Category: Events
James Russell Brown will present a faculty organ recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. He will play works by Buxtehude, Bach, Hindemith and Reger. Brown holds degrees from Oberlin and New England Conservatory in organ performance. His principal teachers have included Yuko Hayashi,...
The NIU College of Law Office of Admissions & Financial Aid will host “Demystifying the Female Super Lawyer: Perspectives On Balancing A Career, A Family, and Life.” The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in Room 315 of Altgeld Hall. This program, which is also co-sponsored by the NIU...
Thinking about going to graduate or professional school? It’s not too late to register for this weekend’s Graduate School Preparation Seminar. The Graduate School Prep Seminar will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Yordon Center-McCareins Classroom. The seminar will cover information such as creating a profile, the application process, GRE...
The West Coast is transferred in all its glitz and glory to the Midwest in this crazy new production by the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. “Los Angeles! …Is Underwater,” written by SoTD faculty member Luke Krueger, is the next Studio Series production of their season and will open Thursday, March 1. Krueger, who...
The Northern Illinois University Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities (PCSM) is accepting nominations for the 2012 Deacon Davis Award. Created in 2004, the award recognizes NIU students, faculty, staff, academic units, offices, programs or organizations for significant contributions made to the improvement of the status of minorities on campus. Nomination forms and complete...
The NIU College of Law will host “Youth Justice: Young and in Trouble” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall. This symposium will address the issues of youth justice against the backdrop of the U.S. Supreme Court J.D.B. v. North Carolina (2011) decision...
A retirement reception is planned from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, for Carlos Granados. Granados, director of the Office of Publications, is retiring after 30 years of service to NIU. He also is an NIU alum, earning his bachelor’s degree in visual communications in 1980. The reception will take place in the University...
Why is sophomore mechanical engineering major J.C. Collins going to the Spring 2012 career fairs? “At the last job fair, an Enterprise manager remembered my face from before. She invited me to apply for a job. Then, she introduced me to their regional manager, who after having a brief conversation with me, told me he’d...
The CSA Sinfonia will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert is free and open to the public, and the auditorium is accessible to all. Performing at Wednesday’s concert is concerto competition winner Genevieve Smelser, who will play the “Concerto for Violin”...
The NIU Music Building will resound with music and excitement Saturday, March 10, as the NIU Community School of the Arts presents its 10th Performathon. All funds raised are used for arts scholarships for young people in the community. Featuring around 75 musicians of all ages, the Performathon is the community school’s major fundraising event....
NIU’s fifth annual Assessment Expo is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday, March 2, in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. The Assessment Expo is designed to highlight successful assessment practices on campus. “This expo will be a celebration of the successes of NIU Assessment Services,” said Carolinda Douglass, assistant vice provost for Academic Outcomes and Assessment....
Interested in helping first-year students learn how to succeed at NIU? Apply to become a UNIV 101/201 instructor for fall 2012. UNIV 101 is a one-credit, 12-week course focused on helping first-year students develop the essential academic and social skills needed to make an enjoyable and successful transition to NIU. UNIV 201 is a similar...
