DeKALB – The College of Liberal Arts has the most enrollment of all colleges at NIU.
In fall 2024 there were 15,415 students enrolled at NIU.
The top three colleges by student enrollment were the College of Liberal Arts with 4,540 students enrolled,...
Correction: "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for President Ja’Kobe Jones." was changed to "SGA passed a bill to introduce executive orders for future presidential administrations." on Sunday, March 16.
The Student Government Association...
DeKALB - Amid attempts by the university to reduce its budget deficit, the University Council proposed reestablishing the Resources, Space and Budget committee at its meeting on Wednesday.
BUDGET GOALS
NIU Provost and Executive Vice President Laurie...
DeKALB- NIU President Lisa Freeman emphasized a focus of maintaining access to opportunity and academic excellence in light of budget and position control concerns in her State of the University address on Tuesday.
Freeman reflected on a year of academic...
DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) confirmed two new senators, finalized a stipend for the board of elections and established an ad hoc, or temporary, committee focused on transportation at their meeting Friday.
RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM...
By Brynn Krug, Managing Editor
| February 23, 2025
In Northern Illinois University’s budget, personnel costs account for 55.77% of the funds.
The salaries of NIU’s employees have increased by 4% to 9% each year, according to John Acardo, senior associate vice president and chief human resource...
DeKALB- NIU is increasing tuition and room and board fees by 5% for all incoming students while also increasing additional fees for all current and incoming students for fiscal year 2026.
A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at noon...
Correction: This piece has been updated to note that a recording of the webinar will not be posted to the CLAS website. The video link will only be sent to those that registered for the event.
DeKALB - Former New Jersey Governor and EPA Administrator...
DeKALB – The University said it intends to offer longer contracts to some instructional faculty and add a service component to their responsibilities at a Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday.
INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY CONTRACT PROPOSAL
Bárbara González,...
DeKALB – A sitting senator for NIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) was removed from office during the senate’s Friday meeting.
Bino Rosales was removed for what senators say was a repeated lack of communication and several absences during...
DeKALB – Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator and Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman will be the next virtual guest in the Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series hosted by NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Whittman...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 15, 2025
DeKALB – When junior psychology major Ellie Papandria first heard about the Polar Plunge being held at Huskie Stadium, she and her friends were immediately intrigued, but skeptical of the concept.
“It was kind of a joke at first,” Papandria said....
