Category: Faculty & Staff
NIU’s Huskie Marching Band will present its annual year-end concert Friday, Nov. 16, at the NIU Convocation Center. The marching band, drumline, Color Guard and Silverettes will perform highlights from the marching shows throughout the year, as well as favorite songs and cheers heard during the game. Come relive the musical highlights of the 2012...
The Northern Illinois University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Gregory Beyer and Michael Mixtacki, with graduate assistants Nick Fox and Zane Cupec, will present its fall concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert is free, open to the public and accessible to all. There...
It can be challenging to describe human emotion in words, but David Schulner’s play, “An Infinite Ache,” follows the long-term relationship of one couple in an attempt to make a larger statement about love. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance-sponsored The Third Onion will present “An Infinite Ache” from Friday, Nov. 16, through Sunday,...
The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees today authorized the formation of a 28-person Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC) to advise the board and submit candidates for the position of NIU’s 12th president. President John G. Peters announced during his Oct. 11 State of the University Address that he will step aside June 30, 2013....
The NIUkulele Ensemble made its debut performance Wednesday, Nov. 7, during a Hawaiian-themed lunch at Ellington’s. The ensemble is directed by Eric Schroeder and meets Monday evenings in the Music Building. Anyone can join. Spring rehearsals begin Monday, Jan. 28. For information about becoming a member in spring, contact the NIU Community School of the...
NIU’s Department of Computer Science is touting its new certificate program in one of the hottest areas of computer programming – development of apps for mobile devices. The four-course certificate program aims to teach undergraduate or graduate students how to write apps for the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and other mobile-device platforms. Graduates of the...
The nationally renowned Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of professor Ron Carter, will perform its fall concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, with special guest artist and drummer Dennis Mackrel. Saxophonist Geof Bradfield, a new School of Music faculty member, will join the band for what promises to be a night...
Northern Illinois University’s new residential complex opened this fall to rave reviews. Next fall, the new NIU Outdoor Recreational Sports Complex and Chessick Practice Center and two newly renovated residence halls – Gilbert Hall and Grant North D Tower – will come online. With that in mind, Northern Illinois University invites prospective students to see “the new...
Here’s a chance to get your holiday shopping done early. Northern Illinois University’s Women’s Studies Program will hold its annual Crafty Women Holiday Arts and Crafts Sale from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, and Thursday, Nov. 15, in Reavis Hall, Room 103, on the NIU campus. A wide variety of items donated...
Andreas Glatz, who recently joined the NIU Department of Physics through a joint appointment with Argonne National Laboratory, has won a $4 million grant over the next five years to develop and apply novel methods of optimizing superconductors for power distribution and other energy applications. Glatz is leading a team that includes seven other scientists...
Women represent more than half of the labor pool in the United States. While a number have risen to top levels in corporate U.S.-based organizations, statistically they are exceptions at the executive levels and in boardrooms. Even when women reach the uppermost echelons in business, they seldom become members of “The Club” to which their...
No one wants to wake up with profanity spray-painted across their garage door, but collectors would pay millions of dollars to own a chunk of wall that was defaced by London street artist Banksy. From Wednesday, Nov. 7, through Saturday, Nov. 17, graduate students enrolled in NIU’s award-winning Museum Studies program will present their fall 2012...