Gov. Pat Quinn visited NIU Friday and pledged his support to restoring second-semester funding to the Monetary Award Program.
The 50-year-old program, known as MAP, provides grants to the neediest of students and is one of the oldest collegiate funding programs in the state. Legislators cut funding for the program in half this year. As a result, the 138,000 students who received MAP funding for the first semester will have no such assistance in the second semester.
“That’s not acceptable,” Quinn told more than 200 cheering students assembled in the Holmes Student Center. “We can’t have that. We have TWO semesters here. We’re not sending anybody home (next semester) from Northern Illinois University or any other university or community college in Illinois.
“We need to invest in those students,” he added. “We need to invest in that brainpower – this is the future of Illinois.”
Quinn vowed to press the issue in the October veto session.
“We have to use the tools of democracy to make sure that we organize and get the funding necessary for these grants. That’s what I’m committed to as governor,” he said. “Frankly, I’m not going to let the legislature go home. We’ll keep calling special sessions if we have to.”
When asked where he would find the $200 million needed to fund the second-semester grants, Quinn said that he is open to all ideas. He supports a proposal to use funds from a cigarette tax hike to fill part of the gap and said that he would listen to a tax amnesty proposal drafted by Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley). Under Pritchard’s plan, individuals behind on state property and income taxes would be given a six-week period during which they could pay without penalty. The plan could raise as much as $100 million, backers say.
NIU President John Peters lauded Quinn’s commitment to the issue, saying that it is crucial to students across the state.
“This situation amounts to nothing less than a crisis in funding for a generation of young Illinoisans who will be unable to continue their college studies in 2010 unless the General Assembly takes action next month,” Peters said. “Gov. Quinn pledged to lead the fight to restore those funds; he has been a man of his word, and I am proud to join him in that quest.”
For more information on the issue of restoring MAP grant funding, Quinn urged people to visit the Web site saveillinoismapgrants.org.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital, NIU and a DeKalb urologist are participating in a unique collaborative research project investigating a potential treatment for bladder and prostate cancers.
The initial phase of the research is being funded by a trust established years ago at the National Bank and Trust Company in Sycamore. Monies from the trust are available to the hospital for the purpose of community cancer research, in accordance with the directives of the trust.
No patients will be directly involved in the study. Rather, the basic research will be conducted on cancerous tissue samples in a laboratory setting at NIU.
The researchers will explore the viability of using boron drugs, in combination with neutron capture therapy, as a way of effectively combating cancer while reducing treatment side effects.
The research project, which is already in its initial stage, is being led by NIU’s Narayan Hosmane, a world renowned boron chemist, and Dr. Sajit Bux, a board-certified urologist at DeKalb Clinic and member of the Kishwaukee Community Hospital medical staff.
Bux is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a newly appointed adjunct professor at NIU and a partner and board member at the DeKalb Clinic. He is working on the cancer research project on a volunteer basis.
Bux will help identify appropriate patients to provide consent to have their cancer tissue studied in the research. Patient participation is voluntary and anonymous. Experiments also will be conducted on tissue that can be purchased for research purposes.
“Prostate and bladder cancer patients represent a significant portion of my practice,” Bux said. “That’s why I wanted to collaborate with NIU to do more research on those particular cancers.
“The current prostate cancer treatments – whether surgery, radiation or seed implants – are equally effective in curing cancer. But all can have significant side effects, including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, which impact a patient’s quality of life. For most patients, these side effects have a devastating and debilitating psychological effect.
“Dr. Hosmane’s work is aimed at specifically targeting cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue,” Bux added. “It would be a significant breakthrough in treatment, helping patients to avoid complications and minimize or eliminate the side effects.”
NIU Biological Sciences Professor Linda Yasui, who has expertise in radiation biology, and the NIU Institute for Neutron Therapy at Fermilab also will contribute to the project.
