Category: What's Going On
Did you know that nearly one out of 10 college students has a disability? Because not all disabilities are visible, this might seem like a surprising statistic. The Center for Access-Ability Resources is here to provide resources for students with disabilities as well as provide resources to the campus community about disabilities. Throughout the fall and...
NIU alum Jeffery Yordon will present “Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Altgeld Hall. The event is being sponsored by Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Yordon will discuss current job market trends and how to distinguish yourself. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Yordon received a bachelor’s degree from NIU....
Lisa Freeman, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies at NIU, has issued the annual call for nominations for honorary doctoral degrees to be awarded from Northern Illinois University. Awarding an honorary degree is an opportunity for NIU to recognize someone especially outstanding in a field of interest to the university. It is necessary, though...
George Hillocks, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, will visit the NIU campus Thursday, Oct. 28, for two presentations hosted by the Department of English and supported by the Larry R. Johannessen Fund. Hillocks will conduct a workshop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Reavis Hall 211 on “Basic (and Commonly Overlooked) Principles...
The week of Oct. 25 wraps up LGBT History Month with three events sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center and collaborative partners. Over the course of the month, the campus community has celebrated the month with several educational and social events. Two events featuring the “Fagbug” will take place Monday on campus. Erin Davies...
In an era when women like Sarah Palin are calling themselves feminists, there is renewed debate about who gets to be in the club and who doesn’t, and who has the power to decide. Can conservative women who have benefited from the gains of the women’s movement while resisting the fight for reproductive rights, gay...
Attorney Jeffrey W. Brend will present “The Witness Stand: How to Survive the Secret Techniques of Trial Lawyers” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at the NIU Chicago Office, 33 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1700. An NIU alumnus and partner at Levin & Brend since 1991, Brend focuses his practice in family law, taxation, business litigation,...
The NIU Digital Convergence Lab is recruiting students for a spring 2011 project that will create an interactive, online exhibition of vintage fashions that tells about NIU’s history and culture in the 20th century. The team will include six undergraduate and graduate students with backgrounds in computer science, art, history, women’s studies, museum studies, communications,...
“If you ordered lasagna at a Chinese restaurant, it would look like this.” Such is Jim Phelps‘ description of “Chinet,” a multimedia program to be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, by Shotguns To Daylight, an art duo comprised of Phelps and Bart Woodstrup, music and art professors, respectively. “There are multiple, thick layers of...
The Supportive Professional Staff Council is requesting nominations for the Supportive Professional Staff Presidential Award for Excellence. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the university. All Supportive Professional Staff are eligible. If you have previously nominated an individual, please consider re-nominating them. Four awards in the amount of $1,500 will be presented. In addition, each...
NIU’s College of Law will host a “Class Visit Day” from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22. Anyone interested in attending law school is welcome to attend. Participants will have the opportunity to sit in and observe an actual first-year law school class, ask questions to a first-year law student panel, hear from various speakers,...
The NIU School of Music harp studio of Faye Seeman will present the first-ever “Think Big Harp Ensemble” recital at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in the Recital Hall. Music performed will include pieces by Mozart, Debussy, Ginistera and Caplet as well as Latin folk music. The harp studio will be accompanied by flute, viola, piano and string...
