The Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss issues concerning professors on track to tenure and proposed future scholarships, as well as approving other items on the agenda.Wendell Johnson, social sciences librarian, spoke on behalf of the United Faculty...
DeKALB — NIU will be participating in Send Silence Packing, a traveling display exhibit, Thursday in the MLK Commons.From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., numerous backpacks will be displayed as a representation of the lives lost to suicide. The Active Minds exhibit...
DeKALB — The Annie Glidden North Revitalization Plan is entering a public comment period Oct. 2 through 19.The plan aims to improve the quality of living for residents by focusing on specific projects for the neighborhood, according to a Sept. 28 City...
DeKALB — The Office of Student Affairs is phasing in new leadership positions and a presence in the Holmes Student Center for Student Involvement and Leadership Development [SILD].After facing some vacancies due to staff departures in the last academic...
DeKALB — University officials created a coordinator position for DREAM Action NIU, now held by Sandy López. Her role involves assisting undocumented students who are facing different hardships.DREAM Action NIU, which started in 2009, is a student-led...
DeKALB - Newly appointed university president Lisa Freeman gave her first report following her Thursday afternoon in which she announced the NIU Board of Trustees would be conducting a national search for an Executive Vice President and Provost while...
The Board of Trustees unanimously voted Acting President Lisa Freeman as the thirteenth president of NIU, making her the first female president in university history.The appointment was made during a Board of Trustees Special Meeting Thursday, with an...
Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg, assistant professor and Spanish Basic Language program director, assists first-generation students by relaying her own experiences.
The Student Association Senate filled vacancies of primary directors and other key positions during its meeting Sunday.Tristan Martin, Speaker of the senate, led parliamentary procedure in electing six individuals to take on new roles in SA. “We have...
DeKALB — Total enrollment has declined by 4.8 percent, making this fall the fourth consecutive semester for a near-five percent decline in enrollment, according to the 10-Day enrollment figures.Total enrollment, which consists of undergraduate, graduate...
