In Brief

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NIU photography teacher
exhibits works at House

Barbara Stewart Thomas, an instructor of photography in the NIU School of Art since 1990, is holding an exhibit of her work through May 27 at The House, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy.

These photographs are a selection from work Thomas has done over the last 15 years.

The earliest, the black and white print "Water Tower Place, Chicago, 1988," is from my MFA exhibition Women: Image & Myth. She photographed women in public places, contrasting the images of real women with the fantasy images displayed in store windows. One other early photograph is a self-portrait from the series Take Away the Pictures and What do you See? from 1992.

For more information, contact Thomas at (815) 756-3839 or send e-mail to bstewart@sun.soci.niu.edu. Visit Thomas online at http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~bstewart/.

Anger-related workshops
continue through April, May

A series of workshops and brown-bag lunches related to anger - expressing it and dealing with it - continues through April and into May.

Sponsored by University Resources for Women, the "Tongue Fu Tuesdays" workshops take place from 4:45 to 6:15 p.m. at the University Resources for Women building at 105 Normal Road. All are welcome.

Topics include "The Awful Zinger: Who Holds a Laser Beam Directed at Your Hot Button?" (April 15), "Perspective Checking: Intent vs. Impact" (April 22), "Tongue in Check: Responding to Unruly Behavior" (April 29), "Road Rage, Line Rage, Movie Rage, Cell Phone Rage, Cubicle Rage …" (May 6) and "Take Charge of Your Emotions: Get More of What You Want, Need and Deserve" (May 13).

Similarly themed brown bag luncheons about dealing with anger are scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in either the Blackhawk east or west cafeterias of the Holmes Student Center. All are welcome.

Topics include "Breaking Free from the Bulldozer" (Wednesday, April 16, east), "Values vs. Violations: Making the Distinction" (Wednesday, April 23, east), "What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say" (Wednesday, April 30, east) and "Standing on Your Own Two Feet Without Stepping on Someone Else's Toes" (Tuesday, May 6, west).

For more information, call Diane at 753-7913 or Judy at 753-0320.

MTV's 'Real World' castmates
scheduled to speak April 22

Theo, of MTV's "The Real World: Chicago," and Trishelle, of "The Real World: Las Vegas," will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at NIU.

The sixth and final event of the Campus Activities Board Speakers Series takes place in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center. It is free and open to the public.

Using their unique experiences in the Chicago and Las Vegas houses, Theo and Trishelle will speak about accepting diversity, resolving conflicts, creating and maintaining relationships, coping with grief, developing confidence and much more.

For more information, please call 753-1580, stop by Campus Life Building room 160 or visit www.niu.edu/cab.

NIU Mac Users listserv
now available to subscribers

NIU faculty, staff and students now can subscribe to the "NIU Mac Users" listserv.

This listserv is an electronic mailing list intended for discussion of Apple Macintosh hardware and software. It is an unmoderated list, which means it can receive posts from any user on the recipient list. Approval from a listserv moderator is not required, but posts should follow the general principles of good "netiquette."

List users must:

• Follow the expectations and objectives of the listserv.
• Not post inflammatory messages.
• Save subscription confirmation for future reference regarding listserv operation.
• Unsubscribe or request to be temporarily removed in a timely fashion if going on vacation.
• Adhere to the NIU Acceptable Use Policy regarding technology resources.
• Adhere to the NIU e-mail policy.

If you wish to subscribe, send an e-mail message to: maiser@niumail.cso.niu.edu. The subject line should be: subscribe. The message body should be: subscribe niumacusers.

After you send your subscription e-mail, you soon should receive an automated e-mail response confirming your subscription. Once you receive this verification, you can post messages to the listserv by sending e-mail to the following e-mail address: niumacusers@niumail.cso.niu.edu. Be certain to include a subject line in your posts.

For more information on Listservs at NIU, see the ITS Customer Support Center home page for listservs: http://www.its.niu.edu/its/helpdesk/faq/listservs/listservinfo.shtml

If you have any difficulty subscribing or would like additional information on the "NIU Mac Users" listserv, contact Linda Lucek at lindal@niu.edu.

Career Planning and Placement
to host first recognition tea

The Career Planning and Placement Center will host its first Volunteer and Service Learning Recognition Tea from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, April 28.