“This is the first time in DeKalb’s history that Kishwaukee Community Hospital has collaborated with NIU on research involving cancer tissues,” said Brad Copple, hospital administrator. “While the hospital has been involved in cancer prevention and detection studies with the university in the past, this research is ultimately about potentially developing more effective treatment for prostate and bladder cancer.”
The research team will synthesize new boron drugs, inject the drugs into cancerous tissue samples and radiate the tissue with neutrons. The interaction between the boron and the radiation beam is designed to kill the boron-injected cancer cells without harming healthy cells.
The process, known as Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), has shown some promising results with certain cancers in an initial clinical trial in Japan, Hosmane said. He has been working for well over a decade to advance BNCT and has received numerous awards for his research. In 2008 he was named as an NIU Board of Trustees Professor, the top university honor for excellence in teaching, research and outreach.
“This will be a unique study because no one has explored the use of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy with bladder or prostate cancer,” Hosmane said. “We’d like to show BNCT can be applicable in other types of cancer.”
Both graduate and undergraduate NIU students will be assisting in the research project. The team also is collaborating with Dr. Madhabananda Kar, a surgical oncology specialist in India.
Tim Emmons wanted to become the next Larry Lujack, the legendary “superjock” from Chicago’s WLS radio who is still famous for his funny stories about ill-fated animals.
And as Emmons earned his bachelor’s degree in English and mass communications at Illinois State University in the late 1970s, his rich baritone voice reached the airwaves.
“But I found out that I was better off the air than on the air. You have to have something special to be on the air, and I always thought I was OK on the air but never great,” said Emmons, longtime director and general manager of Northern Public Radio. “I’m still on the air when we’re fundraising, but most of my work is in helping other people to be better.”
Now, three decades after his career in radio began, Emmons has won the Don Otto Award given by the Public Radio Program Directors Association (PRPD) and Audience Research Analysis, two of public radio’s leading professional organizations.
He received the award Sept. 17 at PRPD’s annual meeting in Cleveland. The Otto “honors public radio originals whose talents, smarts and humor have helped move the system forward over the course of their public radio careers.”
Emmons is the fifth recipient of the Otto.
“I was very flattered and honored,” said Emmons, a Sycamore resident who took his first job in public radio in 1978. “The gentleman for whom the award is named was one of my early mentors in the public radio business, so this means a lot to me.”
Steve Olson, president of Audience Research Analysis, praised Emmons for his work to improve public radio through not only station administration but also through teaching and mentoring at conferences and workshops.
“He has improved the sound of our stations, our programming, our fundraising and our management skills,” Olson said. “He’s done all this with intelligence, skill, caring and good humor, all qualities we look for when we give out the Don Otto Award every year. (He is) someone of whom it can be said: ‘There will never be another one like him, and without him, we wouldn’t have come this far.’ ”
Emmons first came to NIU in 1988 as assistant manager after stints at a public radio station in Normal, Ill., and a commercial radio station in neighboring Bloomington – his only excursion outside public radio.
After hiring and supervising a WNIJ news team that won 32 national, regional and state news awards, he left for KWMU in St. Louis.
At KWMU, Emmons hired and supervised a news department that won nearly 20 awards in three years despite having won no awards in the three years before Emmons arrived.
In 1995, he returned to DeKalb as station manager.
Fifteen months later, he became the interim general manager and, after a national search, made that role permanent in the summer of 1997.
“Working with Tim is great because he’s a radio programmer at heart and he understands the public mission of what we’re doing,” said Bill Drake, program director at Northern Public Radio. “He’s just a good guy to work for, both personally and professionally, and I was not surprised to hear he had won this award. Tim always puts our audience first. Whatever major changes happen on the public side of the radio operation are always for the benefit of our listeners.”
Susan Stephens, news director at WNIJ, also regards Emmons as a kindred spirit.
“Being in news,” Stephens said, “it’s a real pleasure to have someone as a general manager who has a news background. He understands the issues that happen between management and the news department. Also, he was an English major, and he always keeps us on our toes with our grammar, which I appreciate.
