DeKALB – DeKalb residents and NIU students gathered in downtown DeKalb to celebrate NIU’s 115th homecoming on Thursday. “I am most looking forward to the community coming together to support NIU,” said Devyn Grzywa, a DeKalb resident. Shops that lined the main street were adorned with “Go Huskies” window paint and were open for attendees.
NIU’s 115th homecoming will introduce over 40 festivities and events to welcome home Huskies in a week of celebration. The Huskies Homecoming Block Party will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 6 on Second Street and Palmer Court in downtown DeKalb. The block party is hosted jointly by NIU and the.