NIU Continuing and Professional Education is proud to announce two exciting upcoming 2019 Travel with the NIU Expert events.
Travel with an NIU Expert: Pink Boots & A Machete
Thursday, January 24, 2019
2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Join NIU Continuing & Professional Education and an expert to visit the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago to see National Geographic Live: Pink Boots & a Machete!
This evening features Mireya Mayor, a former NFL cheerleader who became a primatologist and co-discovered the world’s smallest primate in Madagascar and is an Emmy Award-nominated wildlife correspondent for the National Geographic Magazine. Mayor is going to discuss how she overcame her challenges growing up as the daughter of Cuban immigrants and yet continued to follow her dreams with a backpack, notebook, and hiking boots.
The $99 fee includes transportation and a ticket to the show (tickets are 2nd floor Dress seats). Dinner and shopping is on your own in Chicago.
Thursday, January 24, 2019, 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (actual start time of show is 7 p.m.)
Holmes Student Center, bus pick up will be at East Entrance on Normal Road.
600 Lucinda Ave, DeKalb, IL 60115
NIU Naperville pick-up location is also available.
Register today at http://go.niu.edu/PinkBoots or call (815) 753-0277.
Printable PDF registration forms are available upon request.
Travel with an NIU Expert: A Whole New World of Alan Menken
Saturday, March 30, 2019
2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (actual start time of show is 7:30 p.m.)
Join NIU Continuing & Professional Education and an NIU Expert to see A Whole New World of Alan Menken at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago!
A must-see evening for any Broadway lover! Alan Menken — the Oscar, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist behind beloved scores including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin — brings his one-man retrospective show to the landmark stage. The “living legend” (Broadway World) performs some of his best-loved tunes and tells the story of his expansive career, which includes co-creating the musical Little Shop of Horrors, adapting his own music from classic Disney films for the stage, and writing scores for movies like Newsies and Tangled.
The $99 fee includes transportation and a ticket to the show (tickets are in balcony). Dinner and shopping is on your own in Chicago.
Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (actual start time of show is 7:30 p.m.)
Holmes Student Center, bus pick up will be at the East Entrance on Normal Road.
600 Lucinda Ave, DeKalb, IL 60115
NIU Naperville pick-up location is also available.
Register today at http://go.niu.edu/NewWorld or call (815) 753-0277.
Printable PDF registration forms are available upon request.
There are limited registrations to each engagement.
Please email Mark Pietrowski Jr. at pietrowski@niu.edu or call (815) 753-1456 with any questions.
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