Art Education speaker
to address 'activist art'
What's cooking at Ellington's?
Operating Staff Council
to host meet-and-greet
Art Museum, Dance Theatre
join to present 'Technodance'
College's Linguistics Initiative
to host documentary screenings
Opera Theater to explore
'Beautiful Night of Love'
Observatory invites public
to witness lunar crash
Campus Child Care Center
to hold annual book fair
Noted linguist to speak
about language extinction
Christian faculty-staff group
to meet for prayer Oct. 13
CLA workshop Oct. 15 to cover
economic development, land use
Anne Feeney, David Rovics
to present concert on campus
Campus community invited
to join CROP Walk Oct. 18
College of Business club
to host scholarship dinner
Annuitants Association president
to hold meet-and-greet Nov. 11
Community School class teaches
documentary photography project
Community School workshop
teaches craft of Pysanky eggs
Friends of NIU Libraries
presents 'John Deere Story'
Northern Public Radio seeks
volunteers to field pledge calls
International Programs seeks
nominations for 2009 awards
Fair to showcase diverse
suppliers of products, services
Alumni plans trip to Paris, Normandy
International Programs hosts
series of brown bag lunches
NIU will use robotic submarineNIU geologists are helping to lead a multi-million-dollar, five-year investigation of melting near the base of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) using a 24-foot-long robotic submarine that will be lowered through more than a half-mile of ice into ocean water.
The National Science Foundation already has awarded $10 million in support of scientists at nine U.S. institutions involved in the research.
Baccalaureate Review reports posted to gather more feedback NIU’s Baccalaureate Review Task Force is seeking additional feedback from the university community regarding the proposed goals for undergraduate education.
Nursing celebrates 50 yearsThe black sign hanging from the post outside Hopkins House stated simply, in white letters, “Offices. School of Nursing. Coordinator – T.V.”
As the original and humble home of the School of Nursing, Hopkins witnessed many of its firsts.
COB gets first endowed professorship One of the NIU College of Business’ oldest and strongest partners has created the college’s first-ever endowed professorship.
The KPMG Endowed Professorship in Accountancy was formally announced during the Sept. 28 football game between NIU and Idaho.
Southeast Asian high school studentsNIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies has won a U.S. Department of State grant totaling $275,000 to conduct two upcoming leadership training institutes, including one this fall for young people and educators from Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
A total of 32 high school students and educators from those countries are expected to arrive Nov. 21
Thailand foreign minister givesThailand Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya brought a gift along on his visit to NIU last week: a check for $96,000.
Students invited to apply for congressional internshipsWith the student-centered leadership and strong support of President John Peters, NIU established in 2009 an annual summer congressional internship program in Washington, D.C. This highly competitive program provides students with the opportunity to live, learn and work in the heart of the nation’s capital.
Yale historian Jonathan SpenceYale historian Jonathan Spence, among the world’s leading authorities on the shaping of modern China, will visit NIU to deliver the sixth annual W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture.
NIRIS to fill reading gapsHundreds of print-impaired listeners of the Northern Illinois Radio Information Service (NIRIS) might find their tune-in routines revised in the coming weeks.