Every fall season, as the leaves change and crunch underfoot, Huskies from today and yesterday come to campus for our annual Homecoming Celebration. There are many events for students and alum to show their Huskie Pride. This year the action kicks off
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Two prominent Indonesian leaders will present “Indonesian Update 2010: Political Islam and Regional Autonomy” at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Professor Bahtiar Effendy, dean of the Social and Political Science Department at Syarif
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NIU’s Regional History Center will host a grand opening reception for its exhibit, “Somethin’ to Write Home About: Letters from the Regional History Center Collections,” from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in Founders Memorial Library. The exhibit is on display in the
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G.P. Yeh, a division scientist with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, will visit NIU to speak at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, on “The Energy Transformation.” Yeh’s lecture comes as part of the NIU Department of Physics colloquium and takes place in Room 200
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The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s first performance of its 34th annual concert season is its fall concert, “Scandinavian Splendor,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. This concert will feature Jean Sibelius’ “The
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Information Technology Services will make changes Wednesday, Oct. 6, to GroupWise. Version 7 of GroupWise will no longer function. A download of Version 8 is available. New requirements for passwords will be put in place.
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NIU’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy (CISLL) will host a fall seminar series that begins Monday, Sept. 27. CISLL is an interdisciplinary center for the study of lifespan language and literacy across diverse populations and contexts. Center affiliates
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ARTLab is an interdisciplinary project initiated by the NIU School of Art investigating the in/visible as its overarching theme for 2010-2011. ARTLab shares an interest in making visible the invisible structures — social, disciplinary, physical, linguistic, conventional, ritual — that shape our experience,
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“A caring community is a place where the well being of each member is sensitively supported and where service to others is encouraged.” The Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management’s “Dialogue on Diversity” (DOD) programming initiative enters its third year. The first
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NIU College of Education alum Willie J. Kimmons will return to campus Monday, Sept. 27, for a 3 p.m. speech in Altgeld Hall Room 315. Kimmons is the inaugural speaker in the college’s Community Learning Series, presented in partnership with the NIU Alumni
Read moreFor its opening program of the year, NIU Opera Theater presents scenes from two related works: “The Threepenny Opera” and “The Beggar’s Opera.” Performances are at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, and 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Recital Hall in
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The NIU School of Music will host a concert by guest artists Duo XXI (Anna Cromwell, violin; Mira Frisch, cello) at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, in the Music Building Recital Hall. The program will consist of seven new pieces commissioned by
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