In Brief

Wesener to join NIU
to lead Housing and Dining

Kelly Wesener has accepted the position of executive director of Housing and Dining and will join NIU in early July.

Wesener currently is the director of residence life at Southeast Missouri State University. Previously she was at Hope College in Michigan, Indiana University, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Western Illinois University.

She has an Ed.D. in higher education administration from Indiana University; a master's of science in college student personnel from Western Illinois Univeristy and a bachelor's of arts in communication from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Founders exhibition examines
DeKalb's 150th anniversary

An exhibition titled “DeKalb at 150: The DeKalb Sesquicentennial” is open through June 30 in the lobby of Founders Memorial Lobby.

Community School offers
summer day programs

NIU's Community School of the Arts is offering a variety of summer day programs for children and adults.

Rhythm in Motion, ages 8 to 13 – Get hands-on experience with different instruments, including mallets, shakers, triangles, toms and the snare drum.

CSA Chamber Intensive, for instrumentalists ages 12 to 19 – Participate in seminars on music theory, history and rehearsal techniques. The experience concludes July 25 with a recital.

General music classes, a group piano class and a lively introduction to classical piano are on the schedule, for ages 1 to 9.

Jazz Intensive, ages 12 to19 – Play jazz standards with your jazz friends and learn about improvisation, no jazz experience required.

Jazz History, ages 12 to 19 – Get the lowdown on this unique American art form including jazz styles such as New Orleans jazz, the swing era and the blues. No jazz performance experience necessary.

Oil Painting, ages 13 and older – Learn how to translate a still life and a photographic image. Students receive individual instruction while learning about basic techniques of composition, value, color mixing and layering.

CSA Celtic Band, ages 13 and older – Enjoy playing the magical folk tunes of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. The instruments in the band are fiddle (violin), flute or whistle, harp, guitar, bodhran, banjo, dulcimer, accordion and mandolin.

Arts Jam, ages 6 to 12 – This exciting multi-arts day camp combines classes in visual arts, drama and music. New this year is a one-day version of Arts Jam, Arts Jam Xpress, scheduled for July 25.

To learn more about summer offerings for children and adults, contact Renee Page at 815-753-1450. More information is available online at www.niu.edu/extprograms.

Women's Center gallery
welcomes new NIU alum

David Zoberis Sr., who received a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from NIU's School of Art in May, shares his view of everyday town life in DeKalb through a series of new watercolors in the sesquicentennial exhibition on display at the DeKalb Area Women's Center galleries during June.

In addition to this main attraction, Zoberis also will exhibit additional works created over a span of five years. Each series, from the downtown marinas of Chicago to DeKalb to points in between, will present different techniques in a variety of media including charcoal, oils, mixed media and digital.

The public is invited to view these “Works from Within” through June 28 at the OnStage Gallery and the Great Hall Exhibition space in the DAWC, which is open for public viewing from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. the first and third Saturdays, from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, and by appointment at (815) 758-1351.

The artist's reception will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 23, and is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The DAWC Galleries are located at 1021 State Street in DeKalb, with the accessible lift entrance from the alley north of the building. Parking is provided one-half block south of the corner at State and 11th Streets.

Library upgrades online catalog

The library's online catalog system (provided by CARLI, a statewide consortium of academic libraries) will be upgraded to a new version this month. This upgrade will affect some features of the system.

Users will not be able to place requests for materials in other CARLI libraries through the online catalog or through I-Share (the statewide version of the online catalog). Users can, however, submit interlibrary loan requests through this request form. http://1libws0010.lib.niu.edu/clio/

Starting Wednesday, June 14, the online catalog will be “frozen” in read-only status; no new materials will be added the catalog during this period, and the circulation status of items may not be up to date. Users still can check out materials after June 14. Items cannot be renewed via the “My Account” function in the online catalog, but renewal is available in person at the Circulation Desk. Anything returned during the upgrade period will not be discharged until the upgrade is completed; however, no items will become due during this period.

The exact duration of the upgrade is still unknown, but it should be completed by the end of June. Please check the library's Web site http://www.ulib.niu.edu for updates.

Course catalogs go online

NIU's catalogs are now available in a new online content management format.

Both the 2006-07 undergraduate and graduate catalogs can be viewed at http://catalog.niu.edu. Among the features of the online catalogs are advanced search capabilities; a portfolio option where the user can save favorite programs and courses and connect with the Office of Admissions for additional information; and the ease of making changes and communicating revisions to faculty and staff who work with curriculum.

Print versions of the 2006-07 undergraduate catalog are already available, and print versions of the 2006-07 graduate catalog should be available by June 30. Archives of past undergraduate and graduate catalogs are available. www.reg.niu.edu/regrec/ugcat/ www.grad.niu.edu/gradcat.htm Print versions of the 2006-07 catalogs are posted to those respective Web sites.

Women's hoops team
hosts Aug. 7 golf outing

The NIU Women's Basketball team will host the Fore Hoops Golf Outing from 9:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at River Heights Golf Course.

The cost is $100 for golf & dinner, $25 for dinner only, $100 for hole sponsorship, $25 for cart sponsorship and $475 for foursome golf and hole sponsorship.

Register by July 31 by contacting Assistant Coach Melissa Parker at (815) 753-1492 or parker@niu.edu.

6-12-06