DeKALB – Landon Larkin, Student Government Association treasurer, spoke at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday about SGA election voter turnout. Voting for president, vice president, treasurer, student trustee and senators for SGA were held Monday...

DeKALB — Clinical faculty will have a larger presence in the senate with new amendments acknowledging members in the bylaws. With a vote of 31-19-5, numerous amendments were approved that included updates to language in Faculty Senate bylaws and inclusion...

DeKALB – The NIU Faculty Senate discussed its first steps in revising various employment and scholarship regulations.  The discussion comes after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against colleges using affirmative action, issued in June. Affirmative...

DeKALB– Previously stopped out students may be getting the opportunity to return to NIU with financial assistance according to Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. ‘BACK TO THE PACK’ PROGRAM Students who left NIU in the past year and are...

DeKALB – A new president of the Faculty Senate was appointed in Wednesday’s final Faculty Senate meeting of the year. Ben Creed, an assistant professor in educational administration, has been welcomed as the next Faculty Senate President. Creed...

DeKALB – During the second Faculty Senate meeting of the year, attendees gave an update on the use of ChatGPT in classrooms along with a change in the graduation fee. ChatGPT is an AI technology system originally designed to mimic human responses...

DeKALB – In NIU’s first Faculty Senate meeting of 2023, members discussed virtual threats, artificial intelligence boosting plagiarism and the future of SURSMAC.   CYBER CRIME AGAINST NIU In a report explaining the role of information...

The new NIU student code of conduct was discussed during the Faculty Senate meeting on Wednesday.  The new student code of conduct, which has been worked on and refined since last year, has been adopted by the Office of Student Conduct as of Aug....