Kick off your holiday season with your fellow Huskies at our annual Holiday Reception at the Ivy Room in Chicago.

Enjoy great performances by ensembles from the NIU School of Music in a beautiful, iconic Chicago venue.

Join NIU STEAM and registered nutritionist dietitian Meg Burnham to learn how to enjoy holiday foods in a healthy, sustainable way.

Graduates and their families are invited to celebrate this milestone accomplishment as they are welcomed into the NIU alumni family. 

Join the NIU Alumni Association on Saturday, Dec. 23, as we travel to Montgomery, Alabama to watch the NIU Huskies take on Arkansas State in the Camellia Bowl.

Start your Saturday morning off with a cup of coffee at FreshGround Roasting, a local family-owned business in Geneva, Illinois.

Sip, eat and taste wines from the Napa and Sonoma vineyards from alumni-owned Bright Angel Wines.

Join us at Ellington’s Restaurant in the Holmes Student Center on Friday, Feb. 12, for dinner and a floral arrangement workshop.

Join us at Midwest Coast Brewing Co., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 5-6:45 p.m. for a pregame reception before our first-ever NIU night at the Chicago Bulls.

Vietnam, like all places, has a complex past. For Americans, it is a place often shrouded in mystery, as thick as the mist that sits on Halong Bay. Join your fellow Huskies and explore the fifth most-visited country in the Asia Pacific region.

We invite you to take advantage of this special Northern Illinois University ticket offer as the Chicago Blackhawks welcome NIU alumni, family and friends to their game on Saturday, April 6, against the Dallas Stars.

Join us at Ellington’s Restaurant in the Holmes Student Center on Friday, April. 12, for dinner before an evening of stargazing at the Davis Hall Observatory.

It’s the 150th Run for the Roses at the world-famous Churchill Downs! Join your fellow Huskies for mint juleps, fashionable hats, the most exciting two minutes in sports and more!

Travel to Greece with your fellow Huskies and experience warm sunshine reflecting off the Parthenon, espresso on a patio on Santorini, cold retsina on a balcony as the sun sets on Mykonos and so much more!