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NIU spends $189K to defend President Baker

By Ian Tancun | May 1, 2017

DeKALB — NIU has paid thousands of dollars in legal fees to outside counsel for President Doug Baker as a result of an Office of Executive Inspector General investigation.The OEIG, a state agency that investigates allegations of misconduct, received...

Faculty Senate tables confidence vote again

By Nick Bosshart | April 26, 2017

DeKALB | The Faculty Senate voted to table discussion of a vote of confidence in President Doug Baker at a Wednesday meeting.A confidence vote, originally brought up during a Jan. 25 Faculty Senate meeting, was previously tabled at the March 29 meeting....

President Doug Baker gives a presentation during a March 29 Faculty Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. Baker announced a campus-wide involvement in his presidential review in a Monday report.

Presidential review expands — faculty, staff and students to add input

By Madison Kacer | April 20, 2017

DeKALB — President Doug Baker announced the opportunity for campus-wide involvement in his annual review Monday following requests from Faculty Senate for a voice in the process.The president is subject to review regarding his or her compliance with...

VP’s appointment awaits board approval

By Northern Star Staff | April 17, 2017

DeKALB — A recipient of NIU’s highest honor for outstanding research has tentatively been named the vice president of the Division of Research and Innovation partnerships.President Doug Baker announced Gerald Blazey’s appointment Tuesday. Blazey...

President Doug Baker and  Denise Schoenbachler, Dean in the marketing department for the college of business, relax and share a laugh inside Barsema Hall.

Letter to the Editor: NIU is a broken institution

By Sid Kincaid and SA senator | March 27, 2017

President Doug Baker and  Denise Schoenbachler, Dean in the marketing department for the college of business, relax and share a laugh inside Barsema Hall.

President Baker says NIU violated employment agreement issues in 2013, ’14

By Leah Nicolini | December 28, 2016

DeKALB | President Doug Baker acknowledged NIU violated procurement practices, employment decisions and contractual arrangements in 2013 and 2014 after an investigation.The violations were not stated in a Dec. 22 NIU Today article addressing the investigation....

Athletics drops NCAA violations to nine

By Northern Star staff | November 17, 2016

DeKALB | NCAA violations at NIU has dropped from 16 violations in 2014-15 to nine in 2015-16.Athletics Associate Director Jerome Rodgers shared how NIU is complying with the NCAA and is using student-athlete education to drop the number of violations....

NIU requests $91 million for FY18

NIU requests $91 million for FY18

By Courtesy NIU Office of the President | September 19, 2016

The Board of Trustees carried a motion approving the Fiscal Year 2018 budget request of $91,092,700 which will be prepared and submitted to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for approval in the fall of FY17.

“The real challenge is that this is the level of funding we received in [FY15],” said Alan Phillips, vice president of administration and finance. “Because of the budget impasse in Springfield, we don’t know how much money we’ll receive for [FY18].”

Parking permit prices need equal treatment

By Northern Star Editorial Board | August 29, 2016

NIU did not practice inclusion when it hand picked which parking permit prices would increase this fall because the justification for increasing certain permit prices is not applied equally.Reserved parking permits will see a $172 price increase, if the...

IT loses money on repairs

By Samantha Malone | August 29, 2016

DeKALB | NIU subscribed to an extended maintenance program for its information technology equipment rather than replacing the out-of-date systems, potentially causing the IT department to increase its debt.NIU was unable to spend the money required to...