1. Communication Standards
  2. Editorial Style Guide
  3. Official Names

Official Names

Academic Buildings

  • Arndt House (Gender and Sexuality Resource Center)
  • Anderson Hall
  • Asian American Resource Center
  • Barsema Hall
  • Center for Black Studies
  • Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
  • Chick Evans Field House
  • Cole Hall
  • Davis Hall (Observatory)
  • DuSable Hall
  • Engineering Building
  • Faraday Hall
  • Founders Memorial Library
  • Gabel Hall
  • Graham Hall
  • Illinois ASBO Building (NIU Public Administration)
  • Jack Arends Hall (Visual Arts Building)
  • LaTourette Hall (formerly Faraday West)
  • McMurry Hall
  • Milan Township School
  • Montgomery Hall
  • Music Building
  • Northern Television Center
  • Pottenger House (Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Center for Burma Studies)
  • Psychology - Computer Science Building
  • Reavis Hall
  • Stevens Annex
  • Stevens Building
  • Still Gym
  • Still Hall
  • Swen Parson Hall
  • Watson Hall
  • Williston Hall
  • Wirtz Hall
  • Zulauf Hall

Administrative Buildings

  • Academic Advising Center
  • Adams Hall
  • Altgeld Hall
  • Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center
  • Parking Services
  • Chick Evans Field House
  • Convocation Center
  • Health Services
  • Holmes Student Center
  • Lowden Hall
  • Oderkirk House
  • Public Safety
  • Swen Parson Hall
  • Telephone and Security Building
  • Williston Hall

College Names

  • College of Business (COB)
  • College of Education (COE)
  • College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET)
  • College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS)
  • College of Law
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)
  • College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)

Common Areas

  • Altgeld Grotesque
  • Castle Drive Gates
  • Central Park
  • East Lagoon
  • Forward Together Forward Memorial Gardens
  • Freshmen (Kissing) Bench
  • Huskie Statue
  • Incredible Nothing that Permeates All Reality
  • Le Baron
  • MLK Commons
  • Observatory
  • Pervasive Cycle
  • Pyramus and Thisbe
  • Rich Ryan Sculpture Garden
  • The Balance of Equality
  • Veteran’s Memorial Flag Pole
  • West Lagoon

Key Offices

  • Academic Advising Center
  • Admissions Office
  • Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center
  • Bursar's Office
  • Campus Life Building
  • Financial Aid and Scholarship Office
  • Graduate School
  • Holmes Student Center
  • Housing and Residential Services
  • Human Resources/Document Services
  • International Student and Faculty Office
  • NIU Alumni Association
  • Registration and Records

Libraries

  • Faraday Library
  • Founders Memorial Library
  • Law Library
  • Music Library

Museum and Theatres

  • Black Box Theatre (Stevens Building)
  • Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Music Building)
  • Jack Olson Gallery (Jack Arends Hall)
  • NIU Art Museum (Altgeld Hall)
  • O’Connell Theatre (Stevens Building)
  • Pick Museum of Anthropology
  • Players Theatre (Stevens Building)

Recreation Facilities

  • Chessick Practice Center
  • Chick Evans Field House
  • Convocation Center
  • Holmes Student Center
  • Huskie Stadium
  • Mary M. Bell Field
  • NIU Soccer & Track Complex
  • Outdoor Recreation Sports Complex
  • Ralph McKinzie Field
  • Recreation Center
  • West Tennis Courts
  • Yordon Center

Residence Halls

When referring to the complex of buildings use: Grant Towers, Neptune Hall, New Residence Hall and Stevenson Towers.

  • Gilbert Hall
  • Grant Towers North
  • Grant Towers South
  • Neptune Hall Central
  • Neptune Hall East
  • Neptune Hall North
  • Neptune Hall West
  • New Residence Hall Community Center
  • New Residence Hall East
  • New Residence Hall West
  • Northern View Apartments
  • Northern View Community Center
  • Stevenson Towers

Service Facilities

  • Building Services
  • Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault
  • Child Development and Family Center
  • Chilled Water Plant
  • Cultural Resource Centers
  • Document Services
  • Dorland Building
  • East Heating Plant
  • Grounds Building
  • Health Services Building
  • Human Resource Services
  • Parking Deck
  • Operations Storage
  • Parking Services
  • Physical Plant
  • Police Department
  • University Press
  • West Heating Plant

Schools and Departments

  • Accountancy
  • Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
  • Anthropology
  • Art and Design
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Communication
  • Computer Science
  • Counseling and Higher Education (formerly Counseling, Adult and Higher Education)
  • Curriculum and Instruction (formerly Literacy and Elementary Education)
  • Economics
  • Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
  • Electrical Engineering
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences (formerly Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences)
  • Finance
  • Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences (formerly Geography)
  • Geology and Environmental Geosciences
  • Health Studies (New school for Public Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Medical Laboratory Sciences)
  • History
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Health Professions (New school for Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Disability Services and Rehabilitation Counseling)
  • Kinesiology and Physical Education
  • Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Nonprofit and NGO Studies (formerly Non-Governmental Organization Leadership and Development)
  • Nursing (formerly Nursing and Health Sciences)
  • Operations Management and Information Systems
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public and Global Affairs
  • Public Administration
  • Sociology
  • Special and Early Education
  • Statistics and Actuarial Science
  • Technology
  • Theatre and Dance
  • World Languages and Cultures (formerly Foreign Languages and Literatures)

Program and Course Names

Program and course names should match up with the catalog.

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