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Traditional holiday carols and a flourish of selections from Africa highlight this year’s 13th annual Holiday Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. The concert will be held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building. Sold-out audiences in past years suggest that this event has become a holiday tradition for the DeKalb...

NIU will host its fourth annual Bridal Expo from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. The show features more than 40 exhibitors, a groom’s room and a professional fashion show at 2 p.m. Parking is available in the visitor’s parking lot, located just south and west of the student center on...

NIU’s Office of Assessment Services has posted the winter 2010 issue of “Toolkit,” its assessment newsletter. This issue announces the fourth annual Assessment Expo, calls for participation in the University Writing Project and reveals 20 different ways to assess student learning. It also includes sneak previews of coming events. Back issues are available online. Call (815) 753-8659 or e-mail assess@niu.edu for...

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 11.3 percent of undergraduates have a disability. Statistically, that makes it probable that faculty and staff are interacting with students with disabilities every day. Many of these students have disabilities that are not readily apparent, as referenced by the DO-IT Center at the University of Washington. This can...

From “Kirstie Alley’s Big Life” to “The Biggest Loser” to “Dance Your Ass Off,” popular media seems obsessed with achieving a certain idealized body type. In the midst of this weight-obsessed culture, how does one build a positive body image? Is it possible to take ownership of a typically negative label such as “fat” and...

The NIU Chinese Music Ensemble will give a concert performance at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, in the Recital Hall of NIU’s Music Building. Established by Professor Emeritus Kuo-Huang Han in the 1970s, the NIU Chinese Music Ensemble was the first all-American college group in the United States and gave several national and international concert performances from...

The Committee on the Improvement of Undergraduate Education is administering four different types of grants to support research in and projects for the improvement of instruction in undergraduate courses: Instructional Research and Improvement Grant — up to $1,000 Student-Originated Instructional Research and Improvement Grant (requires a faculty sponsor) — up to $1,000 Microcomputer Software Acquisition Grant...

The Committee on the Improvement of Undergraduate Education invites nominations for the 2011 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction awards. These awards honor excellent undergraduate teaching in the university, encourage the improvement of instruction and promote discussion among members of the university community on the subject of teaching. Recipients should be among the most...

Looking for a way to get out of the house and stay active as the cold winter weather approaches? NIU Athletics has the perfect solution to shake those winter blues and keep active with the Kishwaukee Community Hospital Center for Joint Care’s free “Get Healthy with the Huskies” program: Fans of men’s and women’s basketball fans...

Portions of the east campus of NIU experienced a power outage shortly before noon today, Tuesday, November 9, 2010, as a result of an explosion in an electrical vault beneath the Anderson Hall parking lot. The explosion damaged a nearby parked vehicle. No injuries were reported in the incident. Power was restored in all buildings...

Two Muslim leaders and a Catholic priest from Indonesia will come to Northern Illinois University on Friday, Nov. 12, to lead an interfaith dialogue on “Religions, Tolerance and Democracy in Indonesia.”   The event, sponsored by the Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago and NIU’s Division of International Programs, will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m....

Students in NIU’s Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies Program and ART 655 Curatorial Practice are presenting “Tattoo: An American Evolution” through Friday, Nov. 19. The exhibition opened today in Gallery 214 of the Visual Arts Building. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to noon...