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Looking for love? Think you’ve found that right one? How do you tell if they’re a lover — or a loser? Known as “America’s Real-Life Hitch,” David Coleman (aka “The Dating Doctor”) is coming to NIU to challenge his audience to make the most of their healthy relationships and rethink their unhealthy ones. NIU’s Division...

Welcome Days 2011 — “Open the Door to New Beginnings” — starts Thursday. Thursday, Aug. 18 Residence Halls Opening Day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: All residence halls Commuter Connections Day Noon to 3 p.m. Hosted by Off Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services Location: Holmes Student Center Sky Room Huskie Bash 3 to 6...

The NIU Art Museum will host a fall sculpture exhibition suite from Tuesday, Aug. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 29. An opening reception will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. The exhibitions celebrate wit, social commentary, process and technique in variously scaled contemporary sculpture. In the House: Sculpture for the Home While...

Military Student Services will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, on the lawn of Adams Hall at the southeast corner of Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road. Staff members will celebrate their new location while they welcome all the military students to campus. The celebration will include BBQ food,...

Media Services is offering training on using the audiovisual equipment in Provost-sponsored smart classrooms. Both new and returning instructors should benefit from these brief seminars. The seminars will include information about any recent changes to the equipment in the rooms. Wednesday, Aug. 17, Graham Hall 333, 8 a.m. to noon; DuSable Hall 348, 1 to...

What if the Internet connected directly to your brain? Your favorite songs would play inside your head. Your favorite restaurant would know exactly when you were hungry. You wouldn’t have to waste time in school because you could instantly look up anything you ever wanted to know. That’s the premise of M.T. Anderson’s “Feed,” a...

Returning students will be met with a number of changes on campus this fall, including the change of the name of the College of Education’s Department of Teaching and Learning (TLRN) to the Department of Special and Early Education (SEED). Along with the name change, the College of Education has realigned programs within three departments:...

Alan Swiglo, associate director of manufacturing processes research for the NIU College of Engineering & Engineering Technology, will receive the 2011 Fellow Award from ASM International (formerly American Society of Metals) Oct. 18. This lifetime achievement and service award to his profession highlights Swiglo’s seminal and proprietary advancements throughout his four decades of service in...

NIU will host a two-day international workshop early next month examining the cultural models of nature and the environment held by primary food producers worldwide. Department of Anthropology professor Giovanni Bennardo, organizer of the event, said results of the workshop will be of interest to area scholars, policymakers and individuals who are engaged in the...

Friends of the NIU Libraries will host a faculty wine tasting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. The event will take place in Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 402 of Founders Memorial Library) and will feature wines and cheeses from Hy-Vee in Sycamore. No RSVP is required. Founded in 1983 as an...

The campus wireless network known as “NIUWireless” will be converted Monday, Aug. 8, to a new method of user authentication requiring the import of a new security certificate. Newer mobile devices will automatically prompt users to import this new certificate while older devices might need to manually import the security certificate. Configuration instructions, along with...

NIU faculty, administrators, staff and returning students are encouraged to “Get the Book, Read the Book and Donate the Book” as part of the First-Year Common Reading Experience (CRE) this fall. This year’s selection, “This I Believe II,” is a collection of 500-word essays written by a variety of Americans who have expressed one of...