Africanist law professor Jeremy Levitt, an associate professor of law at Florida International College of Law and a former special assistant to the managing director for global human and social development at the World Bank Group, will give a public talk at noon today at the College of Law faculty conference room.
The presentation is titled “Illegal Peace: Power-Sharing with Warlords in Africa.”
Levitt has traveled, researched or worked in 22 African countries as a diplomatic trainee with the State Department, Bureau for African Affairs, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; as a legal aide to the Constitutional Assembly of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa during that country’s constitution-making process; and as an election observer in Liberia’s first democratic election.
He is a term member of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, the United States’ premier think tank on world affairs, and a patron of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). He is a regular contributor to the Chicago Sun-Times and has been a frequent source for the national and international media, including Fox News Live, BET Nightly News, National Public Radio and the Chicago Tribune.
Want to teach one of the most rewarding classes on campus and help incoming students learn how to succeed in their first-year at NIU? Become a UNIV 101/201 instructor for fall 2007.
UNIV 101 is a one-credit, 12-week course aimed to help freshmen develop the essential academic and social skills needed to make a successful and enjoyable transition into NIU. UNIV 201 is a similar course designed specifically for NIU transfer students.
More than 83 sections were offered last fall, and more than 57 percent of first-time freshmen enrolled in one of these courses. Teaching UNIV 101/201 provides the opportunity to learn about incoming students and help them adjust to life at NIU.
An instructor overview session for all interested faculty and staff will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today and Thursday, March 8, in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center.
Instructor candidates must be a current or retired member of the NIU faculty, staff, or administration, hold a master’s degree and have prior experience teaching at the high school or college level. Candidates who do not meet the last two criteria can be paired with a teaching coach.
UNIV 101/201 instructors typically receive a stipend of $1,000 for teaching a section or $500 for co-instructing a section. More information and application materials are available online or by e-mail at firstconn@niu.edu.
http://www.orientation.niu.edu/orientation/FYC/InstructorApplications.htm
NIU women who want to make a life change, big or small, but are unsure of how to do so can find help at the Women’s Resource Center, 105 Normal Road.
Support is available from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, and Tuesday, March 6. Women can learn how to develop, set and achieve goals while helping each other in the process.
For more information, call Sarah Breithaupt or Marianne Tomlinson at (815) 753-0320.
NIU’s Women’s Resource Center is offering “Back to Your Future,” a support group for women who have returned to school.
The group helps its members to build a network of emotional and practical support, manage barriers and challenges, identify transferable skills and feel empowered to manage life’s many roles.
Meetings are from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Wednesdays through April 25, excluding March 14, at the Women’s Resource Center, 105 Normal Road. Call Sarah Breithaupt or Marianne Tomlinson at (815) 753-0320 for more information.
Mary Lou Rempfer, manager of the Holmes Student Center Blackhawk Food Court, is retiring after 25 years of service to NIU.
Join in celebrating Mary Lou’s retirement Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Blackhawk Food Court. Cupcakes and coffee will be served from 9 to 11 a.m.; a sweet table and beverages from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All are welcome.
In honor of Black History Month, the Latino Resource Center and the Center for Black Studies present The African Presence in México.
The lecture by Cesáreo Moreno, the visual arts director of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (MFACM), takes place at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at the Center for Black Studies. A reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Latino Resource Center.
Prior to 1995, Moreno was MFACM’s exhibitions coordinator for three years. His most important assignments at the museum have included curating “The African Presence in México, From Yanga to the Present,” a milestone traveling exhibition that surveyed nearly 500 years of Afro-Mexican history and artistic expressions.
The Latino Resource Center is located at 515 Garden Road and the Center for Black Studies is located at 701 W. Lincoln Highway. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call (815) 753-1986.
GroupWise WebAccess has been upgraded to GroupWise WebAccess 7 and will have a new interface as well as new features starting March 1.
Find out how to use the new GroupWise WebAccess 7 features and interface. Learn more, visit http://its.niu.edu.
Users on campus and/or those with an NIU IP address, explore the Online Tutorials for the GroupWise 7 Client and WebAccess at: http://www.its.niu.edu.
The computer monitors in the Provost-sponsored general purpose classrooms located in Anderson, Cole, Faraday, Faraday West and Montgomery halls will be replaced with new interactive monitors during Spring Break.
These new touch screens enable software to be activated by using a stylus instead of a computer mouse. The stylus also can be used to annotate and highlight over information displayed on the computer monitor in a variety of ways.
