People know Chicago as being called
"The Windy City", well the students and faculty of NKU may
call this campus "The Windy College." No matter what the weather
may be at Northern it will always be windy on the weather forecast. The
buildings surround the center of the campus where people walk to classes and it
creates a big vortex wind tunnel and will catch you every time you are walking.
Advice to students is to carry a brief case or backpack, definitely do not have
papers in your hands because the wind will knock them out and blow away.
NKU has a lake known as Loch Norse
that students can gather around to enjoy a nice scenery, and watch the wind
blow across the water swiftly. This lake has not always been known as Loch
Norse, the article below explains how it became. If you have not walked down
beside this lake, go and take a look at what this great campus has created.
NKU
lake finally has a name - Loch Norse
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents
approved today the renaming of the university's campus lake to Loch Norse.
During the spring 2006 semester, the NKU Student Government Association and the school's Alumni Association sponsored a contest to name the newly renovated lake at the center of Northern's Highland Heights campus.
The lake, previously known as Lake Inferior, has undergone a dramatic $2 million transformation during the past year and has become a focal point of campus that invites student involvement. The area now includes waterfalls, walkways, a bridge and amphitheater.
In recognition of the substantial changes and enhancements of the lake area, SGA recommended that the name of the lake be changed to reflect these improvements. NKU students, staff, faculty and alumni were asked to participate in the naming contest by submitting suggestions for a new name with accompanying descriptions of the significance of the name and how it would represent NKU.
Submissions began April 14 and were reviewed by a student, alumni, faculty and staff ad hoc committee. The top five were posted on the NKU website for voting, and Loch Norse received nearly three times more votes than any other candidate.
The ad hoc lake naming committee recommended to the university's naming committee that the name Loch Norse be approved as the name of NKU's lake. The committee voted overwhelmingly to support the recommendation.
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For more information, call Chris Cole at (859) 572-6574.
During the spring 2006 semester, the NKU Student Government Association and the school's Alumni Association sponsored a contest to name the newly renovated lake at the center of Northern's Highland Heights campus.
The lake, previously known as Lake Inferior, has undergone a dramatic $2 million transformation during the past year and has become a focal point of campus that invites student involvement. The area now includes waterfalls, walkways, a bridge and amphitheater.
In recognition of the substantial changes and enhancements of the lake area, SGA recommended that the name of the lake be changed to reflect these improvements. NKU students, staff, faculty and alumni were asked to participate in the naming contest by submitting suggestions for a new name with accompanying descriptions of the significance of the name and how it would represent NKU.
Submissions began April 14 and were reviewed by a student, alumni, faculty and staff ad hoc committee. The top five were posted on the NKU website for voting, and Loch Norse received nearly three times more votes than any other candidate.
The ad hoc lake naming committee recommended to the university's naming committee that the name Loch Norse be approved as the name of NKU's lake. The committee voted overwhelmingly to support the recommendation.
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For more information, call Chris Cole at (859) 572-6574.
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