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2008 News Releases

December 2008

• Illinois Board of Higher Education honors NIU professor with Nurse Educator Fellowship Award (12/15/08)
• NIU-based ICEE leads investing game for would-be traders (12/9/08)
• Educational video aims to help inmates keep their kids in school (12/8/08)
• New master’s degree at NIU offers specialties in apparel studies, family and consumer sciences ed (12/3/08)
• Legendary NIU Jazz Ensemble to host CD release party Dec. 8 in Chicago (12/3/08)
• NIU, College of DuPage partner to offer bachelor’s degree in nursing at Glen Ellyn (12/2/08)
• Physicist with Fermilab roots joins NIU faculty, named technical director of proton center (12/2/08)
• Altgeld Hall to welcome community Friday for annual Holiday Family Celebration (12/2/08)
• NIU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, Dec. 4 (12/2/08)

November 2008

• ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ named 2008 Carol of the Year (11/26/08)
• Accountancy among best in nation again (11/26/08)
• Choral Department invites alums to sing during 10th annual Holiday Concert (11/26/08)
• Jazz Lab Band to launch first-ever international tour (11/25/08)
• NIU unveils new financial aid initiative: ‘Huskie Advantage’ Program fills tuition gap for working class students and families (11/24/08)
• School of Theatre and Dance presents ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ (11/20/08)
• School of Art’s art education program launches Ph.D. (11/17/08)
• Illinois Broadcasters Association presents trio of awards to Northern Television Center (11/17/08)
• Motorola grant helps NIU recruit women engineering students (11/12/08)
• Board committee to meet Thursday, Nov. 13 (11/11/08)
• Northern Star wins Pacemaker award, college press equivalent of Pulitzer (11/10/08)
• Director to screen award-winning film on Rwandan genocide (11/10/08)
• School of Theatre and Dance presents ‘L’Histoire du Soldat’ (11/6/08)
• Professors of educational psychology return to high school to observe how boys, girls learn science (11/6/08)
• Host of activities planned for International Education Week at NIU (11/6/08)
• NIU professors are helping area teachers sharpen their history lessons (11/6/08)
• Geography department will stage night of GIS demonstrations (11/5/08)
• President John Peters honored with top award from Midwest chapter of NASPA (11/5/08)
• Nutrition students to give presentations for NIU Nutrition Education Week (11/5/08)
• NIU researchers say twisters occurring from midnight to dawn are 2.5 times more likely to kill (11/5/08)
• Angela Rosc named NIU Student Lincoln Laureate (11/4/08)
• NIU Veterans Club to host annual Veterans Day ceremony (11/3/08)

October 2008

• NIU to host open house Tuesday, Nov. 11 (10/30/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents ‘Cinderella Waltz’ (10/29/08)
• NIU’s College of Business to host conference on Turkish role in future of energy (10/21/08)
• Technical theater alums prepare to swing vines for Disney’s Tarzan (10/21/08)
• Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic invites community members to participate in research (10/16/08)
• NIU-District 428 partnership at Chesebro builds learning foundation on bilingualism (10/16/08)
• Illinois Association of Museums honors NIU’s ‘Examining Audubon’ exhibition (10/15/08)
• NIU art professor, Naperville teacher bring students, children together for ‘Tents of Hope’ (10/15/08)
• Non-profit group recognizes NIU’s diversity (10/14/08)
• MEDIA ALERT: Press conference to illuminate new collaboration between DeKalb Public Schools, NIU (10/14/08)
• How much is that Huskie Pup on the eBay auction block? (10/14/08)
• Have a ball with NIU Chemistry during National Chemistry Week (10/13/08)
• Matthew Connelly will deliver Oct. 23 W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture (10/13/08)
• School of Theatre and Dance presents epic British comedy ‘Revengers’ Comedies’ (10/10/08)
• Rebuilding the ‘White City’ (10/9/08)
• NIU receives $1.6 million from DOJ to recoup expenses (10/8/08)
• New professor of art history co-edits ‘exciting’ book on Roman role models (10/8/08)
• Oct. 28 talk by Peter Sagal promises behind-the-scenes peek at his NPR show (10/7/08)
• NIU invites students with ‘character’ to apply for Forward, Together Forward scholarships (10/7/08)
• Haunted Physics Lab has creepy partner, new name and more exhibits (10/3/08)
• Mitutoyo gift sponsors lab at NIU (10/2/08)
• NIU gets $1 million to study hybrid locomotives (10/1/08)

