Monday

• Coping Through COVID-19: Coping with Disappointment Webinar: Counseling and Consultation Services will host a self-care webinar at 4 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. Contact Sarah Moskal at [email protected] for more information.  
• Poise and Politics: The National Association of Colored Women’s Club will host an event to educate students on the importance of voting from 5 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. Contact Tayler Lawson at [email protected]  for more information. 

Tuesday

• Resume Q&A: Career Services will host a virtual drop-in group session discussing the best resume practices from 12:30 to 1 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. Contact Career Services at [email protected] for more information. 
• Finding Forward: Counseling and Consultation Services will host a virtual workshop for anyone wanting to boost their resilience to respond to life demands, COVID-19 transitions and painful emotions in helpful ways from 1 to 2 p.m. Contact Giselle Navarro at [email protected] for more information.
• Pink is the New Purple: The National Association of Colored Women’s Club will host a breast cancer walk at 3:30 to 5 p.m from Stevenson Towers to the Holmes Student Center. Contact Tayler Lawson at [email protected]  for more information. 
• Outdoor Adventures – Yoga at the Lagoon: Outdoor Adventures will host an immersive nature flow yoga from 4 to 5 p.m at the East Lagoon. Registration is required and costs $5 for students and $7 for faculty, staff and community members. Contact Lindsay Reinhardt at [email protected] for more information. 
• Diversity Career Panel: Career Services will host a virtual panel for students to hear from representatives across different industries about their own experiences in progressing through their own career paths from 5 to 7 p.m via Microsoft Teams. Contact Cathy Doederlein at [email protected] for more information.
• Avalon String Quartet: The School of Music will host a concert featuring the Avalon String Quartet from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Music Building in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Contact Tina Zemzemi at [email protected] for more information.

Wednesday

• Conflict Essentials for Stressful Times: The Center for Governmental Studies will host a virtual workshop to offer practical instruction in leadership skills under stressful conditions from 9 to 10 a.m. Registration is required for the event and costs $10 for students and $33 for non-students. Contact Janiece Bollie at [email protected] for more information. 
• Flu Shot Clinic: A Flu Shot Clinic will be available to all from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in the Holmes Student Center Ballroom. Schedule an appointment in advance and fill out the client form prior to arriving at the clinic. The entrance will be at the east side door of the ballroom with the exit at the west door. Face masks are required. Contact Karen Smith at [email protected] for more information. 
• Building POWER: The Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office and Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies will host a virtual three-part event on defining advocacy and civic engagement, coalition building from 11 a.m. to noon. Registration is required for the event. Contact the ADEI office at [email protected] for more information. 
• Honors Program Lunch & Learn: Susan Caplan: The University Honors Program will host a virtual discussion with NIU Alum Sarah Caplan, who will discuss how to confidently communicate what makes you unique and what sets you apart from the competition at noon via Zoom. Contact Connie Storey at [email protected] for more information. 
• Introduction to Mindfulness: Counseling and Consultation Services will host a presentation on mindfulness and guided meditation for students at staff from noon to 12:55 p.m. via Zoom. Contact Kelsey Boll at 815-753-1206 for more information. 
• Womanist Wednesdays: NIU’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center will host an interactive tabling session to discuss gender identity, intersectionality and current events from noon to 1 p.m. Follow NIU_GSRC on Instagram to participate. Contact Demetrea at [email protected] for more information. 
• NNGO Fall Networking Extravaganza: The Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies will host its annual Networking Extravaganza students and alumni along with nonprofit and community partners for networking opportunities from 4:30 to 6 p.m via Zoom. Contact Caleb Cox at [email protected] for more information. 
• Golf Talk with Jim Suttie: The College of Education will host a conversation with NIU Alum Jim Suttie on how he built an award-winning career grounded in his knowledge of how the human body achieves and maintains peak performance from 5 to 6 p.m via Zoom. Contact Susan Mizgalski at [email protected] for more information. 
• Outdoor Adventures: Virtual Navigation/Geocache Clinic: Outdoor Adventures will host a virtual event to discuss navigation and geocaching basics, equipment used and what the Outdoor Adventure Center has to offer for navigation and geocaching from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m via Zoom.

Thursday 

• Social Justice Town Hall: Whiteness and the Construction of Race: The Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office will host a virtual event to discuss the construction of race, how whiteness is manifested in society, and how these ideas are duplicated by systems of oppression from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration is required. Contact Jane Pappas at [email protected] for more information.
• CODE 1 Workshops – First Year Success Series: The Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office will offer CODE workshops for first year students to explore their own unique cultural identities and the identities of others. Registration for the event is required. Contact Melanie Griegoliet at [email protected] for more information. 
• Graduate Colloquium: Doing the Hard Work and the Heart Work: The Graduate Colloquium Committee and the Department Counseling and Higher Education will host a virtual discussion with Leilani Kupo to identify and dismantle white supremacist practices in student success programs at 6 p.m. Registration for the event is required. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Friday 

• NIU Law October Virtual Open House and Mock Class: The College of Law will host a virtual open house for prospective students with a unique look into NIU Law from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Registration for this event is required. Contact [email protected] for more information.  
• Free Fitness Friday – Restorative Yoga: Recreation and Wellness will host a free group fitness class from 4 to 5 p.m. via Instagram. Contact Leanne Kulchawik at [email protected] for more information.
• Outdoor Adventures: Night Hike: Outdoor Adventures will host a night hike from 8 to 9 p.m. at Afton Forest Preserve, 11286 McGirr Road. Registration is required and casts $5 for students, $10 for faculty and community members and $20 for familiers of three or more. Contact [email protected] for more information.