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Committee requests addition, deletion of academic programs

By Noah Thornburgh | May 17, 2019

Sixteen programs, including three Ph.Ds, are waiting on approval at the next Board of Trustees meeting June 13.{{tncms-inline alignment="left" content="<p>Requests for addition</p> <ul><li>Ph.D....

Rauner’s budget proposal ‘concerning’ state university presidents

February 19, 2018

DeKALB — Gov. Bruce Rauner’s fiscal year 2019 budget included cuts to public schools’ pensions and health care expenses.During his Wednesday State of the Budget address, Rauner said pensions and employee group health expenses have grown, costing...

University Ombudsperson addresses the University Council Wednesday, discussing the need for better counseling on campus and how her office has tried to help students feeling stress because of recent gun violence.

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL | Stevens Building to be ‘nearly complete’ in February

By James Krause | November 9, 2017

University Ombudsperson addresses the University Council Wednesday, discussing the need for better counseling on campus and how her office has tried to help students feeling stress because of recent gun violence.

Campus in need of repairs and funds

By James Krause | October 16, 2017

DeKALB — Hazardous tunneling systems, 50-year-old boilers and damaged building exteriors are among repairs NIU must make that require funding from the state, something for which officials have desperately been lobbying state lawmakers.The Illinois Board...

Board passes initial FY19 budget request

By Morgan Fink | September 18, 2017

DeKALB — The Board of Trustees approved the guidelines request for Fiscal Year 2019 during Thursday’s meeting.Each year, officials seek the Board’s approval for the budget request guidelines that will be used to develop the university budget request...

President Baker can’t put out the fires he has started

President’s legal fees should be spent elsewhere

By Ian Tancun | May 4, 2017

President Baker can’t put out the fires he has started

President to visit state lawmakers

By Lindsey Salvatelli | March 20, 2017

DeKALB — President Doug Baker delivered a report about legislative progress being made in Springfield during a March 9 Board of Trustees meeting.Baker said all presidents from Illinois universities were given a 20-hour notice to appear in front of the...

Budget proposed for FY18

By Northern Star Staff | February 23, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner recommended $77,465,000 in state appropriations for NIU in his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018.The proposed budget, issued Feb. 15, comes following two years in which NIU did not receive full state appropriations because of an inability...

Student center to renovate

By Clarissa Hinshaw | December 5, 2016

DeKALB | Renovations of the Holmes Student Center’s first floor are projected to begin during the fall 2017 semester.The student center serves as a hub for NIU community members that features places to study, dining, shopping, a hotel and event facilities,...

NIU to remodel Holmes Student Center

By Sam Malone | September 29, 2016

DeKALB | The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved NIU’s request to renovate the first floor of the Holmes Student Center at its meeting Tuesday.The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the first phase of the renovation at St. Xavier University...

Student represents peers in IBHE

By Leah Nicolini | August 1, 2016

Stephanie Torres Celis, junior public health major, is Latino, female and a community college graduate, which she believes will make her perspective unique to the Illinois Board of Higher Education this fall.Celis is one of two student representatives...

Provost Lisa Freeman addresses Faculty Senate on Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. NIU is looking to restructure how salaries are contracted for academic administrators to reduce cases of overpaid and underpaid administrators. The restructuring will allow for salaries to adjust and reflect job responsibilities at the time.

NIU to restructure salaries

By Alexander Chettiath | February 25, 2016

Provost Lisa Freeman addresses Faculty Senate on Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. NIU is looking to restructure how salaries are contracted for academic administrators to reduce cases of overpaid and underpaid administrators. The restructuring will allow for salaries to adjust and reflect job responsibilities at the time.