Officer Maria Christiansen has been with the NIU Police Department for five years this month, but the road to becoming an officer was not easy.On February 14, 2008, Christiansen’s life changed forever. She was one of more than 100 students in a Cole...

NIU President Doug Baker may soon make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees on whether to implement a second-year residency requirement in fall 2015.Eric Weldy, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, said the decision to apply...

NIU is looking at ways to improve retention of its transfer students.Of the 1,881 transfer students started at NIU in the fall semester, 311 who did not graduate did not return for the spring semester.Eric Weldy, vice president of Student Affairs and...

Correction: In an earlier version of this story, Brad Hoey, director of University Marketing, said NIU's tuition stays at a constant for students for six years. Hoey later contacted the Northern Star to clarify that NIU's tuition stays at a constant for...

Students may nominate staff, faculty or students for the 10th annual Ally Awards through the LGBT and Women’s Resource Center website up until 4:30 p.m. Friday.The LGBT and Women’s Resource Center will host the Ally Awards to recognize allies of the...

Students will have the chance to network with STEM faculty, campus administrators, corporations and graduate schools at the STEM conference.The conference, Advancing STEM Education: Priming the Pump, will feature speakers from IBM, Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent,...