Category: Events
NIU student group Mortar Board, in collaboration with the Honors Program and the Women’s Resource Center, are joining forces to collect gowns for the second annual Project Prom. The gown and accessories collection is happening now and will continue through 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17. From 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, and Sunday, Feb. 20,...
Help put smiles on the faces of children who are less fortunate by sharing the gift of giving this holiday season. Toys and donations will be collected until Friday, Dec. 17, at the Military Student Services office in Gilbert Hall B-111. The objectives of Toys for Tots are: to help less fortunate children throughout the...
Join alumni and friends in the spectacular Land of the Rising Sun during NIU’s 2011 spring break. NIU’s Alumni Association invites travelers on a trip scheduled from Thursday, March 10, through Saturday, March 19. This adventure includes touring in Tokyo, Kyoto, Uji, Nara, Hiroshima and Miyajima Island. Discover the treasures of Japan, from the cutting-edge...
The NIU Alumni Association and the NIU Foundation invite Huskie fans to travel on the VIP Bowl Charter to Boise for the 2010 uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. The VIP Bowl Charter includes: Round-trip air transportation. Ground transportation. Double-occupancy hotel room in the NIU team hotel. Game ticket. Pre-game reception ticket. VIP gift bag. The trip departs...
The deadline to apply for NIU’s annual Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute has been extended to Friday, Jan. 28, to accommodate end-of-semester schedules. Hhosted by the Office of the Provost and the Committee on Multicultural Curriculum Transformation, the next institute will take place May 16 to May 20 next spring at the Holmes Student Center. Full-time tenured and...
NIU’s Civic Leadership Academy will present a workshop Tuesday, Dec. 14, on “Cultivating Innovation: How to Foster an Innovative Environment in Your Organization.” This workshop focuses on the meaning of innovation as a problem-solving tool for public organizations. Participants will learn how such organizations can create management practices that generate more frequent innovations that are also successful....
NIU’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center has re-launched its online peer support program, Q-Connect. The Q-Connect program is for students who have questions about sexual and/ or gender identity. All online interactions with trained mentors are anonymous, and users are able to ask questions related to LGBT topics. Q-Connect mentors are students who have applied to...
As the end of the fall semester approaches, it is time once again to prepare for the Kevin D. Knight Leadership Awards Ceremony. This ceremony was established to recognize students who have performed exemplary leadership service throughout the course of the year. There are awards for every student year in school from freshman to graduate students. Other awards...
The Community School of the Arts Children’s Choir performs its final concert of the season at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building. Directed by NIU School of Music faculty member Mary Lynn Doherty, this dynamic singing group of children between the ages of 8 and 13 rehearses each week. Continuing its...
After serving NIU for 15 years and higher education for 35, Ken Davidson, NIU’s vice president for legal services and parlimentarian to the Board of Trustees, will retire Friday, Dec. 31. Plan to attend a reception held in Davidson’s honor from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, in the University Suite of the Holmes Student Center....
Media Services will offer training in January on using the audiovisual equipment in Provost-sponsored Smart Classrooms. Both new and returning instructors should benefit from these brief seminars. The seminars will include information about any recent changes to the equipment in the rooms. Wednesday, Jan. 12: from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. in DuSable Hall 348....
Classical WNIU and NPR News station WNIJ will launch separate year-end fundraising campaigns from Tuesday, Dec. 7, through Saturday, Dec. 11. These mini-drives provide one final opportunity for listeners to support their favorite public radio programming while earning a charitable giving tax credit for this calendar year. Classical WNIU (90.5FM) hosts its campaign from Tuesday,...
