The Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to approve all the university’s recommendations, including increasing the room and board rate, increasing student fees and approving the proposed salary guidelines. The university requested the BOT approve an aggregate...
At a 9 a.m. Board of Trustees meeting today, the board will vote for or against increasing student fees, room and board rates and various salaries, among other items. According to the Board of Trustees agenda, the university is requesting the Board approve...
Beginning in Fall 2012, student health insurance fees will rise by $146.At a Feb. 15 Board of Trustees meeting, Board Vice Chair Robert Boey said a "major contributor" to the fee increase is the "dramatic" 17.9 percent rise in health insurance premiums...
NIU will have a new mission statement in the future. The Faculty Senate met Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room to discuss the mission statement, among other topics. NIU's mission statement was last revised in 2003. The current series of revisions...
NIU alumnus Wheeler G. Coleman is the most recent addition to the NIU Board of Trustees (BOT). Wheeler was appointed Dec. 19, said Paul Palian, Director of Media and Public Relations. Palian explained the purpose of the BOT. "A board of trustees is basically...
After a closed session, Board Chair Cherilyn Murer resumed the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday morning by extending her condolences.Murer said the death of sociology student Steven Agee II has shaken the campus community and once again brought to...
The NIU Board of Trustees will meet today at 9 a.m. in the Altgeld Hall Board of Trustees Room.Among the items planned for discussion are an alcoholic beverage policy for public events and non-student related activities and the next phase of the campus...
Former Student Association Senator Jeremy Orbach said he wants to protest the SA because he says the organization discourages activism. Orbach was dropped from the SA Senate Nov. 6 for four absences, Senate Speaker Austin Quick said. According to the...
A public hearing on the proposed vacation of a portion of North Third Street drew a full house to Monday's City Council Meeting. Members of the community were allowed to speak about the proposal, which supporters said was necessary for an expansion for...
NIU President John Peters received unanimous approval to move forward with the Vision 2020 Initiative at Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting.Trustee Marc Strauss said the Vision 2020 process revealed a goal important to the university's success - an...
The NIU Board of Trustees will meet at 9 a.m. today in Altgeld Hall 315.Among items up for approval are the Fiscal Year 2012 internal budget, a report from the office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and discussion of Vision 2020.Items up...
A plan for a new campus hangout on campus was presented to Board of Trustees committees alongside budget approvals and marketing innovations on Aug. 25.Jeff Daurer, director of capital budget and space planning, gave a presentation to the Finance, Facilities...
