Category: Communiversity
The NIU Graduate and Professional School Fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Representatives from more than 50 graduate and professional programs throughout the United States will be available to provide information and materials regarding their specific programs. This event...
The paleontological record of primates clearly supports the theory of evolution, but public support is a different story entirely, according to Dan Gebo, a Board of Trustees Professor of anthropology at NIU. During an upcoming Board of Trustees Professorship Seminar, Gebo will discuss this paradox and review a vast number of discoveries over the past...
In Washington, D.C. … All eyes in Washington are focused on the activities of the Deficit Reduction Super Committee, which is under a very tight deadline to come up with an additional $1.5 trillion in spending cuts before Thanksgiving or face mandatory reductions in all areas of federal spending. President Obama and House Speaker John...
As the NIU College of Business turns 50 this year, alumni and friends are invited to stroll down memory lane at the “5th Quarter Birthday Bash” in Barsema Hall. The birthday bash will be after the NIU Homecoming game, from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, in the College of Business. Heavy hors d’oeuvres...
The NIU Honors Program has made arrangements to partner with Hy-Vee to hold a kick-off event for its “Birthday Boxes” service project. Meant as an opportunity to increase awareness and involve the local community, the event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Hy-Vee store, 2700 DeKalb Ave....
DeKalb’s BadDogGallery, 808 E. Garden St., has announced its fall schedule. Events take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays. Sept. 22: Nina Rizzo curates ‘Karen’s Garage’ Sept. 28: GAA Showcase Oct. 6: Katie Kahn curates ‘the painters’ / Rebecca McAnly (solo show) Oct. 13: Kathie Webb curates ‘Yarn Bomb!’ Oct. 20: Ashley Nason curates...
Country music star Darius Rucker will perform Saturday, Nov. 5, at the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. Special guests Thompson Square, nominated for two CMA Awards for New Artist of the Year and Vocal Duo of the Year, and Justin Moore also will take the Convo stage at the 7:30 p.m. concert. Doors open...
Cherilyn G. Murer was elected today as chair of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University. Murer, who was first appointed to the board in 2005 and reappointed this spring, most recently served as the fourth member of the executive cabinet. Before that, she served a two-year term as chair of the board from...
The DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced an open casting call on behalf of the “Untitled Ramin Bahrani Film” being shot in DeKalb County this fall. The movie is an independent film starring Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens and Heather Graham. DeKalb County residents are encouraged to attend the open call from...
Every fall semester from Sept. 15 through Oct.15, the Latino Resource Center (LRC) and the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) organize academic, social, cultural and professional events for the NIU student body and community to celebrate Latino Heritage Month. Latino Heritage Month recognizes the richness and diversity of Latino culture and history...
NIU is front and center in the current push by the U.S. and Indonesian governments, announced in 2010 by President Barack Obama, to strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Division of International Programs have been taking the lead in leveraging NIU’s...
Fifth-grade students from DeKalb schools will march Friday, Sept. 16, with flags from more than 200 countries. The annual Parade of Flags begins at Huskie Stadium, continues east on Lucinda Avenue and ends at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commons. The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. and will complete with a program in the...
