Northern Illinois University

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Become a volunteer

NI Guide

Each year, hundreds of student volunteers just like you serve as NI Guides during Welcome Days in the fall.

Lead Guide

As a Lead Guide, you'll work closely with the NI GUIDE Program Coordinator and NIU residence hall staff in order to ensure thorough planning and implementation of Opening Day events in the halls. You will be in a very visible, demanding role that will prove to be an NIU experience of a lifetime!

Team Niu

During Opening Day, a diverse group of student organizations, faculty members, staff, and community volunteers demonstrate their Huskie Pride by welcoming NIU students to the residence halls, their home-away-from-home.