NIU Today

January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Victim Advocacy Services, part of the Women’s Resource Center at NIU, will host an event from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, to raise awareness of  sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. “One Voice: A Program of Expression” will take place in the of Diversions Lounge...

“Telling Amy’s Story” is a film about Amy Homan-McGee, a 33-year-old mother of two and Verizon Wireless employee who was killed by her husband in 2001 when she decided to leave him after suffering years of abuse. Created by Penn State Public Broadcasting and aired on public television stations nationwide, “Telling Amy’s Story” has been...

Even if it was for only one night, students of all shapes and sizes owned the NIU Holmes Student Center. Hosted by the Women’s Resource Center, students from NIU and the surrounding DeKalb community took to the runway Tuesday, April 3, for the “Own It! Embrace Your Beauty” fashion show in the Duke Ellington Ballroom....

The NIU Women’s Resource Center will host a screening and discussion of the 2010 documentary film, “Boys and Men Healing,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center. “Boys and Men Healing” is an inspiring film about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both...

Spring proms and formal dances are coming up fast. Finding the right dress can be costly and time consuming. The NIU Women’s Resource Center want to help via “Project Prom.” Throughout April,  high school and college students are welcome to come and choose from a wide selection of new or gently used prom or formal...

When one door closes, another one opens. Laura Vazquez, an associate professor in the Department of Communication in the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was reminded of this adage when she received an email in February from a colleague. Ned Eckhardt, professor of radio, television and film at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.,...

The NIU Women’s Resource Center will present “Elect Her – Campus Women Win,” a collaboration between AAUW and Running Start that encourages and trains young women to run for student government on their campuses. Any students who attend the selected campuses can participate in the training. NIU’s training session will take place from 3 to...

Three alumnae of the NIU College of Education will lead a panel discussion Wednesday, March 21, on “Women’s Education, Women’s Empowerment.” Presented in partnership with the NIU Alumni Association, the College of Education Community Learning Series event begins at 5 p.m. reception in the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. The panel discussion begins at 6...

“Telling Amy’s Story” is a film about Amy Homan-McGee, a 33-year-old mother of two and Verizon Wireless employee. Homan-McGee was killed by her husband in 2001 when she decided to leave him after suffering years of abuse. Created by Penn State Public Broadcasting and aired on public television stations nationwide, “Telling Amy’s Story” has been...

Calling all self-identified “Twi- Heads.” NIU’s Women’s Resource Center at NIU will host “Twilight: Romance and Power,” a group discussion on the “Twilight” series of books and movies, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. Participants will talk about the dynamics of relationship of Bella and Edward as well as the ways in which...

The NIU Women’s Resource Center will sponsor the DeKalb area’s second annual Rock Against Rape benefit concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. Admission is $5 for students and community members. All proceeds will go to the national organization PAVE, for Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment. Through art,...