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Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design presents “Arts and Recreation,” the Spring 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts group exhibition of undergraduate senior-level artwork. Join students as they host opening celebrations beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Jack Olson Gallery in the Visual Arts Building and 7 p.m. at Gallery 215,...
NIU’s Campus Activities Board will host “Pandemonium” from 10 p.m. Saturday, April 23, until 3 a.m. Sunday, April 24, in the Campus Recreation Center. Doors will open at 10 p.m. and close at 1 a.m. Early arrival is suggested; re-entry is not permitted. The event will include basketball tournament, free attractions, free food and sounds...
The Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities invites nominations of outstanding NIU students, faculty or staff members for the McKinley “Deacon” Davis Diversity Award. Current students, faculty, SPS or Civil Service staff, as well as academic units, offices, programs or organizations, are welcome to make nominations for the awards that recognize significant contributions made to...
For 200 years, popular culture has used the phrase “met one’s Waterloo” to describe someone who has suffered an utter defeat or an insurmountable confrontation. The phrase was born when the armies of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington met on the battlefield near Waterloo, Belgium, in 1815, resulting in Napoleon’s defeat. NIU’s...
NIU’s Supportive Professional Staff Council will show its appreciation and support of students with words of encouragement and smiles to help them through their last few weeks of the spring semester. SPS members will hand out cookies and bags of chips from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, and Wednesday, April 20, in...
NIU’s first Earth Week is scheduled from Monday, April 18, through Saturday, April 23. Earth Week is a collaborative effort supported by more than 15 environmentally conscious organizations to bring a more sustainable culture to NIU. Organizations include: NIU Student Association Green Paws Environmental Alliance Illinois Lakes Management Association Committee for the Preservation of Wildlife...
Thousands of Northern Illinois University students will soon transition to the status of NIU alumni during commencement ceremonies Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, 2016. Commencement ceremonies will be held at the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 13.  Doors open at...
NIU’s PI Academy series will wrap up from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, April 22, with a mock NIH review panel in Altgeld Hall 315. The panel will highlight the deliberations that take place during a review session and will be led by a team of NIU investigators who have experience as peer reviewers. Professors...
OHANA!
Student leaders of the OHANA! Peer Mentor Program will present “Taste of Asia” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road. Taste of Asia will highlight the diversity among Asia though food, dance and music. Visit each student organization’s table to get a taste of Asian culture. As...
To celebrate the achievements and contributions of its student populations, Military & Post-Traditional Student Services will host its annual Post-Trad Appreciation Week the week of April 18. This week is designed specifically to recognize post-traditional students who identify as one or more of the following populations: military students, transfer students, student parents, commuters/living off-campus and/or...
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. Sales help...
Kay Martinovich, a director, and Robert Schneider, a playwright, both professors in NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance, will explain “Where Drama Comes From” in a free public lecture Thursday, April 21. The lecture begins at 5 p.m. in the Diversions Lounge Theatre in the Holmes Student Center. Both professors will provide examples from their...
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