The SECA campaign is an opportunity for NIU employees to have charitable contributions made directly from their paychecks to organizations of their choice. Participation is important; any gift is greatly appreciated, and will help to make a difference by reaching out to those in need locally and globally.
Consider a contribution through the NIU payroll deduction plan or personal check(s) by following the instructions below:
To contribute by check, complete the SECA Pledge form; then sign and date the form and enclose your check(s), made payable to each individual charity. Send to Barb Rice in Human Resource Services, 1515 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, Ill., 60115.
Contact Rice at (815) 753-0458 or bjrice@niu.edu for more information.
Date posted: September 13, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on State, University Employees Combined Appeal charitable campaign under way through Oct. 27
NIU’s School of Music will host a concert featuring guest artists Wolfgang David (violin) and David Gompper (piano) at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, in the Recital Hall of the Music Building, 300 Lucinda Ave.
The program will feature works by living composers Gompper, Bruce Adolphe and School of Music faculty member David Maki. Also on the program are Schoenberg’s “Phantasy” and Ravel’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major.”
David and Gompper met the first time in 2000 when David toured in the United States. This was the start of a fruitful collaboration.
In the beginning, they only worked together as a composer and performer, which so far has inspired Gompper to compose 11 works especially written for David.
David Gompper
But in 2002, both musicians were invited to perform together as a violin-and-piano duo in Moscow. Encouraged by this success, they continued to perform together.
Since 2002, David and Gompper have given around 100 concerts, touring throughout the United States and a number of countries in Europe. Although their repertoire includes traditional works, their main focus is a combination of late romantic, standard 20th century and contemporary compositions written especially for them. Three CDs of the duo are available: two on the Albany label and one on VDE-Gallo.
The concert is free and open to the public, and the building is accessible to all.
For more information, contact Lynn Slater in the School of Music at lslater@niu.edu or (815) 753-1546.
Date posted: September 13, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on School of Music to welcome Wolfgang David, David Gompper for Sept. 24 violin, piano duets
NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies is seeking host families in DeKalb County to extend hospitality to 28 high school-aged students and seven educators from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
Host families are needed to open their homes for 12 days, from Sunday, Oct. 31, through Thursday, Nov. 11.
Host families provide an invaluable and mutually beneficial learning environment.
Expectations:
Attend host family orientation Monday, Oct. 25.
Provide breakfast each day and most dinners.
Provide all meals on free days.
Provide a private sleeping area for your guests. Students are placed in pairs and can share a room; adults can be placed as singles.
Transport guests to and from the Holmes Student Center for daily sessions.
Enjoy two free days with your guests Saturday, Nov. 6, and Sunday, Nov. 7.
Attend farewell reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12.
For more information, contact host family coordinator Leslie Shive at (815) 753-9546 or via e-mail at lshive@niu.edu.
Date posted: September 13, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Host families needed in DeKalb County for Southeast Asian youth leadership program
The group plans to meet three to four times per year to network, socialize, support the local collegiate chapter and provide programs of interest to Mortar Board alumni. All ideas and suggestions for the alumni group will be welcomed at the reception.
All current Mortar Board members and alumni, whether from NIU’s chapter or any other of the 228 chapters nationally, are invited to attend the event. Denise Rode, an NIU Mortar Board alumna and director of Orientaiton, will host the recpetion at her home, 2800 Country Club Lane in DeKalb. Collegiate chapter members will be on hand to share news about Mortar Board on campus.
Faculty, staff, and graduate students who have been initiated into Mortar Board as active or honorary members are encouraged to contact Rode at drode@niu.edu or (815) 753-6781, Ben Thanepohn at bthanepohn@niu.edu, Jessica Sabbah at jmsabbah@gmail.com or Curtis Valasek at cvalasek@niu.edu for more information on the event or to indicate interest in the new alumni chapter.
Date posted: September 13, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Mortar Board searches for campus alumni
Under the direction of Timothy Brown, this world-renowned choir from Cambridge, England, will presents works by Renaissance masters such as Christopher Tye, Thomas Tomkins and William Byrd as well as contemporary works by Herbert Howells and Einojuhani Rautavaara.
Since the founding of a mixed-voice choir in 1971, the Choir of Clare College has gained an international reputation as one of the leading university choral groups in England. In addition to its primary function of leading services three times a week in the college chapel, the choir keeps an active schedule recording, broadcasting and performing throughout the United Kingdom and the world.
