After 35 years of teaching in Reavis Hall, English professor John V. Knapp may finally be able to teach in comfort. Knapp has often sent requests to building officials, asking them to turn on the air conditioning Sunday afternoon instead of Monday morning...

Come August, health-crazed students will discover a new line of exercise equipment at the Student Recreation Center. According to the Assistant Director of Fitness, Becky Lewis, the old line of Body Masters selectorized equipment, aimed at working on...

Unlike previous budgets since 2001, the FY2007 state budget includes an increase in funding for higher education, with NIU receiving an additional $1.2 million. According to the Illinois Board of Higher Education's Web site, the budget, approved by the...

The expected completion date for construction on the Chick Evans Field House parking lot is mid-August, according to NIU Parking Services. For alternate parking, lot "D" (west of Neptune) will change to a blue permit lot until Aug. 15. Lot "L" (southwest...

Every December graduate from NIU's School of Nursing passed the state board exams, according to an NIU press release. Students must pass the four-hour test to officially become registered nurses and practice anywhere in the country. In Illinois, the pass...

After 10 years working with students in Israel with learning disabilities, Susan Vogel earned the prestigious Fulbright Award. Vogel, a distinguished research professor emerita, taught in the Department of Literacy Education at NIU for 14 years, retiring...

For students in the school of Theatre and Dance pursuing a major in design and technology, internships and first-hand experience are just as important as they are to all other majors. Lucky for many of these students, there is a man named Tracy Nunnally...

Rockford College, a four-year liberal arts and science school north of DeKalb, asked the state of Illinois for $500,000 to stay afloat before students — with tuition checks in hand — arrive for the fall semester. In mid-June, The Rockford Register...

Federal student loan interest rates will rise July 1 and consequently, many students and alumni are scrambling to consolidate their loans. The move comes as a result of the Deficit Reduction Act signed by President Bush in February. Loan holders will...

Lemuel Watson, chair of NIU's Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education since 2003, has been named the College of Education's acting associate dean, according to an NIU press release. Watson is stepping in for Diane Jackman, who will become...

After conducting a nationwide search for the next chair of the School of Nursing, NIU's College of Health and Human Sciences found they already had what they were looking for. Brigid Lusk recently was appointed the position after serving as interim chair...