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Fashion show promotes National Eating Disorder Awareness week

By Kia Clair | March 3, 2013

The Own It! Embrace Your Beauty fashion show brought students together for a night of entertainment and information sharing. More than 400 people attended the second annual Own It! Embrace Your Beauty fashion show, which was hosted by the Women’s Resource...

Women’s Resource Center holds Clothing Expo

By Kia Clair | February 12, 2013

Business and causal wear, shoes and jewelry were available for students interested in professional wear for job interviews and the workplace at the Clothing Expo on Tuesday. The Women’s Resource Center worked in conjunction with Career Fairs and hosted...

Victim Advocacy Services holds event for Stalking Awareness Month

By Northern Star Staff | January 29, 2013

Victim Advocacy Services will host One Voice: A Program of Expression from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Diversions Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. The program is being held in recognition of January as Stalking Awareness Month. Students will be able...

Different culture centers spotlighted at resource fair

By Kelly Marshall | January 24, 2013

A comprehensive view of all the different resource centers available to NIU students was given at the resource fair on Wednesday in continuation of Martin Luther King Jr. service week. The purpose for the advocacy and service programs is to allow the...

Women’s Resource Center hosts event on juggling responsibilities

By Sierra Lowe | November 27, 2012

Attendees discussed how they managed the pressure of juggling their obligations at an event Tuesday. Dealing with the Cards You Were Dealt was the latest event in the Hot Topic Tuesday series hosted by the Women’s Resource Center. The event, which was...

Women’s Resource Center to host clothing swap today

By Northern Star Staff | October 17, 2012

What’s better than cheap clothes? Free Clothes. The Women’s Resource Center is hosting a clothing swap today in the Holmes Student Center’s Capitol Room. This event is held every semester. It is recommended for students who need business clothes...

Phones, batteries, accessories collected for Domestic Violence Awareness month

By Northern Star Staff | September 24, 2012

Victim Advocacy Services (VAS) at the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) will team up with the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program for October Domestic Violence Awareness month, according to a WRC press release. The Verizon Wireless HopeLine program uses wireless...

DeKalb Area Women’s Center looking for volunteers

By Maria Ahmad | September 12, 2012

The DeKalb Area Women’s Center (DAWC), 1021 State Street, is an organization run by volunteers whose goal is to eliminate sexism and celebrate all women. The director, Anna Marie Coveny is also a volunteer at the center. According to the DeKalb nonprofit...

Women’s Resource Center introduced through BBQ

By Erin Kolb | August 30, 2012

A six-year tradition was continued Wednesday at the Women’s Resource Center on the corner of Lincoln Highway and Normal Road. The Women’s Resource Center’s Welcome Back BBQ, formerly known as Grills, Games and Girls, was held to greet students and...

Sindu Kadavakolanu, graduate computer science major, sorts through prom dresses for Project Prom at the Womens Resource Center Wednesday afternoon. Project Prom offers free dresses to girls who want to attend prom but may not have the funds to purchase a dress. The WRC is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Project Prom helps high school students find formal dresses

By Hailey Kurth | April 18, 2012

When thinking of things one might find in an attic, a hip prom dress wouldn’t top most people’s list — until they saw the attic of NIU’s Women’s Resource Center. Carrie Williams, assistant director of the women’s resource center, said the...

Running Start program hosts ‘Elect Her’ event, canceled due to low attendance

By Joe Palmer | March 21, 2012

The Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center was home to the Running Start “Elect Her” program Wednesday afternoon. The event was sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and was going to be focused on the importance of involving young women in...

Women’s Resource Center, Greek Affairs host free self-defense classes for women

By Lauren Dielman | November 10, 2011

Director of Greek Affairs Gina Gregolunas and the Women's Resource Center hosted free self-defense classes Wednesday night to promote safety for women across campus.The Rec Center, where the classes were held, provides instructors to teach basic self-defense...