New Historic Tour Training Change
Docents who registered to attend the January 27/February 10 training session for the New Historic tour training received an email earlier today indicating that the training would not take place…
Docents who registered to attend the January 27/February 10 training session for the New Historic tour training received an email earlier today indicating that the training would not take place…
As we enter the new year, the Move Task Force is dedicated to keeping docents and volunteers up-to-date on what is happening – and, boy, are things happening! Lots of…
By Lorie Westerman, Class of 2006 Recalling the controversy of the early 1970’s, “the opponents of the Illinois Center wanted things to stay the way they were and what were…
Cynthia Bates, 2016 I've taken much too long to express our appreciation of the River Cruise my husband and I took on August 5, starting at 2 p.m. We'd taken…
By Tom Carmichael, Class of 2007 For many tourists including myself, a trip to Italy is usually a trip to Rome and then north – Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Venice…
December is traditionally a month to look back and reflect on the past year, and I am enough of a traditionalist to abide by that theory, at least for purposes…
By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 Do you need examples of Project Fresh -- a program previewed at All-Docent Day -- to pump up your tours? Just tag along with…
Elections for members of Docent Council were held in conjunction with All Docent Day on November 18. The following docents will be joining or returning to the council beginning in…
Chicago Architecture Foundation, 1966 Congratulations on your planned move to the first building I designed for Illinois Center, 111 E. Wacker Drive. You’ll find the flexible space, surrounded by plazas…
By Maurice Champagne, Class of 2004 In September of 2016 and again in March of 2017, Northwestern University opened two new buildings on the Evanston campus. In August 2017, I…