The choir has toured widely, including in Europe, the United States, Japan, China, Russia and the Middle East. In 2000, it became the first Oxbridge mixed choir to perform at the BBC Proms, singing Bach’s “St John Passion.”
At Easter 2002, the choir took part in a sell-out tour to Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the United States, performing Handel’s oratorio “Jephtha” with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, directed by René Jacobs. The New York Times wrote about the “brilliant execution” and “distinctive sense of character” of the choir’s contribution.
For more information, contact Eric A. Johnson, director of choral activities for the NIU School of Music, at ejohnsn@niu.edu.
Date posted: September 13, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Clare College Chapel Choir to perform at NIU
Three to four groups of students travel to different locations in the country and focus on community work pertaining to a specific social issue, including disaster relief, poverty, homelessness and more.
Informational sessions are scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept, 13, in Holmes Student Center Room 306 and 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, in the Stevenson Fishbowl.
Applications will be available, and locations and issues will be announced at the sessions. Alternative Spring Break also will have a table set up in Central Park for the Organizational Expo from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15.
For more information, contact Becky Harlow at rharlow@niu.edu.
Date posted: September 10, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Students interested in Alternative Spring Break can learn more at two informational sessions
You must present your state health insurance card and state employee identification card to receive a free flu shot. You are also required to provide the last four digits of your Social Security Number for identification and payment purposes.
Flu shots will be free to any full- or part-time staff and faculty who have health care coverage through one of the State of Illinois Health Care Plans including the HMO. The State of Illinois Health Care Plans do not cover graduate students with assistantships.
Retired employees and survivors with State of Illinois health care coverage, not yet eligible for Medicare, are also eligible for the free flu shots.
Only employees (not their covered adult dependents) will be eligible for the free flu shot. However, adult dependents and others can receive the shot by paying the $35 fee. Flu shots for children younger than 19 must be received at the DeKalb County Health Department.
Medicare will be billed for individuals with Medicare Part B medical coverage. You must bring your Medicare card the day of the shots.
Shots must be received before Jan. 15, 2011. After that date, you will be required to pay $37.
Students can receive their flu shots at NIU Health Services for $20 or from the DeKalb County Health Department for $35.
Remember to dress so that the nurse can easily access your upper arm. Vaccine will not be given to individuals allergic to eggs or who report a history of previous adverse reactions from the influenza vaccine.
If you are unable to attend these clinics, the flu shot can be obtained for adults age 19 and older at the public walk-in clinics held Thursdays from Sept. 16 through Oct. 12 at the DeKalb County Health Department, 2550 N. Annie Glidden Road.
If you attend one of the other clinics, please tell the registration desk you are an NIU employee, retiree or survivor with health care coverage through one of the State of Illinois Health Care Plans to receive the vaccine free of charge.
Date posted: September 10, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Flu shots offered Sept. 21, Oct. 13
NIU student tickets are $12 with a valid NIU OneCard (limit two) and can be purchased at the Convocation Center, located at 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy. in DeKalb.
Golden Dragon Acrobats
Direct from Hebei, China, the Golden Dragon Acrobats are the oldest touring company of Chinese acrobats active today. Performing in all 50 states and an additional 65 countries, the Golden Dragon Acrobats have wowed audiences worldwide. In November 2005, the Golden Dragon Acrobats were nominated for two prestigious New York Drama Desk awards for their Broadway production.
Combining acrobatics, dance and theater, the Golden Dragon Acrobats’ show is well known for its exciting stunts, thrilling choreography and beautiful costumes. Deeply rooted in tradition, the show combines contemporary and ancient Chinese music.
Call (815) 752-6800 for more information.
Date posted: September 10, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on China’s Golden Dragon Acrobats set to perform two shows Dec. 4 at NIU Conovcation Center
When the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team opens play at the NIU adidas/Magnuson Inn Invitational against Oregon State at 5 p.m. today, there will be two Huskie head coaches on the sideline – one former and one current.
Second-year NIU head coach Eric Luzzi will be managing opposite Steve Simmons, the current Beaver leader that guided Northern Illinois to the 2006 Mid-American Conference Championship before taking the OSU job in the summer of 2009. The trip is Simmons’ first to DeKalb since leaving the program with the third-most wins in NIU history.
