DanceLoop Chicago arrives for a special engagement at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb.
Tickets are available at the door and cost $15 general for general admission and $10 for students and senior citizens. Call (630) 391-1620 for reservations.
“Bernarda,” a collaboration between Paula Frasz and world-renowned Spanish choreographer Luis Montero, Luis Montero, is the dance interpretation of Garcia Lorca’s most famous play, “The House of Bernarda Alba.” The dance tells the story of a Spanish widow and her five daughters. Alone and restricted by the traditions of mourning, the six women find themselves in forced solitude for seven years. How do the women cope with the frustration of celibacy, isolation and grief? What happens when the sensual Pepe Romano enters the women’s lives?
The concert also will also feature Artistic Director Frasz’s award-winning dance, “The Old Woman of Wexford,” which garnered her the Illinois Arts Council’s coveted Choreographic Fellowship Award.
“Wexford” is a dance treatment of an Irish folk tale that begins: “There was an old woman of Wexford/In Wexford town did dwell/She loved her husband dearly/And another man twice as well.” The dance explores the sinister love triangle with Irish-inspired music and movement.
Finally, “American Girls” uses the music of Samuel Barber to present four separate female stereotypes on our society, each, in her own way, trapped and limited by her identity.
A fundraising benefit dinner will accompany the performance. For a $50 donation, patrons can enjoy dinner with choreographers Frasz and Montero at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant, just across the street from the Egyptian Theatre. Tickets to the concert in special reserved seating are included with the dinner, and the performance is just a short stroll away from the party.
The party begins at 5 p.m. the day of the performance and will feature a buffet of Mexican dishes and discussion of the creation of “Bernarda” by the artists. For reservations, contact DanceLoop Chicago at (630) 391-1620.
For more information, photos and streaming video, visit www.danceloopchicago.com. More information also is available by calling (630) 391-1620 or (815) 753-5501.
NIU's annual celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender History Month will kick off on Monday, Oct. 1, with the fourth annual Banned Books Week drawing at the LGBT Resource Center and an evening presentation by Mark Bowman, project coordinator of the LGBT Religious Archives Network.
Other events during the month include Ally Program workshops, “Transgeneration” movie and discussion series, LGBT Studies 3rd Thursday series and more. The month will conclude with the annual fall reception Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Full details about these and all other events are available by calling (815) 753-5428, e-mailing lgbt@niu.edu or visiting the LGBT Resource Center Web site at http://www.niu.edu/lgbt/resourcecenter/index.shtml.
Did you ever wonder what Guanxi has to do with business dealings in China, or what is meant by “face” in Eastern cultures or when “yes” really means “yes” in a global negotiation setting? If you have ever been puzzled by signs that announce “Our wines leave you nothing to hope for” or “We take your bags and send them in all directions,” you are not alone.
Cross-cultural communication involves more than just language. It is a study of a broad range of subjects ranging from non-verbal and verbal language to cultural adiaphoras.
Tanuja Singh, chair and associate professor in the Department of Marketing in NIU’s College of Business, will present “Global Communication – The Cultural Dimension” as the featured speaker at a Friday, Oct. 19, networking luncheon.
Held in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall, the luncheon is co-sponsored by the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women and the Women’s Resource Center. The cost is $8 per person. Reservations are due Tuesday, Oct. 9, at (815) 753-0320.
Singh’s talk offers you a glimpse of the role of effective communication in a global setting and offers strategies that would facilitate your next global assignment whether for business or for pleasure. It offers useful guidelines and basic frameworks that would help you understand how to avoid culture shock when dealing with business partners from other countries and help you enjoy cultural nuances when traveling to foreign destinations.
All NIU women - students, faculty and staff - are invited to gather informally over lunch. This is a chance to meet new people, see women you'd like to get to know better and gain the support that a network of contacts can provide.
For more information, visit www.niu.edu/women/PCSW.
The NIU Division of International Programs is seeking nominations for two awards that will be presented later this fall during the annual International Recognition Reception.
The Outstanding International Educator Award recognizes an NIU faculty or staff member who has contributed significantly toward international education at the university. The award also aims to heighten visibility and awareness of the internationalization of NIU.
The 2007 award recipient will have made sustained contributions to the enhancement of international education at NIU through teaching, research, public service and student-service efforts. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, Oct. 19. See http://www3.niu.edu/intl_prgms/IntlEd07.htm for nomination forms.
Professors Jorge Jeria and Robert Self were the 2006 award recipients. The International Recognition Reception will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room.
The second major honor, the award for Outstanding Contribution to International Education at NIU, recognizes the academic unit or support unit that has made the most significant contribution toward international education on campus during the last academic year. This will be the third year International Programs has presented the award. Faculty Development and Instructional Design won last year.
The deadline for the nominations is Friday, Oct. 26. See http://www3.niu/edu/intl_prgms/deptaward2007.htm for nomination forms.
For more information about the awards, contact Sara Clayton at (815) 753-9526.
The Office of Assessment Services presents the Fall 2007 issue of Toolkit, its quarterly “nuts and bolts” e-newsletter. Toolkit is specifically designed to assist the NIU community with practical assessment issues in a user friendly format.
This issue explores the Spellings Commissions recommendation for a comparative public database on institutional performance, and parallel efforts by NASULGC and AASCU in developing a Voluntary System of Accountability in which participating institutions will publish institutional data measuring each area of accountability.
Also featured are a look at YFCY survey outcomes in critical thinking and research ability; further information about the Problem-Solving Analysis Protocol, an instrument for assessing problem solving skills; and a look at how teacher certification programs can make their assessment reports do double duty, meeting both university assessment and UOTC data requirements.
Back issues are posted on the Assessment Services Web site under Toolkit. Contributions to the newsletter are welcome at any time. The deadline for submitting articles for the next issue is Wednesday, Oct. 24.
The Ally Program is a campus-wide program designed to foster a welcoming and supportive campus environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender students, faculty and staff by creating a visible network of allies.
NIU employees and students interested in volunteering for the Ally Program can learn more and can register online. The online form at http://www.niu.edu/lgbt/resourcecenter/programs/ally.shtml provides the specific workshop dates and times, and allows registrants to indicate first, second and third choices.
Training is divided into two two-hour workshops (Part I and Part II). Volunteers must attend both Part I and Part II. Space is limited, and advance registration is required. Multiple dates are available.
Part I
Part II
The Ally Program is a program of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center, Division of Student Affairs.
Darryl Polak, college division sales representative from Jostens, will come to the Holmes Student Center Bookstore from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, and Thursday, Sept. 27, to sell complete sets of Ph.D. regalia.
The cost for Ph.D. regalia is $349.95; master's regalia costs slightly less.
The NIU Campus Child Care will hold its annual Children’s Book Fair during the week of Oct. 1. Don’t miss this great opportunity to purchase quality children’s books for birthdays or holidays.
The book fair will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Campus Child Care Center.
Come browse through this wide selection with multiple copies of books, early readers, parent resource materials, calendars and much more. Approximately 1,800 books and other items will be available for purchase. Checks and credit cards are welcome.
The center is located just off Annie Glidden Road on the west side of Gabel Hall. The main entrance can be accessed by the circle drive in front of the white stone building in parking lot 38.
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. 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 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.
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.