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...
DeKALB — NIU will sell the Art Annex building, located behind 2211 Sycamore Road, pending a buyer.NIU is planning to sell real estate holdings the administration has deemed surplus. This is decided according to guidelines set by the State Property Control...
A fire in the 800 block of West Hillcrest Drive displaced the tenants of one apartment, Deputy Fire Chief Bart Gilmore said.No one was injured, and the fire is under investigation, Gilmore said.Representatives from Husky Ridge, owners of the property,...
Richard Powers, multiple award-winning author and graduate of DeKalb High School, will be at a meet-and-greet 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. He will read an excerpt from his 2018 novel "The Overstory." The novel won the Pullitzer...
The DeKalb City Council voted in favor of an additional bus line to Elburn train station at last night’s regular City Council meeting. The bus will operate seven days a week and could be expected to start as soon as Oct. 7, according to a proposed transit...
Residents and students met Tuesday night at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, to discuss the significance of written rental contracts and security deposit regulations.The workshop was hosted by The DeKalb Tenant Association, a group formed...
Students of NIU, Kishwaukee College and the community of DeKalb attended the sixth annual Unity Walk 5 p.m. Tuesday in the MLK Commons.The Unity Walk was inspired by the protests against police brutality following the 2014 killing of Michael Brown Jr....
The President’s House, the Art Annex and 11 acres of land are for sale by the university, according to the Sept. 12 Board of Trustees agenda.The properties are located at 901 Woodlawn Drive in DeKalb, behind 2211 Sycamore Road in DeKalb and near the...