“Tim always has been such a supporter of continuing our education in our field,” Stephens added. “That’s one of the things I have always been able to tell people who are considering a job here: There’s a strong commitment to training, to always getting better and doing better. We’re never satisfied, and Tim has been the reason for that.”
Public radio’s style of news programming is what drew Emmons to that end of the dial.
“Early on, I just fell in love with the way public radio does news – the in-depth approach to covering issues and events – that is completely unlike what you find in commercial media, whether it’s radio or TV or anything else,” he said.
But his own lasting mark comes from behind the scenes.
He’s a proven leader in building ratings and market share, doubling the audience for KWMU in less than two years. Locally, the audience for WNIJ has doubled over the past 10 years. He has won numerous awards, including the 1994 Missouri Broadcasters Association award for program promotion and the 1992 “FLO” award from the Public Radio Program Directors Association.
In DeKalb, Emmons guided the radio operation through a change in frequencies. WNIJ, which had the more popular programming, took over WNIU’s 89.5 FM frequency and its larger coverage area.
He also steered Northern Public Radio through a rocky period in the summer of 2005, when public broadcasters feared Congress was about to slash $100 million from the grant already approved for Fiscal Year 2006. That threatened rescission would have erased as much as $130,000 from the spending plan for WNIU and WNIJ.
And although Northern Public Radio remains healthy – “The fiscal year that just ended June 30 was our best year ever financially and one of our best in terms of audience,” Emmons said – the general manager is optimistic and cautious about the continued patronage of loyal listeners.
“What people tell us is they really appreciate public radio’s treatment of news in a way that no one else does it – particularly as newspapers are changing and, in some cases, failing, and other media are changing in ways that our listeners don’t tend to like all that much, they appreciate our coverage,” Emmons said. “On the classical music side, having a 24-hour classical music service in what is a pretty small media market is unusual, and people appreciate and support that.”
For his part, Emmons appreciates and supports his staff.
“Really, the best thing for me is when I see the light go on in somebody else. It’s a big thing for me when I can pass on something that I’ve learned,” he said. “We’ve got really great people here, many of whom have been around my entire time the station, which is unusual in a market like this – and I’m happy to work with them every day.”
As the organizers of Chicago’s 2016 Olympics bid sprint for Friday’s finish line, NIU Professor of Management Christine Mooney says that it’s time for local business to begin thinking about ways to become part of the Olympic team.
If Chicago gets the nod, the announcement will be the starting gun for a massive race to prepare, and local companies stand to be big winners if they act wisely, says Mooney, co-author of a paper studying how businesses can benefit from “mega-events.”
Those who find ways to successfully insert themselves into the network behind events such as the Olympics can continue collecting gold long after the last medal is presented. “While the run up to the games is a sprint, those who learn from the experience position themselves for success in the long run,” she says.
It’s not just Fortune 500 companies that stand to benefit, she says.
Granted, much of the talk surrounding the Olympics is on a grand scale – big venues, huge infrastructure improvements, etc. – but those companies can’t do it on their own. They need lots of local expertise and manpower, which creates opportunities for smaller companies to sign on as partners. Becoming one of those partners can be quite lucrative.
“I think that is something the organizers in Chicago have not talked up enough,” Mooney says. “Becoming part of a mega-event network gives you a competitive edge against other organizations in your industry.”
Members of such networks work alongside big companies, which provides them opportunities to learn how the major players do business, develop contacts and make names for themselves.
For example, in Beijing, Mooney cites a little-known French-Chinese company by the name of ASK TongFang. That company landed a lucrative contract to print tickets for the games because they had technology that made tickets all-but- impossible to counterfeit. The company’s technology vaulted them into the spotlight. Their role also automatically put ASK TongFang in partnership with GE, which manages all issues related to security at the games. That has the potential to open many doors, Mooney says.
