DeKALB — The Board of Trustees approved the guidelines request for Fiscal Year 2019 during Thursday’s meeting.Each year, officials seek the Board’s approval for the budget request guidelines that will be used to develop the university budget request...
Sharon Coleman, Northern District of Illinois federal judge, swears in her husband Wheeler Coleman, Board of Trustees chair, as a trustee Feb. 2, 2012, in Altgeld Hall. Coleman was elected Board chair during a June 15 Board meeting and has since highlighted his goals to increase transparency among officials.
TO: Acting President Lisa FreemanNIU is in a transitional period, which provides opportunities for new beginnings. Former President Doug Baker’s June 30 resignation and the circumstances surrounding it made it clear key deficiencies exist at NIU that...
DeKALB | A temporary restraining order that's expected to be heard Friday could make it difficult for former president Doug Baker to receive his more than $600,000 severance pay.Misty Haji-Sheikh, graduate student at large, filed the motion against the...
DeKALB | Eric Dannenmaier, former College of Law dean, has resigned from his position but is expected to work in the Division of Research and Innovation Partnership.Dannenmaier, who began as dean June 1, 2016, was placed on voluntary administrative leave...
Dear Editor,I am in a unique position. I am a Graduate Student at Large, married to Faculty, and I serve on the County Board. I am writing as a student who loves NIU, but is deeply concerned with the actions of the Board of Trustees regarding the severance...
DeKALB | The severance package President Doug Baker will receive following his June 30 resignation totals about $600,000.The total includes the equivalent to one year of Baker’s base salary, which is $450,000 and “applicable benefits;” $137,500...
DeKALB | Provost Lisa Freeman will be assuming the role of President Doug Baker immediately following the enactment of his resignation June 30, making her NIU’s first female president.While Freeman holds the position on an interim basis per the presidential...
DeKALB | The Executive Ethics Commission released the Office of Executive Inspector General, a state agency that investigates allegations of misconduct, final report regarding a two-year investigation into NIU’s procurement and hiring practices that...
DeKALB — President Doug Baker delivered a report about legislative progress being made in Springfield during a March 9 Board of Trustees meeting.Baker said all presidents from Illinois universities were given a 20-hour notice to appear in front of the...
DeKALB — An update of President Doug Baker’s November Program Prioritization progress report will be released March 22.The update will include a chart breaking down progress related to Program Prioritization thus far and pending work for administrative...
Neptune Residence Hall North sits on Lucinda Ave. in the middle of campus near the Holmes Student Center. The building is to be renovated before the fall 2017 semester.
