In Brief
Save the Date
NIU President John Peters will deliver his annual State of the University Address at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center. A reception will follow.
NIU Co-op Program hosts
Fall Internship Career Fair
The NIU Cooperative Education/Internship Program will host its second Fall Internship Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in response to requests from Co-op employers recruiting co-ops and interns.
The fair is held in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Deadline to register for table space is Monday, Sept. 22.
Last year’s fair attracted more than 1,400 students from all academic areas and 50 employers. As a service to on-campus programs, the co-op tries to accommodate – free of charge – any unit that uses interns in its program. No buffet lunch is provided this year, but the co-op will offer a “guest card” to any of the Holmes Student Center food vendors. Those who wish to go to the Pheasant Room must make advance reservations for that day at 753-1307.
For more information on the fair and a list of employers attending, please visit www.niu.edu/coop.
SPS hosts orientation, information day
NIU’s Supportive Professional Staff will host an orientation and information day from 8 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center.
Sponsors are the SPS Council and Human Resource Services.
“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About SPS (but Didn’t Know Who to Ask)” will answer questions about who the SPS are, SPS personal processes and perks or NIU, where to go for assistance, employee wellness at NIU and getting connected with SPS around campus.
Information packets are door prizes are included. Join all SPS for an informal lunch after the program at the Blackhawk Café. RSVP at 753-6039.
Childhood motor development program offered
An early childhood motor development program will be offered by NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
The 10-week program for children ages 3 to 6 runs from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Sept. 15 to Nov. 19. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. The program fee is $100 per term and is held in NIU’s Anderson Hall.
Clersida Garcia, director of the program, said the curriculum includes learning movement concepts, developing fundamental motor skills, coordination, swimming and rhythmical abilities as well as games at fitness.
Call Garcia at 753-1400 for more information.
NIU golf programs announces Huskie Golf Day
The NIU golf programs announce the merger between the former “Huskie Pro-Am” and “NIU CO-Am” events: HUSKIE GOLF DAY will be held Friday, Sept. 26, at Whisper Creek Golf Club in Huntley.
During the course of the 18-hole scramble, participants will be able to meet and play with all members and staff of the Huskie men’s and women’s golf teams as they rotate through the field. Interested participants can sign up a team of four or leave the pairings to the tournament committee.
The day’s experience will include special NIU welcoming gift, driving range and unlimited practice prior to play, golf, cart, an on-course box lunch and beverages. Upon the conclusion of play, a hearty Italian buffet will be served, prizes awarded and winners of raffle, silent and live auction prizes will be presented. Non-golfers can participate and support the event by attending the dinner and auctions.
Individual HUSKIE GOLF DAY entry is $225. The cost for dinner only is $35, and sponsorship opportunities also are available. For more information on the event, or to register by the Sept. 19 deadline, call the NIU Huskie golf offices at 753-1816 (men’s) or 753-1548 (women’s).
Community School of the Arts
offers fall classes for artists
This fall, the NIU Community School of the Arts offers six great art classes for artists ages 6 to adult. Classes are held in the Art Building (Jack Arends Hall) or Still Hal. All materials are supplied.
Saturday Art Class for Children returns Sept. 20. Children work on unique projects in this immensely popular class for ages 6 to 14. Class meets from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. for five weeks.
While children are enjoying the Saturday Art Class, parents can gain experience in acrylic painting. Learn the fundamentals of working with this exciting medium. Each student creates two pictures, one from a still life and the second an individual project based on a portrait or landscape. Established artist and longtime teacher Carol Hegarty teaches this class, scheduled for the same dates and times as the Saturday Art Class. Ages 13 and older are welcome.
Animal Art for Children and Parents is a new class for children ages 6 and older. The child and a parent work together to create two- and three-dimensional animals, real or imaginary, using a variety of materials and techniques. Talented teacher and artist Cynthia de Seife is the instructor. The class meets three times, from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, beginning Nov. 1.
Oil Painting for Adults is for those 14 and older. Learn how to translate a photographic image and still-life using various techniques. Students learn about the medium of oil paint, basic composition and how to mix colors. Experienced teacher and artist Danielle Barton teaches the class, which meets from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on eight Sundays beginning Oct. 19.