Users are invited to attend an introductory training session on the use of these interactive displays Wednesday, March 7. SMART Technologies representatives will demonstrate the hardware and introduce the accompanying software at the following times and locations:
Cole Hall Auditorium 101, 9 to 10 a.m.
Still Gym 207, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Those unable to attend but who would like additional information about the interactive displays or other training opportunities can contact Jim Bollenbach at (815) 753-6677 or jbollenbach@niu.edu.
The LGBT Resource Center and the Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity are seeking nominations for the third annual Ally Awards, which recognize individuals, departments and groups who have shown support for the LGBT community over the 2006-2007 school year.
The Ally Awards were created to recognize the many ways people make NIU a better place for LGBT students, faculty and staff. All nominees who are qualified receive the award.
Nomination forms are available online or at the LGBT Resource Center in the Holmes Student Center (HSC) room 707. The deadline for nominations is 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 9. They can be submitted to Patricia Liberty-Baczek at the LGBT Resource Center, by fax at (815) 753-2201 or by e-mail at lgbt@niu.edu. The awards ceremony will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, April 2, in the HSC Sky Room.
http://www.niu.edu/lgbt/allyawards.htm
Come celebrate all things Irish at the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Centers’ St. Patrick’s Day party from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10. Enjoy an Irish buffet, open bar and three types of live entertainment, including City of Chicago Pipe Band, Irish comedy and music by Paul McHugh, and two performances by the McNulty School of Irish Dance.
Tickets are $55 per person.
Register online at www.myniu.com or call the Alumni Association at (815) 753-1452. This event is presented by The Northern Illinois University Alumni Association.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States and Canada has been extended by three weeks in the spring and one week in the fall. This will affect some messages sent out by GroupWise or any other collaboration e-mail system.
NIU’s GroupWise WebAccess system has been patched for the DST change effective March 1. Please note that appointments made before this time, via GroupWise WebAccess or from unpatched workstations, will still be affected by the new DST dates.
The problem is that appointments and other scheduled events sent out before workstations received the updated DST time zone changes might be off by one hour during the period from March 11 to March 31 as well as from Oct. 28 to Nov. 4.
To avoid confusion, ITS strongly suggests that, during this DST period, users include the intended time of day for appointments in the subject line of each appointment.
For more information about preparing for the DST change, visit http://www.its.niu.edu.
The University Bookstore in the Holmes Student Center will close for inventory from Monday, March 12 through Wednesday, March 14. Regular store hours resume Thursday, March 15.
NIU’s Student Financial Aid Office will move temporarily beginning Wednesday, March 14, to make room for a remodeling project.
The temporary location is Holmes Student Center Room 114, across from the Duke Ellington Ballroom and Capitol Room. Telephone numbers, e-mail and mailing addresses will remain the same for all areas.
For more information, and for project progress updates, check www.fa.niu.edu and click Contact Us. Completion of the remodeling is expected in August.
The NIU Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Prism of NIU are seeking nominations for the Eychaner Award, presented annually to recognize individuals affiliated with NIU who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender community.
The award is presented in two categories, one recognizing contributions made by an NIU student and one recognizing the contributions of a faculty or staff member or an NIU alum.
A full description of the award, including eligibility and nomination guidelines, is available online at www.niu.edu/lgbt/eychaner.htm. The Web page also includes a list of past recipients and a printable nomination form. The nomination deadline is noon Friday, March 23.
Nomination forms also are available at the LGBT Resource Center on the seventh floor of the Holmes Student Center. For more information, contact the LGBT Resource Center at (815) 753-5428 or lgbt@niu.edu.
Northern Public Radio, the broadcast service of NIU, hosts its annual spring membership campaign from March 24 to March 31 at the NIU Broadcast Center, 801 North First Street in DeKalb.
During the campaign week, NPR relies on volunteers to help take pledges from callers. The task requires good communication skills: handling phone conversations and writing legibly within a busy environment.
Volunteers find this is a great way to meet fellow WNIJ and WNIU listeners while providing a valuable service during a fun and lively week at the radio station.
Volunteers are welcome to sign up for just a couple of hours or for multiple shifts throughout the week as their schedules and interests allow. Campaign hours vary by day. Learn more about the stations at www.northernpublicradio.org or e-mail ddrake@niu.edu to find out how to get on the volunteering schedule.
The Secretarial Advisory Council (SAC) is an advisory group of secretaries whose mission is to identify issues and/or concerns that impact the secretarial workforce at NIU.
The SAC is looking for someone to serve on the council to assist in developing ideas to support and promote the vital role of secretaries in the NIU community. Interested secretaries should contact Rose Miller in Human Resource Services at (815) 753-6033.
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