By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| August 30, 2023
It’s Sept. 5, 1980 in Anaheim, California. NIU football opens its season at Long Beach State University at Anaheim Stadium. NIU flanker Mike Pinckney receives the game’s opening kickoff. Ninety-seven yards later, he crosses the goal line to give the...
Retirement may seem far away, but all the better reason to start planning. Students can attend a seminar on how to prepare for retirement presented by Brian Smith, the director of human resource services.The seminar will take place 12p.m. to 1p.m. Thursday...
There are a lot of us on campus who are still trying to make informed decisions about retirement.With rumors spreading like wildfire about Food Services and Building Services being outsourced, those that are part of these groups are having a very tough...
Eddie Williams will retire effective May 31. Williams, executive vice president of Finance and Facilities and chief of operations, returned to work Friday after being placed on paid leave on March 8. On March 6, the FBI and Illinois State Police, among...
By Felix Sarver and Joe Palmer & Kelly Bauer
| October 12, 2012
NIU President John Peters has announced he will step down. Peters, who was appointed in 2000, has served NIU for over a decade and has seen the university through glory and hardships: he worked to obtain a $4.2 million federal grant for NIU’s Physics...
NIU President John G. Peters give his annual State of the University Address in Altgeld Hall Thursday afternoon. In his speech he announced his resignation, effective in 2013, and discussed major improvements that NIU has made over the last several years.
Dear Members of the Northern Illinois University Community, During today’s State of the University address, I announced my intention to step down as president of Northern Illinois University on June 30, 2013. For 13 years I have had the extraordinary...
Concerns about student enrollment and faculty retirements were raised at the first Faculty Senate meeting of the fall semester Wednesday. Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum said he heard from faculty and people on campus “catastrophic statements”...
Pat Siebrasse is retiring after 50 years at NIU. Siebrasse is the longest-serving employee at NIU and did all of her work in the school of family, consumer and nutrition sciences as an Office Manager. She said she remembers the Holmes Student Center was...
The increased retirement rate at NIU may not be a cause of concern for students needing courses for their major or minor. Paul Palian, director of media and public relations, said while NIU has seen an increase in retirements this year, he is not aware...
As a result of potentially negative pension legislation in Springfield, some professors and staff members at NIU have taken precautions and made the choice to retire. The Institute of Government and Public Affair’s (IGPA) 2011 Annual Report states,...
