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A group of honors students sit and listen to an Honors Fellow at the Honors Retreat at Lorado Taft on Aug. 22. Lorado Taft is closing their location permanently on Dec. 15. (Courtesy of Connie Storey)

NIU to close Lorado Taft on Dec. 15

By Emily Beebe, News Editor | September 25, 2024

DeKALB – NIU has made the decision to discontinue programming and permanently close its Lorado Taft Field Campus, located at 1414 N. River Road in Oregon, Illinois, on Dec. 15. Lorado Taft is closing because of the cost-inefficient buildings requiring...

Lorado Taft Campus offers a course on nature writing, incorporating English and Environmental Studies.

Nature Writing course offers outdoor experience for students

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | October 12, 2022

NIU’s Nature Writing course is giving students the opportunity to explore their passions of both nature and writing in an outdoor class. This is the first semester that the class has been offered at NIU. The class is held outdoors and is hosted at...

Union president voices concerns at BOT meeting

By David Matz and Allyson Martin | December 2, 2010

DeKAlb- At Thursday morning's Board of Trustees meeting Darlene Seilheimer, union president for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 963 Building Services, voiced her concerns regarding their negotiations with the...