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NIU Pride with Purpose T-shirt ‘unleashed’

October 4, 2022

Huskies visiting campus for Homecoming can be among the first to purchase the new Pride with Purpose T-shirt. The $20 shirt will be available at Huskies Books and Gear in the Holmes Student Center starting Thursday, Oct. 6. and at Mission’s Grove on Saturday, Oct. 8, before the Homecoming football game versus Toledo. Shirts are available is adult sizes small through 4XL.  The proceeds from sales will support NIU’s general scholarship fund.

The inaugural Pride with Purpose shirt design was chosen by the NIU community leading up to this week’s Homecoming celebration.  Proceeds from sales will support the NIU general scholarship fund.

The design of the first edition of the Pride with Purpose shirt was chosen by the NIU community leading up to this week’s Homecoming celebration. More than half of the 1,150 Huskies who voted favored the black “Huskies Unleashed” design.

“We are really excited to launch the Pride with Purpose initiative that will become a Homecoming tradition,” said Chief of Staff Matt Streb, who chairs the Homecoming Planning Committee. “Our Huskie community can both show their Huskie pride and support our students by purchasing the shirt.”

For Huskies unable to come home, shirts are also now available for purchase online through www.niualumnistore.com. Those who order the shirt online will need to pay shipping and handling and will receive their shirts in December.

Pride with Purpose is a partnership between NIU Athletics, the NIU Foundation, the Alumni Association and the Division of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications. The shirt will be available for purchase through September 2023 when a new design will be released.