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Northern Illinois University is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded as "Northern Illinois State Normal School" in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld,
Altgeld Hall and Still Hall along College Avenue. Altgeld Hall was the first building constructed on campus.
Altgeld Hall
Swen Parson Hall, College of Law
Martin Luther King Commons at night
The 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting was a school shooting that took place on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Steven Kazmierczak, 27 years o
Northern Illinois University
…each concerned with only one university. In 2008, the university drew international attention when a gunman, armed with three pistols and a shotgun, opened fire in a crowd of students on campus, killing five students and injuring 17 more people before fatally shooting himself. Thirteen presidents have served at the university. See above article…
Memorial for victims of the shooting
Entrance to Cole Hall, morning after the shootings
Multiple makeshift memorials, including this one near the MLK Commons facing Cole Hall, were established across the NIU campus in the days after the shooting.
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks with University president John Peters via telephone from the White House to offer his condolences.