DeKALB — NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its State of the SGA event in the Capital Room of the Student Holmes Center on Monday. They reflected on their accomplishments for the 2024-2025 academic year. President Ja’Kobe Jones reflected...

The Northern Star opens its time capsule sealed since 2000. A crowd of about 75 students, NIU staff, alums, DeKalb residents and Northern Star staffers gathered in the rotunda of the Peters Campus Life Building to witness the reveal of the time capsule’s...

DeKALB – After the unexpected closure of American-Chinese restaurant Panda House earlier this year, DeKalb residents and NIU students did not have to wait long for an alternative. Zhao’s Express opened where the former Panda House was located on...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) failed to meet the quorum of 11 senators required to conduct a senate meeting and scrapped all remaining legislation for this year’s session. The SGA had 10 of the 11 senators required at Friday’s...

DeKALB - Faculty Senate discussed concerns around budget implementation and NIU’s commitment to its international students at the last meeting of the semester on Wednesday. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Faculty Senate President Benjamin Creed...

DeKALB – Over 100 protesters gathered on Wednesday at NIU’s Sunken Garden next to the Founders Memorial Library to show their support for international students, faculty and staff following the revocation of at least five international student visas...

DeKALB - The NIU Naperville campus will lease a space in their building to the Illinois Health & Hospital Association (IHA). The Naperville campus is located at 1120 E. Diehl Road. The lease agreement signed by the IHA and the NIU Board of Trustees...

NIU hosted a basketball tournament for juvenile youth on campus March 26 as part of an initiative held by the NIU College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. The basketball tournament consisted of five competing teams...

DeKalb - Human Resource Services is relocating from the Human Resources Building to 102 Lowden Hall, across from Altgeld Hall. The move, which will take place on May 9, is meant to reflect their “ongoing commitment to enhancing service accessibility...

DeKALB -  Every Tuesday and Thursday morning a group of students gather in an Anderson Hall gymnasium to practice the ancient tradition of Tai Chi. Now, that group hopes to share what they’ve learned with the NIU community. The students are in a...

DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) approved its annual funding budget for  student organizations and passed several other bills and resolutions at Friday’s meeting. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE SGA ANNUAL FUNDING BUDGET FOR ORGANIZATIONS The...

DeKALB – In Fall 2024 NIU had 3,416 students whose county of origin is Cook County.  The majority of instate students come from Cook, with the next highest coming from Kane county with 1,586 students and DuPage with 1,537 students.    The...