May 2012 | North Central College

SIFE named national finalist for work on garden project

Competing team members at SIFE National Exposition in Kansas City

North Central College’s SIFE is named a Top 5 National Finalist for its work in the SIFE Lowe’s Community Improvement Challenge and awarded monetary prize.

The North Central College Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team was recognized as a Top 5 National Finalist for its work in the SIFE Lowe’s Community Improvement Challenge. The project partnership was open to all SIFE USA colleges and universities, or approximately 800 schools. North Central’s SIFE was one of 35 schools that received a grant to take part in the community improvement project. Five schools were selected as national finalists and each was awarded a $5,000 prize.

Percussion concert May 31, Concert Choir performance June 1

On Thursday, May 31, the North Central College Percussion Ensemble, directed by Lecturer in Music George Blanchet, with Percussion Soloist will present a percussion concert, titled “Batuque.” Held in Wentz Concert Hall, the percussion extravaganza will start at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

North Central College hosts top artists in “Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites” concert series July 21-27

Jazz vocalists Janice Borla, Jay Clayton and Suzanne Pittson headline “Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites” at North Central College.

Jazz vocalists and recording artists Janice Borla, Jay Clayton and Suzanne Pittson headline the annual Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites concert series July 21-27 at North Central College.

Student Learning in the 21st Century

North Central College today is fertile ground for collaborations across disciplines and experiments with curriculum, facilities design and technology. It adds up to better opportunities for student learning and liberal arts education relevant to the 21st century.

This week’s top 5 internships

Check out these new student internship opportunities. To learn more about the top five and more internships, contact Marlene Starzyk, assistant director of Career Development and internship coordinator, at 630-637-5143 or mstarzyk@noctrl.edu, or stop by her office in WAC, room 101.

North Central College Cardinals finish fifth at nationals

The North Central College men’s track and field team took a large leap forward in the team standings at the end of the final day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships on May 26, scoring 30 points in the final two events and winding up fifth in the 84-team field.

Go Cards!

The North Central College men’s track & field team is competing Thursday through Saturday, May 24-26, at the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Claremont, Calif. The fourth-ranked Cardinals have 14 student-athletes competing at the championships, including two national champions and 10 All-Americans. Click here to read the lineup of Cardinals who qualified to compete at the national contest.

A student-veteran remembers

Pellicano received the 2012 Outstanding Major in Art Award

Senior Giuseppe Pellicano remembers fallen soldiers through his art.

As the country pauses to remember its military heroes over Memorial Day, one North Central College student-veteran found his own way to pay tribute to soldiers lost in war. Giuseppe Pellicano ’12 of Naperville crafts military boots that memorialize soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. He receives requests from family members for the boots and personalizes them with the soldiers’ names, ranks and dates of their death. He received a Richter Independent Study Fellowship from North Central to help fund his project, titled “Left, Left, Left, Right, Left.”

“Forever Plaid” returns to North Central for four shows May 25 & 27

“Forever Plaid,” an affectionate, toe-tapping musical comedy by Stuart Ross, returns to North Central College and Meiley-Swallow Hall for four performances May 25 and 27. The Company, a student-led theatre club, and Emily Schmidt ’12 have brought back the harmonic voices of Max DeTogne ’13, Tanner Smale ’12, Garrett Lutz ’12 and Bryan Renaud ’13 who starred in the May 2011 campus production.

2012 faculty tenure and promotions announced

The North Central College Board of Trustees recently granted tenure and approved promotions to several faculty members effective with the start of the 2012-2013 academic year in September. These faculty are: