Along with residence hall renovations and the Chessick Center, students have something to look forward to this year: a brand new outdoor recreation sports complex.Located on the north side of the Convocation Center, the outdoor recreation sports complex...

A new era is about to start in NIU athletics: the Sean Frazier era.Frazier was named the new athletic director on July 16 and is starting to get settled into DeKalb and NIU athletics.Frazier takes over from Jeff Compher, who stepped down on March 6 to...

NIU President Doug Baker has been in our fantastic town of corn and barbed wire for only a few weeks. A March 18 Northern Star editorial noted NIU had a chance to change for the better, as many top administrators were on their way out. With a new president,...

In the early ’90s, John Butler served as the student regent on NIU’s Board of Regents, similar to today’s Board of Trustees. Twenty years later, in 2013, Butler is chairman of the Board of Trustees.With new university leadership, Butler looks to...

The new NIU athletics director will be announced at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Yordon Center.After the news conference in DeKalb there will be another news conference at 3 p.m. in Chicago at The Mid-America Club in the Aon Building.NIU has been on the search...

University Honors is to expand its student engagement opportunities with J.D. Bowers, the new associate vice provost of University Honors, leading the way.Bowers wants to give students unique experiences and create a program more focused on interdisciplinary...

Christian Spears, deputy director of Athletics, has been promoted to acting director of NIU Athletics with the recent departure of Jeff Compher. Spears, who has been a part of the Athletics executive administrations team since 2009, will begin his new...