In Brief

Spring registration begins next month

Registration for Spring 2004 courses will begin Nov. 10 for graduate students and students-at-large and Nov. 11 for postgraduates and undergraduate students.

The Spring 2004 Schedule of Classes is available on the Web through Registration and Records at http://www.reg.niu.edu/regrec/schedbkinstr/spring/spring_2004.pdf. Schedule books will be made available as usual before registration begins.

Sick Leave Bank sign-up
continues through Nov. 28

Sign-up for the Sick Leave Bank for temporary faculty collective bargaining unit and temporary faculty is in October and November, with a Nov. 28 deadline to join. Donations will be taken from the non-accumulative sick leave.

For more information, or to join, call Veris Hawkins-Smith, Human Resource Services, at 753-6044 or via e-mail at vhawkins@niu.edu.

Child Care to host
annual book fair

The NIU Campus Child Care Center will host its annual Children’s Book Fair during the week of Oct. 27.

The book fair is held at the center on Annie Glidden Road west of Gabel Hall. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.

Come browse a wide selection with multiple copies of books, early readers, parent resource materials, calendars and much more. At least 15 tables are set up with about 1,800 books and other items available for purchase.

Flu shots offered

The university will offer free flu shots to any faculty or staff with insurance coverage through the State of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS).

Flu shots will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the HSC Regency Room, and again from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20.

Please bring proof of insurance and your NIU OneCard ID to receive a free flu shot. Spouses and Dependents and non-eligible employees also can receive flu shots at a cost of $20 each.

Also, representatives from some of the State and University Employees Combined Appeal (SECA) Charitable Organizations will be on hand Oct. 29 to answer questions.

School of Art to welcome speaker
on ’80s New York artists

Barry Blinderman, director of the University Galleries at Illinois State University, will present a slide presentation and discussion titled “Robert Longo & Keith Haring: Power & Myth in New York in the ’80s.” Blinderman will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the School of Art Room 100.

Blinderman has produced and curated, as well as contributed critical essays to, the catalogs of Wojnarowicz, Tasset, Haring and Scharf. A recent effort, “Ready for War,” exhibited earlier this year.

For more information, call 753-1474.

School of Theatre & Dance
ready to scare audiences

“Children of the Corn II,” the second annual NIU School of Theatre and Dance Halloween show, is a collection of your favorite scenes from the most popular classic and contemporary scary movies.

Show times are 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, and Friday, Oct. 31. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door of Players Theatre. This show might be inappropriate for children younger than 14.

The production first was performed last year as a fundraiser for graduating performance majors. The funds are used for a Chicago showcase that will take place in April.

Deaf Awareness Week activities
scheduled for Nov. 3 through 7

Five days of “priceless” activities are planned for Deaf Awareness Week, which begins Nov. 3. All on-campus events are free and open to the public.

“Connecting with the Deaf Community” takes place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center. Connecting within the community is very important to Donald Tinsley, founder of Indiana’s Black Deaf Advocates, assistant director of Indiana State Deaf Services and an ordained minister.
Tinsley will offer priceless insight from this invaluable role model in making connections and gaining community.

“Survivor: Deaf Island” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Survive an evening immersed in a deaf paradise run by “connected” members of the deaf community, and learn the different strategies of communication used by the deaf community for daily activities of living. Find out how priceless it is to connect with deaf neighbors.

“Priceless Sign Sync” begins at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Sandburg. Learn how the deaf community connects with the world of music. Sit back and appreciate the song interpretations via sign language performed by NIU students, faculty and staff and Program for Hearing Impaired students and staff.

A panel discussion – “What’s Your Connection?” – will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Heritage Room. Share in the panelists’ stories, ask questions and find out their connections to the deaf community and how priceless these connections are. In this talk-show host moderated panel discussion, a variety of members with connections to the deaf community will help show where connections occur, how they happen and ways
to make a priceless connection.

At 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, “Making a Connection within the Community,” an open-captioned movie, will show at DeKalb Market Square Cinemas. See how your own community reaches out to the deaf community and show support for accessibility at the movie theaters. Specific movie and admission cost information can be obtained by
calling the DeKalb Market Square Cinemas at (815) 748-7887.

Sponsors are NIU Center for Access-Ability Resources, Department of Communicative Disorders, DeafPRIDE, Department of Literacy Education-Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Illinois Teachers of Hard of Hearing/Deaf Individuals, Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities, Program for Hearing Impaired, RAMP Center for Independent Living, and Unity in Diversity Steering Committee.

For more information, call (815) 753-6527 V/TTY or (815) 753-1694 V/ TTY or e-mail: mcormier@niu.edu or jmontag@niu.edu.

Sign Language/Voice Interpreters provided. To request other accommodations, please contact the Center for Access-Ability Resources at (815) 753-1694 V/TTY.

Employee Relations & Training
to offer four courses

Employee Relations & Training will offer four courses next month. To register, or for more information, call 753-6039.

• Wednesday, Nov. 5, “Employment Issues for Alien Workers at NIU.”
• Thursday, Nov. 6, “Scanning for Hazards in Office Environment.”
• Wednesday, Nov. 12, “Where to go for the Information You Need.”
• Wednesday, Nov. 19, Myers-Briggs I. This is a great class for learning about yourself and your preferences and how we work with others. There is a cost for this class.

Community School of the Arts
presents gala teachers’ recital

Classical music on the tenor pan, a percussion/violin duet, piano, voice and flute are only a few of the instruments to be heard at the annual Gala Teachers’ Recital at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building.

The recital is sponsored by the NIU Community School of the Arts and is a fundraising event for the scholarship programs. Both need and talent scholarships are available through the community school and more than $4,000 a semester is awarded to students as scholarship support.

The performers are all members of the teaching staff of the community school: Ann Montzka-Smelser, Linc Smelser, Cheryl Haines, Miguel dePablo, Jiafeng Yan, Malika Green, Vickie Myrick, Georgia Price, Zara Zaharieva, Ha-Young Park, and Jessica and Mark Breen.

The NIU Community School of the Arts offers music lessons, ensembles and art and theatre classes to area children and adults. More than 600 people travel from 50 area cities and towns to the NIU campus for programming. A total of 82 people teach for the community school.

Tickets are available at the door on the night of the recital. The cost is $12 for a family, $5 for adults, and $3 for children younger than 12 and seniors older than 65.

HRS schedules fall open house

In appreciation of campus community support, Human Resource Services invites all faculty, Supportive Professional Staff and Operating Staff to attend the second Autumn Fall Open House from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Refreshments will be provided and are compliments of the HRS staff.

Please plan to attend this exciting event and enjoy door prizes, music and food as the 2003/2004 holiday season approaches. For more information, call 753-6000 or visit http://www.hr.niu.edu/ on the Web.

Nominations sought for
Outstanding International Educator

NIU’s Division of International Programs is accepting nominations for the 2003 Outstanding International Educator award.

The award recognizes NIU faculty or staff members who have made significant and sustained contributions toward international education at the university. The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 31. Criteria for the award and the nomination form are available at www.niu.edu/intl_prgms/IntlEd03.htm.

The award winner will be announced during the International Recognition Reception at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Sky Room of Holmes Student Center.

The award program began in 2001. Past recipients include music professor Kuo-Huang Han, political scientist Ladd Thomas and marketing professor Tanuja Singh.

10-27-03