Join NIU President John G. Peters as he delivers his annual State of the University Address.
The address begins at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. A reception immediately follows the address in the Altgeld Auditorium Foyer.
For more information, call the Office of Special Events at (815) 753-1999 or e-mail ellena@niu.edu.
The Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences has announced the schedule for its Fall 2007 Colloquia.
All talks are held at 4 p.m. in Davis Hall 308 unless otherwise indicated and are co-sponsored by the Graduate Colloquium Committee of NIU. Call (815) 753-1943 for more information.
Friday, Sept. 14: NIU faculty research updates by Kathy Kitts, Paul Loubere, Ross Powell, Reed Scherer, Paul Stoddard, Jay Stravers and Jim Walker.
Friday, Sept. 21: to be announced.
Friday, Sept. 28: Greg Wiles, College of Wooster, “Changes in Alaskan Glaciers and Climate Over the Past Two Millennia.”
Friday, Oct. 12: Roy Plotnick, University of Illinois at Chicago, Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer, “Let Us Prey: Trace Fossils, Foraging Ecology, Chemoreception, and the Origins of Marine Landscapes.”
Friday, Oct. 19: Terry Engelder, Pennsylvania State University, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, “Craquelure in Masterpieces of the Louvre (Paris, France) as Analogue Models for Development of Joints in Fractured Reservoirs.”
Friday, Oct. 26: Anders Carlson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “North Atlantic Ice Sheets and Ocean Circulation During the Last Deglaciation.”
Friday, Nov. 9, 4:30 p.m.: Charlotte Schreiber, University of Washington, International Association of Sedimentologists Distinguished Lecturer, “Reworking of Evaporites: Case Histories from the Messinian of Italy.”
Friday, Nov. 16: Eric Erslev, Colorado State University, Structural Geology, title to be announced.
Friday, Nov. 30: John Luczaj, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, “Paleo-fluids/MVT deposits/Arsenic-contaminated Groundwater.”
The 11th annual Huskie Bash has been rescheduled and will take place in Central Park on NIU’s West Campus from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, after the Huskie football game.
Students, faculty, and community members are invited to enjoy food, games and music. The event is free. A sheet of tickets for food purchase costs $14. For further details, contact Phyllis Dupre of Housing and Dining at pdupre@niu.edu.
NIU will hold an election Tuesday, Oct. 16, to determine who will represent the university’s Operating Staff employees on the State Universities Civil Service Advisory Committee (also known as the Employee Advisory Committee “EAC”).
Balloting will be conducted at Human Resource Services, the Holmes Student Center and Transportation. The term of office for this representative is from Jan. 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2011.
Civil Service employees interested in running for this position must pick up petitions and Statement of Candidacy forms at Human Resource Services beginning Monday, Sept. 17. These forms must be completed and returned no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
To be eligible for nomination and election to membership on this committee, a Civil Service employee must hold a certified status position (not a student or extra help) and have at least three current consecutive years of employment in an institution currently served by the system.
For additional information, contact Jodi Tyrrell at (815) 753-0094.
The Christian Faculty and Staff Prayer Luncheon is scheduled for noon Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the East Room of the Blackhawk Cafeteria.
Participants may bring a lunch or purchase one there. All are welcome.
Peter Olson, NIU Art Museum assistant director, will give a curator’s talk on the “Body Politic” exhibition at the museum at 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20.
Several artists from the exhibition will present gallery talks at the museum from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. All three events are free and open to the public. The museum will continue to host “Body Politic” in its South Galleries through Saturday, Oct. 13.
“What we think about when we contemplate our corporeal selves, and what others
assume about our identity based on their observations, make for unpredictable and fertile territory,” Olson said, “out of which can spring myriad allusion and interpretations, including this exhibition.”
“Body Politic” focuses on the human body’s complex relationship to identification, meaning, and individuality in the junction between public and private space. Artists Molly Carter, Mary Dritschel, Anni Holm, Coke Wisdom O’Neal, Karen Savage and Jennifer Yorke explore the social and political ramifications of identity in this multi-media exhibition.
