Each year at the end of the Spring Semester, NIATSA hosts a student picnic. This picnic includes a barbeque cookout and games for students to enjoy downtime together with each others' classes as well as Staff, Faculty, and Graduate Assistants associated with the program.

Here students make food, while others enjoy games like Softball, Frisbee, Football, and "Bags"

3rd Year, Stephanie Brown & 2nd Year Keeley Hyland

A Group of 1st years show off their "Team Shirts"

NIU Grad Assistants Erica Ganther and Michelle Jensen

Staff/Faculty Members Susie Stevenson, Jeff Sisson, and William Pitney

Students enjoy participating in the Spring Picnic as it is an enjoyable time for everyone to have together, and also brings each class together as a team....

Class of 2008
"Anatomically Correct"

Class of 2009
"Shake N' Bake"