![A screenshot of an NIU students Blackboard course page. Blackboard Ultra, the updated version of the original, will be the main learning management system for NIU for Spring 2024. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screenshot_2023-09-21_at_1.08.24_pm_720.png)
NIU to switch to Blackboard Ultra
By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
| September 21, 2023
Union members work towards better teaching conditions
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 13, 2019
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Upcoming events: week of Oct. 7
By Northern Star Staff
| October 6, 2019
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Upcoming events: week of Sept. 9
By Northern Star Staff
| September 8, 2019
![The students of Special Topics in Media Studies cut the voting ballots for this years selected films for the Reality Bytes Film Festival, starting 9 p.m. April 9.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/acce03d98cec9518ab06e99a245799a3-900x675.jpg)
NIU kicks off three-night Reality Bytes Film Festival
By Northern Star Staff
| April 9, 2019
University supports closing wage gap
By Lisa Lillianstrom
| December 2, 2018
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NIU plans to cut $30M from budget
By Sara Karikomi
| February 18, 2016
Professor makes documentary on domestic violence victim advocacy group
By Leah Nicolini
| November 18, 2015
Reailty Bytes festival to show international films
By Alexis Malapitan
| April 13, 2015
![LaVerne Gyant (left), Center for Black Studies director, helps senior engineering major Krystal Wilson at the center. The chief diversity officer, who will be hired in May, will be in charge of promoting diversity in academic and social settings on campus.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6ac95ae7f4e1d73542114a298ce8f390-900x564.jpg)
Apps for chief diversity officer to be reviewed Friday
By Satta Kendor
| April 6, 2015
Documentary to promote locally grown produce
By Arthur Aumann
| March 15, 2015
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