President John Peters wrote to the campus community Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the entire campus community, I want to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back to a challenging but exciting fall semester. The campus to which we have returned is healthy and robust, brightened by the enthusiasm of new students and inspired by the many acts of kindness that have characterized our healing process. Throughout the past seven months, we have shown the world a university with clear purpose and unshakeable resolve. These are the hallmarks of a great institution with great people, and I am tremendously proud of both.
Our fortitude will continue to be tested this year as elected officials grapple with increased demand for diminishing resources. Yet we are committed to recognizing and rewarding the talent and dedication of our faculty and staff. To that end, I am announcing a salary increment program for this fiscal year that includes an across-the-board 2 percent increase, made retroactive to July 1, 2008. Depending upon job classification, employees will see that increment reflected in either the October 15 or October 31 payrolls. Beyond this increment plan, we have already instituted a significant increase in promotional raises for faculty, and will be adjusting Civil Service pay grades. Taken as a whole, the work we have been able to do this year on NIU’s compensation program reflects an unwavering commitment to making salaries as competitive as possible across all employment groups.
As always, I value your opinions and welcome your feedback on this and all of our institutional priorities. We are a united community of learners, dedicated to service and to each other. Thank you for making it so, and best wishes for a productive academic year.
Sincerely,
John G. Peters
President
Nancy Castle’s appointment as interim director of the Honors Program demands more than keeping the ship afloat for the next year or so.
Castle also must steer the vessel through uncertain waters, help to find the next captain and create a bigger splash for Honors across campus and in the minds of prospective students.
“I have my marching orders to keep this ship sailing, but I’m not just a place holder,” Castle said. “I am not a candidate for the position after the interim. At this point in my career I want to spend more time on civic engagement and service learning, which makes me perfect for this.”
University leaders will spend the coming months examining and adjusting the Honors Program to closer match expectations set forth in the recent strategic planning process. Key among those goals is a greater focus on engaged learning.
Any changes are likely to generate a revised list of responsibilities for the director, something Castle will help to draft with Vice Provost Earl “Gip” Seaver; Daniel Kempton, chair of the Honors Program Advisory Committee; and a subcommittee of that group.
“It seems unfair to put out a job description when that job could change, maybe adding features that somebody didn’t count on,” said Castle, a professor in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders. “Eventually, we can be more fair to whomever applies and interviews for it if we can articulate what we really see the job encompassing.”
“Nancy will bring a great deal of enthusiasm to the position based on her experience as a faculty member here and also on her most recent experience of working on the strategic planning task force,” Seaver said.
“The other thing she brings is her desire to see this as a year of moving forward and not just a stagnant year where we’re treading water until we get a new director,” Seaver added. “She won’t be afraid in working with the honors committee to try to incorporate a number of the initiatives brought up in the strategic plan into her vision of this year.”
More than 800 students, including nearly 200 incoming freshmen, take part in the Honors Program. They enjoy smaller classes and closer contact with faculty, often meeting weekly with professors to tackle extra projects and engaged learning activities.
Graduates from the program boast “value-added” degrees, she said. “While all NIU students are challenged to do their best, honors students in particular should be forced to stretch their brains as close to their potential as possible,” she said.
Castle, who served on the strategic planning task force on curricular innovation and its subcommittees on engaged learning and honors, is confident the Honors Program will become even more oriented toward engagement.
As a professor in the College of Health and Human Sciences, she long has enhanced her courses with service learning projects. It’s “the noble aspect of teaching at a university,” she said.
“We should be helping students to develop critical thinking skills, to be good citizens and to give back to their communities,” Castle said. “My interest in service learning goes back for years. I teach mostly graduate courses, and I have had my graduate students out doing things in the community that we’ve processed in the classroom. It was a long time before I knew the name for that was service learning. I just thought it was a great way to get some points across.”
