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Eric Pairitz and NIU alumna Michelle Pairitz
NIU School of Art alumna Michelle Pairitz, a principal of the Chicago office of smartdept. inc., considers herself an “aspiring Picasso.” Residents of Geneva are likely to dispute the “aspiring” part of that description, however, now that Pairitz and her husband, Eric, made a very public return to their painterly roots. Michelle Pairitz, who earned...
Aurora’s Farmers Market logo
Aurora’s Farmers Market is celebrating 100 years of providing fresh, locally grown produce, and NIU nutrition students are joining in the festivities. Events begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, when the market opens at 350 N. River St. at Wilder Promenade. The Gipsy Trio will play circa-1912 jazz at 9:30 a.m. Mayor Tom Weisner will...
NIU graduate students Jessica Harris and Megan Laurent, who are studying nutrition and dietetics, make healthy summer treats last year for customers of a farmer’s market in Aurora.
For a second summer, students from NIU’s School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences will be cooking at Aurora’s Farmers Market and showing customers the simplicity of eating healthy. The students, enrolled in the College of Health and Human Sciences, will feature fruits and vegetables from produce being sold by the market vendors. They then...
Elfstrom Stadium
Tickets are available for the Northern Illinois baseball contest against Northwestern at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at Elfstrom Stadium, home of the Kane County Cougars. The Huskies will celebrate Faculty-Staff Appreciation Day during the ball game. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or by contacting Cliff Bottigliero at (815) 753-1292 or cliffordb@niu.edu of...
NIU graduate students Jessica Harris and Megan Laurent, who are studying nutrition and dietetics, make healthy summer treats last year for customers of a farmer’s market in Aurora.
A pair of NIU graduate students who are studying nutrition and dietetics showed customers of Aurora’s farmers market last week that eating healthy can be easy, tasty and fun. With fruits and vegetables donated from vendors, students Jessica Harris and Megan Laurent made smoothies, peach salsa and other treats. “Having the students there was a...