The search for a new vice president of Student Affairs continued Monday as a search committee brought in one of two candidates for two days of interviews and meetings. Brian Hemphill, currently the associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs and dean...

The athletic department is continuing its search for a new athletic director after former athletic director Cary Groth took a position at the University of Nevada at Reno in April. After receiving numerous applications and resumes following the open advertisement,...

Already stretched financially by a 15 percent decrease in state funding over three years, NIU was asked to return 2 percent of general revenue funding given by the state - with six weeks remaining in the fiscal year, NIU President John Peters said. In...

The first week of summer classes also signifies the beginning of the grade appeals process for some students. Students have the right to appeal a grade, but there must be reasonable cause, said Terrence Bishop, associate management professor and member...

At $17,600 per car, the University Department of Transportation purchased six hybrid-fuel vehicles: five company cars and one police car. Bob Dennison Toyota in Bloomington sold NIU the Priuses at a discount rate: $3,400 below the suggested retail price...

Construction at the DuSable Hall turnaround is expected to be completed by August, said Bob Albanese, associate vice president of Finance and Facilities. To create more green space on NIU’s campus, Rockford Blacktop began extending the red brick mall...

Starting next fall, all NIU students will have to pay a higher rate of tuition. At its Friday meeting, the NIU Board of Trustees unanimously approved a tuition hike of 7.75 percent for continuing students and 15 percent for incoming freshmen and transfer...

A 12-member search committee has been named to find a permanent replacement for former Athletic Director Cary Groth. The committee will begin the search this week. Vice Provost Earl Seaver will chair the committee. He said the group’s first order of...

NIU said goodbye to longtime employee Joyce A. Gardner after 43 years of service to the university at her retirement reception April 26 at the Holmes Student Center’s Clara Sperling Skyroom. Gardner started at NIU on July 6, 1960, when she spent five...

Rosetta Parker, a junior child development major, met R. Kelly. "I went to see my boyfriend playing basketball, and he was playing with R. Kelly — my boyfriend is friends with R. Kelly. I introduced myself, and he asked how old I was because he thought...

The DeKalb Plan Commission approved a petition Wednesday to be passed to the DeKalb City Council to rezone five acres along East Lincoln Highway for the addition of 170 self-storage facilities. The petition will be proposed to the city council May 10....

The 2003-'04 academic year has been a lot of fun. I ran for Homecoming king and lost. NIU won just enough games to be known as the best team not to be in a bowl. Several school officials had one foot out the door and the other hanging over a ledge. I...