Three years ago, for example, students in her grant-writing course applied for funding to restore a Works Progress Administration-commissioned mural hanging at the DeKalb Public Library. Their well-worded plea to the DeKalb County Community Foundation earned a $5,000 challenge grant for the library that matched contributions toward the $10,000 restoration cost.
Castle now has obtained a faculty development grant to attend a conference on service learning, where she hopes to learn more about research service learning, and is planning a spring semester course on service learning that will enroll some honors students.
“The students in the regular section will do traditional service learning; the honors students will do research service learning,” said Castle, who is working with United Way to identify potential programs. “They’ll work with the same agencies to research some identified problems and conduct needs assessment.”
Tutoring youth in the community is one possibility. “I can have one group in the trenches tutoring students while the honors group is working with the program’s administration,” she said as an example. “As a group, they can process what is happening. It’s a great way to have the two groups ultimately work together.”
Castle’s other task is to energize the campus, both students and faculty, about the Honors Program.
Although her interim appointment is half-time and despite teaching four courses this fall – they include a new introductory course on occupational therapy – she plans to contact every department chair and attend every departmental faculty meeting.
She wants to meet with honors students already on campus, to study and possibly model great examples of honors programs at other campuses and to convince prospective high school students to make the NIU honors program their first choice for higher education. She also hopes to find ways to fund more scholarships for honors students.
So far, the more-than-double workload has not sapped her considerable energy.
“I can totally give 200 percent because this is only for a year. I couldn’t do that if I thought it was a 12-year job,” Castle said. “I’m going to get out there, ask questions and get conversations going. It’s great, and it’ll be great fun for me.”
Beginning this semester, graduate students at NIU will be required to submit their theses and dissertations electronically.
“The move to electronic submissions should make life a little easier for our students,” said Carolyn Law, NIU dissertation adviser.
“It is important that students are aware of the new mandatory system, but it is really only a change in the delivery and review process, not in the composition or preparation of the paper,” she said. “Students will still create their work and defend it as they always have.”
The new Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) process begins after a student has successfully defended the paper and received approval from his or her committee to submit the paper to the Graduate School for approval.
Thesis/dissertation advisers will review each submission as in the past, only now in PDF format rather than on paper. (Doctoral students must still present a hardcopy draft version to the associate dean three weeks prior to the defense.)
“The transition to mandatory ETD has been in process at NIU for about three years,” Law added. “As researchers, I think students will find the flexibility and accessibility of ETD very exciting. But the process will also save literally thousands of pounds of paper each year at NIU alone, so from an environmental standpoint, it’s absolutely time to go paperless.”
ETD is easy and has numerous other advantages:
Everything students need to prepare and submit ETDs is found on the thesis page of the Graduate School Web site.
Students will begin by downloading or printing out the new Guidelines for Preparing and Submitting Theses and Dissertations at NIU. This document replaces and supersedes the Graduate School Manual for Theses and Dissertations.
Once a thesis or dissertation has been prepared according to the requirements of the new guidelines and has been defended and approved by the director and committee, students can upload the post-defense version by clicking the link button on the thesis Web page.
To assist students in the transition from paper to ETD, the Thesis Office is conducting informational meetings in October to demonstrate the system, walk students through the process and answer the questions of both students and faculty. Sessions will be held at the following times:
Laura Ruth Johnson spent five years as the director of the Family Literacy Center in Paseo Boricua, a Puerto Rican community located in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Although the women ranged in age from 14 to 45, they all shared two things in common: a child younger than 7 in their care and the desire to earn a high school diploma.
Now an assistant professor in NIU’s Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, Johnson spent years asking questions of the women, first as a center employee and later as an academic scholar.
Her discoveries about their challenges and their life trajectories, as well as her insights on how they learn the skills of motherhood, soon could turn into a book. She believes they also could spur policymakers to make it easier for young mothers to complete their education by allocating more funding for infant and toddler care in high schools.
First, however, Johnson’s incredible stories of the women of Paseo Boricua will enlighten women who attend a networking luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall. Men also are invited.
NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women and the Women’s Resource Center are co-sponsors of the event. Tickets are $10 for faculty and staff; students can come and eat for free. Reservations are due Tuesday, Sept. 16, at (815) 753-0320.
The speech is titled “Repaying the Sea: Conducting Community-Based Research in Chicago’s Puerto Rican Community,” referencing a Puerto Rican myth that instructs people who remove natural things from the waters to throw some money back in.
“It’s my title when I talk about reciprocal research relationships,” she says. “My job is not just to take information from the community but also to develop relationships, to see the things they see are needed, to provide them with a voice and to use some of the implications identified in the research to help transform the situation.”
Johnson began her ongoing project in 1993, the year she was hired by the Family Literacy Center after being “bumped back to substitute” by the Chicago Public Schools. She had little knowledge of Puerto Rico, but had minored in Latino studies and had studied the philosophies of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, whose ideas influenced the center.
Soon she met the women and learned their many and various reasons for leaving high school early, including dissatisfaction with the public school system, lack of child care and a strong family identity that at times placed motherhood over education.
She witnessed their challenges to balance family responsibilities, jobs and, now, school. She realized the employment obstacles confronting women with no diplomas. She saw the meager financial support.
She heard their yearning for self-sufficiency and economic stability. She watched them learn social skills, such as working in groups and practicing patience.
She also glimpsed their potential.
“One of the things we can’t underestimate is that they didn’t really see an opportunity for them to return to school for education, and to do so was just … well, it can’t be underestimated. So many take a high school education for granted,” she says.
Among the women was the future recipient of a master’s degree in social work. Another would go on to work with community colleges. Others escaped dysfunctional relationships as they gained independence. Some came to realize a different sexual identity and sought out a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community.
The majority became strong advocates for the project, and some plan to start their own educational counseling programs for Latinas.
“Ten years later, there are still friends among that community,” she says. “They have a very strong social network for each other. They help each other find jobs. They help each other with child care. It’s really neat to see they’re still in contact.”
Johnson left the center in 1998 to continue her own education but later returned to conduct research on the educational and familial experiences of the women in the program.
“They tear up when I ask, ‘What was your proudest moment?’ It was getting their diplomas. Now they can hold their heads high. They have this sense of confidence and pride in themselves,” she says.
“A lot of literature out there, and the images in the popular media about Puerto Rico, emphasize the negative, the dropout rates. While those things are important, we need to be mindful of the realities and show the positives, especially with the young mothers,” she adds. “I’ve learned so much from them about what it means to be a mother. A lot them were raising brothers and sisters from a young age and are very savvy in their skills.”
Unfortunately, the job has become more difficult.
Of the four public high schools in Chicago designed for pregnant teens open in the 1990s, only one remains. Meanwhile, the center is now connected to Pedro Albzu Campos Alternative High School, which caps the age of the diploma seekers at 21.
Johnson, who joined the College of Education faculty in 2006, hopes the eventual publication of her book will prompt more funding for similar programs with no age limits.
“It was really nice to have the intergenerational element to some of the classes,” she says. “One of the takeaways for them was an emphasis on culture. It gave them a sense of pride of who they are, and they share that with a lot of people. It doesn’t end with them.”
Johnson’s association with Humboldt Park also has not ended. Despite a job in DeKalb, she still lives in the neighborhood and cannot imagine moving.
During the summer, she taught a class there in community research for NIU graduate students.
She’s also working to interview 25 more women about their experiences and the long-term impacts of the program. This will include focus groups with women from different graduation years – an interaction that might nudge some into mentoring relationships, Johnson says – and with family members, including children who now are grown and can discuss how the school experience of their mothers shaped their own educational expectations.
“I’ve always gained strength from living and working in this community. These organizations are really community-based, in every sense of the word, and started by people who live in the community and grew up in the community,” Johnson says. “For me, I like to focus my work on people going about their daily lives and how people negotiate complicated factors. I feel I’m really part of solutions that are meaningful to people. More of that work needs to be done.”
