DeKALB | The NIU President's Commission on the Status of Women announced its 2011 Faculty and Staff Awards on Thursday. The three awards include the Wilma D. Stricklin Award for the Enhancement of the Campus Climate for Women, Outstanding Mentor Award...
Students may soon have to find other means to pay for college. Kathleen Brunson, director of Student Financial Aid, said almost 6,000 students received the MAP grant last fall, and those who are receiving it this semester can expect a decrease. The average...
The Faculty Senate discussed a student grievance procedure and a change in grading policy on Wednesday. A proposal was made for the re-institution of a committee for addressing student grievances. Members of the senate body expressed concern for the vagueness...
NIU's University Libraries launched a reconstructed web page in hopes it will be easier to navigate. TJ Lusher, assistant dean for Automated Library Systems, along with subject librarians, created an easier-to-use guide that is more specific to classes...
Students made their way around the Duke Ellington Ballroom during the Winter Resource Fair, which was held in the Holmes Student Center on Wednesday. Over 90 student groups and university organizations were represented, each with an informational booth....
DeKALB | The remodeling of Cole Hall officially began on Friday, almost three years after the Feb. 14 shooting. Nearly a year ago, Gov. Pat Quinn visited NIU to announce that state funds for Cole Hall's renovation had been released. According to NIU Today,...
Michael Morris, associate professor of Spanish, died at the age of 49 due to cancer on Dec. 12. Lynne Meyer, office support specialist for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, was a close friend of Morris. "I personally got to watch Michael...
The Black Student Union (BSU) has pledged their support for the petition to increase ethnically diverse faculty at NIU, created through BSU member Sarah Theodore-Young. "The petition was an idea I developed after speaking with a group of friends about...
A former NIU student convicted of shooting another student outside of an NIU dorm last February is asking a judge to replace his attorneys. Zachary Isaacman filed the motion on Jan. 6. In his motion, Isaacman stated his attorneys were difficult to contact...
DeKALB | The coldest weather has already passed, said NIU staff meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste . Students, who returned to campus Monday, were met by a snowy campus and cold winds. Tuesday will mark a cold system coming through, Sebenste said. He said...
Students who receive the Illinois MAP grant will see their awards shrink by 5 percent this semester. An e-mail from the Financial Aid Office detailing the change was sent out to students on Jan. 6. "It stinks, but I understand why," said Jaimee Kartheiser,...
