Two longtime NIU benefactors donated $1 million to the NIU University Honors Program. John and Nancy Castle, a local businessman and NIU professor of rehabilitative counseling (respectively), donated the money to help honors students to study overseas....

Self plagiarism, a new concept for most students and a good portion of faculty, is a violation that was added in the recent revisions of the Student Code of Conduct. "I have no idea what self plagiarism even is," said Alex Poderys, junior political science...

This spring the honors program at NIU will graduate its 40th class. The program has added new courses, including studying abroad courses, and has also made advancements on mini-sections, which are the groups of honor students taking regular courses as...