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Christopher Nissen, a professor in the Foriegn Language department, speaks up about making student evaluations online rather then on paper at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Faculty Senate discusses online professor evaluations

March 30, 2011

The Faculty Senate discussed the value of online student evaluation of instruction Wednesday afternoon. Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum said there are a number of colleges that are requiring all student evaluations be done online as oppose to...

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Council votes to change nepotism policy

By Jessica Sabbah | March 9, 2011

The University Council voted to recommend a change in the language of the nepotism policy in the Board of Trustees regulations during a meeting Wednesday afternoon. The council does not have the authority to make a change in BOT policy; however, the recommendation...

Patricia Henry (middle), foreign language and literature professor, raises her hand in support of the "Plus-Minus" Bill proposed to the Faculty Senate Wednesday in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center.

Faculty Senate considers changes to grading system

By Jessica Sabbah | February 9, 2011

NIU got one step closer to implementing a plus/minus grading system Wednesday afternoon. "The [Faculty] Senate voted to recommend to make a change in the NIU grading system to the plus/minus system," said Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum. The new...

Range of issues discussed at Faculty Senate

By Alex Fiore | October 27, 2010

DeKALB | The NIU Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from coping with the Antinette Keller situation to improving campus facilities. Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum opened the meeting by asking attendees to observe a moment...

Math department gets journals back

By MaryJo Kratochvil | September 16, 2010

In February, when thousands of journals were relocated by the library, the math department faculty made it their mission to have their journals returned. The Faculty Senate addressed the move and Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum said the journals...