NIU Art Museum prepares
to rent artworks for offices
Alumni Association hosts family fun
at Kane County Cougars game
CSA Band in the Park
to perform three concerts
Free seminar to explain
use of Word 2007 Citation
Annuitants to visit museum,
mansion, Illinois State Fair
Free ‘Huskie’ T-shirts await
new Alumni Association members
Faculty Development to offer
Teaching Effectiveness Institute
Public Affairs wins nation's top PR award for handling of 2008 campus tragedyThe Office of Public Affairs received the nation’s top award for public relations at a ceremony last week in New York City. The office was honored by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for its work following the tragic February 14, 2008, campus shooting that brought intense public and news media attention to campus. Public Affairs won both a category award – Best Crisis Communications – and the overall Best of the Silver Anvil Award. President John Peters and Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Melanie Magara accepted the awards on behalf of NIU.
Project REAL camp returns for fifth yearLast fall’s end of the federally funded “Project REAL” partnership between NIU, the Rockford Public Schools and Rock Valley College hasn’t deterred Judy Cox-Henderson’s mission.
In new book, NIU professor warns parentsNIU communication professor Mary Larson isn’t out to frighten parents, but she is urging them to “watch it” when it comes to the amount of time their children and adolescents spend in front of TV sets, video games and computers.
NIU will screen documentaryThe public is invited to a free screening of the new film, “40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy,” a moving feature-length documentary about one of the darkest chapters in the Southeast Asian country’s history.