Category: What's Going On
Kohl’s will sponsor a business-attire fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the large auditorium (Room 200) of Barsema Hall. NIU students will demonstrate how to “dress to succeed,” be fashionable and stay on a budget. Men and women will model interview attire, everyday professional clothing and apparel for casual Fridays. Members of the Fashion Industries Organization will lead the event with support...
NIU’s Civic Leadership Academy will present a workshop Thursday, April 7, on “Teamwork and Team Building: Trying Times Also Demand Teamwork.” As the old saying goes, the letters T-E-A-M stand for “together everyone achieves more.” The question is this, how do you build a sense of team? Does teamwork come naturally? What happens to the concept of team in...
Are you ready to kick off the garage sale season in an enormous way? Whether it’s antiques, collectibles, sports cards, arts, crafts, garage sale items or anything else you want to buy or sell, the place to be is NIU Convocation Center’s third annual “Colossal Clean Sweep.” The sale is open from 9 a.m. to...
Fernando Torres-Gil, President Obama’s appointed vice chair on the National Council on Disability, will speak on “Aging with a Disability: Nexus of Demographics and Public Policy” from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Altgeld Hall auditorium. Torres-Gil, who also is director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging in the School of...
NIU’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy is opening its methodology workshop registration to all NIU faculty. Workshops are filling up fast, so faculty interested in learning innovative research methodologies should register as soon as possible. These workshops are designed to provide meaningful professional enrichment opportunities. All workshops are offered free of charge. Space is limited to 15 seats...
NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities will host the Rockford Chariots, a wheelchair basketball team, for an exhibition game Thursday, March 31, on the Victor E. Court of the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. This fun, community-based event will help...
The AND 1 basketball team will invade NIU’s Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1. Tickets go on sale at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for NIU students with valid OneCards and $2 for the general public. D.Up Entertainment and the NIU Campus Activities Board are teaming up to bring this exciting, high-flying and entertaining game to the NIU campus...
Have you been procrastinating about getting started on a fitness or exercise program? Do you want or need assistance in setting fitness goals and getting started? Do you want to learn how good nutrition can enhance your fitness goals? Take advantage of Recreation Services mid-semester faculty-staff membership for $50. Among the benefits: Access to more than...
Students who want to study abroad this summer have opportunities in Sicily and Thailand that will result in Department of Anthropology credit.
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...
Members of the NIU Employees Federal Credit Union are invited to apply for one of the union’s open director or committee member positions. Four board positions are open for election this year, and dedicated members are always needed for committee work.
NIU’s 11th annual Office Supply Expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center. Vendors from several of the brands currently offered in the Office Max catalog will attend with samples of their product lines as well as new product offerings. A “freebies” table...
