Recently in DeKalb, a very exciting and well-known event took place at the University Plaza Back Fields: 2016 Northern Illinois Woman’s Tugs! Woman’s Tug’s is an event hosted by the PanHellenic Council for participating sororities and over the years, it has become a highly anticipated competition that many students look forward too. On Friday, October 7th, the games began with …
On Saturday, October 8th, NIU softball field held their first game in support of pediatric cancer awareness. Thanks to senior softball player, Kali Kosakowski, NIU teamed up with Cal’s Angels. This organization is based out of St. Charles and founded by Tom and Stacey Sutter who lost their 6 year old son, Cal, to leukemia. The goal of the organization …
By RHONDA GILLESPIE – rgillespie@shawmedia.com DeKALB – When Amirius Clinton arrived on the Northern Illinois University campus in 2013 to start his freshman year, he said two things stood out for him: a sizable campus and city police presence, and the absence of an advocacy organization. Coming from Chicago, a city he knew to have controversial police-community relations, Clinton said …
If you are into science, technology, engineering and/or math, Northern Illinois University’s STEMfest is the place to be this weekend. The popular annual event will amaze and inform thousand when it hits the NIU Convocation Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, October 8. Now in its seventh year, STEMfest is a free, family-friendly festival that celebrates innovations in …
NIU’s P-20 Center was thrilled to bring BLOCK Fest® to families in DeKalb this summer in partnership with the DeKalb Public Library. BLOCK Fest® is a research based multi-dimensional learning experience for children ages 8 months to 8 years and their caregivers. Families take what they learn about block play at the event and continue the experience at home, increasing …
DeKalb Mayor John Rey, DeKalb City Manager Anne Marie Gaura, NIU President Dr. Douglas Baker Presented at the 2016 annual conference of the International Town & Gown Association, held at the Loyola Lake Shore Campus. Their presentation on the emerging town and gown relationship between DeKalb and NIU was well-received, especially by one member of the audience who is not …
Camp Power, a free summer camp for child living in University Village administered by the Kishwaukee YMCA, DeKalb Police Department and other community partners, joined the NIU Huskie football team as well as other teams on the NIU campus to get some playing time with college athletes this summer. Campers were invited to Huskie Stadium to get on the field …
Competition will fund play spaces in unexpected places in cities across America NIU STEAM Works has been selected as a finalist in the Play Everywhere Challenge, a $1 million national competition that will award funding to outside-the-box ideas that make play easy, available and fun for kids and families in cities across the United States. The challenge is hosted by KaBOOM!, …
Victoria Diemer is a senior at Northern Illinois University, pursuing a BA in Community Leadership and Civic Engagement (CLCE) with a minor in Psychology. She has recently become much more involved in DeKalb. “I have the privilege of working with the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra (KSO) as their intern for my final semester at NIU,” Victoria explains. The internship program is …