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Alan Phillips, vice president of Administration and Finance

No budget decreases NIU credit ratings

By Alexander Chettiath | February 25, 2016

Alan Phillips, vice president of Administration and Finance

SA looks to gather letters for governor

By Madison Kacer | February 25, 2016

The Student Association Senate will look to pass a resolution to support a letter expressing higher education’s need for state funding to Gov. Bruce Rauner and the heads of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly.The potential losses in funding...

Provost Lisa Freeman addresses Faculty Senate on Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. NIU is looking to restructure how salaries are contracted for academic administrators to reduce cases of overpaid and underpaid administrators. The restructuring will allow for salaries to adjust and reflect job responsibilities at the time.

NIU to restructure salaries

By Alexander Chettiath | February 25, 2016

Provost Lisa Freeman addresses Faculty Senate on Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. NIU is looking to restructure how salaries are contracted for academic administrators to reduce cases of overpaid and underpaid administrators. The restructuring will allow for salaries to adjust and reflect job responsibilities at the time.

Police Report: Feb. 18-20

By Northern Star Staff | February 25, 2016

Feb. 18• At 2:55 a.m., criminal damage to government supported property was reported to have occurred at New Residence Hall West. This case is open.Friday• At 4:30 p.m. Feb. 17, credit card fraud and theft $500 and under were reported to have occurred...

Agina Nelson (right), then-senior human resource management major and The Trident employee, waits on Melissa Runquist, then-senior finance major. 

History of the Week: Trustees propose Dining Dollars elimination

By Northern Star staff | February 24, 2016

Agina Nelson (right), then-senior human resource management major and The Trident employee, waits on Melissa Runquist, then-senior finance major. 

Department of History to hold lectures from University of Maryland professor

By Northern Star staff | February 24, 2016

The Department of History will host Kate Brown, University of Maryland history professor.Brown will give a lecture, "Plutopia: Nuclear Families in Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters" 6 p.m. March 2, Swen Parson Hall,...

BSU to hold water drop-off for Flint water crisis victims

By Northern Star staff | February 24, 2016

The Black Student Union will hold a Flint water drop-off for victims of the water crisis in Flint, Mich. Drop-off locations will include noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Friday at Neptune Central, noon to 3 p.m. Thursday and Monday in the Holmes Student...

Sebenste: Incoming snow storm to mostly miss DeKalb

By Northern Star staff | February 24, 2016

DeKalb will receive an inch of snow from the storm today, said NIU Meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste. The snow storm is caused by an intense low pressure system in southeast Texas that is moving up toward Ohio, Sebenste said.  Chicago will be hit with...

CAB and Alpha Phi Alpha to hold DJ battle

By Northern Star staff | February 23, 2016

Campus Activities Board, LMO and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will hold the “Masters of the Mix: Faceoff Edition” DJ battle 8 p.m. March 3 in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium.DJ Pharris from Power 92 is lined up to be master of ceremonies...

Organizations to hold events for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

By Northern Star staff | February 23, 2016

A group of organizations at NIU will hold a series of events in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness week today through Thursday to promote body positivity, according to an NIU news release.Organizations participating will be the Counseling &...

ASU professor to give Patriarchy and Colonialism in Morocco Lecture

By Northern Star staff | February 23, 2016

Chouki El Hamel of Arizona State University will give a public lecture 6 p.m. Wednesday in Swen Parson Hall, room 188.The Graduate Colloquium Committee, Department of History, and Phi Beta Delta-Zeta Gamma Chapter of NIU will present El Hamel’s lecture...

OSEEL taking applications for peer mentors for four programs

By Northern Star staff | February 22, 2016

The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning is taking applications for full-time sophomore, junior and senior students to be peer mentors for four programs.Students can peer mentor for Research Rookies, Huskie Service Scholars, NIU Service...