NIU President Doug Baker (left) and Provost Lisa Freeman speak at the Board of Trustees special meeting Thursday at Altgeld Hall. The trustees approved the potential school of nursing, which now has to be approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
From left: Alan Phillips, vice president of Administration and Finance; Mike Mann, State and Government Relations and Board Liaison; Provost Lisa Freeman and Chief Diversity Officer Vernese Edghill-Walden discuss the state budget impasse and MAP grant funding at a town hall meeting Tuesday.
Trustees Cherilyn Murer and Robert Boey talk about the importance of using art in the process of bettering campus life during a March 27, 2014, Board of Trustees meeting. The Board of Trustees Governance Ad Hoc Committee approved Student Association President Nathan Lupstein’s recommendation to allow the SA president to appoint a student trustee during Thursday’s meeting.
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| February 4, 2016
The Student Association must prepare student trustee candidates as they wait for the Board of Trustees to adapt a policy for filling the student trustee vacancy.Raquel Chavez resigned from her position as student trustee to focus on her role as a law...
University Council pushed forward a proposal to extend the employment periods for two interim vice presidents Wednesday.Jerry Blazey, interim vice president for Research and Innovation Partnerships, and Harlan Teller, interim vice president for Marketing...
Tim Struthers, Board of Trustees trustee, said his skills as a financial professional and life-long banker and his care for NIU set him apart from others.The Board of Trustees is the seven-member governing body of the university. Struthers fills a vacancy...
The Board of Trustees Governance Ad Hoc Committee discussed employee salaries and possible language changes to the conflict of interest policy at a Wednesday meeting.The committee members spent time discussing the hiring process of administrators and...
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner named Tim Struthers to the NIU Board of Trustees on Friday.The Board of Trustees is the seven-member governing body of the university. Struthers fills a vacancy left by former trustee Anthony Iosco.As the Illinois Market President...
The Board of Trustees has approved an interim $389 million budget for Fiscal Year 2016, due to the lack of an appropriation from the state.NIU President Doug Baker said it is an unusual situation that a budget has not been set at this time, as it usually...
The Board of Trustees approved a $388 million budget for Fiscal Year 2016 Thursday.The budget is an 8.6 percent reduction from FY 2015’s budget of $424.5 million. A state budget for Illinois has not been approved, but Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed a $29.3...
The Board of Trustees will meet to vote on a proposed $388 million budget today.The Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved the budget in a Aug. 27 committee meeting, according to a Sept. 1 Northern Star article. The proposed...
Construction of the Stevens Building may come to a halt June 30 as state budget issues continue to be problematic for NIU.Illinois legislators started sending budget bills to Gov. Bruce Rauner for approval Wednesday; however, Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley)...
