天天吃瓜 took a big step toward the opening of its first residence hall in the fall of 2016. Read more about The Nest, plus the latest on Reunion, plans for a high-profile movie screening and more!
Around the Commons
Now accepting applications
Northeastern is now for its first residence hall, which opens in fall 2016. If you haven鈥檛 already seen the , be sure to check it out!
鈥楨ducation, Inc.鈥 screening
The Department of Educational Inquiry & Curriculum Studies is sponsoring a on Oct. 5. Following the film, retired University of Illinois at Chicago College of Education Professor Bill Ayers will moderate a discussion with a panel that includes an individual involved in the recent Dyett High School hunger strike in Chicago.
Reunion is coming
Don鈥檛 miss out! Northeastern will host its first-ever Homecoming Block Party, a trip to a Chicago Fire soccer game, workshops at the new El Centro location and much more as part of the festivities that will take place Oct. 2-3.
And there鈥檚 more!
- If you missed last week鈥檚 Student Center for Science Engagement Seventh Annual Student Research Symposium (Da In Lee presents her poster in the photo at the top of the page), be sure to !
- Grow Your Own Teachers, a program that has been implemented by Northeastern鈥檚 College of Education, has been as one of over 230 Bright Spots in Hispanic Education across the country that has demonstrated a strong commitment to improving the educational attainment of Hispanics.
- Social Work Assistant Professor Milka Ramirez will about preserving oral family history on Sept. 30 at the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance Center.
- Organizers of the annual Art in Response to Violence conference have announced that his year鈥檚 event will take place on Oct. 22.
In the media
- reported that retired Education Professor Ellen Fiedler will lead a parent workshop on developing the social skills of gifted children.
- listed Northeastern among the universities that hosted events for National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 22.
- highlighted the Oct. 16 Jewel Box Series concert by Doreen鈥檚 Jazz New Orleans among its musical performances to see.
To do
Latinos in the classroom
Tammy Oberg De La Garza, who earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education 鈥 Teacher Education in 1993 and her master鈥檚 in Teaching Language Arts in 1996, will return to Northeastern on Sept. 29 for a presentation of her book 鈥淪alsa Dancing in Gym Shoes: Exploring Cross-Cultural Missteps With Latinos in the Classroom.鈥 The event will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Student Union room 214.
鈥楥omedy of bad manners鈥
Stage Center Theatre will debut Gina Gionfriddo鈥檚 on Oct. 1. Regarded as a 鈥渃omedy of bad manners鈥 when it opened in New York in 2009, the play centers on the relationships of four characters鈥擲uzanna, Andrew, Becky and Max鈥攁nd takes the audience on a journey of a bad date that changes all of their lives.
Mark your calendar!
- , Sept. 28-Oct. 16, Fine Arts Gallery
- , 6-11 p.m. Sept. 30, Ronald Williams Library
- ($2/$5), 7 p.m. Sept. 30, Auditorium
- Poetry and Song of W.B. Yeats, 3:05 p.m. Oct. 1, Recital Hall
- , 7 p.m. Oct. 1, Auditorium
- Thursday Night Live: Sable Beldam, 10 p.m. Oct. 1, Student Lounge
- , 6 p.m. Oct. 2, Fine Arts Gallery
#FollowFriday
#NEIUPres
Look out, Twitter! President Sharon Hahs will conduct her first Twitter chat through the University's from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28. Be sure to use the hashtag #NEIUPres!
#ElCentroTurns1
The one-year anniversary of El Centro鈥檚 grand opening is coming up on Sept. 30! Stay tuned to El Centro on and next week to view never-before-seen videos, historic photos and to contribute your own thoughts on the past, present and future of El Centro.
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Mike Hines, Director of Public Relations, m-hines@neiu.edu, (773) 442-4240
