Category: Events & Activities

Fighting back against injustice

K-12 teachers to explore equity at Social Justice Summer Camp

  • June 5, 2017
Question: Can K-12 teachers without a deep understanding of social justice concerns effectively engage and enlighten their students on those topics? Joseph Flynn, James Cohen and Mike Manderino would say...

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Showcase of student films

Latina alum working in film industry will be featured speaker at Reality Bytes festival

  • April 3, 2017
The NIU Department of Communication is preparing to raise the curtain on its popular Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival at the Jameson Auditorium, located inside the university's  Cole Hall....

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Art and soul

NIU, DeKalb celebrate the arts at second annual ARTIgras

  • May 12, 2016
Grab your beads and forget your troubles: Saturday afternoon unleashed a feast of crazy hats, colorful masks, festive dancers, enormous floating soap bubbles, face painting, rock ’n’ roll music and...

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NIU students celebrate a decade of helping

NIU Cares Day marks tenth anniversary

  • April 21, 2016
April 16 was Destiny McDonald’s favorite day of the year – NIU Cares Day. McDonald has bee a part of the event since Student Involvement and Leadership Development initiated it 10...

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Chem night seeks to create STEM reaction

Fire and ice cream to be featured

  • April 13, 2016
The NIU Chemistry Club will harness the powers of fire and ice to demonstrate that chemistry is cool (and hot!) at its annual Chem Demo Night, 8 p.m., Friday, April...

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Huskies mentors

Students climb to great heights at special summit

  • April 8, 2016
“Mentoring,” Vice Provost Anne Birberick said, “is deeply tied to student career success.” To advance that concept, University Honors hosted a Huskie Mentoring Summit earlier this month. More than 125...

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Free-flowing speech

First Diversity Dialogue begins ongoing conversation

  • March 31, 2016
Students, faculty and area community members gathered recently in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium for the inaugural Diversity Dialogue: “The First Amendment, Free Speech and Lawful Assembly.”Vernese Edghill-Walden, NIU senior associate...

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Greetings from FLA

Huskies on alternative spring break travel to Pensacola for sun, service and career advice

  • March 17, 2016
  Many students long to spend spring break on the beach, basking in the warmth of the sun. Others like to work on service projects. And some want to get...

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