Gov. Pat Quinn, along with contractors, administration, faculty and students, broke ground on a $27.4 million project to reconstruct the Stevens Building Monday.John Butler, Board of Trustees chair, said the construction would be especially important...

Changes to the university’s Acceptable Use Policy have no set date, but they will be made by the Computing Facilities Advisory Committee and Brett Coryell, vice president and chief information officer, in the coming months.Acceptable Use PolicyAn Aug....

NIU President Doug Baker will push for a rise in retention between the fall and spring semesters as the university copes with a 527-student decline in enrollment from fall 2013 to this semester.Enrollment has fallen to 20,611 from last fall’s 21,138,...

NIU President Doug Baker says there was “a lot of misinformation” on the salaries of two members of his senior administration members this summer.At a University Council meeting Wednesday, Baker said he was frustrated about stories with inaccurate...

NIU President Baker said enrollment is down by 527 students -- or 2.5 percent -- from fall 2013, which would make enrollment 20,611 students.The university had budgeted a drop of up to 700 students worth about $8 million in revenue. NIU has seen enrollment...

Alumni of the Epsilon Phi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the chapter’s founding through their motto of “First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All.”Alpha Phi Alpha’s Epsilon Phi chapter was established...

The Huskie Safe Line has taken the reins of late-night transportation from Late Night Ride, but not everyone is on board with the change.Late Night Ride, a transportation service provided by the NIU Police Department for more than 20 years, ran 10 p.m.-6...