The purpose of this event is to recognize and reward exemplary participants (faculty and students) for their volunteerism, community service and service learning. The Volunteer Tea also recognizes outstanding agencies and volunteer sites that provide opportunities for civic involvement to the NIU campus.

Awards for this event will be based on hours of service, type of project and student or faculty organizational recommendation. Center staff are seeking award applicants. The deadline for applications is today. Individuals or groups can nominate themselves, or be nominated by others. The application form can be downloaded at www.niu.edu/cppc/volunteer/pdfs/pepsi_grant.pdf.

Students and faculty also are sought to serve on the committee that chooses the winners. Individuals who want to help on the committee will be required to commit only a few hours for a couple of days. The committee deadline also is today. Please contact Karen Castelein at kcastelein@niu.edu, or Mary Krabbenhoeft at Rainbo1145@aol.com.

The Public Relations Student Society of America is the lead voluntary organizer and promoter of the recognition tea. Funding for this event is made possible through the Pepsi Quality of Life Grant.

Deadline approaches Tuesday
for some FY03 purchases requests

Purchase requests for FY03 orders/expenditures between $25,000 and $249,000 must be received in the Accounting and Procurement offices no later than Tuesday, April 15.

This is to allow adequate time for bidding, approvals and ordering processes to be completed. If funded with appropriated (02) funds, the orders must be placed by June 30 and received and invoice received not later than Aug. 6. Orders for goods or services purchased with locally held funds (29, 31, 41, etc.) require that the orders must be received, or services completed, by June 30 to be expensed in FY03. Otherwise, such charges will be made against your FY04 budget.

Also, now is the time to get purchase requests for FY04 orders in process. This is especially true for those who use open orders for supplies and commodities and who will need to begin making purchases early in July. In many cases, such orders require a formal bidding process that necessitates a mandatory time period for needed processes. Delays now in getting your purchase requests entered can mean issuance of your open orders also could be delayed.

Purchase requests should be entered and budgeted based upon anticipated annual expenditures with a vendor. This helps determine what actions, such as bids, quotations, approvals, are required before processing the orders.

For questions about either FY03 or FY04 ordering procedures, please call Procurement Services at 753-1671.

NIU religious ministers rename group

The religious counselors and ministers at NIU have renamed their organization the Association of Campus Religious Organizations to help point out the range of religious centers on the campus.

ACRO replaces the NIU Campus Ministries Association, a 50-year-old name, because while some campus religious workers are ordained ministers, others are faculty members, graduate students and social workers.

"The new name is more inclusive," explained ACRO president Michael Evans, the adviser of the student Latter Days Saints (Mormons) group.

ACRO's secretary is Father Steve Knox, one of the ordained ministers on campus, who works with Newman Catholic Student Center.

The other ACRO members are the Campus Crusade for Christ, Campus Missions International, Hillel Jewish Student Organization, Impact Christian Fellowship, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, the Judson ABC-USA Baptist Fellowship, Lutheran ELCA Campus Ministry, Westminster Presbyterian Ministry, the Lutheran Missouri Synod Student Fellowship, and the Wesley Foundation (also know as United Campus Ministries).

Hillel was a founding member of the Campus Ministries Association, and was actually the group requesting the more
inclusive new name.

University Health Service
receives national accreditation

The NIU University Health Service recently was awarded three-year re-accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc.

Accreditation is a voluntary, multi-step evaluation process that involves a self-assessment by the organization and an on-site assessment by a team of AAAHC surveyors. AAAHC accreditation is nationally recognized and is one of the highest honors a health care organization can receive for the quality of care it provides.

"We are pleased and proud to have our efforts recognized with this accreditation," said Linda Herrmann, director of UHS. "Accreditation assures that the UHS is continuing to fulfill our long-standing commitment to providing the highest possible levels of quality care to the NIU community."

UHS provides students with quality outpatient health care and health education and services for persons with disabilities. All students, full- or part-time, are eligible to use the health service.

Services available include an acute care clinic, an allergy clinic, the Center for Access-Ability Resources, a gynecology clinic, Health Enhancement Services, a laboratory, a medical clinic, a nutrition area, a pharmacy, physical therapy, preventive medicine, psychiatry and radiology. Most services are available at no additional charge.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call 753-1311.

4-14-03