Category: Events
Organizations from across campus have united to plan a Homecoming week focused on being engaging and inclusive. “For the last couple of years, we’ve been talking about ways to make a more unified Homecoming,” said Liz McKee, assistant program director of Student Involvement and Leadership Development. In the spirit of unity and inclusivity, the ballot...
Smile! Photographers from NIU’s Division of Marketing & Communications will attend next week’s Internship Fair and Job Fair to provide free, professional portraits for the LinkedIn profiles of job- and internship-seekers. The photos will be available for download beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1, at http://go.niu.edu/prophoto.
At the next STEM Café, “Market Morph,” two NIU experts will explore the recent boom in the “sharing economy,” in which businesses help private individuals rent each other’s houses, cars and other assets. The free, public talk and discussion will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant,...
The NIU Department of Communication and the NIU Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) cordially invite the public to attend the 2016 Albert Walker Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room (16th Floor), at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. This year’s lecturer, Scott...
Do you want to make gifts for people in need? The Operating Staff Council (OSC) is hosting workshops as a way for NIU Huskies to give to others. Join some Huskies who are excited about creating practical and useful items for those in need while collaborating on ideas for projects. Upcoming workshops are scheduled for 12 to...
Robert Mudida, associate professor of political economy and director of the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, will give a presentation on “The Role of Higher Education Collaboration in the Economic Diplomacy of African States,” from 10:30-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student...
NIU students, faculty, staff and local residents can renew driver’s licenses and state IDs, purchase annual vehicle license plate stickers, register as organ and tissue donors or conduct other transactions on campus at a mobile office of the Illinois Secretary of State. In addition, NIU collegiate license plates will be available for purchase. Sales help...
A presentation by Swapan Chattopadhyay, professor and director of accelerator research at NIU, will kick off the 2016 American Physical Society Prairie Section Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m., in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. His presentation, “Beaming Into the Heart of Matter and Life,” is open to the general public....
NIU’s fall 2016 career events offer students and job-seekers the chance to impress and network with potential employers. This fall features NIU’s Internship Fair and Full-time Job Fair, both are for all majors. A “Career Fair and Internship Prep Workshop,” offered through NIU Career Services, is planned to help students in preparing for the career...
On Oct. 6, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will open its 2016-2017 Studio Series season with Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief, playwright Paula Vogel’s version of the Shakespearian tragedy, Othello. The play follows three women, Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca, which Vogel has reimagined from minor character status in the Shakespeare play into...
Country music sensation Thomas Rhett, with special guests Kelsea Ballerini, Russell Dickerson and Ryan Hurd, will be live at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, on Friday, March 3, 2017. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m., at the box office, LiveNation.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. Ticket prices range from $25 to $54.75....
As we approach the midpoint of the semester, there are lots of exciting events and experiences to look forward to and enjoy like Homecoming, the crisp fall weather, football games and creating memories with new and old friends. This is also the time of the semester when many students begin to feel “stressed out.” You...
