Category: What's Going On
NIU faculty and staff are invited to the Lowden Hall-o-ween Open House, planned from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31. Visitors should enter through the main doors (facing Altgeld Hall) to view and vote on their favorite decorated/carved pumpkins. Decorated doors are found throughout all three floors of the building for voting. Of...
Krista Hegburg, a program officer in the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will deliver two lectures at NIU during the first week of November. Hegburg, who holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University, will speak on “New Perspectives on Gender and the Holocaust” at 4.30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov....
Lance Williams, board chair of the Lupe Fiasco Foundation, will visit NIU at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, to offer a dynamic, multimedia presentation on “The Rap Music Industry: Truth, Lies and Videotape.” This mind-blowing presentation will shed light on how multinational media conglomerates, as one massive empire, use some aspects of the rap music...
The campus community and general public are invited to a reception celebrating Northern Illinois University’s student artists from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, followed by an evening of poetry as the NIU Art Museum presents a poetry reading and recitation night in Altgeld 315 from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Each academic year, NIU undergraduate artwork is...
The Lucas Oil Monster Truck Nationals invites the DeKalb County community to the Bigfoot Birthday Bash and Smash Tour, which roars into the NIU Convocation Center at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 31. This the first time monster trucks will return to the Convocation Center in 10 years. Bigfoot,...
In an era of global religious conflict, the United State is the most religiously diverse nation in human history and the most religiously devout nation in the West. Will faith be a barrier of division or a bridge of cooperation? Eboo Patel, author of “Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle...
The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra will present its free Halloween concert, appropriate for children and adults, Tuesday, Oct. 28. Performances are planned at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The earlier show is geared toward a younger audience. Indoor trick-or-treating will be provided from 5 to 5:30...
Northern Illinois University is preparing for an extended steam outage, tentatively scheduled for November 2-14.The extended steam outage is required for east campus in order to make the necessary emergency repairs in the main steam lines in the tunnels from the East Heating Plant to various buildings. The focus of the repair is the replacement of a failed...
The Huskie Service Scholars program is hosting the second annual Coats with Heart competition. Coats with Heart is a campus-wide coat and accessory drive competition held in accordance with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in November. Huskie Service Scholars are asking student organizations, campus departments and other groups to sign up to participate in...
The Scholarship Office and the Student Financial Aid Office will host a scholarship fair for current students from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. Students can speak with a representative from their academic colleges, along with representatives from other campus departments, to become aware of...
NIU’s Office of Student Engagement & Experiential Learning will host GRE Basics one-day sessions in October and November. This one-day format aims to increase students’ familiarity with the GRE, accommodate busy schedules and provide a quick and detailed overview of the GRE. The one-day GRE Basics Workshops will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m....
The Northern Illinois University community is invited to join a lively discussion of new and innovative programs that have been, and are being, implemented to foster student retention and academic success. Be Bold Now: Putting Students First takes place at the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22....