“It’s a great example of a small organization (ASK TongFang was only 3 years old) using the Olympics as an opportunity to burst on the scene and set themselves up for long-term benefits,” Mooney says.
There are many such opportunities on a less grand scale, she says. “There are many more mundane opportunities – say becoming a prominent caterer to games events, or part of the supply chain that supplies the food or some other vital service at the games. Successfully carrying out any of those roles can open up lots of doors for business down the road.”
The key, Mooney says, is looking beyond the finish line from the very start. “Dedicate resources to building trust so those relationships will continue after the event. Building the network is the real payoff, and you can’t assume those relationships will continue just because you worked together.”
Also, she cautions, don’t jump into the Olympic pool if it isn’t a good fit for your business.
“You have to assess the costs of membership now and whether benefits outweigh the costs,” she says. “Just as an impressive Olympic performance can vault a company forward, failing can disqualify it in the future.”
Robert Sims, professor of voice in the NIU School of Music, performed Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Patriot Award Dinner as part of the annual convention for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The dinner was held at the Swissotel Chicago.
Sims joined actor/musician Gary Sinise, the Chicago Mass Choir and the U.S. Army Chorus in saluting the 2009 recipients.
Nominations are being sought for NIU’s 2010 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. 12.
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. 2.
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 is available online.
Ellington’s students have been hard at work writing exciting menus for the upcoming semester of its beloved lunch service, which begins Tuesday.
Lunch is on tap Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 19, the week before Thanksgiving. Doors open at 11 a.m. each day with seatings until 12:30 p.m. Meals continue to cost $9 for three complete courses, tips and beverages. A glass of wine costs between $4.50 and $6.50, dependent on the day’s selection. As always, customers may pay with cash, credit cards, a departmental blue ticket or Huskie Bucks, although wine cannot be charged to a departmental blue ticket.
The full semester of menus and more information about Ellington’s is available online. Reservations are suggested and available online.
On the menu at Ellington’s this week: Washington’s: Cuisine Across America is scheduled for Tuesday. Casa Bonita takes over Wednesday. El Dorado concludes the week 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.
Washington’s: Cuisine Across America features Boston clam chowder or southwestern chopped salad for starters, southern-rolled rosemary chicken with mushroom glaze or apricot barley bake for entrees and apple cobbler or key lime pie for dessert. Each table will be served cranberry-orange hazelnut dip.
Casa Bonita features sliced melon with Prosciutto or tomato-cucumber gazpacho for starters, chile-roasted cod with sweet corn flan or vegetarian paella for entrees and roasted apricots with sugared pecans or sweet plantain and chocolate emanaditas for dessert. Each table also will be served onion and olive tapenade.
El Dorado features tortilla soup or Mexican salad with pomegranate-lime dressing for starters, chipotle lime roast chicken with tomatillo sauce or smoked corn stuffed pepper for entrees and fresh fruit ice/watermelon with Mexican chocolate cookie or bread pudding for dessert. Each table will be served chipotle salsa and tri-colored 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.
NIU’s Scholarship Office is accepting applications for the Forward, Together Forward Scholarship through Thursday, Oct. 1.
The Forward, Together Forward Scholarship is one of NIU’s most prestigious scholarships for undergraduate students. Up to five $4,000 scholarships will be awarded for the 2010-11 academic year.
Contact the Scholarship Office for more information, or visit the Web site for a complete list of the requirements, instructions and online application.
LGBT History Month this year will feature several NIU faculty presentations along with the popular "Do Ask, Do Tell" sticker day and annual Creating Community fall reception.
Faculty presentations include:
Full details about these and all other events are available by calling (815) 753-5428, e-mailing lgbt@niu.edu or visiting the LGBT Resource Center Web site.
Faculty and staff are cordially invited Saturday, Oct. 3, to attend the 103rd Homecoming celebration. Join fellow colleagues and alumni at the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center (BAVC) Alumni Village for a pre-game tailgate sponsored by GEICO.
