The HUSKIELINE will split the 4 route back into the 3R and 3L routes after complaints of overcrowding at a Tuesday focus group.Brett Williams, Student Association director of Mass Transit, opened the focus group by asking students what they found “annoying”...
NIU President Doug Baker said Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 31 percent proposed cut to NIU’s state funding could result in a reduction of 375 faculty and staff members.Baker, along with NIU and student leaders, testified in front of the Illinois Senate Appropriations...
NIU President Doug Baker said Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 31 percent proposed budget cut to NIU could result in a reduction of 375 faculty and staff members.Baker, along with NIU and student leaders, testified in front of the Illinois Senate Higher Education...
Al Phillips and Catherine Squires have been officially added to NIU President Doug Baker’s cabinet following a Thursday Board of Trustees vote.Phillips is the chief financial officer and vice president of Administration and Finance and Squires is the...
Men’s and women’s tennis’ trips to practice are about to get a whole lot shorter as they’ll soon be able to call the Chick Evans Field House their practice home.Athletic Director Sean Frazier said three tennis courts will be installed in the Chick...
NIU President Doug Baker said Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed $29.3 million cut to NIU’s state allocation is “just not OK.”Rauner’s state budget plan calls for the state’s Fiscal Year 2016 higher education budget to be cut by $387 million. NIU...
The Association for Black Culture Centers is set to move from Knox College to NIU July 1.The association "seeks to celebrate, promote and critically examine the culture of people of African descent," according to its website. NIU President Doug Baker...
NIU officials must work harder than ever before to ensure community members know what budget NIU will push for it and what sacrifices it is willing to make in the coming months.The state is debating Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed $29 million cut to the...
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget calls for state allocation to NIU to be cut by $29.3 million.NIU was allocated about $93 million for Fiscal Year 2015, but that would be cut to about $64 million under Rauner’s proposal. The $93 million represented about...
The Student Association Senate criticized the exclusion of student input in program prioritization and the shared governance process in a resolution’s first reading Sunday.The resolution, authored by Ben Donovan, SA director of Governmental Affairs,...
NIU President Doug Baker hosted two town hall meetings Thursday to talk about recruitment, retention and program prioritization.Retention decreased by 1.2 percent to 87 percent between the fall and spring semesters, with enrollment dropping to 19,000,...
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