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The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) is honoring NIU women in celebration of Women’s History Month. Reflecting on the rich history of NIU, from humble beginnings in 1895, the GSRC wants to thank all the NIU women for their 121 years of strength, resilience, provision, support, teachings, research, leadership, guidance, development, community building and...
OHANA!
Student leaders of the OHANA! Peer Mentor Program and guest speaker/concert pianist Tereza Lee will present “Being (an Undocumented) American” in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. Lee’s story as an undocumented American inspired Sen. Dick Durbin to create legislation for what would later evolve into the DREAM Act. Lee is...
NIU’s dietetic interns are planning special dinners this week in the dining halls. Mike and Amanda’s 1920s You are cordially invited from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 7, to celebrate a Roaring 20s Dinner Party at Neptune Dining Hall. Enjoy classics from the 1920s, including glazed ham, Caesar salad, pineapple upside-down cake and a...
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Students are invited at to the New Hall Swing Space at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, for free pizza and the chance to meet Illinois State Rep. Bob Pritchard. A member of the Illinois General Assembly for 13 years, Pritchard has sat on many committees, including Higher Education and Elementary & Secondary Education Appropriation. The...
Timothy Takach
American composer Timothy Takach is in residence at the NIU School of Music Choral Department for the next three days. During his residency, Takach will present an all-school convocation to talk about entrepreneurship as professional musician, meet with students in conducting classes, present a seminar for composition students and work with the NIU choirs in...
NIU student Rebekah Ernat visited Madagascar.
The Student Engagement Fund is currently accepting funding applications for Fall 2016 activities through Tuesday, March 15. The Student Engagement Fund is a collaborative effort by the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to provide stipends for students working on faculty-mentored research projects and to...
NIUs Department of Literacy and Elementary Education is sponsoring a literacy event called “Reading & Writing in the Digital Age” from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the NIU-Naperville campus, 1120 E. Diehl Road. This event provides an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with current students, alumni and faculty. Alumni are encouraged to...
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In recognition of Women’s History Month, the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety will host its second annual “Women of the Shield: Honoring Women in Law Enforcement” brunch. This year’s theme is “Her-Story – Rising Through The Ranks.” Deputy Chief Gloria Graham of the Northwestern University Police Department will give the keynote address as...
National LGBTQ Task Force
NIU‘s Gender & Sexuality Resource Center will host a daylong institute Tuesday, March 8, presented by eight students who attended the National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2016 Creating Change conference. Financial support for their attendance was provided by the GSRC; the Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee; and Prism. At the conference, students attended daylong...
Lilia Fernández
Lilia Fernández, author of “Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago” and associate professor in history at the Ohio State University, will visit NIU at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3. Fernández will present a paper titled “Latino Panethnic Politics in Chicago: Social Activism and Grassroots Origins.” Simón Weffer-Elizondo, associate professor...
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More than 400 high school students will overtake the Duke Ellington Ballroom Thursday, March 3, as participants in the sectional Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) competition. Students from 47 area high schools will compete in four divisions based on the schools total enrollment (division 300, division 700, division 1,500, division unlimited). Students will...
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Are you a current NIU student dedicated to the betterment and success of the university as a whole? Do you want to be part of a groundbreaking group of students that will ultimately write a new chapter in a process that is undertaken by almost half of all public institutions across the country? If so,...
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