Meet NIU President John Peters and visit the tents hosted by all of NIU’s seven academic colleges. Visit the Travelers Tent to find out where the NIU Alumni Association is heading next.
The pregame tailgating will include entertainment and a performance by the members of the Huskie Marching Band and the Alumni Band. Concessions will be available for purchase. The BAVC will be open.
NIU Homecoming 2009 is sponsored by GEICO.
Although the guest of honor won’t be present, the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra opens its 2009 season in a celebratory mode with “Happy 200th Birthday Felix Mendelssohn!” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.
A solo performance by violinist Mathias Tacke on “Concerto in E Minor for Violin, Op. 64,” will be featured along with two other Mendelssohn favorites: “Hebrides Overture, Op. 26” and Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 “Reformation.”
Tacke, a member of the NIU School of Music faculty, is a professor of violin and a former second violinist of the Vermeer Quartet. Linc Smelser is the orchestra’s conductor.
Ticket prices for individual concerts are $5 for children younger than 12; $10 for students and seniors; and $13 for adults. The four-concert series subscription rates are $18 for children younger 12; $35 for students and seniors; and $45 for adults. KSO is generously supported by WNIU, WNIJ and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Named Orchestra of the Year by the Illinois Council of Orchestras, the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra is a non-profit community group that has provided a venue for local musicians to showcase their talents in an orchestral setting since 1976. For additional information, call (815) 756-3728, e-mail contact@kishorchestra.org or visit www.kishorchestra.org.
Learn how to use photographs to tell a story in a new two-day class offered this fall by the NIU Community School of the Arts. The class is for those 12 and older.
The Documentary Photography Project offers a chance for amateur photographers to learn to document a story through candid photography.
Saturday, Oct. 17, is the first day. Students bring their cameras to class and learn basic photography techniques for taking skillful candid (not posed) pictures. The group travels around the NIU campus with a list of places to photograph.
Saturday, Oct. 24, is the second day. Students bring prints of their photographs to class and meet for a critique session and discussion.
The class meets from 1 to 3 p.m. both days in Room 211 of the Visual Arts Building.
Teacher Jeni Lodolce is studying for her master’s degree in art education at NIU. She earned her bachelor’s degree in photography from NIU in 2006. She has been a photographer with the Northern Star and the Beacon News of Aurora.
To learn more about this and other classes offered by the NIU Community School of the Arts, call (815) 753-1450 or visit www.niu.edu/extprograms.
Learn to design one-of-a-kind eggs, which can be given as gifts, kept as family heirlooms or treasured as holiday decorations.
The NIU Community School of the Arts is offering a workshop, Creating Pysanky Eggs. The class meets from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in the Visual Arts Building. The workshop is for anyone ages 13 through adult.
Egg decorating is a skill that has been handed down through many generations, usually from mother to daughter. Pysanky are Ukrainian/Polish eggs, decorated using beeswax and dyes that are applied in layers.
Students learn to decorate eggs using two different styles of Pysanky: the Polish drop/pull folk style and the Ukrainian method, which uses the delrin kista tool. Both use hot wax applied to the egg surface and color dye baths. The fee includes the cost of materials.
The class is ideal for mothers and daughters or for friends; there is a discount when two people register together.
Instructor Billie Giese is an associate professor of drawing in the NIU School of the Art.
For registration forms or information about this and other programs of the NIU Community School of the Arts, visit www.niu.edu/extprograms or call (815) 753-1450.
Members of the Supportive Professional Staff are invited to join fellow SPS for a time of socializing, networking, good drink and tasty treats.
The event takes place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Thurgood Marhsall Gallery of Swen Parson Hall.
The Friends of NIU Libraries invite the public to attend a talk titled, “The John Deere Story: Building a Frontier Business,” presented by Neil Dahlstrom at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Dahlstrom, co-author of “The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere,” will provide insight into the first 70 years of John Deere – from the “invention” of the steel plow in 1837 to becoming the largest steel plow manufacturer in the world by 1900.