Kent Wong, a graduate student in physics, was recognized recently at an international conference for his research on the development of a new device that would use proton beams to generate medical images.
Wong received the Outstanding Poster Award at the International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry for his work on “proton computed tomography.” The conference was held last month in Fort Worth, Texas.
NIU, Loma Linda University Medical Center and the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics are working together to develop proton computed tomography, which would utilize proton beams to produce highly detailed images of structures inside the human body.
NIU also is playing a leading role in development of the $159 million Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center, under construction in suburban West Chicago. The center will deliver state-of-the-art proton therapy to cancer patients. Proton therapy is an advanced, precise and highly effective form of radiation.
Proton-computed tomography could potentially provide doctors who use proton therapy with more precise information about the size, density and location of a tumor. The technology also could help to better predict the path of a proton beam during treatment.
“We hope to make proton-computed tomography a reality at the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center,” said NIU Physics Professor Bela Erdelyi, Wong’s adviser. “Kent is doing some very interesting work and making real contributions to the project.”
Wong’s research, which he will expand upon for his master’s thesis, examines proton beam trajectories through materials that mimic human tissue.
“We’re searching for ways to quantify the effect of bone density, air and water on the path of the protons,” Wong said. “That’s important to know because it affects the spatial resolution when generating a medical image.”
Wong said he hopes to publish his research in a scholarly journal. He ultimately plans to pursue a career in the field of medical physics.
Witches, Wizards, Squibs and Muggles – both young and old alike – are all invited to attend an upcoming Harry Potter conference at NIU.
The conference, titled “Searching for Platform 9¾: An Academic Harry Potter Conference,” will be held on campus from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1. For the first time, the NIU event will feature separate programming for children and adults.
The conference is designed to showcase the educational value of the Harry Potter book series and demonstrate how it is a rich source for understanding culture, history and how the world works. The day’s events will include lectures, panel discussions, a writing workshop and a keynote speaker.
Student programming is open to those in fourth grade through high school. (College students attending adult sessions will still be able to receive the student rate.) Registration is now open with an early bird discount before Wednesday, Oct. 15.
“We have been happy to offer unique Harry Potter educational experiences over the past few years and are thrilled for the first time to have programming for both adults and students,” said Kathy Wright, director of the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming.
The keynote address will be delivered by Karley Adney, assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. Adney, an NIU alum, has led numerous summer camps focused on the Harry Potter book series and is working on a book about author J.K. Rowling.
As part of the conference package, attendees will gain entrance to the Halloween Costume Ball, which will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium.
Attendees are encouraged to dress for an elegant night out or in a costume, although those dressed casually also are welcome. There will be music, light refreshments and plenty of candy for those who still want to trick-or-treat.
Individuals not attending the conference are still welcome to attend the ball, although there will be an entrance fee of $10 for adults and $5 for students. The event is open to all ages. Attendees also are encouraged to bring the magic of reading to others by bringing along new and slightly used books to donate to Neighbors’ House, a non-profit group dedicated to helping people reach their potential.
A silent auction also will be held the night of the ball with funds going toward NIU’s academic summer camp scholarship fund.
Call (815) 753-1456 or e-mail Mark Pietrowski at pietrowski@niu.edu for more information on the conference or to reserve tickets for the Halloween Ball. Registration is open online at www.niu.edu/clasep under special events.
Those interested in presenting at the conference also can call or e-mail Pietrowski. Be prepared to send a brief biography and proposal abstract.
This program is not endorsed, sanctioned or any other way supported, directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter® book publishers, or J.K. Rowling and her representatives.
NIU President John G. Peters will deliver his annual State of the University Address at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Altgeld Hall auditorium.
A reception will follow in the Altgeld Hall foyer immediately after the address.
Call (815) 753-1999 for more information.
In the event of a campus emergency, a text message can be sent to your cell phone. This system will be used only in the event of an imminent and verifiable danger or threat affecting the general campus population. Sign up now at www.niu.edu/alert.
