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...

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...

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...

Last week, it was reported that Duke University announced it would be cutting 8 a.m. classes to fight sleep deprivation. Judith Ruderman, vice provost at Duke, said that is not the case. "It would be pretty stupid of us to think delaying classes a half...

About 1,000 NIU employees and their family members will be forced to choose new health insurance plans this summer. The Illinois Department of Central Management Services announced Tuesday it will drop Health Alliance HMO, OSF Health Plans and Unicare...

They won't be cashing in their 401Ks or popping Levitra anytime soon, but the brothers Hanson have matured a great deal since their ultra-catchy single "MmmBop" broke out in 1997. -The rewarding result of this musical puberty is "Underneath," an album...

Two versions of a bill that would grant NIU’s West End Campus infrastructure $14.4 million in funding currently are on the table in Washington, D.C. HR 3550, or the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, is meant to replace a 1998 bill allocating...

Four members of NIU’s Operating Staff have been chosen to receive the Outstanding Service Award for 2004. Each year, four of the 1,800 employees that make up the civil service staff are selected by a committee of their peers to receive an award plaque...