Join talented cartoonist John Calimee from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Fridays for an adult cartooning class. Learn the fundamentals of cartooning and comic book illustrations. The goal is to learn to use cartooning skills to tell a story, moving from the simple to the complex. Class is for ages 16 and older.
Pen and Ink is the first of three Building Blocks of Drawing classes to be offered by experienced teacher Victoria Peel this year. Learn to create a drawing using the traditional pen and ink methods, including cross-hatching and washes. Class is for ages 13 and older and meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. for five Saturdays beginning Oct. 25.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School for the Arts
offers fall classes for musicians
Young musicians interested in playing in a symphony orchestra or a jazz band may audition for the CSA Sinfonia or the CSJazz Band between 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, in the NIU Music Building. Those interested in auditioning must call 753-1450 for an assigned time.
Strings, winds, brass and percussion players from middle school through age 20 are invited to audition for CSA Sinfonia, which explores masterpieces from the 20th century, baroque, classical and romantic periods. Weekly rehearsals are from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Linc Smelser, well-known cellist and conductor of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, is the director of the orchestra. A graduate of the University of Arizona, he received his master’s degree and performer’s certificate from NIU. He teaches cello for the NIU Community School of the Arts and is on the faculty of the NIU School of Music.
CSJazz Band is a top regional jazz big band that plays the classics by Ellington, Basie, and others. Weekly rehearsals are from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. Sundays. Players should have at least a minimal proficiency in tone production, sight-reading, improvisation and understand different styles used in jazz music.
Those between the ages of 14 and 20 who play saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, drums and vocals are invited to audition for the CSJazz Band. Johan Eriksson conducts the band. A saxophonist and recent member of the NIU Jazz Ensemble, he has much experience as a jazz band director and recently completed his master’s degree in jazz pedagogy at NIU.
The NIU Community School of the Arts has several other ensembles, including a Celtic band (ages 13 to adult), steelband (ages 14 - 19), junior string orchestra (all ages), jazz combo (all ages), saxophone ensemble (all ages) and string ensemble (junior and senior high school).
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School for the Arts
offers fall courses for young musicians
Do your toddlers and pre-schoolers enjoy singing, dancing and listening to music? The NIU Community School of the Arts offers several music classes for very young children.
The early childhood classes of Prelude, Prelude Plus, Gavotte and Development offer children an opportunity to learn music at an early age. Activities in the classes are progressive, but children can join at any point in the cycle. The music classes are taught by Jodeen Coulter and Kristin Taylor on Saturday mornings and Monday evenings.
The Prelude Class can be your child’s first musical experience. For children ages 1 and 2, children listen, sing, and move in time to the music. This class meets from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. for 12 Saturdays from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22.
For children ages 2 and 3, Prelude Plus expands on the basics of music by adding simple instruments to the other rhythmic and aural exercises. The class meets from 9:55 to 10:25 a.m. for 12 Saturdays from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22.
The Gavotte Class begins the transition from listening to making music for children ages 3 and 4. Classes meet from 10:35 to 11:10 a.m. for 12 Saturdays from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22, or from 6 to 6:35 p.m. Mondays from Sept. 8 to Nov. 24.
Children gain greater skill in singing and learning instrument families and develop ensemble skills by playing percussion instruments in the Development Class. This class meets from 11:20 - 11:55 a.m. Saturdays from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22, and from 6:45 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays from Sept. 8 to Nov. 24, and is for children ages 4 to 6.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School of the Arts
offers theater classes for children
Children get to act to their hearts’ content in two theatre classes offered this fall by the NIU Community School of the Arts. Imagination Station is for ages 5 to 8 and Theatre Games is for ages 8 to 13. Both classes are taught on the NIU campus.
Get your imagination in gear, because it’ll be in for a wild ride. Imagination Station is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. for four Saturdays beginning Sept. 13.
Children learn to expand their imaginations by looking at the world and wondering about what they see. Curiosity exercises lead to the telling of fairy tales and the creation of new fairy tales by the group.
Teacher Christopher Hibbard is studying for his master’s of fine arts degree in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. He has worked with young people in improvisation workshops.
Theatre Games is a fun way to learn various theatre techniques and games and develop the ability to be a natural actor. Discover exciting ways to find characters and stage situations. The class is taught from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sundays beginning Oct. 26.
