Category: Faculty & Staff
Join your colleagues for good food and good cheer at the annual holiday luncheon hosted by President John and Mrs. Barbara Peters. This complimentary luncheon for faculty, staff and annuitants will take place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Attend this complimentary...
Northern Illinois University President John G. Peters updated the university community Tuesday, Nov. 20, regarding NIU’s response to recent events and offered holiday greetings for the Thanksgiving weekend.
Following on the heels of President Obama’s historic trip to Myanmar this week and his stated commitment to advance education, the Institute of International Education has launched an institute-wide initiative involving the participation of nine U.S. higher education institutions in a strategic planning process for developing institutional partnerships with universities in Myanmar and to assist...
The CSA Children’s Choir performs twice this holiday season. At 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, the choir performs during the NIU Holiday Concert in the Concert Hall. The children’s choir shares the stage with the NIU choirs, the NIU Philharmonic and the DeKalb Festival Chorus. There is a fee for this concert. On Wednesday, Dec. 12,...
The NIU College of Business again partnered with the ELS Language Center at NIU and the FLRP program to sponsor the second annual International Dance and Global Village Potluck on the final day of International Education Week. More than 300 members of the NIU, ELS and DeKalb community were welcomed Friday, Nov. 16, into Barsema...
Shoppers at the Barnes & Noble Store in DeKalb will be treated to a wonderful medley of music from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Presented by the NIU Community School of the Arts, the recital is part of the Book Fair program sponsored by the store. Money raised will be used to support...
Music, anyone? The NIU Community School of the Arts has announced the recital schedule for winter and holiday recitals. Soloists and ensemble performances are featured in November and December on the stage of the Recital Hall and Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building. Most performances end with a reception. All are free and open to...
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology held its Scholarship Banquet & Alumni Awards event Nov. 1. Many scholarships and awards were presented to honor the outstanding achievements of each alumnus and the generosity of donors to the college. Awards were given on the college level and to alumni of the departments of Electrical Engineering,...
J. Britt Holbrook, assistant director of the Center for Study of Interdisciplinarity at North Texas University, will visit campus Friday, Dec. 7, as a guest of the PI Academy. Holbrook will speak from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on “Taking a Proactionary Approach to Grant-Writing, Peer Review and Broader Impacts.” The talk will take place in...
NIU’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library will extend its hours for reading period and final exams, beginning Saturday, Dec. 1, and ending Wednesday, Dec. 19. The library will open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and from...
The NIU College of Law prides itself on training lawyers “holistically,” not only with superb skills but also devoted to serving their communities ethically and passionately. Nowhere is this devotion more evident than in the College of Law’s clinical program. After more than 10 years of assisting clients and providing valuable experience to law students,...
Senior Mike Mascitti (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team was named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Thursday. Last weekend in the MAC Tournament, Mascitti played the full 90 minutes in both NIU’s semifinal victory over third-seeded West Virginia and the championship...