September 2008

• Campus Child Care Center celebrates 30 years (9/29/08)
• NIU to host October job, internship fairs, welcoming 200 employers to Convocation Center (9/29/08)
• President calls for focus on student success and program integration in annual address (9/25/08)
• NIU, DeKalb School District 428 expand partnership with world-class vision for new DeKalb High School (9/25/08)
• Dan Gebo, Christine Worobec, Narayan Hosmane named 2008 Board of Trustees Professors (9/25/08)
• NIU receives grants for security, mental health (9/25/08)
• MEDIA ALERT: NIU President John Peters to deliver annual State of the University Address (9/22/08)
• AutomationDirect sponsors lab at NIU (9/19/08)
• Student proton-therapy researcher wins poster award at conference on accelerators (9/17/08)
• Professor to address educational aspirations of Puerto Rican girls, women living in Chicago (9/17/08)
• Nancy Castle named interim director of Honors Program at NIU (9/16/08)
• NIU conference will introduce young women to career opportunities (9/15/08)
• NIU tenth-day enrollment figures released (9/11/08)
• NIU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, Sept. 18 (9/11/08)
• Scholar returns from Malaysia to take reins of NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies (9/11/08)
• Young and old alike can experience the magic of Harry Potter this fall at NIU (9/11/08)
• Award-winning Campus Web Map just got better (9/10/08)
• Date of Peter Sagal appearance at NIU moved to Tuesday, Oct. 28 (9/4/08)
• Professor writes curriculum to enable future teachers to recognize, assist homeless children in their classrooms (9/3/08)
• Sept. 18 Study Abroad Fair will help students make international education a reality (9/3/08)
• NIU foreign language instructor taking part in Fulbright Exchange with peer from Argentina (9/3/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance to host memorial gathering for Christopher Markle (9/2/08)

August 2008

• Sept. 17 opening reception set for exhibit by Chicano artist Malaquias Montoya (8/29/08)
• NIU students conducting fieldwork with Burpee Museum help dig up major cache of dinosaur fossils (8/27/08)
• CHANCE’s Leroy Mitchell to retire, reception scheduled for August 28 (8/26/08)
• U.S. News ranks NIU public administration third nationally for city management (8/26/08)
• Board committees to meet Thursday, Aug. 28 (8/22/08)
• John Knapp’s study of English Department colleague becomes book on how to be a great teacher (8/22/08)
• Wait wait…don’t tell me who will help Friends of NIU Libraries celebrate 25th anniversary (8/14/08)
• Book by NIU English professor opens new chapter on Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald (8/14/08)
• Changing of the guard: NIU provost announces administrative appointments (8/11/08)
• NIU students travel to Germany to meet with 25 Nobel Laureates (8/7/08)
• NIU joins theater world to mourn death of Christopher Markle (8/5/08)
• Special Meeting of the NIU Board of Trustees to be held Wednesday, Aug. 6 (8/4/08)

July 2008

• NIU increases efforts to boost P-20 performance in science, technology, engineering and math (7/30/08)
• Paul Carpenter wins 1,044-mile bicycle race, prepares to make decision on Race Across America (7/21/08)
• NIU engineers make micro-milling affordable (7/15/08)
• NIU makes match that leads to $1 million grant (7/8/08)
  • Fertilizer from thin air – new technologies improve an old idea (7/8/08)
  • Power plant harvests electricity from farm fields (7/8/08)

