Student involvement helps make NIU your new home while developing a sense of community. Student Activities can give you experience in your major field of study and offer ways to meet faculty and other students who share your interests. Your Student Handbook provides a comprehensive list with descriptions of Northern's organizations. Transfer students can get involved at Northern through participation in organizations and university events and by attending New Student Welcome Days and Corn Fest.
Students can join campus organizations such as fraternities, sororities, academic interest clubs, intramural sports teams, honor societies, volunteer organizations, or campus ministries. NIU acknowledges more than 30 fraternities and sororities and over 200 student organizations. For more information on how to get involved, contact Programming and Activities at (815) 753-1414.
NIU offers a wide array of campus events, from NCAA Division I athletic competitions to the Grammy-Award-Winning Vermeer Quartet. Northern also holds plays, concerts, dances, music recitals, and speakers. Past speakers and entertainers visiting NIU have included writer/director Kevin Smith, Liz Phair, Rusted Root, Johnnie Cochran, Ballet Folklorico of Veracruz, Mexico, and journalistClarence Page.
Just a few of the special events are: The Great Huskie Bash, on Thursday, August 19, The New Student Convocation on Friday, August 20, Friday Fest campus organization fair on Friday, August 20, and College receptions on Friday, August 20. All students are encouraged to attend.
Every year DeKalb presents its annual harvest celebration and welcoming celebration to NIU students. Corn Fest, August 27-29, is held annually in downtown DeKalb and offers concerts, food, a carnival, and free steamed corn.
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