Highlights
Founded in 1895, the public university is located in DeKalb, Ill., with a student body of approximately 23,000. The school is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with 60 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate- and doctoral- level programs in seven colleges: Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. Northern also runs satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates and Oregon, Ill. NIU's 16 NCAA Division I athletics teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2008, five students were shot to d...
Founded in 1895, the public university is located in DeKalb, Ill., with a student body of approximately 23,000. The school is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with 60 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate- and doctoral- level programs in seven colleges: Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. Northern also runs satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates and Oregon, Ill. NIU's 16 NCAA Division I athletics teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2008, five students were shot to death in a lecture hall by gunman, Steven Kazmierczak, a former student, who then killed himself. Killed were NIU students Gayle Dubowski, 20; Catalina Garcia, 20; Julianna Gehant, 32: Ryanne Mace, 19; and Daniel Parmenter, 20.
Displaying items 1-12 of 187
» View wsbtradio.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-16
•
Next >
-
NIU administrator, under federal investigation, returns to work
A Northern Illinois University vice president who has been part of a federal law enforcement investigation returned to campus Friday after a two-month paid leave. Eddie Williams, the university's chief of operations and one of its most powerful figures,...
Tags: DeKalb, Career and Workplace, Law Enforcement, FBI, Colleges and Universities
-
NIU VP back at work after 2-month leave
Tribune reporterA Northern Illinois University vice president who has been part of a federal law enforcement investigation returned to campus today after a two-month paid leave. Eddie Williams, the university’s chief of operations and one of the campus's most...Tags: Career and Workplace, Law Enforcement, FBI, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Library media specialist creates 'reading community'
South Bend TribuneGRANGER — The TV studio and control room are a flurry of activity just before broadcast. “We should get started,” Kathy Burnette instructs the producers, camera operators and anchors. Right on cue at 9:02 a.m., the Discovery Middle...Tags: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Libraries, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Colleges and Universities
-
Camerata Chicago a small orchestra with big dreams
Camerata Chicago is the best local chamber orchestra you've probably never heard of. But pay heed: The group is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, is about to release a new recording and is preparing for its first European tour next month....
Tags: Yehudi Menuhin, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Culture, England
-
Hamblin-Kim
Larry and Dianna Barker of Gravel Switch announce the engagement of their daughter, Jamie Marie Hamblin, to Steven Sockwhan Kim, son of Nancy Kim of Des Plaines, Ill. The bride-elect is a 1997 graduate of Boyle County High School, 2002 graduate of...
Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Education, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Local Elections, Colleges and Universities
-
CSO's Citizen Musician seeks right note
A little more than two years ago, the curtain lifted on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra-led Citizen Musician initiative, and CSO Association President Deborah Rutter told an overflow crowd at the Chicago Cultural Center: “All of you are citizen...
Tags: Edgewater, Culture, Hospitals and Clinics, Artists, Music
-
NIU to search nationally for new police chief
In an effort to move beyond the troubles of this academic year, Northern Illinois University officials announced Tuesday that they are conducting a national search for a new police chief. The university hopes the search will take about three months, and...
Tags: Law Enforcement, Laws, FBI, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Denise Hibbard taking over as New Trier's Winnetka campus principal
Two years ago, Denise Hibbard returned to her native Illinois after opening a high school in California and leading it to academic success. In July, Hibbard will replace longtime principal Timothy Dohrer at New Trier's Winnetka campus. She's been lauded...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Schools, High Schools, School Examinations
-
Sorority members added to fraternity party death lawsuit
Tribune reporterAn attorney for the family of a Northern Illinois University freshman who died after a pledge party earlier this school year has added 16 sorority members to a lawsuit he had filed against the fraternity and its members. The wrongful death suit,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Palatine, Trials, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Sorority members added to NIU student death lawsuit
An attorney for the family of a Northern Illinois University student who died after a pledge party this school year has added 16 sorority members to a lawsuit he had filed against the fraternity and its members. The wrongful death suit, amended Friday to...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Palatine, Trials, Laws
-
Former NIU cop re-indicted on rape charges
A DeKalb County grand jury has re-indicted a former Northern Illinois University police officer for rape less than three months after prosecutors dropped an identical charge against him and just days after the school fired its police chief for allegedly...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Nurses go back to school to get their bachelor's degree
Anne Lipira had been thriving as a nurse at a west suburban hospital when she decided to go back to school in 2011 to get a higher degree in the field. She felt her decade of experience and associate degree might not hold up in the shaky economy. She...
Tags: Nursing, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Graduation
May 18, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 13, 2013
|Story| AM News
Mar 4, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 3, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 4, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 23, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 1, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Original site for Northern Illinois University topic gallery.