The NIU Art Museum’s South Galleries are located on the first floor, west end of Altgeld Hall. The South Galleries are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and by appointment for group tours. Exhibition and lectures are free; donations are appreciated.
The exhibitions of the NIU Art Museum are funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, the Friends of the NIU Art Museum, and the Arts Fund 21. For more information, visit www.vpa.niu.edu/museum or call (815) 753-1936.
The NIU Lifelong Learning Institute invites participatants in its fall 2007 field trips.
To sign up for the field trips, call (815) 753-0277 or visit http://www.niu.edu/clasep/lifelong/lli/2007fall/index.shtml and click on Field Trips to register online. For further details, contact Anne Petty Johnson at apetty@niu.edu or (815) 753-5200.
NIU’s Academic Advising Center will host the Exploring Majors Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom.
Designed for all students who want to learn more about majors, minors and other academic opportunities, the fair offers a chance to speak with faculty members and staff from each of NIU’s academic units in a centralized location. Additionally, the program provides departments with an opportunity to showcase particular majors, minors and programs to a broad group of NIU students.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to promote this event in classes and in conversation with students. Also, please remember that the Exploring Majors Fair is for all students exploring their academic options, and not just for those who are currently without a major.
For further details, contact the Academic Advising Center at (815) 753-2536.
NIU’s Unity in Diversity steering committee will present “Reflecting on Our Past, Looking to Our Future,” an exhibition of artifacts, art, documents and ephemera from the project’s past 20 years.
An opening and reception for the 20th anniversary celebration is scheduled for 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in the Holmes Student Center Gallery.
Barbra Henley, vice chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the keynote speaker. Henley will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom.
RSVP to Shirley Mashare in the Diversity and Equity Office at (815) 753-1513.
Female high school students interested in exploring career possibilities and learning more about the academic side of college life are invited to attend the 2007 Conference for Young Women, hosted by NIU from 8:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Holmes Student Center.
The 12th annual conference will introduce young women in their sophomore through senior years of high school to a variety of career areas, including professions where women have been historically underrepresented.
The conference will include a panel discussion on career opportunities for women and presentations by faculty on topics related to women’s collegiate experiences and career options. Tours of the NIU campus and its facilities also will be offered.
This year’s speakers will focus on career opportunities in fields ranging from marketing and laboratory science to athletics and communication.
“Faculty and students enjoy this opportunity to showcase the best NIU has to offer young women,” said Amy Levin, director of the NIU Women’s Studies Program. “In turn, the high school girls who attend often comment on the way the event gives them a more realistic sense of what they can accomplish in college and afterward. They are excited by career opportunities they hadn’t imagined.”
The conference is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the NIU Women’s Studies Program. To register, call (800) 345-9472. For additional information, call (815) 753-1038 or visit www.clas.niu.edu/wstudies/ywc2007.htm. The registration fee is $38 before Oct. 15, with a $5 additional late charge. Limited scholarships are available.
All letters of nomination for the 2008 Presidential Teaching Professorships should be submitted to Earl Seaver, Vice Provost, Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 215, no later than Monday, Oct. 1.
Following receipt of a letter of nomination, the selection committee will invite each nominated faculty member to prepare materials in accordance with the published procedure. Only full professors with tenure and at least six years service at NIU are eligible for the award.
The Presidential Teaching Professorships were established in 1990 to recognize those outstanding teachers who have demonstrated over time that they:
The procedure calls for a rigorous and thorough portfolio review including contacting former students. The 2008 recipients will be announced next spring.
Have you been thinking about losing some weight? If so, NIU needs you.
The Employee Assistance Program will sponsor a Weight Watchers at Work group on campus in HSC Blackhawk West at noon Tuesdays if 15 people are willing to commit to participating in the program. Please consider improving your health, losing some weight and helping some NIU employees and yourself.
Contact Karen Smith at (815) 753-9191 for more information.
Rehearsals for the sixth season of the Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12. They are held in the Band Room of Huntley Middle School, located at the corner of South Seventh and Taylor streets in DeKalb, and conclude at 9 p.m.
The band is an all-volunteer group made up of anyone 18 and older who has played either a wind or percussion instrument in the past. No auditions are necessary, just an eagerness for fun, to meet new people and to grow musically. John Hansen, retired band director from Malta, is the director.