The program is free and will be held in the Rare Books and Special Collections department on the fourth floor of Founders Memorial Library. Free parking is available after 7 p.m. in the Visitor’s Parking Lot located on Carroll Avenue.
For more information, call (815) 753-8091.
NIU’s public radio stations, WNIJ and WNIU, need volunteers to help answer pledge drive phone calls during the Fall Membership Campaign.
WNIJ (89.5 FM) will fundraise during various hours between Friday, Oct. 16, and Friday, Oct. 23. Weekday morning shifts start as early as 6 a.m. with Monday through Thursday evening shifts ending at 7 p.m. There are some mid-day and weekend hours to fill as well.
Classical WNIU (90.5 FM) will fundraise on just one day, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28.
E-mail ddrake@niu.edu for more information about pledge drive volunteering at the Broadcast Center, 801 N. First St. in DeKalb.
The NIU Division of International Programs is seeking nominations for two awards that will be presented this fall during the annual International Recognition Reception.
The “Outstanding International Educator Award” honors an NIU faculty or staff member who has contributed significantly toward international education at the university. The Division of International Programs will recognize the award recipient with a travel reimbursement of $500.
The 2009 award recipient will have made sustained contributions to the enhancement of international education through teaching, research, public service and student-service efforts. The deadline for submitting completed nominations is Friday, Oct. 16.
The second major honor, the award for Outstanding Contribution to International Education at NIU, recognizes the academic unit or support unit that made the most significant contribution toward international education on campus during the last academic year. The deadline for submitting completed nominations is Friday, Oct. 23.
The International Recognition Reception will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. Deputy Provost Harold Kafer will speak at the event.
More information on the awards and nomination forms are available online at www.niu.edu/international/ or by calling Sara Clayton at (815) 753-9526.
Procurement Services and Human Resource Services invite faculty, staff and student organization officers to attend NIU’s fourth annual Supplier Diversity Networking Fair.
Scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center, the fair will showcase products and services from 100 businesses primarily owned and operated by minorities, females and/or persons with disabilities.
Visitors can compare and sample a wide variety of quality products and services in a low-key, non-pressure setting. They also can enjoy free breakfast, a lunch buffet, give-aways and door prizes.
To register, e-mail name and position title, department/organization and the names and titles of those attending to bep@niu.edu by Tuesday, Oct. 6. Registration also will be taken at the door.
For more information, visit www.niu.edu/procurement/bep or call (815) 753-6000.
Phi Sigma Biology Honors Society, the Pre Professional Association and the Chemistry Club will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the Holmes Student Center Capital Room.
Refreshments will be provided after the donation, and every donor will receive a free pair of flannel pants.
To schedule a time to donate, contact Kate Krise at (815) 821-5688 or by e-mail at katekrise@yahoo.com. Walk-ins also are welcome.
Join NIU’s Alumni Association on a trip to France next March. This travel program combines the ambiance and culture of Paris with the history and geography of Normandy.
Whether it’s the lovely tree-lined boulevards with their animated cafes or the brilliantly illuminated monuments and squares or the exciting nightlife, Paris is inviting. The “City of Light” offers a vast array of scenic, cultural, culinary and emotional experiences.
Normandy is a distinct region on the northern coast of France famous for the D-Day landings of June 1944. Normandy also offers the beautiful French countryside with deep river valleys and forests, fine manor houses, thatched cottages and picturesque seaport villages.
The Division of International Programs will host its Fall 2009 Brown Bag Series from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays in Faraday West, Room 300.
Attendees are invited to bring lunch and listen to speakers covering a variety of topics such as international perspectives, cultural diversity and study abroad experiences.
Upcoming lunches:
For other details, contact Heesun Majcher, director of the International Student and Faculty Office, at (815) 753-8275 or hmajcher@niu.edu.