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DeKALB – NIU’s 10-day enrollment report made small impacts at the University Council meeting Wednesday. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Laurie Eilish-Piper in place of President Lisa Freeman shared the enrollment statistics for the spring 2024 semester. NIU’s total spring enrollment was 1% lower than last year’s total of 14,364 students. Eilish-Piper said while...
Friends and family gathered for a light-hearted affair on Wednesday for the NIU Percussion Ensemble Winter Concert in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the Music Building. According to Ben Wahlund, instructor of percussion and co-director of the percussion ensemble, the winter concert started as an informal concert put together by the percussion students to...
Music and technology collided as enthusiasts gathered Wednesday for the opening night of NIU School of Music’s Tenth Year Anniversary New Music Festival. The three-day event was helmed by Gregory Beyer, director of percussion studies and the new music ensemble. Beyer said that the event was a collaborative affair, and co-directors Brian Penkrot, a music...
NIU STEAM’s annual STEM Fest will be held Oct. 15. STEM Fest is a festival dedicated to the fields of technology, engineering, science and mathematics. The event will be held in the MLK Commons, Founders Memorial Library, the Holmes Student Center and Anderson Hall. There is no cost for attending this event. STEM Fest will...
NIU’s Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Club is hosting a Capoeira exhibition match in the MLK Commons featuring Capoeira Mestre Iuri Santos. The main event is from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday. “(Capoeira) was formed about 500 years ago, developed by slaves of Brazil,” said Oliver Camacho, faculty adviser and founder of the Capoeria club. “Capoeira is...