The first of the four concerts of the season will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on NIU’s campus. Band members are grateful for Mildred and Joan Sulaver, the concert’s sponsors.
For more information, call Sue at (815) 899-4867 or John at (815) 825-2350.
The fall exhibition season at the Nehring Center Gallery opens with “Natural Selections: Artwork by Kimberly Mullarkey” from Friday, Sept. 14, through Sunday, Oct. 14. The public is invited to an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
Mullarkey’s work combines elements of scientific illustration, charcoal drawing and mixed media.
Displayed in conjunction with her pieces is a selection of Mullarkey’s personal natural science collection that both inspired and directed her works: She is a self-described collector of unusual things who believes the art of collecting and labeling is as important as the resulting artwork itself.
As the collection grows, she has started developing a 21st century Cabinet of Curiosities.
Mullarkey received her BFA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and obtained her MFA at NIU. She studied Northern Renaissance oil painting in Monflanquin, France, at the Atelier Néo Médicis. She now teaches botanical art and illustration at the Morton Arboretum, the College of DuPage and the Fine Line in St. Charles. She currently maintains a studio in DeKalb.
“Natural Selections” is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Nehring Gallery also is open by appointment.
Located on the second floor of the historic First National Bank building on the corner of Lincoln Highway and Second Street in downtown DeKalb, the gallery is cooperatively operated by the DeKalb Park District and the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Division of Outreach. An entrance accessible to all is available at the 111 S. Second Street entrance.
The Women’s Resource Center has posted its 2007 Fall Events Calendar. Visit http://www.niu.edu/women/URW/WRC_calendar_fall2007_final.pdf for the latest information on support groups, speakers, services and other valuable resources offered by WRC.
All NIU women – students, faculty and staff – are invited to the Networking Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in the Chandelier Room, Adams Hall. Department of Geography associate professor Lesley Rigg and assistant professor David Goldblum will present “Living and Working Environmentally: One Family at a Time.”
The cost is $8 per person. Make a reservation by Tuesday, Sept. 18, by calling (815) 753-0320. For details, visit http://www.niu.edu/women/PCSW/network.shtml.
In conjunction with one of its current exhibitions, “Some Enchanted Evening: 100 Years of Evening Gowns (1900-1999),” the NIU Art Museum is hosting a Big Band Dance Night with dessert buffet and cash bar at the Altgeld Auditorium from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20.
Swing dance lessons with Barb Heimendinger begin at 7:15 p.m. in the auditorium. The Grand Avenue Big Band will perform from 8 to 11 p.m. Dance lessons and a dessert bar are included in the ticket price. Formal or vintage attire is encouraged, but not required.
All of the NIU Art Museum’s galleries on the first floor, west end, will be open from 7 to 10 p.m. during the event.
The museum also is offering free foxtrot and cha cha dance lessons from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, to those who register in advance.
Advance ticket prices for members are $25 for a single or $45 for a couple. Non-members pay $36 for a single or $65 for a couple. Tickets also are available at the door during the event. Members pay $30 for a single or $50 for a couple; non-members pay $40 for a single or $70 for a couple.
Advance tickets can be purchased by credit card or check payable to NIU. To purchase advance tickets, call the museum at (815) 753-1936 or visit www.vpa.niu.edu/museum for a ticket order form. Print and return completed order form by mail or deliver to the museum with payment. The mailing address is NIU Art Museum, Altgeld 116, NIU, DeKalb, IL, 60115.
Free parking is available during this special event in the lot northeast of Gilbert and College Drives. Campus parking is available without a permit after 7 p.m. except for designated service and reserved spaces.
The University Women’s Club of NIU will host its annual fall open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the home of Barbara Peters, 901 Woodlawn Drive, DeKalb.
The University Women’s Club invites every woman associated with the university, whether she is a current or retired faculty or staff member, or the wife of a current, retired or deceased faculty or staff member, to join this long-standing organization of NIU women.
Meet people with a common interest in N IU, participate in distinct interest groups, enjoy social events and support the club’s philanthropic endeavor of providing scholarships to deserving NIU women students.