The Student Association has purchased 2,000 T-shirts to provide student organizations a cheap and convenient means to promote activity and recruit members, said James Forman, SA director of Advertising.The SA will have the 2,000 T-shirts, 500 of which...
The Affordable Care Act will again be responsible for a possible NIU student health insurance fee increase, which the Board of Trustees will vote on at its March 12 meeting.The Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved a...
The Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved a recommendation to increase student health insurance from $744 per semester to $1,052 at a Thursday meeting.The increase would be NIU’s second major health insurance fee increase...
The Illinois Board of Higher Education recommends NIU receive a .04 percent cut to its state allocation, which would drop that funding from $93,189.5 million to $93,155.1 million.The board's recommendation starkly contrasts a proposal from Gov. Bruce...
Military Student Services will hold Bridges to Employment, a networking opportunity, 3-6 p.m. March 18 in Altgeld Hall, second floor ballroom.A panel of veteran professionals will be present to provide guidance about transitioning from armed forces to...
NIU President Doug Baker said Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed $29.3 million cut to NIU’s state allocation is “just not OK.”Rauner’s state budget plan calls for the state’s Fiscal Year 2016 higher education budget to be cut by $387 million. NIU...
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/.Friday• At 4:20 p.m., deceptive...
News Editor Jackie Nevarez (@NevarezJackie) tweets about Northern Illinois University's Feb. 25, 2015, University Council meeting. // [View the story "NIU University Council: Feb. 25, 2015" on Storify]
The next Huskie Line focus group will be held March 24.The Student Association is holding a series of focus groups to receive student input on revamps to the Huskie Line. The first focus group on Feb. 11 focused on student concerns about the distance...
A free screening of "Pride" will be held Wednesday."Pride" is based on the true story of a group of British gay and lesbian activists who raised money to help miners during a strike in 1984. The film received the Queer Palm award at the 2014 Cannes Film...
Nursing professor Donna Munroe will be remembered at a March 5 service on campus.Munroe died during a Jan. 12 University Council committee meeting. “She was very well-liked by faculty and students,” said Jan Strom, chair of the School of Nursing...
