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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

4 additional students, 1 employee tests positive for COVID-19

4 additional students, 1 employee tests positive for COVID-19

By Northern Star Staff | November 1, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Monday four additional students and one employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, and seven students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Monday, eight students and one employee is currently...

Weekly events for week of Nov. 29.

Weekly events: Week of Nov. 1

By Northern Star Staff | October 31, 2021

Monday F.B.I. Federal Bureau of Investigation Information Session: Learn about opportunities with the agency and how to prepare for the government fair on Nov. 5. The event will be at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Barbershop Talk: A chance for students to...

4 additional students test positive for COVID-19 and 27 recover.

2 students recover from COVID-19

By Northern Star Staff | October 29, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Friday no additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and two students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 11 students and no employees are currently COVID-19...

Janice Hamlet, associate vice provost.

Associate vice provost position transitions to full time

By Elisa Reamer, News Reporter | October 28, 2021

DeKALB — Janice Hamlet has accepted a new role as associate vice provost for faculty mentoring and diversity, where she will continue mentoring faculty and expanding connections between mentors and mentees.  The position created in 2019 was known...

ADEI 2020 impact report.

ADEI sees boost in online engagement

By Jack Strunk, News Reporter | October 28, 2021

DeKALB — Many of NIU’s webpages' annual reports showed a decrease in engagement during the pandemic, while ADEI’s virtual engagement doubled. ADEI had an engagement of 1,890 in Fall 2020 leading up to the pandemic and a total virtual engagement...

5 more students test positive for COVID-19

3 additional students test positive for COVID-19

By Northern Star Staff | October 27, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday that three additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. One student and one employee has recovered. As of Wednesday, 12 students and no employees...

OneCard reader in Grant Towers.

OneCard upgrade to improve security across 1.2K campus doors

By Gabriel Fiorini, News Reporter | October 26, 2021

DeKALB — NIU’s Board of Trustees approved $1.4 million to upgrade 1200 doors around campus at a meeting on Sep. 23, and students and staff seem to support the possible expansion of electronic building access technology. “It is the better way...

SGA had their meeting  Sunday in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center.

Newly recognized weightlifting club hopes to make varsity

By Jack Strunk, News Reporter | October 25, 2021

DeKALB — The SGA Senate passed a resolution Sunday to officially recognize  the Weightlifting Club as a student organization.  Clayton Schopfer, chairperson of the Organizational Oversight Committee, said that the committee had been overseeing...

Two students recover

2 students recover from COVID-19

By Northern Star Staff | October 25, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Tuesday that no additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard.  Two students have recovered. As of Tuesday, 10 students and one employee is currently...

Weekly events.

Weekly events: Week of Oct. 25

By Northern Star Staff | October 25, 2021

Monday Why Cite? Avoiding Plagiarism: Giving credit where credit is due is vitally important in academic writing. Join the Huskie Academic Success Center and Orientation and First Year Programs for this workshop at noon in the Holmes Student Center,...

COVID-19 signs posted in the Holmes Student Center.

1 additional employee tests positive for COVID-19

By Northern Star Staff | October 22, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that one additional employee and no students have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, thirteen students and two employees are currently COVID-19 positive. The...

NIU loses money in student revenue, mandatory waivers

NIU loses money in student revenue, mandatory waivers

By Aidan Bengford, News Reporter | October 21, 2021

DeKALB — Every year there are increased costs that come with running a university; unfunded mandates are another set of costs.  “If you go back and look historically where state funding used to be, say around 2000 compared to where it is, today...

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