Category: Events
The role of NI Guides recently has expanded to include even more opportunities for involvement during Welcome Week 2012. One of the main NI Guide: Huskie Helper responsibilities during Welcome Week will include partnering with community advisers to encourage new student participation in Welcome Week events, which are scheduled this summer from Thursday, Aug. 23,...
Women’s gymnastics teams from seven Mid-American Conference schools will come together Saturday, March 24, at the NIU Convocation Center to vie for the coveted MAC Gymnastics Championship trophy. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. for the meet, which begins at 2 p.m. in the main bowl of the Convocation Center. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5...
The NIU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Robert Chappell and Greg Beyer, with graduate conductors Amanda Duncan and Angela Kepley, will present its spring concert at 8 p.m. Monday, April 2, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public, the the auditorium is accessible to all. The concert will...
The Women’s Resource Center’s Victim Advocacy Services is jump-starting April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month with NIU Rocks Against Rape. This free event will be held Wednesday, March 28, in the Holmes Student Center. From 6 to 7 p.m., visitors to the Glidden Room can enjoy refreshments and a showcase of speakers from campus and...
The Rockford Chariots will square off against the Chicago Hornets in a wheelchair basketball game scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the Student Recreation Center. It marks the second consecutive year that a wheelchair hoops game has been sponsored by NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities and two units...
The Women’s Resource Center at NIU will host two events during the first week of April focused on body image. A panel discussion titled “Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness” is scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The discussion will highlight various...
NIU’s second annual Latino Film Festival returns March 27. Organizers will screen three films. First on the docket is the award-winning documentary “Maquilapolis: City of Factories,” which will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Room 121 of the Latino Center, 515 Garden Road. The Spanish-language film examines the struggle of two women to...
Deborah Holderness, publications editor in the NIU College of Education, is retiring after 31 years of service. A farewell reception is planned from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 30, in the Learning Center of Gabel Hall. All are welcome. Holderness also is an alumna of the college: She graduated in 1978 with a B.S.Ed....
With warm, summer-like weather returning to Northern Illinois University, more and more students are heading outdoors for recreation. While the warm weather brings new opportunities for fun and excitement, there is also the potential to be a victim of crime against their person or property. Whether considering Clery Act data posted on the NIU website...
Join NIU alumni and friends from Friday, Sept. 7, through Saturday, Sept. 15, as the NIU Alumni Association explores historic Prague. Almost entirely undamaged by WWII, Prague remains a brilliant example of medieval Europe. It’s a magical city of stunning architecture that includes bridges, gold-tipped towers, church domes and cathedrals. Beyond the medieval lanes of...
Registration for NIU Cares Day 2012, NIU’s annual day of community service, will remain open through Friday, March 30. Team leaders can email niucaresday@niu.edu now to get their teams recognized. Students who are looking to meet new people or have no team preference can sign up with “Team NIU Cares.” NIU Cares Day committee members...
NIU’s Campus Child Care will hold its annual Children’s Book Fair during the week of March 26. The book fair will be held at the center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 26, through Thursday, March 29, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, March 30. All are invited to come and...
