Leaders exploring employee reductionsDeKALB — Department leaders are in the process of evaluating their respective programs and determining ways to reduce their staffs.President Doug Baker gave budgetary goals to department heads and each college’s...

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...

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...

The Student Association will sponsor a trip to Springfield to promote activism regarding MAP grants and the state budget, according to an NIU news release. Students will leave from the east side of the Holmes Student Center at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday and...

A total of 21 higher education institutions have signed on to the state-wide budget initiative letter, which was written by Timothy Brandner, NIU Student Association sergeant at arms.The initiative, to be delivered to state lawmakers April 4, expresses...