June 2013 Blog Posts (10)

Independence Day on the Fourth of July from G. Hung Fong on Vimeo.

Celebrating the Fourth of July for Independence Day in the U.S.A.

The Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs gathers NEIU students, faculty, staff and members of the community at large to celebrate individual differences, promote dialog on topics of diversity and social justice.

The Center approaches diversity with a multiple social identity perspective so that people can identify with their specific…

La Cité Restaurant Turns Around The Ville de Québec in Canada

Where is My Portable Camera with My Father’s Photographs and My Travel Pictures Lost at Cité Restaurant in the Ville de Québec, Canada?

By Gardenia C. Hung, Summer 1982 Boursiére at l’Université Laval, Ville de Québec, Canada

In the summer of 1982, I visited the Cité Restaurant in the Ville de Québec where I was studying for a French Immersion at the University of Laval in Québec, Canada. Two Canadian women and I,…

In 1867, the first experimental Teacher Training School was established in Blue Island, Illinois by the Cook County Commissioners who appropriated the money for 32 students.

Three years later, on September 21, 1870, the Normal School opened its new building in Englewood, Illinois.

The City of Chicago sponsored the Normal School which became the Chicago Normal School.

In 1938, the Normal School was renamed the Chicago Teachers College, the only tuition-free, four-year…

Northeastern Illinois University is inviting Alumni to the 2013 NEIU Reunion and a special Welcome Home Luncheon for Chicago Teachers College Alumni on Friday, October 18, 2013. There will be a Medallion Ceremony for the Diamond Alumni of the Class of 1952 and Golden Alumni of the Class of 1962 in the afternoon on campus.

The Alumni Center is located in Building I at the entrance of 3701 Bryn Mawr for Registration and additional information about the NEIU 2013 Reunion this…

Twenty years ago there was a wall along the lake, trash strewn about, graffiti littering the area, and people that were questionable harassing the passersby.

A small group of Rogers Park residents (Keith Lord, Katie Hogan, Regina Robinson, and Richard Kaufman) sat on Keith Lord's back porch and came up with a brilliant idea to change the face of this wall; An Artists of the Wall festival.

By cleaning up the area, painting the walls, and involving the police force in the…

Cubamerican Trailer from CUBAMERICAN the movie on Vimeo.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AT THE LINKEDIN TOWN HALL MEETING WITH J.D. GERSHBEIN AND CAREER MOVES AT JVS CHICAGO

J.D. GERSHBEIN: LINKEDIN TOWN HALL MEETING

On the 10th Anniversary of LinkedIn, J.D. Gershbein invited everyone to the LinkedIn Town Hall Meeting at the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium sponsored by Linda Wolf from Career Moves at JVS Chicago on Monday, June 3, 2013, hosted by the Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago. Greg from the Business & Technology…