NIU Today

NIU alum Christopher Birks, a member of the faculty of the Department of Communication Arts at Benedictine University, will speak at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, as part of this fall’s Graduate Colloquium in Communication Studies. Birks, who is representing the area of journalism, will present “Shots Seen Around the World: Contemporary News Photographs that...

NIU’s Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management has a new marketing campaign and message for students: the “Match Made in Heaven” with Victor E. The deadline is Friday, Dec.  9. Students can’t help becoming attached to Victor E. Huskie and all the activities and programs he can offer them. The campaign’s message is about...

Northern Illinois University’s College of Law will continue its professionalism series, “Introduction to the Legal Profession: History, Culture, and Values,” with a lecture from professor Geoffrey C. Hazard of the Hastings School of Law at the University of California. Hazard’s presentation, “Competence, Conflicts of Interest and Conscience in Law Practice” will be held in the...

Intramural Sports is now taking registration for offer men’s, women’s and co-rec indoor soccer leagues. A League (competitive) and B (recreational) League will be offered. Registration deadline is 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18. League play begins the week of Oct. 24. Each team will play one game per week during a four-week season. The registration...

A city of tents. A raging bonfire. A lighted stage resonating with the sounds of live music. These are just a few of the things passersby might have noticed Sept. 23 had they wandered near the grassy field between the West Lagoon and Eco Woods. The source of this outdoor festivity? Outdoor Adventures’ first “Camp on...

Sara Clayton, administrative assistant in the Division of International Programs since 1996, is retiring. Clayton has spent almost 40 years as an NIU employee, including 19 in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. She was among the four winners of the 2002 Outstanding Service Awards from NIU’s Operating Staff Council. A farewell reception in Clayton’s honor,...

Howard Brady, who earned a master’s degree in geology from NIU in 1977, will speak on campus at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, on “The Scientist in Two Worlds.” The speech takes place in DuSable Hall 308. All are invited. Brady is one of the 2011 College of Liberal Arts & Science Distinguished Alumni. He...

In science fiction, aliens don’t always look like little green men or the beehive-coiffed vixens Captain Kirk usually encounters in Star Trek. In Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran’s graphic novel “Orbiter” – the October selection for the STEMfest SF Teen Read – humans encounter life forms that truly are alien. Ten years after the demise...

NIU PeaceJam Scholars, Northern Illinois University’s chapter of international organization PeaceJam, will screen a documentary about five at-risk U.S. teenagers whose lives were transformed through working side-by-side with Novel Peace Prize laureates such as the Dalai Lama, Archibishop Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Oscar Arias. The film will show from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m....

NIU and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, Taiwan, signed an historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) June 28, 2011, agreeing to foster academic exchange and cooperation between the two institutions. This agreement allows for the exchange of students, faculty and information as well as collaboration in academic programs, conferences and research. Any college or...

Earl Smith, professor of sociology and director of American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University, will talk at NIU at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10. Smith will speak on “Athletic Industrial Complex: Conference Realignment and Race” at the Yordon Center. This lecture will include a critical analysis of recent NCAA conference realignment, and will focus...

A memorial service will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 12, for William Tolhurst. The service will take place in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. Light refreshment will be served immediately following the program. Tolhurst—a veteran professor in the NIU Department of Philosophy who was well known for his...