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Forming a union can improve graduate students’ work conditions

By Alma Garcia | January 20, 2020

The enactment of a recent law, allowing graduate students to unionize, is a huge victory for NIU Huskie graduate assistants and for undergraduates who are considering pursuing a graduate degree in the state of Illinois.One of the 250 laws enacted in the...

Graduate students can form unions

By Dan Doren | January 12, 2020

DeKALB — Graduate and research assistants at Illinois public universities can now legally unionize with the start of the new year.A recent amendment to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act redefines the term “student” to no longer include...

Job fairs planned in October

By Northern Star Staff | September 17, 2012

NIU will be hosting fairs for students seeking job employment or enrollment in graduate school this fall, according to NIU Today. Staring Oct. 2, a graduate and professional school fair will be held for students wanting to attend graduate school or learn...

Post-graduation paths aren’t always clear

By Dan Martynowicz | November 20, 2011

Graduate school or real world, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of further education, or to take arms against a decimated economy. I would continue parodying Billy, but he's boring and this is detracting...

Plus/minus grading system rewards those who work hard

By Letter Writer | March 7, 2011

Despite the overwhelming opposition to altering the grading systems, I support the conversion. To date, I have yet to hear a valid reason why there shouldn't be a change. This conversion would actually help students to be rewarded for better work, rather...

Implementing a plus/minus grading system hurts current students

By Letter Writer | March 6, 2011

In regards to the implementation of a new grading system at NIU, I must express my deep concern. I see many problems arising out of such a system being placed on the students who are well into their degree programs. With the amount of stress already being...

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...

Bachelor’s degree alone can be useless

By Phil Case | September 8, 2010

If you are lucky enough to be finishing up the last year or even semester of your academic career, you are probably being forced to address that question that lingers incessantly in the back of every good collegiate mind: Should I go to grad school or...

Graduate school can wait, job experience is valuable

By Taurean Small | September 8, 2010

Most people nowadays will tell you that it is crucial to go to graduate school immediately after finishing your undergraduate education. Most people will not tell you, however, that it might not be in your best interest. Is it really a good idea to remain...