configured in many different seating and stage arrangements and the 150 seat Corner Theatre.
The Department of Communication sponsors the annual Reality Bytes Film Festival, created in 2002 by media studies professor Laura Vazquez to give NIU students the ability to competitively screen their work. The 2011 festival received more than 40 entries from across the country and as far away as Cuba, South Africa and Australia.
== Athletics ==
The Northern Illinois Huskies are a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mid-American Conference. The athletic program is made up of seven men's sports and 10 women's sports. NIU was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1920 to 1967. The NIU Huskies are represented by two mascots: Victor E. Huskie, a person wearing a Siberian Husky costume, and Mission, a live Siberian Husky.
== Notable alumni ==
== See also ==
Chicago portal
Northern Illinois University Press
Northern Illinois University shooting
== Notes ==
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