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NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women is accepting nominations for its 2015 faculty and staff awards. The deadline is Friday, Feb. 13. Wilma D. Stricklin Award for the Enhancement of the Campus Climate for Women This award is given to an individual who has made continual and extraordinary contributions to the climate for...

Career Services will host Practice Interview Week for juniors and seniors from Monday, Jan. 26, through Thursday, Jan. 29. Registration is available online. The 30-minute interviews will be conducted by professional corporate recruiters and Career Services staff in Room 260 of the Campus Life Building. Each student will receive feedback on strengths and areas for...

Student Involvement & Leadership Development will offer a Student Organization Workshop Series this spring for current members and leaders of NIU student organizations. The curriculum offers professional development opportunities for participants while emphasizing skills to help student organizations function more effectively. All workshops take place in Room 100 of the Campus Life Building. Spring 2015...

Do you want to become an involved student leader? Would you like the opportunity to improve your leadership skills? If so, enroll in Student Involvement & Leadership Development’s Leadership Academy. NIU’s Leadership Academy is a three-tiered, self-paced leadership program which allows participants to complete the activities as their schedules allow. Developmental tracks include Personal Leadership,...

Orientation & Family Connections, part of the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, will share changes with the campus community regarding its Summer 2015 Freshmen Orientation program. All traditionally admitted freshmen will now attend a two-day orientation program with an overnight component, which will include the option for family members to stay overnight. The...

Martin Kocanda, visiting assistant professor in the NIU Department of Electrical Engineering, will talk at noon Thursday, Jan. 29, during a brown-bag talk in Room 354 of the Engineering Building. He will discuss “A Microscopical Analysis of Electrolytic Fractured Aluminum” at the event sponsored by the NIU Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. All are welcome....

The David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library in Swen Parson Hall has announced its hours for the spring semester through Monday, April 27. Regular hours are 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 11:30 p.m. Sunday. From 6 p.m....

NIU’s Jack Olson Gallery will host “Graffiti Imagery in Contemporary Art” from Friday, Jan. 16, through Thursday, Feb. 26. An opening reception and curator’s talk begins at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15. “Graffiti Imagery in Contemporary Art” explores how the aesthetics and processes of graffiti have been reinterpreted in the careers of professional artists. Chicagoans...

Northern Illinois University choruses will join with those of DeKalb and Sycamore high schools, the DeKalb Festival Chorus, Penguin Project and Stagecoach Players for a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The program, “Make Our Garden Grow,” was initiated by Professor Eric Johnson, NIU director of choral activities, as...

When the spring semester begins Monday, Jan. 12, readers of the Northern Star will find the familiar printed issues of the student newspaper in bins across campus and town. However, as announced in the Star’s Dec. 8 issue, the newspaper is moving to a twice-weekly print schedule this semester. In between Mondays and Thursdays –...

Student Involvement & Leadership Development (SILD) is sponsoring a poster sale in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Representatives from the poster company Beyond the Wall will sell a variety of prints in the ballroom from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, through Friday, Jan. 16. The selection includes decorative posters, vintage posters,...

NIU faculty members are invited to join their colleagues throughout the university at the Faculty Club. Three Faculty Club lunches are scheduled for the spring semester: Wednesday, Feb. 4 Chandelier Room – Adams Hall Menu: “Soup & Salad” buffet featuring cream of broccoli soup with shredded cheddar cheese; chicken noodle soup; freshly tossed salad with...