The team’s entering today’s contest are coming from opposite angles. The Huskies are looking to bounce back from opening the season 0-1-1 at the very difficult Nike Invitational in Portland, Ore. Northern Illinois tied No. 19 Portland in the first match, then fell 1-0 to Washington on an unusual goal off a deflected throw-in. The Beavers enter DeKalb with a 2-0-0 record, with wins over UMKC and Green Bay.
Luzzi, who coached as Simmons’ top assistant for three seasons in DeKalb, is focused more on the match-up on the field than on the sidelines.
“The bit with Steve coming back to DeKalb is a nice side story,” Luzzi said. “But, at the end of the day, neither of us will be on the field deciding the game.”
That attitude echoes Luzzi’s sentiments from a year ago, when Northern Illinois traveled to Corvallis and defeated the Simmons-coached Beavers, 2-0. Current Huskies Juan Hoyos and Brad Horton, two of the 19 Huskies playing against their former leader, scored against their former coach in that match-up. This time around, there are only 11 players on the NIU roster that were coached by Simmons.
“This year, it’s only juniors and seniors who had him (as a coach),” junior midfielder Finn Jor said. “So obviously, it is going to be a little bit different, but we’re up for it.”
Luzzi has stayed true to his preseason promise to start and sub-in players who have shown the best in practice and exhibitions. Two freshman have started and four have played significant minutes. Luzzi used the same starting line-up in each of the first two games, but has left the door wide open to change his line-up.
“We are going to start the players that earn it in training,” Luzzi said. “Our team has depth at every position, and the guys are continuing to compete for starting spots and time.”
The match with Oregon State is the last game of a soccer tripleheader at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Northwestern takes on Cleveland State at 11:30 a.m. in the opening game of the NIU adidas/Magnuson Inn Invitational, and the NIU women battle Illinois State at 2:30 p.m.
Fans coming to watch any of the three soccer matches at the Northern Illinois Soccer and Track & Field Complex today must download, print and display the to avoid a parking fee. This will allow fans to park in the Convocation Center Lot C2, which is immediately west of the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex, free of charge. Because of an event conflict at Huskie Stadium, fans who do not display the pass within their vehicle will be charged to park.
The NIU adidas/Magnuson Inn Invitational continues Sunday, Sept. 12. OSU faces Northwestern at 11 a.m.; the Huskies take on Cleveland State at 1:30 p.m. No special parking permits are required for Day Two of the tournament.
For more information on NIU soccer and Huskie athletics, visit www.niuhuskies.com.
Date posted: September 10, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Huskies men’s soccer hosts Oregon State today
Are you interested in traveling to another country? Is there a topic you have always wanted to learn more about? Do you want to work with a faculty mentor to conduct exciting undergraduate research?
Plan to attend USOAR informational sessions from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, or Thursday, Oct. 7, in Holmes Student Center Room 405 and learn how you can receive up to $2,500 to conduct research all over the world.
USOAR (Undergraduate Special Opportunities in Artistry and Research) is a program that uses university dollars to fund student-generated research projects, whether the study is conducted on campus, somewhere else in the United States or overseas.
Formal recruitment for NIU sororities takes place today through Sunday, Sept. 12.
Being a part of a sorority is a unique experience that will last a lifetime. Members make lifelong friendships and enjoy a supportive environment away from home.
Becoming a part of NIU’s Greek community provides many leadership, scholarship and community service opportunities, and is one of the best ways to get involved both within the university and within the community.
This means that any faculty, student or staff associated with NIU can join CUR at no additional cost. This membership includes an electronic subscription to CUR Quarterly.
Becoming a member is easy.
Go to https://cur.networkats.com/members_online/members/newmember.asp and enter your name, title and then select Northern Illinois University as your institution. It should alert you to the fact that your membership is covered and will prompt you to continue registering.
Once your membership is processed, you will receive a confirmation e-mail.
Call Rachel Muñoz at (815) 753-5002 with any questions.
Date posted: September 9, 2010 | Author: Mark McGowan | Comments Off on Free Council on Undergraduate Research memberships available to students, faculty, staff
The State and University Employees Combined Appeal (SECA) annual statewide charitable giving campaign is now under way until Wednesday, Oct. 27.
