The Illinois Board of Higher Education will update education-related bills currently in review by the Illinois State Legislature at the board's scheduled Tuesday meeting. The board will meet at Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle at 9 a.m. Ten of the...

William R. Monat, eighth president of Northern Illinois University and first chancellor of the state's regency universities system, has been chosen to serve as special liaison to the president to plan NIU's centennial celebration. The celebration will...

In an attempt to upgrade university transfer admissions requirements, a newly-proposed policy could do away with automatic admission for community college transfer students. Eleanor Godfrey, chairman of the admissions policies and standards committee,...

A DeKalb council member proposed Wednesday that the Greater DeKalb Partnership use its city-allocated funds to pay membership dues to allow more businesses to join. Alderman Rita Tewksbury, 4th Ward, made the suggestion at a special council meeting to...

NIU President John LaTourette and the NIU Faculty Club will honor 22 retiring faculty members Friday, with the annual faculty recognition dinner to be held in the Holmes Student Center's Regency Room. Faculty Club President Robert Keim, will preside at...

An NIU assistant professor of anthropology has been selected to attend a three-week seminar on research methods in cultural anthropology sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Susan Russell was chosen to be one of 12 participants selected from...

The Chemistry Club has established a scholarship fund for eligible chemistry majors for the fall 1990 semester, and part of that fund comes from an unusual source: the department's glassblower. When not making "condensers and ampules," Glassblower Ed...

Sigma Chi fraternity held a discussion forum on racism and cultural pluralism Wednesday night in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Tracy Deis, Black Student Union president and Morenike Cheatom, Student Association minority relations adviser,...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital's month-old "no smoking" policy caps off a three-year process that has involved gradual smoking restrictions in several areas of the hospital. Brad Copple, the hospital's vice president of support services, said the move...

An NIU chemistry professor will return to Yugoslavia after 11 years of conducting joint research on anti-convulsants for epileptics. David Piatak, NIU chemistry graduate studies director, said he will work on two projects with the faculty at the University...

Outstanding students, alumni and faculty members will be honored Sunday, as NIU holds its third annual University Honors Day. The afternoon events will include initiations into honorary societies and recognitions by the University Honors Program. Following...

When the NIU men's tennis team walks onto Gullikson Tennis Courts at 1 p.m. Sunday for its match against St. Ambrose, it will confront some foreign faces. St. Ambrose is led by its No. 1 player from Algeria, whose expertise gave him the opportunity to...