DeKALB — The Board of Trustees approved the guidelines request for Fiscal Year 2019 during Thursday’s meeting.Each year, officials seek the Board’s approval for the budget request guidelines that will be used to develop the university budget request...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals supporters stand in solidarity at a rally in Chicago after White House officials announced a repeal of the program Sept. 5.
The Northern Star Editorial Board would like to commend the Board of Trustees on the preliminary steps it has taken in the search for NIU’s next president; we also ask the Trustees take these steps even further and learn from past mistakes.In the past,...
Neptune Residence Hall West and North received updates over the summer. Neptune Residence Hall East will receive the same updates during the fall semester.
The Compliance, Audit, Risk Management and Legal Affairs Committee discussed “corrective actions” to meet state audit compliance standards for the upcoming fiscal year during a Aug. 17 Board of Trustees meeting.The audit for fiscal year 2016 found...
Sharon Coleman, Northern District of Illinois federal judge, swears in her husband Wheeler Coleman, Board of Trustees chair, as a trustee Feb. 2, 2012, in Altgeld Hall. Coleman was elected Board chair during a June 15 Board meeting and has since highlighted his goals to increase transparency among officials.
TO: Acting President Lisa FreemanNIU is in a transitional period, which provides opportunities for new beginnings. Former President Doug Baker’s June 30 resignation and the circumstances surrounding it made it clear key deficiencies exist at NIU that...
DeKALB | A temporary restraining order that's expected to be heard Friday could make it difficult for former president Doug Baker to receive his more than $600,000 severance pay.Misty Haji-Sheikh, graduate student at large, filed the motion against the...
DeKALB — A student has initiated a lawsuit against the Board of Trustees that could void former president Doug Baker's severance agreement.Misty Haji-Sheikh, graduate student at-large, has filed a lawsuit against the Board of Trustees for allegedly...
DeKALB | The Board of Trustees released its annual review of former President Doug Baker on the last day of his term, identifying four initiatives upon which officials will now focus.The evaluation, which is completed annually per Baker’s contract and...
