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Student health insurance fees to increase

By Linze Griebenow | February 20, 2012

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...

Alan Rosenbaum holds an open discussion on how to make the
mission statement draft unique to NIU in a Faculty Senate meeting
in the Holmes Student Center Wednesday afternon.

Faculty senate discusses changes to NIU mission statement

By Joe Palmer | February 15, 2012

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...

Alumnus Wheeler G. Coleman was recently appointed to the NIU
Board of Trustees.

Alumnus appointed to NIU Board of Trustees

By Lauren Dielman | January 16, 2012

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...

Board of Trustees voices desire to work with DeKalb to create safe environment

By Chelsey Boutan | December 1, 2011

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...

NIU Board of Trustees meets to discuss policy

December 1, 2011

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 SA member says organization discourages activism

By Felix Sarver | November 17, 2011

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...

Public hearing brings full house to DeKalb City Council

By Kelly Bauer | November 15, 2011

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...

Marc Strauss, left, Board of Trustees Chair, at the Boards
Thursday meeting the Board approved a resolution to move forward
with President John Peters Vision 2020 plans.

Vision 2020 approved to move forward

By Chelsey Boutan | September 16, 2011

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...

BOT to discuss ‘College Grind’

By Northern Star Staff | September 14, 2011

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...

Board of Trustees approves renovations to Holmes Student Center

By Felix Sarver | August 26, 2011

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...

Board of Trustees will discuss proposal for external funding of research

By Northern Star Staff | August 24, 2011

Three NIU Board of Trustees committees will meet today.The Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Personnel Committee will meet at 9 a.m. The committee will discuss, among other things, a proposal Fiscal Year 2011 external funding for research.The Finance,...

BOT votes to give honorary diplomas

By Leah Spagnoli | March 24, 2011

NIU will bestow honorary doctoral degrees this May to Eric Isaacs, director of Argonne National Laboratory, and Leland Strom, chairman of the board and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration.The NIU Board of Trustees voted Thursday to award the honorary...