Three members of 天天吃瓜鈥檚 library staff worked together to produce a new digital collection of publications that came out of the Carruthers Center in the 1960s and 鈥70s.
Find out how to view the collection, which students won the Mach Concerto competition and which students and alumni appeared in the Chicago Tribune鈥檚 high-profile project about DACA recipients. It鈥檚 all in this week鈥檚 edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.
Around the Commons
Inner City Issues digital collection
University Archives Librarian Hanna Ahn, Carruthers Center Librarian Robin Harris and Carruthers Center Library Specialist Angela Arroyo have created a new digital collection of , a publication of the Center for Inner City Studies that was published in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the Concerned Graduate Organization. It featured academic works, as well as poems and editorials, focusing on the inner-city experience at the time. It is compelling as a historical record of the legacy of the Carruthers Center, as well as a tangible reminder of how the same issues that were written about almost 50 years ago are still relevant today. The collection is hosted by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois and is best viewed in Google Chrome.
Elyse J. Mach Concerto winners
Tyler Miles, Pablo Tobar and Gloria Orozco Dorado were the three student winners of the 2018 Elyse J. Mach Concerto Competition on Jan. 18 in the Recital Hall. More than a dozen Music students competed in the annual competition. Zen Hsu and Gisella Milla earned honorable mention. As part of the competition requirements, all musicians performed their concerti from memory for a panel of three distinguished adjudicators鈥擱ebecca Wilson, Chris Hasselbring and Kimberlie Richter. The three winners will be featured soloists with the NEIU Orchestra, directed by Benjamin Firer, on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium.
Committee of 50
Executive Director of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment Maureen Amos has been appointed to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators鈥 Higher Education . This national committee of forward-thinking higher education leaders will spend the next year examining policy areas related to access, affordability, accountability and transparency. The group will produce practical solutions and recommendations for members of Congress.
The future of linguistics
The Department of Linguistics hosted 31 high school students from the Chicago area on Jan. 25 to compete in the first leg of the (NACLO). All of the students have a desire to continue studying linguistics in college. The students who scored in the top percentage internationally will return to Northeastern for a second exam in March. The highest international scorers will then meet in Europe for the final round.
And there鈥檚 more!
- The Department of Social Work will host an information session on Jan. 30 for anyone interested in pursuing a master鈥檚 degree in Social Work.
- Samuel Aguirre (B.A. 鈥14 Bilingual-Bicultural Elementary Education) has been named the new division supervisor for the .
In the media
The faces of DACA
When the wanted to tell the stories of the recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, it naturally included Northeastern in the discussion. As the future of DACA is discussed in Congress, the Tribune rolled out a massive project telling the stories of 41 recipients, including those of Northeastern students Yadira Alonso (Biology and Linguistics) and Daniel Hernandez (Computer Science), and alumni Yesenia Pecheco (B.S. 鈥16 Accounting) and Diana Perez (B.A. 鈥13 Communication, Media and Theatre).
New York, New York!
Ensemble Espa帽ol 鈥渨owed the audience鈥 during its American Dance Platform performance at New York City鈥檚 Joyce Theater, according to Alastair Macaulay of . The chief dance critic also posted a review and photo from the performance on his account.
A bassist with no limits
Northeastern student Freddy Quintero, a native of Venezuela, will perform on bass this weekend at Jazz Showcase with Cuban pianist Chuchito Vald茅s. Quintero talked about the journey from his native country to Chicago's music stages with . 鈥淚 consider myself as a musician that is capable of playing different styles of music and enjoying all of them at the same time,鈥 Quintero said. 鈥淚 grew up in a house listening to Venezuelan music every morning, pop, rock, funk and R&B in the afternoon, and Latin music at night. So, this is how I see myself, as a musician with no limits.鈥
Also in the media ...
- invited Business Instructor Brian Langenberg onto 鈥淪quawk on the Street鈥 to talk about the problems at General Electric Co. If you look carefully, you鈥檒l notice that Langenberg donned a Northeastern lapel pin for the interview.
- The quoted Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Carruthers Center Conrad Worrill in a story about the death of former alderman and prominent judge William Cousins Jr.
To do
Nuevas Voces at NEIU
The winning plays from the will be performed on Jan. 26-17. The contest and festival founder is retired Communication, Media and Theatre Professor Jim Blair, and the judges are Ra煤l Dorantes, Sarah Fabian and Northeastern Iterim President Richard Helldobler.
Community Conversations
The College of Arts and Sciences continues its series of conversations on the important and urgent topics of the day with the goal of engaging the scholars and experts of the Northeastern community to discuss and work through the many issues that challenge us, confuse us and move us to think and explore together in collective inquiry and conversation. The first event of 2018, titled Changing Places, Spaces, and People: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change, is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Jan. 31 in Golden Eagles Room.
Mark your calendar!
- 鈥淏ad Editions鈥 exhibition, through Feb. 2, Fine Arts Gallery
- Thursday Night Live: Brian Torosian, 3 p.m. Jan. 27, Student Lounge
- 鈥淭he Great Waltz鈥 screening, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Auditorium
- Thursday Night Live: Dead Freddie, 10 p.m. Feb. 1, Student Lounge
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