Archive: January, 2017
Music Ensembles NIU students, faculty and staff are invited to try CSA Steelband for free at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, in the NIU Music Building room 154C. Directed by Yuko Asada, CSA Steelband welcomes members ages 12 to adult. No previous experience is needed, but students should be able to read music. The group...
NIU’s spring 2017 career events offer students and job seekers the chance to impress and network with potential employers. This spring features NIU’s Internship Fair, Full-Time Job Fair and Educators’ Job Fair. A “Career Fair and Internship Prep Workshop,” offered through NIU Career Services, is planned to help students in preparing for the career events....
Transfer students from community colleges will get the financial assistance that they need to complete their degrees, thanks to a generous $500,000 donation from the CME Group Foundation. Over the next two years, the funds will support 13 Northern Illinois University students who are accepted into a field of study that leads to a financial...
What are standard protocols for police officers during traffic stops? How do evidence technicians process a crime scene? What’s it like to be incarcerated at the DeKalb County Jail? Those who participate in the Northern Illinois University Department of Police and Public Safety (NIU PD) Citizens Police Academy will learn the answers to these questions...
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the NIU Art Museum and the Pick Museum of Anthropology will present an opening reception titled Guatemalan Museum Day at NIU. From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., sample Guatemalan food at the Pick Museum in Cole Hall. Pick Museum Director Jennifer Kirker-Priest will then lead a guided tour of the museum’s...
Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is sponsoring a massive poster sale in the Promenade Lounge of the Holmes Student Center, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23, through Friday, Jan. 27. Representatives from the poster company Beyond the Wall will be selling decorative posters, vintage posters, movie posters and so much more to...
One day, when Dr. Gregory Beyer was a graduate student studying percussion in New York City, he was browsing at the famous 46th Street institution Drummer’s World when he heard an amazing sound coming from the back room. He followed the sound and found a lifetime of musical passion. Beyer will share that story and...
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Basics Workshop is a workshop organized to increase students’ familiarity with the GRE and provide a detailed overview of the GRE test. Each one-day session will cover the same materials including what the GRE is, types of questions, sections offered and basic study tips. Students are encouraged to register for...
In August 2016, the Illinois Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act went into effect. To comply with this law, all students and employees must complete Title IX training. Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance (AAEC) has created an online training module utilizing the Blackboard system. Students have until March 10, 2017 to complete the training....
Do you have a talent for storytelling? Put that talent to good use to get published and earn money for educational expenses. The Department of English is accepting literary fiction submissions through Feb. 1 as part of the Mike and Anne Malone Award for Short Fiction competition. The competition reflects the living legacy of a...
Latino parents in the DeKalb and Sycamore school districts are preparing for the spring session of Universidad para Padres (Parent University), a free program that empowers mothers, fathers and grandparents to take active roles in their personal growth along with their children’s academic success. The program consists of 14 evening sessions held from September...
Kick off a new semester with a week of service! First- and Second-Year Experience and Academic Advising Center are partnering in the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, which will run through Jan. 20, by raising money to donate to a local organization. The money raised will be donated to one of the following local community organizations:...
