Report details achievements of Highest Order of Excellence plan

The Highest Order of Excellence, the 1998 framework for institution-wide strategic planning, has had an impact on virtually every corner of the University since it was adopted five years ago.

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University prepares to start next discussions on long-range plan

Concurrent with the release of the final Report to the Community on Implementation of The Highest Order of Excellence 1998–2002, Provost Lawrence B. Dumas and Vice President for Administration and Planning Marilyn McCoy announced the start of a new cycle of discussions designed to update the University’s long-range vision and planning framework.

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Dobroski celebration is May 22

Northwestern will honor Bernard J. Dobroski, dean of the School of Music for the past 13 years, with a special free concert that is open to the public. “Celebration: A Concert Tribute to Dean Bernard J. Dobroski” will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Cahn Auditorium.

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Bird watching at the Block Museum

Students admire “Oven Bird,” the gigantic ink jet print on a wall outside of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art’s Ellen Philips Katz and Howard C. Katz Gallery/Classroom.

 

The creature is part of ”Curtis: An Installation by Lane Hall and Lisa Moline,” on view at the museum through June 22. The evocative, site-specific installation by Hall and Moline, two Milwaukee-based artists, combines sound, animation and computer print technologies in an exploration of becoming an animal. Inspired by images of animal avatars from the 1914 Edward S. Curtis film, “In the Land of the War Canoes,” Hall and Moline initiate a discourse on issues of identity, authenticity, technology and nature.

 

The artists will lead 7- to 10-year olds outdoors to examine and choose specimens from nature during “Art in Our Environment,” a free children’s program in and around the Block Museum scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 31. Space for the May 31 children’s program is limited to 15 participants.

 

Phone (847) 491-4852 to make a reservation.