Would you like to shake hands with a former Blackhawks great? You can鈥攚hile supporting 天天吃瓜 student scholarships鈥攂y signing up for the Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event. We鈥檝e got more about the golf event鈥檚 celebrity guest and the scholarships, plus news about the Visiting Writers Series and more!
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Meet the Blackhawk
Hockey Hall of Famer and former Chicago Blackhawks great Bobby Hull will be the at Northeastern鈥檚 oldest philanthropic event, the Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event, on Monday, Aug. 17, at Traditions at Chevy Chase Golf Club in Wheeling. Hull, who was known as the 鈥淕olden Jet鈥 during his playing days, led the Blackhawks to the 1961 Stanley Cup championship.
And more on the Kane scholarships ...
While the scholarships are named after their father, former College of Education Associate Professor Charles Kane, the Kane sisters were sure to include Virginia Kane in the giving as well. As the NEIU Foundation gears up for the 43rd Annual Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event on Aug. 17, , who passed away in 2010.
Visiting Writers Series
The Department of English has for the Visiting Writers Series. The series will kick off Sept. 15 with a public reading and book signing by Lauren Holmes. All events are free and open to the public. Check out the full 2015-16 schedule!
And there鈥檚 more!
- Marie Maurice (B.A. 鈥11 Social Work) has called 鈥淧eace! Be Still鈥 that is intended to provide lessons and insights learned during her life.
- Northeastern will host the summer鈥檚 final on the Main Campus on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Departments from across the University will come together to help students prepare for the fall 2015 semester.
- has announced the promotion of Irma Su谩rez Ruiz to artistic director. Su谩rez Ruiz has served the company as associate artistic director and remains an instructor of Spanish dance.
In the media
鈥楽chool-to-prison pipeline鈥
Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies Professor Erica Meiners appeared on to talk about the relationship between education and incarceration. Her appearance begins around the 11:25 mark of the broadcast.
Also in the media ...
- reported the nominees for the 21st Annual Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards to be held Oct. 19 at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies.
- mentioned Northeastern among some elite higher education company in a story about a group that is pushing for demographic questions related to gender identity and sexual orientation on college applications. Northeastern added these questions to its applications in 2014.
- featured Robert Colangelo (B.S. 鈥84 Earth Science and M.S. 鈥90 Earth Science) in a 鈥淧rofessionals to Watch鈥 piece about his vertical farm.
- published a story about Brian Williams (B.A. 鈥03 Board of Governors and Sociology), who has been named director of East Maine District 63 Total Learning Community Program.
- published a piece by College of Lake County President Jerry Weber in which he mentions the college鈥檚 partnership with Northeastern.
- listed the Aug. 12 screening of 鈥淗ousekeeping鈥 among its list of the week鈥檚 best bets.
To do
Chicago Chamber Music Festival
The Chicago Chamber Music Festival (photo at the top of the page), hosted by Northeastern, concludes with a that are free and open to the public. The solo repertoire recital will take place at 7 p.m. Aug. 7, and the chamber ensembles recital will take place at 1 p.m. Aug. 8.
Mark your calendar!
- ($5/$2), 7 p.m. Aug. 12, Auditorium
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