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Board of Trustees supports Weldy’s request for $814K for enrollment consulting

By Jackie Nevarez | December 8, 2014

Eric Weldy, vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, requested approval at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting for $814,000 in consulting fees to a group that would help NIU boost enrollment and retention.The Division of Student...

General education coordinator Michael Kole presents an NIU PLUS task force update at the University Council meeting Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. NIU PLUS decreases the number of credit hours needed to fulfill general education requirements for undergraduate students.

NIU PLUS report sent, to begin fall semester

By Jackie Nevarez | December 3, 2014

General education coordinator Michael Kole presents an NIU PLUS task force update at the University Council meeting Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. NIU PLUS decreases the number of credit hours needed to fulfill general education requirements for undergraduate students.

Senate to propose cell stipend policy

By Northern Star Staff | November 18, 2014

Matt Parks, senior director of network and communications services, will present a cellular stipend policy proposal today at Faculty Senate.The cellular stipend policy provides “a general guideline for the use of cellular stipends for university business...

Council to review PLUS presentation

By Jackie Nevarez | November 5, 2014

University Council will hear a presentation on NIU PLUS, a general education reform program hesitantly endorsed at an Oct. 29 Faculty Senate meeting.NIU PLUS recommendations include a reduction of up to 11 credit hours of undergraduate requirements if...

It’s On Us preps for Action Week

It’s On Us preps for Action Week

By Jackie Nevarez | November 4, 2014

Community, university and student leaders gathered Monday to brainstorm ways to promote the It’s On Us sexual prevention campaign in time for the Week of Action, which starts Nov. 17.The Student Association announced its involvement with It’s On Us,...

Seth Bartosik group uses Halloween to raise awareness of suicide prevention

By Jackie Nevarez | October 30, 2014

Project Seth Ltd., a non-profit organization aiming to support, empower, teach and honor young adults, will raise money through a Halloween party with a costume contest Friday.The organization, named after Seth Bartosik, 20, of Cortland, a DeKalb High...

Military, Non-Traditional Student Services to be merged

By Jackie Nevarez | October 29, 2014

The merger of Military Student Services and Off-Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services will happen despite concerns voiced in the departments, said Katrina Caldwell, assistant vice president for Student Affairs.The decision to merge the two departments...

SA rule mixup means some senators must be re-elected

By Jackie Nevarez | October 16, 2014

Nine Student Association senator-at-large candidates will have to go before the SA Senate again after a breach of SA Bylaws occurred when they were elected Sunday, said SA Senate Speaker Dillon Domke.At Sunday’s SA Senate meeting, the Senate interviewed...

Tina Erickson (left) and her husband Brad Erickson hold hands. Before Tina Erickson collapsed and stopped breathing at the university’s Campus Mail Services Sept. 12, she had no prior health issues, Brad Erickson said. Now she is undergoing tests to reach a diagnosis for what caused her collapse.

NIU employee saves life of coworker, friend

By Jackie Nevarez | October 12, 2014

Gail Smith, 58, shouldn’t have been in the university’s Campus Mail Services when Tina Erickson, 53, collapsed and stopped breathing.On Sept. 12, Erickson and Smith went to lunch and returned to work at about 2 p.m. Tina Erickson is a mailing equipment...

NIU site redesign launched

By Jackie Nevarez | October 8, 2014

The university’s website redesign, featuring navigation changes based on how the site is used, was announced and previewed at University Council before its 9 p.m. Wednesday launch.Web Communications Director Jennice O’Brien said any bugs on the site,...

Some faculty worried by gen. ed program

By Jackie Nevarez | October 2, 2014

Professors at Faculty Senate voiced their concerns over the implementation and requirements documented in the NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies report, a general education reform program, Wednesday.Faculty Senate President Bill Pitney...

Baker’s answers don’t fly

By Sharon May | October 1, 2014

I read with amusement Jackie Nevarez’s Sept. 10 Northern Star article citing President Doug Baker’s characterization of my Aug. 4 letter to the editor to the Daily Chronicle as “a lot of misinformation.”The raises and salaries of these administrators...