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Kohl’s-sponsored fashion show to demonstrate professional dress

April 14, 2014 Mark McGowan Business, Digital Signage, Events, Faculty & Staff, Health and Human Sciences, On Campus, Students

“A Fasion Show from the Boardroom and Beyond,” sponsored by Kohl’s, will give NIU students an education in how to dress in all professional settings. The event takes place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the Barsema Hall Auditorium.

FCNS marks 105 years on campus

September 27, 2010 Mark McGowan Alumni, Centerpiece, Communiversity, Events, Health and Human Sciences

Exactly 105 years have passed since NIU began teaching the arts of foods and sewing. But pinpointing the birth of home economics as an academic discipline – and not just an unpaid profession for many women – opens the history books to