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Category: On Campus
Smart Classroom
NIU’s Division of Information Technology will offer training this month on how to use the audiovisual equipment in Office of the Provost-sponsored smart classrooms. Both new and returning instructors should benefit from these brief seminars. Tuesday, Aug. 16 by appointment from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cole Hall 106; call (815) 753-0172 Wednesday, Aug. 17...
Recent graduates and prospective students interested in earning postgraduate degrees have an opportunity to improve scores on graduate school entrance exams with test preparation courses offered on campus. NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming is offering in-person GRE and LSAT test preparation courses in fall 2016. Both test preparation courses will be...
Dorothy Espelage
Local educators, NIU faculty, staff and students and members of the university community are invited to hear Dorothy Espelage, an internationally known researcher, teacher, speaker, and consultant on preventing and addressing bullying in K-12 schools. Espelage, a professor at the University of Florida who studies bullying, youth aggression and teen dating violence, will speak from...
Having a blast playing Pokémon Go this summer? Curious to learn how it works? NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming will examine the phenomenon during a “one-day, fun-day” from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in Room 100 of the Campus Life Building. The event will explore topics about geography, GIS...
With the hot weather alert from now until Monday, July 25, NIU has been notified by its Demand/Response Program management company that the university might need to perform an electrical power load shed. This could happen at anytime from now through Monday. NIU usually is notified at least 30 minutes before needing to reduce the...
NIU Move-in 2015
It’s hard to believe the start of a new school year is almost here: New students will be moving into their residence halls Friday, Aug. 19, during Opening Day. Team NIU is a unique group that welcomes and lends its helping hands to new and returning students. Many parents and families have said how amazing...
Photo of a person taking a standardized test with a No. 2 pencil
NIU’s Fall ACT test preparation program provides individualized attention in a small classroom setting and offers students a chance to best prepare themselves for the ACT test. The ACT Fall Session will start Sunday, Sept. 18, and end Sunday, Oct. 16. Sessions are scheduled from 1 to 4:30 p.m. in Graham Hall Room 341. Enrollment...
Book cover of “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson
NIU faculty, administrators, staff, returning students and community members are encouraged to “Get the Book, Read the Book and Donate the Book” as a part of the Common Reading Experience (CRE) this fall. The book, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” discusses author Bryan Stevenson’s work as a young lawyer fighting against poverty...
The annual Tour of Champions drum and bugle corps competition scheduled Sunday, July 17, at Huskie Stadium will require some road closures. Motorists should plan ahead to avoid closures at Annie Glidden and Lincoln North, Lucinda and Stadium Drive and Stadium Drive West at Lucinda Avenue from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are available online...
The NIU administration invites all Operating Staff to the 17th annual StaffFest, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Invitations to the 2016 StaffFest were previously announced via email or through campus mail. RSVP your reservation by Friday, July 15, to Karen...
Josephine Burke. Woods at Oxbow. Oil on paper; (21 x 17 in.)
Artwork enriches NIU’s welcoming nature for students, faculty and staff while it brightens the experience for public visitors and provides daily enjoyment in the workplace. The NIU Art Museum’s annual Art to Lend on-campus artwork rental program returns Monday, July 18, with an exhibition of pieces from the museum’s permanent collection available for rental and...
NIU’s Operating Staff Council will host crochet and knit workshops open to all faculty, staff and students this month. Those who attend the crochet workshops will have the opportunity to produce sleeping mats for people who are homeless and without shelter. Beginners are welcome; no previous experience is necessary. All workshops take place from 12:05...
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