Category: Global
DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder John Acardo is reminding all residents to be prepared for holiday travel by renewing or applying for passports soon. The DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder’s office provides passport processing services for new applicants or individuals wishing to renew their passports. Even with expedited service, however, it takes four to six...
NIU alum Christopher Birks, a member of the faculty of the Department of Communication Arts at Benedictine University, will speak at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, as part of this fall’s Graduate Colloquium in Communication Studies. Birks, who is representing the area of journalism, will present “Shots Seen Around the World: Contemporary News Photographs that...
Sara Clayton, administrative assistant in the Division of International Programs since 1996, is retiring. Clayton has spent almost 40 years as an NIU employee, including 19 in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. She was among the four winners of the 2002 Outstanding Service Awards from NIU’s Operating Staff Council. A farewell reception in Clayton’s honor,...
NIU PeaceJam Scholars, Northern Illinois University’s chapter of international organization PeaceJam, will screen a documentary about five at-risk U.S. teenagers whose lives were transformed through working side-by-side with Novel Peace Prize laureates such as the Dalai Lama, Archibishop Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Oscar Arias. The film will show from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m....
NIU and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, Taiwan, signed an historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) June 28, 2011, agreeing to foster academic exchange and cooperation between the two institutions. This agreement allows for the exchange of students, faculty and information as well as collaboration in academic programs, conferences and research. Any college or...
Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Connie Teaberry announced the signing of Juliane Totzke for the 2011-12 track & field season on Thursday. Totzke ranks as one of the top distance runners in Germany. Her 10K time of 35:21 is the second-fastest in the U20 age group, while she ranks fourth in Germany...
It’s safe to say NIU biological sciences professor Virginia Naples has a fascination with cats. She keeps two tabbies at her Hampshire, Ill., home. She also has focused her research on cats that were anything but cute and cuddly—the prehistoric saber-tooths. Naples and two colleagues—Larry Martin of the University of Kansas and fossil hunter John...
Scholar and activist Nolan L. Cabrera will visit NIU Tuesday, Oct. 11, to speak as part of the events for Latino Heritage Month. NIU’s Latino Resource Center, the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies and the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy will host Cabrera from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in...
NIU’s Center for NGO Leadership and Development, or NGOLD, will host an open house from noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, in Room 114 of Zulauf Hall. Coinciding with the open house will be a special information session on the new Community Leadership and Civic Engagement (CLCE) major. The session will be held from...
Ann C. Gunter, professor of art history, classics and humanities at Northwestern University, will deliver a lecture at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, on “Gifts, Exchange, and Acquisition: Greece and Its Near Eastern Neighbors.” The lecture in Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building will be illustrated. Professor Gunter received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern...
NIU’s Latino Resource Center, the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, the Student Association and the Women’s Resource Center will host author Ana Castillo from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building. This is the featured event of Latino Heritage Month. Castillo will host a lecture...
NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities will sponsor a screening of “Tony: Lose All, Gain Everything” by Invisible Children. Invisible Children is a social, political, and global movement that uses the transformative power of story to change lives. The documentary tells a story about the hardships faced by children in the war in northern...
