The Illinois Attorney General’s office ruled Aug. 7 that the NIU Foundation must respond to Freedom of Information Act requests after the foundation denied at least three requests since 2016. In the aftermath of this ruling, the Northern Star editorial...
A 2018 NCAA audit revealed NIU Athletics bought back 56,345 football tickets totalling $273,619 for the 2017 season to comply with NCAA attendance requirements. While the Northern Star Editorial Board realizes NIU Athletics is at the mercy of the NCAA...
DeKALB — NIU is working to assist students that are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program with a month remaining before its expiration deadline.The deadline for legislation that would continue to allow renewals of legal status for...
Two NIU students, Alicia Gonzalez, junior psychology and sociology major, and graduate student Christine Diaz, hold a banner next to three other demonstrators at the protest against President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner named Tim Struthers to the NIU Board of Trustees on Friday.The Board of Trustees is the seven-member governing body of the university. Struthers fills a vacancy left by former trustee Anthony Iosco.As the Illinois Market President...
Al Phillips and Catherine Squires have been officially added to NIU President Doug Baker’s cabinet following a Thursday Board of Trustees vote.Phillips is the chief financial officer and vice president of Administration and Finance and Squires is the...
The Oderkirk House will have to be relocated off-campus if further renovations are to be made.The Annie Glidden Agrarian Society will have to find and purchase a vacant lot in DeKalb and raise part of the funds for the relocation of the house, NIU Foundation...
University officials do not agree with a local historical society’s proposal to place the financial responsibility of renovating the Oderkirk House on NIU.The Annie Glidden Agrarian Society was given 30 days to construct a function and funding plan...
NIU should prioritize its spending on students’ needs instead of the abandoned Oderkirk House, 217 N. Annie Glidden Road.The recently formed Annie Glidden Agrarian Society is fighting for NIU to fund repairs to the historic house. If the society can...
The NIU foundation Venture Grants program, which grants up to $20,000 of funding toward student-proposed inventions, is having its kickoff event from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Friday. Students who attend the event in Swen Parson Hall’s Thurgood Marshall Gallery...
According to an NIU Today article, the NIU Foundation has a new president: Mike Malone. Malone is a veteran administrator at NIU and the vice president for the Division of University Advancement. His new position as president will be an added responsibility,...