“Papers and Pastries,” an open house and faculty social sponosored by Rare Books and Special Collections and the Founders Memorial Library, will take place from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in Room 403 of the library.
Guests can view recent acquisitions and meet the RBSC staff. A light breakfast will be served. RSVPs are not required.
For more information, call (815) 753-9838 or e-mail lmthomas@niu.edu.
The NIU Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences has announced dates for its Fall 2008 Colloquia, co-sponsored by the Graduate School.
All talks will be held at 4 p.m. in Davis Hall 308. For directions and updates to the schedule, visit http://www.niu.edu/geology. Call (815) 753-1943 for more information.
Friday, Sept. 19: NIU faculty research updates by Ross Powell, Reed Scherer, Paul Stoddard, Jay Stravers and Jim Walker.
Friday, Sept. 26: Tim Naish, director of the Antarctic Research Center at Victoria University of Wellington, “Late Cenozoic Antarctic Ice Sheet Oscillations and the Global Implications.”
Friday, Oct. 3: Eugene Perry, NIU, “The Rocks Beneath Our Feet: Using Groundwater Chemistry as a Stratigraphic Tool. Plus a Short Retrospective.”
Friday, Oct. 10: NIU faculty research updates by Colin Booth, Phil Carpenter, Mark Fischer, Kathy Kitts and Paul Loubere.
Friday, Oct. 24: Paul Wallace, University of Oregon, “Volatiles in Subduction Zone Magmas: Concentrations and Fluxes based on Melt Inclusion and Volcanic Gas Data.”
Friday, Oct. 31: Mark Frank, NIU, “Dehydration Kynetics of Serpentine up to 1023 K and 5 GPa with Relevance to Subduction Zones.”
Friday, Nov. 7: Pedro J. Jugo, Laurentian University, “Understanding the Role of Oxidized Sulfur in Magmatic Systems: From Ore Deposits to Climate Change to Martian Meteorites.”
Friday, Nov. 14: Beth Johnson, NIU, “Provenance of Slackwater Sediments in the Savanna Terraces, Northwestern Illinois.”
Friday, Nov. 21: Jennifer Jackson, California Institute of Technology, title to be announced.
Calling all prospective volunteers: Those looking to give back by lending a helping hand are intied to the Women’s Resource Center from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, to learn about some of the opportunities available.
Female high school students interested in exploring career options and learning more about the academic side of college life are invited to attend the 2008 Conference for Young Women, hosted by Northern Illinois University from 8:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at the Holmes Student Center.
Now in its 13th year, this popular conference has been praised by many participants with varied interests and backgrounds.
The conference introduces 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, and provides opportunities to interact with successful women faculty and NIU students.
This year’s conference includes a panel discussion on career opportunities for women; presentations by faculty on topics related to women’s collegiate experiences and career options; tours of the NIU campus; and lunch with NIU faculty, professionals and students. Conference speakers will focus on career opportunities in fields ranging from computer programming and politics to law enforcement, sports training and business management.
“I received information on the 2008 Conference for Young Women, and I think it is a wonderful event,” said Candace Gardner, mother of two former conference participants. “The campus experience was very inspiring for my two older daughters as they were leaving high school and searching for life direction.”
The conference is sponsored by the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Women’s Studies Program. Registration is available online or by calling (800) 345-9472.
The registration fee is $38 before Sept. 29, with a $5 additional late charge. Limited scholarships are available. For additional information, call (815) 753-1038.
NIU’s Campus Child Care Center is celebrating 30 years of quality child care.
An open house will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the center located within parking lot 38/S. Come for tours, refreshments and photo displays of the center’s past and present. Guest also can visit the children’s book fair, win door prizes and more.
Alumni of the program are welcomed and encouraged to come; a special photo display of campus child care alums is in progress.
Parking is available in the center’s circle drive or by requesting a visitor’s pass. Call (815) 753-0125 for more information.
