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...
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,...
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...
DeKALB | NIU President John Peters said the funding of next year’s budget, along with the employee health care and pension programs, is unsure. But it doesn’t look good. “The state remains in dire financial strait,” Peters said to the Board of...
DeKALB | Next year, NIU students enrolled in at least 12 credit hours will pay about $55 more in student fees. The increase was approved by the Board of Trustees on Thursday morning. Undergraduate, graduate and professional students will all see the increase....
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...
DeKALB | The Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Personnel committee approved recommendations for several academic program changes Thursday. NIU President John Peters will present these recommendations to the Board of Trustees on...
DeKALB | The Board of Trustees’ Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee voted Thursday in unanimous approval for increases in students fees and room rates to start in fall semester 2012. The committee approved recommendations that NIU President...
DeKALB | Students will have the opportunity to help choose the next logo for NIU.A major portion of the Board of Trustees’ Legislation, Audit and External Affairs committee meeting Thursday was focused on the university’s branding and marketing campaign....
NIU has named Jerry D. Blakemore as vice president and general counsel. Blakemore will succeed Kenneth Davidson on April 1, provided he is approved by the NIU Board of Trustees. According to a press release from NIU Media Relations and Internal Communications,...
What's the point of the Student Association? At the end of last semester, the Student Association Senate denied recognition to the NIU Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). Over winter break, however, John Jones, Associate Vice President for Student...
