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LGBTQ Awareness Month
Over the past academic year, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center and the Women’s Resource Center underwent a merger process, culminating with a new name and mission to reflect a unified center, inclusive of the diverse NIU campus. The center will now be known as the Gender & Sexuality Resource Center. The merger transition...
I HAD NO IDEA (National Eating Disorders Awareness Week logo)
NIU will host several events between Friday, Feb. 21, and Friday, Feb. 28, in recognition of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The annual campaign to bring public attention to the critical needs of people with eating disorders and their families: “I had no idea … that you can be too thin … that over-exercising can...
Clothing EXPO
Since fall 2011, the Women’s Resource Center has provided an opportunity for NIU students to be empowered beyond the classroom through the Clothing EXPO program. The Clothing EXPO has always been inclusive and is not gender-specific. Therefore, all NIU students are encouraged to attend. Students are welcome to choose from a variety of free, gently used...
Students gathered during the week of Jan. 21 to attend four different events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The week was facilitated by a committee of 11 staff and faculty who represented 10 different campus offices (Asian American Center, Center for Black Studies, Career Services, Military Student Services, Women’s and LGBT Resource Center, Latino...
LGBT and Women's Resource Center
NIU’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center has a new address. Staff spent Thursday moving to the center’s new digs at 105 Normal Road – the building known at the Women’s Resource Center – and will officially open the doors Monday. Throughout the spring semester, the department will operate under the working name of “LGBT...
Martin Luther King Jr.
NIU’s 2014 MLK Service Week will take place the week of Jan. 21. The week will promote civic reflection, community service, equality and diversity awareness throughout campus and in the community. Members of NIU’s MLK Week of Service planning committee were awarded the MLK Day of Service Collegiate Challenge grant for $1,200 from Illinois Campus...
Image of a health care professional with white lab coat, blue scrubs and stethoscope
The Women’s Resource Center will host a Male Health Symposium from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Glass Gallery Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. All are welcome. This is an opportunity for the NIU community to come together and encourage male students with healthy choices, information and education related to...
“In Motion”
The national statistics are frightening: 1 in 5 women are victims of completed or attempted sexual assault while in college. Ninety percent of women know the person who sexually assaulted or raped them. Ninety-five percent of college campus sexual assaults are unreported. At least 50 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses are alcohol-related. Eighty...
Photo of women's clothing hanging in a closet
Career fairs are coming soon: Dress for success! The Women’s Resource Center welcomes all NIU students to the Clothing Expo to choose from a variety of FREE, gently used, everyday clothing and professional attire. The event takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the Gallery Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. Attendees must...
Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October of 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect battered women’s advocates across the nation who were working to end violence against women and their children. The Day of Unity soon became a special week when...
Molly Holmes
Molly Holmes is assuming the role of the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center and Women’s Resource Center (WRC). Over the next nine months, Holmes will lead the staffs of both centers in a strategic planning process that will include opportunities for key stakeholders to contribute to shaping this new department. The...
Victim Advocacy Services (V.A.S.) is on the move this summer. Join V.A.S. as they educate the campus community and enhance awareness of sexual assault, dating violence, stalking and domestic violence  with their awareness program, On the Move: Summer Initiative. Meet your peer advocate and help demystify stereotypical myths, participate in advocacy projects and join the campus...
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