NIU cooking staff hosted an outdoor barbeque Friday.The event was organized by the cooking staff and featured pork ribs, grilled chicken and creamed shell macaroni.Chef Joanne Thomas said the event was organized by the cooking staff and will be rotating...
The Faculty Senate will move forward with drafting a set of shared governance reforms, which are aimed at vesting the Faculty Senate with academic responsibility and authority and at simplifying the current shared governance structure and processes.The...
NIU released its Annual Safety and Security Report, containing crime statistics and safety information for each of its campuses. Compared to 2017, NIU’s DeKalb campus reported 58 fewer criminal offenses in 2018, dropping from 303 in 2017 to 245 in 2018,...
Conflict revolving around whether or not to keep the DeKalb City Clerk position elected or appointed, the clerk’s use of the City seal, office hours of the clerk and more have been rising since early June.Lynn Fazekas was appointed by Mayor Jerry Smith...
On Sunday, the annual CROP hunger walk will take place at the First United Methodist Church, 317 N 4th St. Sign in starts 1 p.m. The walk starts at 2 p.m.Students, employees, and the community can register at the event or register online at www.crophungerwalk.org/dekalbil.The...
Communiversity Prairie Garden held a volunteer event to weed Goldenrod and other invasive plants 4 p.m. Monday between Grant Towers and Stevenson Towers on Stevenson Drive.This is typically done twice a year, once in the spring — around Earth Day —...
The Free Application For Federal Student Aid is open. It's best to apply early, according to the Office of Financial Aid.FAFSA is an opportunity for all eligible students to receive financial aid for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. According to FAFSA's...
The Student Association Senate continued to fill senator positions and SA Treasurer Devohn Hall gave his first executive report at Sunday night’s meeting.All cabinet and executive members must report to the Senate at least once a month, according to...
Student cell phone numbers, personal addresses and emails are available by default through NIU’s directory, after an update last week.NIU updated its online directory, making student information only available to those with a university login, but revealing...
MondayHow Can I Make Technology Accessible?: Katharine Whitelaw, information technology accessibility officer, will present a workshop for faculty and staff on making electronic documents and technologies accessible for individuals with disabilities 10...
Award-winning novelist Richard Powers found himself back in his one-time home, after 20 years.Powers is the author of 12 novels, his most recent being 2018’s “The Overstory,” which won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He visited the DeKalb Public...
For the first time, NIU Police and Public Safety are offering weekly S.A.F.E. training for women on Thursdays. Training takes place in the residence halls on a rotational schedule, and so far there has been little enrollment.Approximately 10 students...
