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Fertile Ground goal: bring community closer together

By Alissa Jacobs | March 2, 2014

After 450 hours of labor, the Women’s Studies Program has revealed art arranged to produce a mosaic called Fertile Ground.The mosaic was unveiled at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Reavis Hall. The opening celebrated the completion of the Women’s Studies Mosaic...

Art education needs more attention

By Ariel Owens | February 27, 2014

What would education be without the arts? Nothing.Visual and performing arts have the power to enhance student success and can unite a community like no other force, and NIU needs more leaders like graduate student Danielle Dobies — who leads Fertile...