Lemuel W. Waston, dean of the College of Education, invites the campus community to its Gala Celebration fundraiser to support the college’s programs and students.
The celebration takes place from 5:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 29, in the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. The cost is $100 per person and $175 per couple, including two drink tickets per person.
The evening will include cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres, a silent and live auction, dancing and cordials on the patio at the evening’s end. The dress is cocktail attire (black tie optional).
RSVP to Gail Hayenga at (815) 753-8370 or via e-mail at ghayenga@niu.edu by Friday, Aug. 21.
The Community Dance School at NIU, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, will begin its fall 12-week session Monday, Sept. 14. Classes meet weekly until Dec. 18.
Instruction is offered for ages four through teen and adult. Classes include creative movement, ballet, lyrical, modern, tap, jazz, Irish step dancing, Scottish Highland dancing, jazz/hip hop, ballroom, Latin and swing.
Students are taught by NIU faculty and instructors who hold degrees in dance education, have danced professionally or are currently dance performance majors at NIU. Meredith Lutz, a former Scottish Highland dancing competitor, will teach Scottish Highland dancing, and Bryn Wilke, with the Mayer School of Irish Dancing, will teach Irish soft and hard shoe. Barbara Heimerdinger, an NIU faculty member, will teach ballroom, Latin and swing.
Registration will be held Saturdays (Aug. 22, Aug. 29 and Sept. 5) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Anderson Hall, Studio 130. The cost for each class is $95. For more information, call (815) 753-0277 or (815) 756-4092.
The DeKalb Festival Chorus – a volunteer, auditioned chorus of 55 voices – is ready to welcome new singers.
Rehearsals are scheduled Monday evenings on the NIU campus.
The fall concert (Sunday, Dec. 13) will include works by Lauridsen, Parker, Biebl and Thompson, as well as Rutter’s “Gloria” performed with the Prairie Brass Band. In late spring (Saturday, May 8), the chorus will perform Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.”
Call (630) 453-8006 or e-mail festivalchorus@gmail.org to schedule an audition Monday, Aug. 24, or at a time to be arranged with Director Jen Whiting. For more information, visit http://www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org.
NIU’s Academic Advising Center has moved to a new location on campus between the parking deck and the library at 633 W. Locust St. Access is limited through Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The center serves students who are undecided about their major and without a current college affiliation or who are seeking alternative majors or reassessing their current academic situation.
The new facility will provide opportunities for enhanced programming and services related to major exploration and student success initiatives. The building abbreviation is “AC.” Please make a note of this information for referrals. All Academic Advising Center telephone and e-mail contact information remains the same.
An open house to showcase the new facility is being planned for mid-September. More information is coming soon.
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. The seminars will include information about any recent changes to the equipment in the rooms.
These seminars are open-ended and run continually; drop in at any time. A complete demonstration with hands-on practice takes about 30 minutes. Those who cannot attend one of the above sessions can contact Keith Bisplinghoff at (815) 753-0172 for other training opportunities.