Federal grants awarded to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies will go to fellowships and the center’s foreign language program.The center will use $2 million in grants, awarded Oct. 7, to provide Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships and...
Faculty Senate endorsed a program that will reform gen. eds, but its members also expressed concern about the program’s pace and implementation plan at a meeting Wednesday.Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies aims to reform general education...
NIU President Doug Baker told Faculty Senate at its Wednesday meeting that the university cannot raise tuition, so it must increase enrollment and cut expenses.Baker, who does not typically speak at Faculty Senate, addressed the faculty so he could answer...
The spread of Ebola in West Africa may delay a study abroad trip to Sierra Leone, with a decision on the trip’s fate to be made in mid-November.In March, doctors from the World Health Organization reported an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Guinea. From...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Monday1. At...
A petition signed by almost 1,300 people calls for NIU to allow a student charged with aggravated battery to finish his engineering degree.Juan Rodriguez, 22, of DeKalb, is charged with the Oct. 12 stabbing of a DeKalb man on College Avenue after a fight...
The merger of Military Student Services and Off-Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services will happen despite concerns voiced in the departments, said Katrina Caldwell, assistant vice president for Student Affairs.The decision to merge the two departments...
Faculty Senate will continue its discussion of the operation and requirements of the Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies report today.Faculty Senate President Bill Pitney motioned to endorse the report Oct. 1, but the motion was postponed to...
Eboo Patel, founder and president of the Interfaith Youth Core, told students Monday that every person is responsible for the growth of a diverse, accepting and great community.The Interfaith Youth Core is a community effort to bring together people from...
Correction - The Northern Star reported that at 9 a.m. Oct. 24, two counts of domestic battery were reported to have occurred at the NIU Employees Federal Credit Union, 817 W. Lincoln Highway. A representative from the NIU Police Department confirmed...
NIU has ranked 74th in Trojan’s ninth annual Sexual Health Report Card college rankings for the second consecutive year, according to an Oct. 20 Trojan news release.The widely criticized study, conducted by independent research firm Sperling’s BestPlaces,...
The Couple and Family Therapy Clinic will host the third annual Fall Back in Love event 7-9 p.m. Nov. 7 in Wirtz Hall, Light Court.The goal of the event is to enhance relationships through activity booths. There will be free childcare, food and parking....