June 2008

• Music historian contributes to new volume on European symphonies from 1800 to 1930 (6/30/08)
• Art imitates art in Joe Bonomo's new book of prose poems (6/30/08)
• Groundbreaking celebration heralds coming of advanced new cancer treatment to suburban Chicago (6/19/08)
• John Lewis named executive director of Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center (6/19/08)
• Camp for Rockford Jefferson High School students to explore college experience, concepts of tolerance (6/19/08)
• Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, June 19 (6/16/08)
• MEDIA ALERT: June 19th groundbreaking celebration set for Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center (6/12/08)
• High school teachers, students will build cosmic ray detectors at NIU (6/9/08)
• School of Theatre and Dance announces 2008-09 season (6/4/08)
• Brigid Lusk among Illinois delegation chosen for national summit on nursing shortage (6/4/08)
• Rural Health Careers Camp returns Friday (6/3/08)
• Board of Trustees committees to meet Thursday, June 5 (6/2/08)

May 2008

• Deadline: Will newspapers survive? NIU will help bring together prominent journalists to answer question (5/29/08)
• Recent NIU student newspaper editor named among nation’s most promising student journalists (5/29/08)
• NIU alumnus exhibits artwork at DeKalb Area Women’s Center (5/28/08)
• NIU leaders to attend general education institute (5/28/08)
• 30 Filipino leaders will visit NIU to learn about, experience American democracy (5/19/08)
• NIU fine arts students exhibit at DeKalb Area Women’s Center (5/16/08)
• Literacy Education professor Nelson closes book on career with award, begins next chapter (5/14/08)
• Two NIU students win prestigious Fulbright fellowships (5/13/08)
• New book by prize-winning NIU historian chronicles modern age of impeachment (5/5/08)
• NIU engineering students work with hospital to improve efficiency (5/5/08)

April 2008

• NIU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic prepares to begin move to Monsanto building Friday (4/23/08)
• Media alert regarding today's campus security alert (4/22/08)
• NIU honors Britt, Klonoski, Lenczewski, Bradley for excellence in undergraduate teaching, instruction (4/21/08)
• Due date for memorial ideas is April 29 (4/21/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents Spring Dance Concert 2008 (4/18/08)
• Statement regarding incident on campus today (4/17/08)
• NIU Operating Staff honors winners of 2008 Outstanding Service Awards (4/17/08)
• Nobel Laureate Gerard ’t Hooft to visit NIU April 22 (4/15/08)
• Mohsen Pourahmadi, John Skowronski awarded 2008 Presidential Research Professorships (4/15/08)
• Friends of NIU Libraries will help determine what your rare book is worth (4/15/08)
• Huskies for Hokies candlelight vigil set for April 16 (4/10/08)
• UW-Oshkosh symphony conductor Lucia Matos named conductor of NIU Philharmonic (4/10/08)
• NIU announces Presidential Teaching Professors (4/10/08)
• NIU Jazz Lab Band takes top prize at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire jazz festival (4/9/08)
• NIU New Music Ensemble to perform Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’ (4/7/08)
• NIU Chamber Choir invited to perform at National Association for Music Education conference (4/3/08)
• NIU community gets hands dirty April 19 to thank DeKalb, Sycamore (4/2/08)
• NIU Veterans Club members to host memorial gathering for Julianna Gehant (4/2/08)
• Illinois Dietetic Association honors NIU graduate student as state’s outstanding intern (4/2/08)
• NIU Women’s Rights Alliance presents ‘Vagina Monologues’ (4/1/08)
• NIU honors four Supportive Professional Staff with Presidential Awards for Excellence (4/1/08)

