In BriefIn Brief

Retirement reception planned
for HSC's Mary Lou Raih

Voicemail upgrade scheduled

Pheasant Room to close
for repairs in August

Blackhawk Cafeteria repairs
to limit services next week

Workshop offered on matters
of scholarship administration

Volunteers still in need
for Welcome Days activities

Return of students in August
brings Academic Convocation

Spend New Year's Eve in London

In BriefFINANCIAL MATTERS

FY07 cut-off dates

FY07 closings

Northern Today - July 30, 2007

NIU archaeologist, students uncover
possible medieval mosque in Sicily

Earlier this summer, while standing in an archaeological pit adjacent to an ancient hilltop castle in west-central Sicily, NIU graduate student Bill Balco could literally reach out and touch the centuries – even the millennia.

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University Libraries happy
to be swamped with thousands
of historical wetland maps

NIU Libraries now boasts a huge collection of original Illinois and Indiana wetland maps.

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Humboldt Foundation extends
rare second invite to NIU’s Hosmane

There must be good chemistry between NIU’s Narayan Hosmane and his German colleagues.

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NEA grant is poetry to ears
of NIU English instructor

The “writing on the wall” usually foreshadows failure, but in John Bradley’s case, it’s just the opposite.

The veteran NIU English instructor and accomplished poet would appreciate the irony.

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SummerNITE theater group to stage
‘Disciples’ play at Elgin Art Showcase

Ten frightened men rush into an empty room, slam the door behind them and begin to wonder.

What, exactly, just happened to their Master? Is he really dead? And why can’t they remember? If they can cobble together what they know, and report each detail accurately, will the ending – the answers – come to them?

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