Teacher Lisa Comer is a student in the School of Theatre and Dance, where she is working on a fine arts degree in acting. She has worked as a vocal coach for middle-school students and taught Theatre Games for the community school this summer.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School of the Arts
offers steel pan classes
Enjoy a truly different musical experience by joining the CSA Steel Band.
The group will meet in the Music Building on the NIU campus from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays beginning Sept. 15.
Students ages 14 to 19 learn how play jazz, calypso and classical music on this unique percussion instrument. The class is geared toward the beginning level, but students are expected to have had at least one year of music lessons on a different instrument.
Teacher Malika Green is working on her degree in music performance at NIU, where she studies with Liam Teague. She has worked with groups of young pannists as a summer camp instructor.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School of the Arts
offers musical speech, language development
Children with special needs between the ages of 18 months and 8 years are invited to join a class specially designed to help speech and language development using music.
Singing, movement and simple musical instruments are used to help children who have speech delays and/or challenges. Speech elements to be explored through music are breath control, vocal production and articulation.
Teacher Carol Stubbs is the founder and director of the Northern Illinois Children’s Chorus and has taught early education classes for many years. She has a master’s degree in vocal performance and pedagogy from NIU.
The Music for Special Needs Children class is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of DeKalb, which covers the cost of tuition for all students. Parents are asked to pay the community school’s registration fee of $15 for the 12-week class, which meets on at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the NIU Music Building and at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the First Lutheran Church in DeKalb.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the website at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School of the Arts
offers classes in Celtic music
The CSA Celtic Band invites flutists, harpists, guitarists, fiddlers (violinists) and banjo players to join together to experience the lilting, haunting melodies from the Celtic tradition of Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
The band will meet in the Music Building on the NIU campus of Northern Illinois University from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays beginning Sept. 8. Students ages 13 to adult are expected to have at least one year of playing experience.
Carl Johnson has extensive teaching and performing experience on the harp. He is working on his degree in music performance at the NIU School of Music, and has taught workshops and classes on the harp at festivals and conferences.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Community School of the Arts
offers classes for guitarists
Guitar players, both beginning and intermediate level, are invited to the Group Guitar Workshop for Adults.
Sponsored by the NIU Community School of the Arts, the classes are taught Mondays in the Music Building on the NIU campus. The workshops are for ages 17 and older.
The beginning workshop is a starter class that takes students through the process of learning notes and chords to progressions and scales. Students learn to play songs in different styles, such as jazz, blues and folk. Class meets from 4 to 4:45 p.m. for 12 weeks beginning Sept. 8.
The intermediate workshop encourages students to work on more difficult chords, with in-depth reading studies. Students play in ensembles and are given conceptual ideas that apply to improvisation and the writing of music. Class meets from 5 to 5:45 p.m. for 12 weeks beginning Sept. 8.
Teacher Nick Fryer is a graduate student in the NIU School of Music. He has taught guitar since 1996 and plays with the NIU Jazz Ensemble, as well as with his own jazz group, the Nick Fryer Trio.
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of arts programming for children and adults in music, theatre and art. For more information, call Renee Page at 753-1450 or check out the Web site at www.vpa.niu.edu.
Spring Children’s Literature Conference
to focus on innovation, change
The 24th Annual Children’s Literature Conference is scheduled for March 12 and 13. The theme for this year’s conference is “Innovation and Change in Children’s Literature.”
Featured speakers include Eric Rohmann, Will Hobbs, Candace Fleming, Ann Carlson Weeks, Eliza Dresang and Philip Crawford.
Graduate course credit and Illinois CPDUs are available through NIU upon completion.
Call NIU’s College of Education Office of External Programs at 753-6954 or 753-3005 or by e-mail at jklock@niu.edu or jcrotchett@niu.edu for registration information. Check the Web site at http://www.cedu.niu.edu/litconf/ for more information.
Correction
In a previous edition of Northern Today, an article about new NIU banners on Lincoln Highway and Annie Glidden Road incorrectly listed the NIU Foundation as the source of funds for the banners’ purchase. The banners actually were purchased with money generated by the sale of merchandise bearing the Huskie logo.
9-2-03
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