A recent re-organization within the NIU department of Educational Services and Programs has led to further coordinating and renaming of programs, to make them more beneficial to students. Tendaji Ganges, director of ESP, said that although four of the...

Illinois Bell Telephone has underwritten a series of seminars designed for small businesses, with sales of $5 million to $20 million, going through the "growth" period of the business cycle. Bell and the College of Business's management department will...

Controversy over who was consulted about former NIU president and political science professor Clyde Wingfield's assignment in Washington, D.C. continues despite Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' claims. At a special Faculty Assembly meeting...

Trained to handle certain problems at certain times, volunteers are needed to run crisis lines and refer people to professional counselors at two organizations in DeKalb. Rick Johnson, community education coordinator for the Ben Gordon Mental Health Center,...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will discuss information today concerning fiscal year 1988 salaries in Illinois colleges and universities, and the planning and budget issues for FY90. The board, which meets at 9 a.m. at Lewis and Clark Community...

State Comptroller Roland W. Burris recently announced his three local government advisory boards will hold a series of public meetings in October to discuss the issue of local government funding in Illinois. The County, Municipal and Local Government...

You can smell it in the air. Basketball season is almost upon us. And the men's and women's 1988-89 basketball teams will get together Friday, Oct. 14 for the first time this season for "Midnight Madness," a sneak preview of the upcoming season. Saturday,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker will address faculty questions concerning administrative handling of the "REG" stamp grades at Wednesday's meeting of the University Council Faculty Assembly. UC Executive Secretary Judy Bischoff said Baker also will discuss...

NIU's graduate school is now accepting applications for recipients of honorary doctorate degrees. This program, which began at NIU in 1983, was formed to honor persons of any intellectual endeavor whose work or contributions are important to the university....

NIU faculty and staff will gather next month to participate in a teleconference aimed at evaluating the outcome of students' learning experiences at the university, determining whether the experiences prepare students for the real world, and making any...

The 1988 Homecoming Committee is encouraging all NIU students to get involved in this years' homecoming activities, said Christine Hennessey, assistant chairman of the homecoming public relations committee. In past years, Hennessey said many of the events...

Two DeKalb aldermen representing student wards told members of the Student Association Sunday they will propose an ordinance extending bar hours if they can get the DeKalb City Council's support. First Ward Alderman Christine Hoagland and 6th Ward Alderman...