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NIU students lobbied in Springfield in April.

Student Association invites students to lobby

By Northern Star staff | November 14, 2016

NIU students lobbied in Springfield in April.

Student Association to hold Manditory Candidates Meeting

By Northern Star staff | February 25, 2016

All students who wish to run for Student Association Senate or any Executive Branch position must attend a mandatory candidates meeting. Students can either attend a candidate meeting at 6 p.m. March 1 at the Campus Life Building, room 100 or 4 p.m. March...

SA to hold Huskie Link training sessions

By Northern Star staff | February 2, 2016

The Student Association will hold training on Huskie Link for students and student organization leaders.Students will be taught how to use Huskie Link’s many functions, including but not limited to registering events, organizing events, finding organizations,...

Students, SA can increase voter turnout for election

By Northern Star Editorial Board | October 5, 2015

With a voter turnout of 3.24 percent in the Student Association Senate elections, a major change has to be made in the attitude of students and SA election promotion to increase voter turnout.Only 653 students out of 20,130 students enrolled at NIU voted...

NIU swim wants Division 1 restoration

By Margaret Maka | September 14, 2015

A group of students have begun a journey to return D1 swimming to NIU.The club NIU Swimming was approved through Huskie Link, NIU’s social media website for clubs, on Wednesday. NIU had a D1 swim team that started in the 1960s, but ended in 2001. Caleb...

Deadline to apply for SA director positions extended

By Northern Star staff | April 13, 2015

The deadline to submit applications for director positions in the Student Association for the 2015-16 academic year have been extended to noon Thursday.The extension was made due to the low number of applications turned in, said Chief of Staff Chad Harris....

Student Association director applications open for 2015-2016 academic year

By Northern Star staff | March 31, 2015

The Student Association is now accepting applications for director positions for the 2015-2016 academic year.The applications are due April 10 and can be accessed at bit.ly/1DmhpJP. Students must log in to the Huskie Link website to submit an application.Appointed...

Students have no excuse to not vote

By Northern Star Editorial Board | March 22, 2015

Students have no excuse not to vote in this year’s Student Association executive elections now that voting is online.Polling stations across campus will now have laptops where students can vote. Students can also vote using their phones or other electronic...

2 teams form for Student Association executive elections

By Northern Star staff | March 15, 2015

The 2015 Student Association executive election candidates have split into two tickets as campaigning continues in anticipation of the March 24 and 25 election.According to the SA bylaws’ campaign regulations, candidates can choose to run in teams.The...

‘Solutions’ focus of updated SA motto

By Ashley Morse | February 9, 2015

Student Association President Joe Frascello announced the Student Association’s new motto, “Engaging Student Solutions,” as well as the SA’s initiatives for the spring semester and beyond at SA Senate Sunday.Experience, safety and health and sustainability...