NEIU Weekend is here and we have lots to celebrate! U.S. News & World Report cited more reasons for students to consider attending Northeastern Illinois University, Google brought an exciting partnership to campus this summer, and an instructor earned a prestigious award nomination. Read all about these stories and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.
Around the Commons
U.S. News & World Report
Northeastern Illinois University graduates its students with the least amount of student debt among Midwest regional universities, according to the 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” publication. Northeastern is also listed as the No. 1 public university in the region for diverse student population and social mobility.
Google News
Northeastern Illinois University was one of nine schools—and the only one in the Midwest—to host Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute Extension. The goal of the program is to increase the number of women, underrepresented ethnic minority students, first-generation, and low-income college students in the field of computer science. The program gave 14 incoming students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a three-week intensive to learn coding languages, explore Google’s Chicago offices, and learn about what it takes to build a career in technology.
Jeff Award nomination
G. “Max” Maxin IV of the Communication, Media and Theatre Department received an Equity Jeff Award nomination for Best Projection Design for the American Blues Theater production of “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey.” This is his first nomination for Projection Design. His previous Jeff Award nominations have been for Lighting Design. The Joseph Jefferson Awards celebrate the vitality of Chicago area theatre by recognizing excellence through recommendations, awards and honors. Earlier this year, Max presented "Projections on a Small Budget" at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Annual National Conference in Louisville, Ky. Appearing with him were the Lead Projectionist for Cirque du Soleil and the Lighting Supervisor of Northwestern University's Theatre Department. The 2019 Equity Jeff Awards will be announced on Oct. 21.
And there’s more!
- Northeastern will host a Graduate Open House on Oct. 2 and an Undergraduate Open House on Oct. 16.
- Assistant Professor of English Ryan Poll delivered a paper titled, “Communities of hate: destructive and productive working-class affects in the wake of deindustrialisation” at the Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA) Conference at the University of Kent, Canterbury on Sept. 6.
In the media
- The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press published a feature story on alumna Sandra Brown (B.A. ’66 Elementary Education-Art), who is exhibiting some of her work this month in Dalton, Ga.
- Associate Professor of Political Science William Adler appeared on CLTV’s “Politics Tonight” to discuss President Trump’s response to Hurricane Dorian.
- Associate Professor of Political Science Mateo Farzaneh appeared on CLTV’s “Politics Tonight” to discuss the Taliban.
To do
NEIU Weekend
Northeastern’s annual NEIU Weekend celebration is here! The weekend begins with Fall Fest on Sept. 13 with live music on the University Commons and Parking Lot J from 4-9:45 p.m. The festivities continue on Sept. 14 with the Golden Eagle Picnic from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on the University Commons. The picnic will include games, music and vendors.
Coming next week!
- College of Business and Management, Computer Science and University Technology Career Fair, 10 a.m., Sept. 17, Alumni Hall
- What is the University Ombuds?, 12:30 p.m., Sept.18, Golden Eagles
- History Department Lecture: Dr. Daniel Greene, 6:30 p.m., Sept. 18, Golden Eagles
- "Drive-In" screening, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 18, Auditorium
- SLAM Open Mic Poetry Club Thursday Show, noon, Sept. 19, Golden Eagles Nest Cafeteria
- Thirza Lagewaard Presentation: How Epistemic Injustice Can Deepen Disagreement, 3 p.m., Sept. 19, LWH 1001
- View all of the University’s future events at neiu.edu/events.
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