student Spotlight: Ryan Mishler

By Ali Combs | January 29, 2013

Ryan Mishler is a senior community leadership and civic engagement major. Northern Star: Why is community leadership and civic engagement your major? Ryan Mishler: I want to make a difference in the world, to make the world a better place. Specifically,...

NIU Police Chief discusses his book with students

By Felix Sarver | October 23, 2012

NIU Police Chief Donald Grady doesn’t always talk about police work in person--he also does it through fiction. Grady came to a COMS 220 (Rhetoric and Public Issues) class to talk about his book, The Injustice of Justice, on Tuesday. During his talk,...

Bethany Hill educates the crowd on the history of transgender people. Hill also spoke about some of her own personal challenges with being a transgender student on NIU's campus

LGBT Resource Center hosts transgender history event Tuesday

By Sierra Lowe | October 16, 2012

A look inside the evolution of transgender identity throughout history was hosted by the LGBT Resource Center on Tuesday. With the Elagabalus to Chaz Bono: Trans People Through History event, attendees were able to hear of prominent transgender people...

Recipients of the LGBT Resource Center Ally Awards in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center Wednesday afternoon.

Ally Awards recognize LGBT contributions

By Lauren Dielman | April 4, 2012

Students, faculty and staff came together Wednesday to recognize important contributions made to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community as part of the Ally Awards ceremony. The awards were hosted from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Holmes...

The LGBT Resource Center kicked off LGBTQ History Month with
their You-Are-Loved Chalk Message Project on Monday by writing
loving sayings all over campus sidewalks.

LGBT Resource group shares ‘positive, uplifting message’ with students

By Lauren Dielman | October 3, 2011

The LGBT Resource Center will host several events in October in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) History Month.The first event, the You-Are-Loved-Chalk Message Project, took place Monday. Ryan Mishler, senior civic leadership...