NIUs Office of Assessment Services presents the Fall 2008 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 features answers to frequently asked questions about NIU’s annual assessment update reports; a look at upcoming assessment events, including workshops to be presented Friday, Sept. 12, by Linda Suskie at NIU; and conferences at which NIU faculty and staff will present. Also featured are an online resource for rubrics; a matrix of assessment methods in use at NIU; and an introduction to Sonja Herington, who is in charge of college-level assessment and accreditation activities in the College of Business.
Back issues are posted on the Assessment Services Web site under “Toolkit.” Contributions to the newsletter are welcome at any time.
The Ally Program is a campus-wide program designed to foster a welcoming and supportive campus environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and 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 register online. The online form 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
Monday, Sept. 22: 2 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 30: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Part II
Thursday, Oct. 9: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 20: 9 to 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 22: 2 to 4 p.m.
The Ally Program is sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center, Division of Student Affairs.
NIU faculty and staff are invited to attend a one-day regional drive-in conference on “Strengthening the First Year of College: Purposeful Strategies for Pedagogy and Practice.”
The conference will be held Friday, Oct. 24, at the Holmes Student Center. The conference is co-hosted by Oakton Community College and Rock Valley College.
The early bird conference fee is $69. The registration fee is $79 after today. A continental breakfast and luncheon are included. Registration and other conference information are available online or through Orientation & First-Year Experience at (815) 753-1535.
The keynote address, titled “Promoting First-Year Success through Collaborative Partnerships,” will be given by Charles C. Schroeder of Noel-Levitz, Inc. As a senior associate consultant for Noel-Levitz, Schroeder offers more than two decades of experience as an administrator, writer, and consultant on student affairs and the student experience. He is a past president of ACPA (College Student Educators International) and has published more than 70 articles and chapters in various refereed journals and books.
The plenary speaker, Trudy Bers, is executive director of research, curriculum and planning at Oakton Community College in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Bers’ research interests include the community college, the assessment of student learning outcomes and college choice for community college students and their parents.
This regional drive-in conference provides a forum for faculty, academic administrators and student affairs professionals to share ideas, resources and engaging pedagogy to enhance the learning of first-year students on two- and four-year campuses.
Concurrent breakout session topics include:
Nominations are being sought for NIU’s 2009 Presidential Research Professorships, which recognize outstanding accomplishment and future potential in academic research or creative artistry.
Faculty members may be nominated, or may initiate their own candidacy, by submitting letters of nominations or self-nominations to James Erman, interim vice president for research, by Monday, Oct. 20.
The nomination and self-nomination letters must include the candidate’s qualifications in accordance with the award specifications. Four complete sets of application materials must then be submitted to Erman’s office by Monday, Nov. 10.
Up to three new Presidential Research Professors are designated each year. Upon appointment, each award recipient will receive a base-salary increment of $2,000.
Additionally, a grant of $5,000 will be provided during each year of the appointment, provided the recipient remains a full-time NIU faculty member. The grant money is to be used for scholarly activities. Award recipients also receive one semester of release from teaching and other non-research responsibilities.
More detailed information on the award and on the call for nominations can be found at www.niu.edu/provost/awards/prp.shtml.
All letters of nomination for the 2009 Presidential Teaching Professorships should be submitted to Vice Provost Earl “Gip” Seaver, Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 215, no later than Monday, Sept. 29.
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 2009 recipients will be announced next spring.
Hazel Domangue, recruiter for the Peace Corps, will come to campus Thursday, Sept. 18, and Friday, Sept. 19.
Domangue will attend the Study Abroad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.
From 5 to 7 p.m. that evening, she will host a general information meeting in Room 306 of the student center. This important session is one of the first steps in learning more about the process of joining the Peace Corps. Handouts are available; questions are encouraged.
On-campus interviews take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in the Career Center (Room 260) of the Campus Life Building. Applications must be submitted and appointment must be scheduled by Friday, Sept. 12.
Contact Domangue at (312) 353-5224 or hdomangue@peacecorps.gov for more information.