Faculty Senate will propose a resolution to Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state legislature to urge an end to the budget impasse and fund Monetary Assistance Program grants.The resolution, which is set to be proposed at a Wednesday meeting, addresses Rauner’s...
Toula Kourvetaris remembers her husband as a passionate sociology professor who was proud of his Greek roots.George Kourvetaris, who clocked 38 years at NIU, died Tuesday at 81. He immigrated from Greece in 1959 to further his career in education, starting...
University of Missouri students have designed an app to improve campus safety by eliminating the process of calling for emergencies.Individuals who feel they are in danger can open the app, Safe Trek, and press the shield icon. When they let go of the...
The Couple and Family Therapy Clinic at NIU will hold its fourth annual Fall Back in Love event to help enhance relationships through activities next month. Attendants can participate in activities at different booths. Each booth will focus on a different...
A proposal from the 2014 Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) Task Force could make upper-division writing courses a graduation requirement for all students.PLUS was implemented this fall to decrease the amount of courses and narrow the...
Tim Struthers, Board of Trustees trustee, said his skills as a financial professional and life-long banker and his care for NIU set him apart from others.The Board of Trustees is the seven-member governing body of the university. Struthers fills a vacancy...
A student faces charges of battery after a road-rage incident Monday.Andre Phillips, 24, of DeKalb, was driving closely alongside another car at 10 a.m. on Sycamore Road where the two lanes merge into one and wound up behind the other car, said Cmdr....
Student Association senators discuss how their involvement has readied them for their positions, as well as what improvements and issues they will focus on this semester.District 3 is composed of students residing east of Annie Glidden Road and north...
Get the most out of Homecoming week with this list of events at and around NIU.TodayHomecoming starts with a kick off rally noon to 2 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons. Students can listen to music and eat barbeque as the Homecoming royalty is...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.Tuesday1. At 11:34 p.m., possession...
