Category: Events
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has selected 11 recipients for the 2012 Distinguished Alumni, Faculty and Staff Awards, which celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of outstanding individuals in each category. After the college’s 50th anniversary in 2009, these awards became an annual event. Dean Christopher McCord will present the awards Friday, Oct. 12,...
For a second summer, students from NIU’s School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences will be cooking at Aurora’s Farmers Market and showing customers the simplicity of eating healthy. The students, enrolled in the College of Health and Human Sciences, will feature fruits and vegetables from produce being sold by the market vendors. They then...
A donation of just one pint of blood can help to save up to three lives. The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 18. The drive will take place in the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb, north of the Village Commons Bookstore....
Three thousand miles. If you drove that far in one shot it could be done in about 48 hours, but you’d need an oil change. Making the same trip on a bike is a different story. Race Across America (RAAM) brings a whole new meaning to the term “road trip.” Rated as one of the...
The bridge carrying Annie Glidden Road traffic to and from the eastbound Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) in DeKalb is scheduled to close for one month beginning Tuesday, May 29, to allow for bridge deck rehabilitation as part of the I-88 Resurfacing Project. The eastbound entrance and exit ramps at Annie Glidden Road will also close....
When Grant Simmon isn’t directing events such Lollapalooza, the Hangout Music Festival or President Obama’s inauguration, the 2000 alum is setting the stage for an event that’s a little closer to home and his heart: the NIU Foundation Red and Black. When scholarship recipient Moonja Jeong, ’12, stepped into the spotlight at the 2012 Red and Black, her goal...
NIU’s Enhancing Engineering Pathways (NIU-EEP) aims to establish a sustainable pathway for girls into the field of engineering. To create and strengthen the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) pipeline, another year of NIU-EEP’s free summer camp will take place from June 11 through June 15. The application is available online. Launched in 2008, and...
NIU’s Exploring Careers in Health and Human Sciences Camp is scheduled the week of July 22 through July 27. Those days will prove busy ones for high school campers coming to NIU to learn about health care careers. Not only will they become involved in hands-on learning labs, they will also be assigned to teams...
Is the world really going to end Dec. 21, 2012? Are pharmaceutical companies hiding the truth about natural cures? What should we fear besides fear itself? As the kickoff to a new and monthly “STEM Café” event, Northern Illinois University physics professor Suzanne Willis will discuss how pseudoscience has permeated our culture and how to...
What could Da Vinci have created with electricity and neon? What would Edison have invented with more of an artistic flair? Young artists and inventors and their parents are invited Saturday, May 26, to see how artists work with light and electricity during the “Bright Futures: Electric Art Lab” at NIU’s Faraday Hall Room 105....
NIU is looking for dedicated and motivated students interested in having fun this summer and learning about global leadership and philanthropy. A new opportunity this year – the Global Leadership and Philanthropy Camp – will provide a quality college learning experience to a select group of students. Scheduled from Sunday, July 15, through Friday, July 20,...
Gerould W. Kern, senior vice president and editor of the Chicago Tribune, was named Illinois Journalist of the Year at the NIU Journalism Banquet, held April 27. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ journalism program in the Department of Communication also named Eileen Norris as the recipient of the 2012 Donald R. Grubb Distinguished...
