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Faculty Senate discusses Illinois debt, adds SA representative

By Matt Liparota | August 31, 2011

"Welcome to another wonderful year at Faculty Senate."With these words Wednesday afternoon, Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum opened another year for the legislative body and urged its members - which counts one voting member for each university...

Students’ welfare a top budget priority

By Candice Beasley | April 20, 2011

DeKALB | The Faculty Senate Resources, Space and Budgets committee presented a report to the Senate during its Wednesday meeting on budget priorities if the state continues to defer on its payments to NIU. "CRSB created a statement of what the financial...

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Christopher Nissen, a professor in the Foriegn Language department, speaks up about making student evaluations online rather then on paper at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Faculty Senate discusses online professor evaluations

March 30, 2011

The Faculty Senate discussed the value of online student evaluation of instruction Wednesday afternoon. Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum said there are a number of colleges that are requiring all student evaluations be done online as oppose to...

State pays money owed to NIU for MAP grant funding

By Jessica Sabbah | March 2, 2011

During the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday, it was announced that the state has paid a majority of the $12 million owed to NIU for MAP grant funding for fall 2010. Students had already received their awards and the money had been distributed to students...

Making the grade: Potential grading scale change could take place as soon as 2012

By Jessica Sabbah | March 2, 2011

DeKALB | Questions still surround the possible adoption of a plus/minus grading system at NIU. The Faculty Senate voted to recommend the implementation of the plus/minus grading system on Feb. 9. The proposal will now move to the Admissions Policies and...

Patricia Henry (middle), foreign language and literature professor, raises her hand in support of the Plus-Minus Bill proposed to the Faculty Senate Wednesday in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center.

Plus/minus? Faculty senate considers changes to grading system

By Jessicah Sabbah | February 10, 2011

NIU got one step closer to implementing a plus/minus grading system Wednesday afternoon. "The [Faculty] Senate voted to recommend to make a change in the NIU grading system to the plus/minus system," said Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum. The new...

Patricia Henry (middle), foreign language and literature professor, raises her hand in support of the Plus-Minus Bill proposed to the Faculty Senate Wednesday in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center.

Faculty Senate considers changes to grading system

By Jessica Sabbah | February 10, 2011

NIU got one step closer to implementing a plus/minus grading system Wednesday afternoon. "The [Faculty] Senate voted to recommend to make a change in the NIU grading system to the plus/minus system," said Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum. The new...

NIU Ombudsman Tim Griffin speaks during Faculty Senate Wednesday afternoon in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center.

Faculty senate discusses grading scale, student grievance procedure

By Allyson Martin | January 20, 2011

The Faculty Senate discussed a student grievance procedure and a change in grading policy on Wednesday. A proposal was made for the re-institution of a committee for addressing student grievances. Members of the senate body expressed concern for the vagueness...

Faculty Senate discusses state funding

By Alex Fiore | November 17, 2010

The NIU Faculty Senate discussed Vision 2020, teacher quality, and state funding Wednesday afternoon in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. NIU President John Peters opened the meeting, expressing his concern about the lack of state funding NIU has received...

Range of issues discussed at Faculty Senate

By Alex Fiore | October 27, 2010

DeKALB | The NIU Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from coping with the Antinette Keller situation to improving campus facilities. Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum opened the meeting by asking attendees to observe a moment...

NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher listens to questions after giving a presentation on the athletic departments budget during Wednesdays faculty senate meeting.

Faculty Senate discusses search for graduate school dean

By Leah Spagnoli | September 29, 2010

NIU's Faculty Senate discussed what method would be used in the search for a new dean for the graduate school Wednesday afternoon. The decision was made to search for candidates internally rather than externally due to cost. Faculty Senate President Alan...

Math department gets journals back

By MaryJo Kratochvil | September 16, 2010

In February, when thousands of journals were relocated by the library, the math department faculty made it their mission to have their journals returned. The Faculty Senate addressed the move and Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum said the journals...