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In Focus: What changes do you want to see within Athletics?

By Northern Star Staff | July 6, 2014

Kevin BarteltI’m glad athletic director Sean Frazier has been proactive throughout his first year at NIU.My only suggestion for him to consider while constructing his Facilities Master Plan is to create goals that can be accomplished by a reasonable...

Frazier’s plan: Build up Huskie Stadium

By Steve Shonder | April 23, 2014

Athletics Director Sean Frazier is rolling out his plans for renovating NIU’s athletics facilities.After a year that saw Jordan Lynch finish third in the Heisman and men’s and women’s basketball make impressive turnarounds, Athletics is on track...

Editorial: Athletics plan needs clear goals

By Northern Star Editorial Board | April 22, 2014

Athletics looks to be headed in the right direction during the first year of Sean Frazier’s tenure as Athletics director. His strategy to improve Athletics and the school as a whole through renovations to Huskie Stadium are well-intentioned but vague.The...

Task force to find chief diversity officer for campus

By Shikha Duttyal | April 9, 2014

NIU has launched a search for a chief diversity officer, a new position to promote diversity on campus.The CDO will report to the executive vice president and provost and will serve on the president’s cabinet and the Council of Deans.“Diversity is...

Head coach Rod Carey talks about the Huskies beginning spring practice Tuesday at the Yordon Center. Carey said he is nowhere near ready to name a starting quarterback.

Football preps for fall

By Frank Gogola | March 18, 2014

Football’s preparing for life without quarterback Jordan Lynch, safety Jimmie Ward and a number of other seniors who graduated.Head coach Rod Carey, athletic director Sean Frazier, redshirt senior running back Cameron Stingily, redshirt junior offensive...

Pass, fail: Convo seeking community input, Chicago bond debt will lead to cuts

By Shaz Sheikhali | February 16, 2014

Pass:The Convocation Center is looking for student input.Athletics director Sean Frazier couldn’t have put it better when he said the Convocation Center is a key community asset that serves the campus and the greater local and regional community, according...

Poinsettia a good fit for Frazier

By Brian Earle | December 9, 2013

For the sixth consecutive season, No. 23 football will make an appearance in a bowl game when it takes on Utah State in the San Diego County Union Poinsettia Bowl at 8:30 p.m. CT Dec. 26 at Qualcomm Stadium.The Huskies made one prior trip to the Poinsettia...

NIU President Doug Baker and Denise Schoenbachler, dean of the College of Business, relax and share a laugh during a break while filming a greeting video July 2 inside Barsema Hall.

NIU announces ‘sweeping organizational changes’

By Kelly Bauer & Jacob Onak | October 11, 2013

NIU’s top brass will see “sweeping organizational changes,” according to a university release.NIU President Doug Baker announced the creation of vice president for International Affairs, a spot that former Provost Raymond Alden will take on. Baker...

Northwestern another solid pick for NIU schedule

By Frank Gogola | September 25, 2013

The football program took another step in the right direction with the scheduling of the Northwestern Wildcats next season.The addition of Northwestern to the Huskies’ non-conference schedule for the 2014 season, along with the previously scheduled...

Huskie Stadium scoreboard unveiled

By KeAndre Worthy | September 12, 2013

A new addition to Huskie Stadium will impact fans’ future home game experiences.Wednesday, NIU hosted an unveiling of its new high-definition scoreboard in Huskie Stadium with a movie night for the community.Just 10 days before NIU’s first home game,...

Frazier no rookie to university athletics

By Jacob Onak | July 30, 2013

A new era is about to start in NIU athletics: the Sean Frazier era.Frazier was named the new athletic director on July 16 and is starting to get settled into DeKalb and NIU athletics.Frazier takes over from Jeff Compher, who stepped down on March 6 to...

Sean Frazier hired as new athletics director

By Jacob Onak | July 16, 2013

Sean Frazier is the new athletics director of NIU.Frazier has been the deputy athletics director at the University of Wisconsin since April 2011. Before being promoted to deputy athletics director, Frazier was the associate athletic director for operations...