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Ethan Cowburn selected for The Kennedy Center’s Access/VSA International Young Musicians Program

Ethan Cowburn, a soon-to-gradate M.F.A. student in percussion performance in the NIU School of Music, was chosen as just one of five students in the world for the Access/VSA International Young Musicians Program at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC this summer. The...

Dance Concert opens April 24 in Black Box Theatre

The annual Spring Dance Concert brings a close to the 2024-2025 NIU School of Theatre and Dance production season. More than 20 student dancers will perform works by guest choreographer Vershawn Sanders-Ward of Red Clay Dance Company and NIU faculty choreographers...

Lighting design student Kev Kollmann featured in video about accessibility improvements for theater technicians

Kev Kollmann, an M.F.A. in lighting design in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is featured in the Winter 2025 edition of Protocol Magazine, the journal of the entertainment technology industry. The feature and accompanying video focus on inclusion and innovation...

Art and Design’s Geoffrey Todd Smith’s show “Assembly” featured in Colossal

NIU School of Art and Design Instructor of Drawing Geoffrey Todd Smith's show, Assembly at Western Exhibitions was featured in the online art magazine Colossal.  Continually drawn to abstraction and geometry, Smith is known for his mesmerizing works that infuse...
NIU Art Museum upcoming bus excursions

NIU Art Museum upcoming bus excursions

The Get-On-The-Bus Trips of the NIU Art Museum are great ways to meet other art lovers, keep up with what’s happening in the art world, see innovative historical exhibits and travel without the hassle of traffic, tolls and parking. Bus trips are planned to take...

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Joe Miñoso, MFA ’04, featured in Hello! magazine

Joe Miñoso, MFA ’04, featured in Hello! magazine

Actor Joe Miñoso, star of NBC's Chicago Fire for the last 13 seasons was featured in a recent edition of Hello! magazine. Miñoso earned his MFA in Acting from the NIU School of Theatre and Dance in 2004. Chicago Fire star Joe Miñoso's life away from the cameras Top...

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