Nicholas Lisle, a sophomore at Northern Illinois University, was recently place at the DeKalb County Youth Service Bureau (YSB) as the intern to Executive Director, Diana Hulst. YSB is a program for court ordered youth to devote volunteer hours to the community. A Public Administration and Community Leadership Civic Engagement double major, Lisle has worked on outreach in the form …
Brandon Pugh a Northern Illinois University student has interned with the Egyptian Theatre for the 2015-2016 school year as part of a special program through the NIU Center for Non-Governmental Organization Leadership and Development and the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership. He is graduating the end of this semester with a B.A. in Community Leadership and Civic Engagement with a minor in …
As a proud member of the DeKalb community, NGOLD-DCNP intern and NIU senior, Wesley Richter, understands the importance of giving back to the local community. Wes came to Glidden Homestead as the current President of NIU Public Relations Student Society of America, a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, and a member of Red Riot — NIU’s student-fan organization …
After decades of film work, actress and NIU alumna Joan Allen is relishing the experience of her “kind of, sort of” first television series. Allen, theatre arts ’89, starred for one season in the HBO series “Luck” and for six episodes of the AMC series “The Killing.” But “The Family,” airing at 8 p.m. CST Sundays on ABC, is the …
The DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Northern Illinois University (NIU) are proud to be hosting the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) State Wrestling Finals for its 18th year. The 2016 IESA state wrestling meet will be held at NIU’s Convocation Center on Friday and Saturday, March 11-12. Wrestlers in grades fifth through eighth from across the state will …
Training for the IHSA Destination Team Ambassadors was held on the NIU campus this week. These volunteers are the community members that will greet each of the 16 teams and all their coaching staff that will compete for the state football championships. They will greet the teams when they get off the bus, lead them to their practice area, locker rooms, …
NIU’s annual STEMfest once again dazzled and educated thousands of attendees of all ages who spent a mid-October Saturday celebrating innovations in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math. The event attracted nearly 7,500 people to NIU’s Convocation Center, where children and adults learned to do amazing tricks with lasers, petted reptiles, used math skills to win games and …
One of the benefits of working in a university town is access. Lectures, workshops, museum openings, concerts, and culture can be found most days of the year. It’s enriching just to be around all of the activity. However, one of the greatest rewards is working with the students, both on campus and off. Over the past three years, museum staff …
The IHSA Destination DeKalb committee is preparing for another record breaking crowd of 30,000 plus visitors that had one ultimate goal this year…to make DeKalb their destination on Thanksgiving weekend. In 2013, we played host to this prestigious event for the first time. It is a tremendous honor to be selected to host one of the premiere sporting events in …
NIU President Doug Baker visits Camp Power Wednesday. NIU is far more than a resident of the City of DeKalb – we are an engaged and enthusiastic partner in making the city a great destination. We are woven deeply into the city’s fabric, just as the city is an inseparable part of who we are. Our institution and its hometown …