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“Green Fire,” the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy, will screen at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, inside the Terwilliger Auditorium of Montgomery Hall. The documentary shares highlights from Leopold’s extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement. It also illustrates...
Tomoyuki Shibata
Tomoyuki Shibata, assistant professor of public health in the NIU School of Nursing and Health Studies, will discuss potential long-term issues from the March 11 “Great East Japan Earthquake” during a Thursday, Nov. 17, lecture on campus. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake, called “the Great East Japan Earthquake,” occurred near the northeast coast of the Tohoku...
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Attendance soared 25 percent at NIU’s open house in October. The rise in turnout suggests there is increased interest in the school and its vision to be the most student-centered public research university in the Midwest and to grow enrollment to 30,000 by 2020. President John Peters this fall announced his ambitious plan to boost...
The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning has announced that next spring’s third annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day will take place Tuesday, April 24. Any undergraduate student currently enrolled at NIU who has participated in a faculty-mentored creative or research project is encouraged to showcase his/her work. This includes independent study, capstone projects,...
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Candidates for the position of assistant vice president for research compliance and integrity in NIU’s Office of Research Compliance (ORC) will visit campus in coming weeks for interviews and open forums. The person in that position has primary oversight of the ORC – the office monitors two Institutional Review Boards, the Institutional Animal Care and...
The Buried Life
The cast of MTV’s hit show “The Buried Life” will visit the NIU campus Friday, Nov. 4. All students are welcome to attend the 7 p.m. presentation, which is free and part of the 2011 Lead NIU Summit. The event will take place in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Doors open...
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NIU’s Department of Geography and Advanced Geospatial Laboratory will host its fourth annual “GIS Night” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, Davis Hall Room 114. The event is free and open to the public. GIS Night is part of an international program that promotes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and...
Film poster for “Telling Amy’s Story”
“Telling Amy’s Story” is a film about Amy Homan-McGee, a 33-year-old mother of two and Verizon Wireless employee. Homan-McGee was killed by her husband in 2001 when she decided to leave him after suffering years of abuse. Created by Penn State Public Broadcasting and aired on public television stations nationwide, “Telling Amy’s Story” has been...
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Calling all self-identified “Twi- Heads.” NIU’s Women’s Resource Center at NIU will host “Twilight: Romance and Power,” a group discussion on the “Twilight” series of books and movies, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. Participants will talk about the dynamics of relationship of Bella and Edward as well as the ways in which...
Terell Stafford
Under the direction of Ron Carter, the nationally renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert with international jazz trumpet player Terell Stafford and School of Music faculty saxophonist Rich Moore. The music begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The concert is free...
student veterans
Military service is a tradition in Levi Kammes’ family. His grandfather was a U.S. Marine; his uncle was a Marine, and the 28-year-old NIU anthropology major from Crystal Lake was a Marine. Kammes said it was natural and understood that he would join the military not out of obligation, but to serve his country –...
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NIU’s Grant Towers residence hall complex will host its annual signature program “Project R.E.D. – Residents Engaging in Diversity,” from Monday, Nov. 7, through Wednesday, Nov. 9. Project R.E.D. promotes a more diverse and aware campus through fun and engaging activities. Events are focused around acceptance and appreciation of the vast range of diversity on...
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