On average, Northern Illinois University gave male athletes $16,943 in sports related student aid. Northern Illinois University's Bowling Club / Team Northern View Community, which opened in 2008, offers apartments to undergraduate students who are at least two years post-high school, graduate students, law students, or any student who has a dependent and/or a partner or spouse. The university is expanding its program in accelerator technology. Register full or partial teams, or sign up individually and be placed on a team. [25] Also on the same level is the NIU Art Museum which occupies two large spaces. Sport Clubs are a great way to stay healthy and active, make new friends and play. NIU football plays its home games at Huskie Stadium on the campus of the Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. [27] Living-learning floors include the Health Professions House; Business Careers House; Teacher Education and Certification House (TEACH); Honors House; International House; Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) House; and Fine Arts House. After beating Iowa State the following week, the Huskies were rolling and won their first 7 games. The first is the $14-million Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Academic and Athletic Performance Center, whose namesakes donated $2.5 million in the fall of 2006 to help with the construction. On February 14, 2008, the university drew international attention when a gunman opened fire in a crowd of students on campus, killing five students and injuring 17 more people, before fatally shooting himself. They played in five bowl games, having a record of 1–4. Novak and the Huskies could not keep that momentum going, as they lost in week 8 at No. [34] There is a system that allows one to track the location of Huskie Buses online in real-time. NIU is one of only three public universities in Illinois that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the highest levels of all sports, Division I. [7], The day after the MAC Championship game, Doeren was hired as the new head coach for North Carolina State University. On the west side of campus is Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium, the home of NIU football games, which also often hosts other outdoor events. Lynch's marquee game was on November 14 against Toledo, where Lynch threw for 407 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for another 162 yards. National Pan-Hellenic fraternities and sororities include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Iota Phi Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta. Established in 1963, Northern Illinois University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies[21] (CSEAS) is currently one of seven federally recognized National Resource Centers (NRC) for Southeast Asian foreign language and area studies. NIU is a comprehensive research institution with a student enrollment of over 22,000. In 2019, Northern Illinois University was ranked the 198th top college in the United States by Payscale and CollegeNet's Social Mobility Index college rankings. [37] The university has a social media policy for its employees, which serves to promote a sense of community throughout the university community.[38]. The Anthropology collections are extensive, with foci on North American native collections and cultural artifacts from throughout Southeast Asia. Ground was broken for the building in November 2012 and it was completed in October 2013. [24] On the level below the auditorium, the original gym was transformed into a computer classroom. The university is composed of seven degree-granting colleges that together offer 54 undergraduate majors; 70 graduate majors; and one professional (Juris Doctor) degree. Resource centers serve African-American, Asian-American and Latino students as well as off-campus and non-traditional students, military veterans, lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender students. The university is composed of seven degree-granting colleges and has a student body of 25,000 with over 240,000 alumni. This 144,000 square-foot facility houses modern classrooms, faculty offices, several computer labs, a large atrium at the center of the building as well as a 375-seat auditorium. The team's third bowl game appearance in 1962, although a loss, was only the beginning of good things to come as in the following season, the Huskies completed their sixth undefeated season which earned them the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship, an AP College Division National championship selection, and a ticket to the prestigious Mineral Water Bowl which the team eventually won over Missouri State. In 1965, the Illinois State Teachers College Board became the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities and was reorganized to include Northeastern University, Governor's State, and Chicago State Universities. NIU has seven degree-granting colleges[6] that together offer more than 60 undergraduate majors, 70 minors, nine pre-professional programs, and 79 graduate programs, including a College of Law,[7] and 24 areas of study leading to doctoral degrees. In 1984, the Board of Regents created the position of Chancellor for the three regent universities, to act as a chief executive for all three schools; the first person appointed chancellor was then-NIU President William R. Monat. In 2010, NIU football had its first undefeated MAC regular season (8-0), and cracked the top 25 in Associated Press and coaches' polls. The 2011 festival received more than 40 entries from across the country and as far away as Cuba, South Africa and Australia.[41]. NIU returned to the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1928 and finished the season winless for the first time. 153 likes. The center is licensed through the State of Illinois and accredited through the Academy of Early Childhood Program Accreditation. Gilbert Hall, which had not been used as a residence hall since 1995, underwent a complete renovation and re-opened in the fall of 2013. The Holmes Student Center houses several lounges, computer labs, restaurants, and the University Bookstore. They lost both their conference championship, as well as their bowl game (Poinsettia Bowl) to finish the season 12–2, leaving Jordan Lynch with a career record of 24–4. 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