Category: Events
Get ready for a fun and spooky fall with Neptune’s Haunted Hall! The Haunted Hall will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, and Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the basement of Neptune North. This year’s theme is “Jack and Jill’s Playhouse” and will feature multiple spaces with a doll theme in the...
NIU’s Student Association will host a March on Springfield Lobby Day. Marchers will protest cuts to funding of MAP grants and other areas impacting NIU, including faculty and staff pensions and the university’s operating budget. Transportation to and from the event will be provided by the Student Association; the Student Association has requested faculty are...
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will celebrate Halloween a little late this year with performances of “Evening of Gothic Horror,” opening Thursday, Nov. 3. A collection of classic horror fiction stories by three well-known authors, “Evening of Gothic Horror” is the second production of the school’s 2011-2012 Studio Series, all of which are...
What do you believe? Could you say it in 500 words or less? From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, First-Year Connections invites the campus to grab some free pizza, speak and hear others speak about personal beliefs at an open mic event. All are welcome. The event, which will take place in the...
Northern Illinois University’s DeafPride and the Center for Access-Ability Resources (CAAR) invites the NIU community to its fall 2011 Deaf Awareness Week, with events each evening from Monday, Nov. 7, through Friday, Nov. 11. Deaf Awareness Week is an opportunity to share Deaf culture and American Sign Language with NIU faculty, staff and students. Highlights include DeafTown,...
The Off-Campus Housing Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center. As the season for signing leases for next fall is quickly approaching, this is a great opportunity for students to learn about a wide variety of living options in the...
VetConnect, a personal and professional development half-day conference open to all veteran and military students, will take place in the Holmes Student Center from 1 to 4:309 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. The free conference will include a keynote address at 1:30 p.m. by Barbara Johnson, chair of the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education in the College...
The NIU School of Music will host a concert of new music for piano featuring NIU alum Mabel Kwan. Her performance will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the Music Building Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public, and the hall is accessible to all. Kwan’s program will...
The NIU Wind Ensemble will present the local premiere of J.B.G. Neruda’s “Concerto in Eb,” arranged for band by Huskie Marching Band Director Thomas Bough. The concert, featuring faculty trumpet soloist Mark Ponzo, begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert is free...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team will hold a Cardinal and Black intrasquad scrimmage at 2 p.m. Saturday at Victor E. Court in the NIU Convocation Center. The 90-minute scrimmage is open to the public and free of charge. Due to another event being held in the Convocation Center, a $5 parking charge will be...
NIU’s Community School of the Arts offers a weekly class in October and November for young children who enjoy music and stories. Musical Tales begins Tuesday, Oct. 25, and is for children ages 3 to 5 and their parents. The class meets for six Tuesdays from 6:15 to 6:50 p.m. Children hear a different story...
The Northern Illinois University Chemistry Club invites the public to its fall 2011 chem demo night at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Faraday Hall 143. With Halloween just around the corner, the NIU Chem Club will host a “spooktacular night” of chemical demonstrations. “The NIU Chem Club has put on their mad scientist hats...
