By Evan Mellon, News Reporter
| September 19, 2022
DeKALB — The NIU Board of Trustees reached a full collective bargaining agreement with the University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100 (UPI) on Thursday.
This negotiation came to its conclusion after several months of picketing and protests organized...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| September 18, 2022
DeKALB – Co-ed Latino fraternity Alpha Psi Lambda kicked off Latino Heritage Month with El Grito on Thursday, the annual event to celebrate pride and independence among Latino Americans. Latino Heritage Month takes place from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
El...
DeKALB — The Newman Catholic Student Center has a new resident priest who is ready to preach to the NIU student body.
Rev. Sean Grismer, the new priest in residence, has been living at the Newman Center since mid-June. Prior to being here on campus,...
DeKALB — The NIU Center for Black Studies and RAMP will host a presentation from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday in the Regency Room at the Holmes Student Center, 340 Carroll Avenue.
The presentation, Intersectionality of Disability and Race. will feature...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| September 14, 2022
DeKALB — Some hard-working students at NIU are not being paid, and both students and parents are expressing frustration. There are many students with on campus jobs that have not been paid since early August, according to NIU as well as many students...
DeKALB — With NIU’s fall semester in full swing, an overall decrease in enrolled students for the year left the first-year student body to set a new record for enrollment. The student body decreased by 3.6% from Fall 2021, while first-year enrollment...
DeKALB — September is National Preparedness Month and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) wants families to review their emergency plans and build an emergency kit.
Director of the IEMA Alicia Tate-Nadeau released a statement regarding...
DeKALB — President Biden has introduced a financial relief plan that exhumes students of some student loan debt. This three-part plan is set to forgive students of up to $20,000.
What to expect
The first phase of the plan is an extension of the student...
DeKalb — Northern Illinois University Art Museum will be hosting three virtual lectures in relation to their Children’s Illustrated Literature Suite written by Leonard S. Marcus.
Marcus co-created the "Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's...
DeKALB — The Student Government Association appointed two new senators on Friday, along with a new director of diversity, equity and inclusion, and an existing senator appointed to the position of clerk.
First-year Alexia Musgraves, sophomore Princess...
NIU’s Homecoming Concert this year will feature Waka Flocka Flame with DJ Whoo Kid.
Tickets go on sale starting at 8 a.m. Friday for students and guests, as each student can bring one guest. Faculty and staff tickets will go on sale starting Sept....
