Category: Events
Volunteer judges are needed Saturday, March 12, when NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming hosts the 2011 Region V IJAS Science Fair. Judges start their day at 8:15 a.m. The judging of projects will take several hours, and each volunteer judge is eligible to receive a free boxed lunch. The science fair is an educational...
One sure sign that warm weather is on the way is the annual NIU Spring Internship Fair, which is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the Convocation Center. Seventy employers from the Chicago area will take part in this year’s fair, said Diane Hart, campus and employer relations specialist with...
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. Twenty-five dollars...
Shahran Spears, principal of Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School in DeKalb Community Unit School District 428, is the featured speaker at this year’s International Women’s Day luncheon. The event takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m....
Registration is now open to all students, faculty, staff and guests for the 2011 Graduate Student Research Conference. The conference will be held Saturday, March 26, in the Holmes Student Center and will feature approximately 50 research presentations by graduate students from throughout the university. Registration and attendance at the conference is free to all,...
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The Campus Consciousness Tour is coming back to the NIU Convocation Center with rapper Wiz Khalifa as star of the Wednesday, April 13, show. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Special guest Mac Miller will open the show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18 for the general public and noon Thursday,...
The Montessori Children’s House of Sycamore and DeKalb will hosting a registration kickoff and open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19. Registration for new students will be accepted during the open house; space is limited. The program is located in the educational wing of St. John’s Lutheran Church at 26555 Brickville Road in...
Interested in law school? NIU’s Law School Fair is a must. NIU’s Pre-Law Society invites students to meet with representatives from 14 regional law schools Saturday, Feb. 19, to figure out which school is right. The event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. inside the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The president of the NIU Pre-Law...
Artist-in-residence Amy Caterina will discuss free-range knitting and show visitors how it’s done Thursday, Feb. 17, during a public lecture from 4:45 to 6 p.m. and a workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. The lecture will take place in Room 103 of the Visual Arts Building. The workshop will take place in Room 415. Caterina’s...
It’s time to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2011-2012 academic year. The NIU priority filing date for the 2011-2012 FAFSA is Tuesday, March 1. This is not a deadline, as Student Financial Aid will continue to accept applications and process financial aid for students after this date. The priority filing date...
The NIU Literacy Clinic is offering a reading diagnostic assessment program for students in grades K-12 who are experiencing difficulty in reading. The individualized diagnostic reading program provides a thorough evaluation of reading, including present reading achievement, strengths and areas for improvement. Instruction of useful reading strategies also will be provided. All sessions are conducted by...
