Category: Events
Abhijit Gupta, candidates for dean of the NIU Graduate School and associate vice president for graduate studies, will hold a series of open forums Thursday, Feb. 24, and Friday, Feb. 25. His original interviews were postponed last week by the university-closing blizzard. Gupta is professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the NIU College...
All Northern Illinois fans are invited to meet new Huskie football coach Dave Doeren and his staff, get complete information on 2011 NIU football tickets, enjoy free food and drink and hear from Northern Illinois coaches and student-athletes at the annual Huskie Athletic Support Fund Kickoff from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Victor...
NIU’s fourth annual Assessment Expo is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 18, in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. The Assessment Expo is designed to highlight successful assessment practices on campus. A poster session and roundtable discussions feature representatives from academic programs and Student Affairs units across campus which were recognized by the University Assessment Panel...
NIU alumna Susan Caplan returns to DeKalb this week as the featured speaker of the third annual Career Resources Networking Night, sponsored by the NIU Alumni Association and Career Services. The event, scheduled from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, will include career-related breakout sessions in addition to Caplan’s presentation on how to market yourself...
Whether you are just entering the job force, are thinking of making a career change or simply want to polish your skills, the NIU Alumni Association can help you reach your goals. The association is a source of valuable resources and holds several events each year designed to connect you with fellow alumni. From 5:30 to 9...
Recreation Services is planning two trips for Valentine’s Day weekend that put physical activity over roses, dinner and a movie. An ice skating trip is planned from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, to Millennium Park in Chicago. Traveling by train into the city, travelers can enjoy skating at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink. The energy...
Recreation Services will host free clinics on cross-country skiing from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, and Thursday, Feb. 10. Whether participants have never cross-country skied before or need to brush up, these clinics offer an introduction to this popular winter sport, help skiiers gear up and develop their skills and become active throughout the season. Come...
NIU chemistry and biochemistry major John Price, who has created an NIU STEM Team for Relay for Life of NIU, is recruiting fellow Huskies to help make the event a successful one. All interested science, technology, engineering and math majors are invited to join. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10, at the North 40...
The Friends of NIU Libraries invite the public to attend a free presentation by Chicago Tribune chief theater critic Chris Jones. The presentation, titled “How Chicago Became America’s Hottest Theater City,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Rare Books and Special Collections department on the fourth floor of NIU’s Founders Memorial...
More than 100,000 people are in Dallas this week to watch the Super Bowl, most of them holding tickets for seats inside the stadium. They’re joined by thousands more who are planning to watch the game on big-screen TVs erected just outside the stadium, not to mention the throngs of media in town to cover...
NIU professors and Cambodia specialists Kenton Clymer (history) and Judy Ledgerwood (anthropology) were at the proceedings last July in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, when the first verdict against a senior Khmer Rouge leader was handed down by an United Nations-backed international war crimes tribunal currently underway in that country. Clymer and Ledgerwood will discuss the verdict against...
NOTE: Abhijit Gupta’s interviews scheduled for this week have been canceled. New dates will be forthcoming. Bradley G. Bond and Abhijit Gupta each will hold a series of open forums and interviews the week of Jan. 31 as candidates for dean of the NIU Graduate School and associate vice president for graduate studies. Interviews for...
