The NIU Chamber Choir, under the direction of Eric Johnson, will showcase its talent at 8 p.m. today in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.
The Chamber Choir will share the program with the University Chorus, under the direction of graduate conducting assistant Megan Marshall.
The concert is free and open to the public, and the building is accessible to all.
For more information, contact Lynn Slater (lslater@niu.edu) or at (815) 753-1546.
On the menu at Ellington’s this week: A Hard Day’s Lunch is scheduled for Tuesday. Bayou Grill takes over Thursday.
Continuing this semester is the option to enjoy wine with your meal. One red and one white wine choice will be available with meal service. Wine will be selected for the menu based on wine-and-food pairings made by the students. Wine selections will range from $4.50 to $6.50 per glass.
A Hard Day’ Lunch features King Edward soup or cabbage and mixed greens salad with tangy herb vinaigrette for starters, beef roast sirloin or vegetable shepherd’s pie for entrees and oatmeal pecan pie or cranberry and apple crisp for dessert.
Bayou Grill features Cajun shrimp or Cajun Caesar salad for starters, grilled Cajun chicken or vegetable gumbo for entrees and sweet potato pie or banana bread pudding for dessert. Each table also will be served Cajun tortilla chips.
Seating is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with service until 1 p.m. The cost is $9 per person. Ellington’s is located on the main floor of the Holmes Student Center. Call (815) 753-1763 or visit www.ellingtons.niu.edu to make reservations.
Members of the NIU All University Band, under the direction of graduate students Alexis K. Janners and Adam La Spata, will present its first concert of the semester at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24.
The band will perform a piece titled “An American Elegy” in remembrance of Feb. 14, 2008. This piece was composed for Columbine High School by Frank Ticheli in memory of those who lost their lives April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors.
The concert also will feature W. Francis McBeth’s “Of Sailors and Whales,” based on Moby Dick. School of Music faculty member Tim Blickhan will narrate.
The concert will be held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public, and the building is accessible to all.
For more information, contact Lynn Slater (lslater@niu.edu) or at (815) 753-1546.
Members of the campus community are invited to participate in creating a mural for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center.
Visiting artist Ed Check will work with all interested participants Wednesday, Feb. 25, and Thursday, Feb. 26, to design and create an art piece to hang in the resource center. The concept for the artwork is based on doors and refrigerators, where individuals display pieces of their identities.
Participants will use watercolor postcards and other papers to create messages, memories or images using paints, pencils, collage or other materials to create a contemporary version of a quilt with the effect of many small pieces of art making up the larger work. No artistic experience is required to participate.
The project will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the LGBT Resource Center on the seventh floor of the Holmes Student Center.
Contact lgbt@niu.edu or (815) 753-5428 for more information.
The NIU Wind Symphony, under the direction of Thomas Bough, will be joined by the band from Naperville Central High School for a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Naperville’s band, under the direction of David Alstadt, will present the first half of the concert. NIU’s Wind Symphony will offer the second half. The combined forces of both bands will present a finale presentation to close the concert.
The concert will be held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public, and the building is accessible to all.
For more information, contact Lynn Slater (lslater@niu.edu) or at (815) 753-1546.
The NIU Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Ronnie Wooten, will premiere a work by Chicago-area band director and composer Paul Anderson at an 8 p.m. concert Thursday, Feb. 26.
Titled “In Memoriam,” Anderson’s work is dedicated to the NIU Wind Ensemble and the faculty and staff at NIU. Upon hearing of the Feb. 14, 2008, tragedy, the composer was moved to write the work in memory of those who lost their lives.
Graduate assistants Alexis Janners and Adam La Spata will be guest conductors on the concert.
The concert will be held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public, and the building is accessible to all.
For more information, contact Lynn Slater (lslater@niu.edu) or at (815) 753-1546.
NIU’s Strategic Planning Initiative identified general education reform as a priority for the institution. The first phase of this reform is a review of the university’s baccalaureate degree goals: What skills, knowledge and abilities should NIU graduates achieve? What values and ideals should be promoted?
To promote this activity, the Baccalaureate Review Task Force will hold three open forums. These forums are designed to give the NIU community additional opportunities to provide input regarding NIU’s baccalaureate goals.
The open forums will last 60 minutes and will be held:
Those unable to attend an open forum who still want to share ideas can read and respond to the Baccalaureate Review Online Survey.
Heesun Majcher, director of the International Student and Faculty Office, will deliver a presentation on Korean language and culture at NIU's International Women’s Day luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall.
Reservations are required by Wednesday, Feb. 25, at (815) 753-9530. Cost for the luncheon is $15 per person, and seating is limited. Guests are welcome to attend the talk only, which will begin at 12:15 p.m.
The luncheon is co-sponsored by the Division of International Programs and Women’s Studies Program.
NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities will host an interactive presentation from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the Holmes Student Center, Blackhawk Annex.
The presentation, led by LaMetra Curry-Chapman, coordinator of Recruitment Services in NIU’s College of Education, will focus on diversity and higher education, exploring the expectations and experiences of students of color in higher education and investigating the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors held by professors and administrators in supporting these students.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For details, contact Angeline Stuckey at (815) 753-9406.
NIUs’ University Bookstore will closed for inventory from Monday, March 9, through the Wednesday, March 11. Regular store hours will resume Thursday, March 12.
Call (815) 753-1081 for more information.
NIU’s Academic Convocation, scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, offers the opportunity to showcase faculty-undergraduate student academic and/or research projects before 3,000 new students and 150 faculty colleagues.
Submissions are encouraged from every discipline.
The Academic Convocation Committee will make presentation selections based on the following:
The deadline to submit proposals is Tuesday, March 31, to: Academic Convocation Committee, c/o Mary Spring, Student Affairs, Altgeld 208, or via fax to (815) 753-5100.