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Christopher Washburne
NIU’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of associate music professor Greg Beyer, will host New York City-based Columbia University ethnomusicologist, trombonist and bandleader Christopher Washburne and his ensemble, S.Y.O.T.O.S., for April’s Latin Jazz Weekend Party. Mark your calendars for an incredible series of events from Thursday, April 7, through Sunday, April 10, that are sure to get...
Despite DeKalb being roughly 6,000 miles away from Japan, the seismic station on campus at NIU was able to detect the devastating March 11 earthquake and record a seismogram. A seismogram is an image created by a seismograph, a device used to record earthquake vibrations. NIU geology professor Philip Carpenter still was reviewing digitized recordings Monday, March 14,...
Jeanette Rossetti
Jeanette Rossetti has become the fifth nursing professor from NIU to receive a prestigious Nurse Educator Fellowship Award from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Rossetti, who teaches courses in mental health nursing in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, is among the fourth class of a program created to ensure the retention of...
Krakow, Poland
Northern Illinois University graduate student Aaron Vermedal is among several College of Visual and Performing Arts students who are participating in a study abroad program in Poland
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Students who want to study abroad this summer have opportunities in Sicily and Thailand that will result in Department of Anthropology credit.
U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios
Rosie Rios, treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, treasurer of the United States, will deliver a talk to NIU students on the importance of Latinos taking on leadership roles in public service. The lecture will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium.
Timothy G. McMahon
Northern Illinois University will welcome a leading expert on the Emerald Isle to campus for the 2011 Irish Studies Lecture — appropriately scheduled in the wake of St. Patrick’s Day. Timothy G. McMahon, a professor of history at Marquette University and one of the leading Irish historians in the United States, will deliver his talk...
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NIU’s Division of International Programs is conducting an online survey to keep updated about NIU faculty and staff and their global experiences. The survey is an expansion of the one completed in 2009: Results from that questionnaire have proven helpful when International Programs staff are asked for recommendations of people knowledgeable about a particular country or language. Familiarity with university experts will help...
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NIU’s Center for Latino and Latin American Studies has announced the lecturers for its March Colloquium Series Speakers. Tuesday, March 8 Katherine M. Donato, professor and chair of Sociology and director of the Program for Medicine, Health & Society at Vanderbilt University, will present her lecture, “How Many Women? How Many Men?: Gender in International Migration,” at noon in the...
Five of seven current and retired Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) associates who served as volunteers in the Peace Corps, and whose lives changed course through their experiences, came recently to the center’s weekly lecture series to hear CSEAS graduate assistant Maria “Rai” Hancock tell the story of NIU’s formative role in the early days...
Members of the NIU Steelband perform in August at the Huskies SEE DeKalb event.
If you’ve had enough of winter and want to get into a tropical mood without he expense of a plane ticket, join the Dixon Sister Cities Association for a benefit performance by the award-winning NIU Steelband. The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the historic Dixon Theatre. The NIU Steelband is...
The Latino Resource Center is currently seeking mentors for the Mentoring for Academic Success (M.A.S) program for fall 2011. M.A.S is a mentoring program focused on providing a welcoming environment for incoming Latino first-year and transfer students at NIU. The program offers new students peer and academic support, social and leadership opportunities, personal growth and...
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