March 2008

• Members appointed to February 14th Memorial Committee (3/31/08)
• Suggestions sought for memorial to honor victims of Feb. 14 tragedy (3/28/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents world’s oldest play, ‘The Persians’ (3/27/08)
• Nationally renowned education researcher to address issues of student success at NIU (3/26/08)
• Department of Communication hosts annual Reality Bytes Student Documentary Film Fest (3/25/08)
• Latino rights icon Dolores Huerta to speak at NIU (3/25/08)
• Gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos to perform at NIU (3/24/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s Third Onion presents ‘Parallel Lives’ (3/24/08)
• UC Santa Barbara librarian named dean of NIU Libraries (3/24/08)
• NIU will hosts three acclaimed poets for April 4 readings, book signings (3/24/08)
• NIU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, March 27 (3/24/08)
• Rita Yusko named acting manager of NIU Tech Transfer Office (3/19/08)
• NIU scientists playing role in development of CERN’s LHC detector (3/18/08)
• Buyers should beware of truisms about stocks and politics, NIU researcher says (3/18/08)
• ‘Hip-hop head’ documentary maker will visit NIU to screen film exploring gender roles, music (3/18/08)
• NIU Chemistry Club creates magic for youth of DeKalb County (3/11/08)
• NIU to host open house Friday, March 21 (3/11/08)
• Children’s Literature Conference at NIU to focus on connecting boys with books (3/10/08)
• NIU College of Law interim dean named 2008 laureate of Academy of Illinois Lawyers (3/4/08)
• NIU’s annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit Hope Haven shelter (3/3/08)
• Board committees to meet March 6 (3/3/08)

February 2008

• NIU celebrates Women’s History Month (2/29/08)
• NIU seeks state approval for proton cancer treatment and research center (2/26/08)
• NIU releases public parking information for Sunday evening’s memorial service (2/22/08)
• NIU to broadcast memorial service live to outreach centers in suburbs, Rockford (2/22/08)
• NIU to host memorial service Sunday (2/19/08)
• NIU initiative to address changing needs in healthcare industry (2/14/08)
• Educational activist Deborah Meier to address education, democracy, economy during NIU speech (2/13/08)
• NIU faculty, staff and students invited to meet candidates for library dean (2/13/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (2/13/08)
• Paleontologist who inspired ‘Jurassic Park’ character will deliver Feb. 29 talk at NIU (2/12/08)
• Robert Chappell to tantalize audience’s senses at Presidential Teaching Professor seminar (2/12/08)
• Equality trailblazer Icilda Flournory will speak during Black Heritage Month (2/11/08)
• NIU-ROCK plays matchmaker for Rockford company (2/8/08)
• Northern Star alumni to sponsor Feb. 23 symposium on new media (2/8/08)
• NIU Career Services to host annual Mid-America Educators’ Job Fair (2/8/08)
• Deadly storms underscore new research finding: Mid-South is most vulnerable U.S. region to tornadoes (2/8/08)
• In new book, NIU political scientist touts less-is-more approach to American democracy (2/7/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance celebrates Valentine’s Day with ‘This Side of Paradise’ (2/5/08)
• State of Working Illinois study provides data for Illinois policy makers (2/5/08)
• NIU raising a Ruckus with music downloads (2/5/08)
• NIU to host open house Monday, Feb. 18 (2/4/08)
• NIU doctoral student exhibits campus winter scenes (2/4/08)
• NIU to host job fair, intership fair in February (2/1/08)

January 2008

• Professor to students: ‘You’re going to Hollywood’ (1/31/08)
• UCLA architectural historian will give virtual tour of 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition (1/31/08)
• IBHE honors NIU’s Karen Baldwin with Nurse Educator Fellowship Award (1/30/08)
• NIU will take 45 science teachers on field trips to Mexico (1/24/08)
• Grainger gift supports new facility management program at NIU (1/18/08)
• Tennessee Williams play to receive world premiere next month with NIU’s SummerNITE (1/17/08)
• NIU’s Faculty Development center launches online tutorials to promote effective teaching (1/16/08)
• Chicago consultant, NIU alumnus appointed to Northern Illinois University governing board (1/16/08)
• New Orleans educational leader Paul Vallas to give two presentations at NIU (1/15/08)
• NIU School of Theatre and Dance pesents world premiere of ‘17 Tolbiac’ (1/11/08)
• President Bush nominates NIU political scientist to serve on National Council for the Humanities (1/11/08)
• NIU announces contest to help name new Harry Potter Conference (1/11/08)
• Did it ever rain on Mars? High school students are using NASA data to research the question (1/8/08)
• Bogdan Dabrowski named American Physical Society fellow (1/4/08)
• Kendall Thu named editor of national journal in anthropology (1/4/08)

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