The Women’s Resource Center, Women’s Studies and other campus women’s organizations will sponsor “Girls, Grills and Games” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26.
All campus women (and men as well) are invited to the lawn near the Women’s Resource Center, 105 Normal Road, for good food off the grill and fun games. Call (815) 753-0320 for more information.
Campus knitters – from rookies to crochet experts and everyone in between – are invited to the Fireside Lounge of Neptune Central from 9 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, for creativity, conversation and snacks.
Upcoming dates are Sept. 25, Oct. 30 and Nov. 20. Co-sponsors are the Women’s Resource Center and Alpha Phi Omega. Call (815) 753-0320 for more information.
NIU’s Alumni Association has several exciting travel destinations coming up.
Celebrate the winter holiday season with a Hawaiian Escape. Warm trade winds and a traditional Hawaiian “Aloha!” await guests on this three-island touring itinerary. The islands of Maui, Hawaii and Oahu offer a vast diversity of landscapes, natural beauty and attractions.
Travelers also are invited to discover the jewels of Northern Ireland next spring. Don’t miss out on the charm and the zest that encompasses the Emerald Isle. Northern Ireland brings back the joy of touring with breathtaking Irish landscapes, historical forts and palaces, famous coastlines and ancient accounts that mingle myth and legend.
Visit myniu.com for more information about these travel destinations.
Penne McCabe, secretary in the NIU Office of Publications, will retire Friday, Aug. 29, after 27 years of service.
In lieu of a formal farewell reception, McCabe would appreciate cards or notes to include in a memory book. Send remembrances to Virginia Seymour, Gilbert Hall B105, by Friday, Aug. 22.
Media Services is offering training on using the audiovisual equipment in Provost-sponsored SMART classrooms. Both new and returning instructors should benefit from these brief seminars. Refreshments are provided.
These seminars are open-ended and run continually. A complete demonstration with hands-on practice could take 30 minutes. Those who cannot attend one of these sessions can contact Keith Bisplinghoff at (815) 753-0172 for other training opportunities.
Fall registration for the Community Dance School at NIU begins soon. Classes meet weekly from Monday, Sept. 8, through Saturday, Dec. 13.
The school is sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education and is directed by Diane Rimmer. The Community Dance School’s mission is to reach all members of the NIU community and surrounding areas, teach fundamentals of various dance forms and to allow each individual to expand upon their own abilities. Its main focus is to explore the joy of movement through dance, instilling a strong appreciation and understanding for it.
Classes begin at age 4 and continue through teen and adult. Classes offered include creative movement, ballet, tap, Irish step dancing, jazz/hip-hop, modern as well as ballroom, Latin and swing. Students are taught by NIU faculty and instructors who hold degrees in dance education, have danced professionally or who are currently dance performance majors at NIU.
NIU faculty member Barbara Heimerdinger will teach the ballroom, Latin and swing classes.
Registration will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in Anderson Hall Studio, Room 130. For more information, call (815) 753-0277 or (815) 756-4092.
NIU innovators have less than a month to submit proposals to the Technology Transfer Office for the further development of inventions for entry into the commercial marketplace.
Friday, Sept. 5, is the deadline to apply for up to $20,000 to support development of novel applied technologies which have the near-term potential for licensing and commercialization.
The Technology Development Fund is a new program offered by the Division of Research and Graduate Studies to
Exact funding guidelines and applications are available online at www.tto.niu.edu.
The fund, which does not support basic research, has a limit of $50,000 for Fiscal Year 2009. Money awarded is available for up to one year and is not renewable. The proposed work must have a reasonable chance of being accomplished in one year.
Awards can be used only for technical support, supplies and contracted services directed to the funded projects. The money is not meant to supplement investigator’s salaries.
Members of the university’s Intellectual Property Committee will review the submitted proposals for commercial feasibility with the assistance of technical evaluators and will make recommendations for award to the interim vice president for research.
For more information, contact Rita Yusko, acting manager of the Technology Transfer Office, at (815) 753-9281 or ryusko@niu.edu.
After 27 years on the job, Leroy Mitchell will retire as director of the CHANCE program.
All are welcome to an open house celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.