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A photo of books in the Children's Literature Collection of NIU's Gabel Hall.
Mayra Daniel understands more than many the importance of colleges and universities equipping teachers with the necessary skills to teach and design effective and appropriate culturally relevant instruction. Daniel, an NIU professor of literacy education and bilingual ESL coordinator, moved to the United States from Cuba as a child. “When I first came here, I...
Graphic: Rethinking the role of women in politics
What is the appropriate role of women in political life? Are women fundamentally different than men? How does “femininity” qualify or disqualify women from political participation? These questions have been debated for millennia, going back to Plato and the ancient Greeks. But award-winning NIU Department of Political Science professor Andrea Radasanu says the topic has...
Kay Olan
Mohawk storyteller Kay Olan (Ionataiewas) will visit the NIU campus at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, to share her traditional Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) stories, ones that entertain children and adults and challenge stereotypes about Native Americans. Olan will speak in Cole Hall 100. The event is free and open to the public. Her stories explore the life...
Logo of project r.e.d.
NIU’s Grant Towers residential complex invites all students to engage in diversity by participating in its annual signature program, Project R.E.D. (Residents Engaging in Diversity) on three consecutive Thursday: Nov. 7, 14, and 21. Project R.E.D. provides students with the opportunity to expand their cultural awareness through a variety of fun and engaging events. This...
SOL (Supporting Opportunities for Latinos) united Latino organizations Thursday, Oct. 31, to teach NIU students about Latino heritage through “El Día de los Muertos” – the Day of the Dead. The event took place in the Latino Resource Center on Garden Road. “At the university that I used to attend, we made El Día de los...
Members of the NIU community soon will have the opportunity to hear presentations on multicultural curriculum transformation given by faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines, including nursing, history, business and education. These events are the result of the presenters’ participation in the 2013 Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute. The institute, which took place...
Jennifer L. Rosato
What do NIU College of Law Dean Jennifer L. Rosato and pop star Selena Gomez have in common? Both are on the 2013 HispanicBusiness 50 Influentials list. which showcases the diversity that characterizes the American socioeconomic landscape. Hispanics now make up 17 percent of the U.S. population, or 53 million in all, according to the...
LGBT Resource Center logo
Eight undergraduate students participated in the ninth annual Out for Work career conference for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally (LGBTQA) community. Over the two-day event held Sept. 28 and 29 at the University of Illinois-Chicago, students experienced workshops led by leaders from LGBTQA-affirming companies such as Lockheed-Martin, Google, Boeing and Clorox. Students...
Front (left to right): Patricia Fernandez, Jeanette Guardino. Back: David Gordon, Janice Hamlet, Daniel Albers.
Diversity education ambassadors are entering classrooms this semester to promote academic diversity programs and the value of being culturally competent. “What better way to promote the importance of diversity in education than to allow students who believe in its importance to communicate this to other students?” asks Janice Hamlet, coordinator of Academic Diversity Programs at...
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and NIU College of Law Dean Jennifer Rosato
NIU College of Law Dean Jennifer Rosato was presented with the Distinguished Leadership Award from Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. She was honored Wednesday, Sept. 25, during the Illinois Secretary of State’s 2013 National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration for her career in law and in legal education, her legacy as a professor and scholar...
Every fall, the Latino Resource Center and the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies organize academic, social, cultural and professional events for the NIU student body and community to celebrate Latino Heritage Month. Latino Heritage Month recognizes the richness and diversity of Latino culture and history in the United States and Latin America. This year’s activities will highlight...
Grace Deason and Rebecca Hanagan
Questions of political psychology and gender were probed Aug. 27 and 28 during a research workshop at NIU-Naperville. Rebecca Hannagan, a professor in the NIU Department of Political Science, and Grace Deason, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, organized scholars from the fields of political science and psychology who study the...
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