Ethan Cowburn, who earned his master of music in 2025 from the NIU School of Music was awarded the Special Prize and...
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Huskie Spotlight: Kacee Dugas, M.M. World Music and Cello Performance
Kacee Dugas is pursuing her master of music in world music performance and cello performance. She is also teaching...
Gabriel Wade, ’24 advances to finals of Ryan Anthony Memorial Trumpet Competition
Gabriel Wade, who earned his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the NIU School of Music in 2024 is one of three...
2025 President’s Holiday Card design contest winners
Students were invited to submit an original artistic design to be used as the 2025 NIU holiday card to help spread warmth and good cheer to the entire community. The theme for this year's holiday card competition was to capture the spirit of campus life, winter and...
Hans Herrera’s theater research paper one of only 12 in the nation selected for ASTR
Hans Herrera, a third-year double major in theatre studies and art history was one of only 12 students selected out of a nationwide call for entries for working group research paper reviews at the annual American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR) national conference...
Commencement profile – Khadija Nagi
Khadija Nagi, a DeKalb native, and now a proud graduate of the NIU School of Music is the subject of the fall 2025 commencement video profile. Khadija says she chose to stay in town to study music in part because of the accomplished alumni who are so supportive of...
BFA Acting Freshmxn Actors Showcase – Dec. 6
First-year students in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present a showcase titled "The Final Note" in the Corner Theatre in NIU's Stevens Building with shows at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., Saturday December 6. Admission is free of charge. ...
NIU Sculpture presents outdoor group exhibition “Unimposing Yet Dignified” at Gurler House
Continuing the Gurler House’s tradition as a long-standing space of community gathering, the NIU School of Art and Design sculpture studio, and property owner, Shane Harris, extend a welcome to the neighbors, friends, and passersby to engage with the work of...
Huskie Spotlight: Reece Deidrick, Theatre Arts
Theatre Arts major Reece Deidrick was the subject of a recent Huskie Spotlight on NIU's website. Deidrick is from Boise, Idaho and is also minoring in electrical engineering. A member of the class of 2028, Reece's theatre arts emphasis is design and technology. "I...
In Passing: Ron Modell and more
by Antonio Garcia Jazz education lost a giant in the field with the passing on June 10 of my friend and colleague Ron Modell. Ron joined Northern Illinois University’s faculty in 1969 after a performance career that had already included touring as a teenager with...
Fall Dance Concert explores styles and experiences
The annual Fall Dance Concert in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance always puts an entertaining capper on the semester's worth of productions. The talented dancers perform in a variety of styles sure to appeal to a broad range of audiences. This year's Fall Dance...
An open window led Zachary Good to the clarinet and to NIU
A familiarity with the school and a desire to teach music at a state university made NIU the perfect place for new School of Music faculty member Zachary Good. Good had previously worked with NIU's recording arts team on some projects in the Recital Hall and Boutell...