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Category: On Campus
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Students will take their turn in the director’s chair when the NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents “Love Scenes,” its next Studio Series production. The show will be performed from Thursday, April 14, through Sunday, April 17, in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre. “Love Scenes” will consist of four short plays revolving around the theme...
Cover of "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer"
V-Day NIU 2011 will presents benefit performances of “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30. Both performances will raise funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls. The beneficiary is DeKalb’s Safe Passage, which provides...
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The fourth annual NIU Showcase of Student Writing will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Sponsored by the English Department’s First Year Composition Committee, the showcase presents student writing and research in visual media. The event is free and open to the public....
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The Environmental Law Society of NIU’s College of Law is sponsoring a used cell phone drive. Students who have old cell phones and would like to discard them can donate them to the club with no questions asked. All phones that are collected and in working condition will be donated to The Crisis Center for South Suburbia, a...
A photo of a woman in traditional Thai clothing
Members of the Southeast Asia Club of NIU invites the campus community to Southeast Asian Culture Night, scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 15, in the auditorium of Wirtz Hall. The event will showcase the rich cultural diversity found in Southeast Asia from student and guest performances. Admission is free, and free appetizers will be served for all to...
World Music Festival poster
After its successful launch in April 2010, the NIU World Music Festival is back again in 2011. In this one-week long event, six full-length concerts featuring various world music traditions will take place in the NIU Music Building. The Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, a new student group added to the NIU World Music curriculum last...
Michael Disa
NIU alum Mike Disa, director and co-writer of soon-to-be-released animated film “Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil,” will return to campus next week to speak about his life and work in the Hollywood movie business. Disa, who graduated from NIU School of Art in 1987 with a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in art and computer...
The Northern Illinois University Chemistry Club invites the public to Chem Blast 2011 at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in Faraday Hall 143. Every spring semester, the NIU Chem Club hosts an evening of crowd-pleasing chemical demonstrations. Demonstrations in the past have involved small explosions and blowing things up. “And, this year’s Chem Blast won’t be...
Photo of father and daughter in Huskies Den
Huskie parents, students and other family members are invited Friday, April 29, through Sunday, May 1, to join in Spring Family Weekend activities and events designed for the entire family to enjoy. Registration for NIU Spring Family Weekend is available online now through Friday, April 22. Early registration is strongly encouraged.  Spring Family Weekend provides...
Blair Kamin
Blair Kamin, the Pulitzer-Prize winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, will give a public talk on the NIU campus next month. Kamin’s presentation is titled after his new book,  “Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age,” and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Staff Lounge on the lower level of Founders...
Judy Santacaterina
When more than 20 institutions from across the state came to campus March 4 and 5 for the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensic Association Tournament, the competition served as an NIU homecoming for nine of those school’s forensic coaches. Judy Santacaterina, director of individual events at NIU, was excited to have her former students make a return to campus...
Christine Cortina, winner of the 2010 scholarship
Leaders of the NIU Executive Club announced today that their Executive Club Scholarship has jumped from $5,000 to $7,500 per year. Since establishing the scholarship in 1999, the NIU Executive Club has awarded nearly $100,000 in scholarship dollars to 17 exceptional NIU students. These significant scholarship awards have had a direct impact on the lives of the award...
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