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Redshirt junior quarterback Drew Hare scans the field in a game against the Central Michigan Chippewas on Oct. 11 at Huskie Stadium. When Hare and the Huskies play their two non-conference road games in 2015 the Athletic Department will pull in $1.25 million in guaranteed money.

NIU football: Huskies set to make $555K from non-conference games

By Frank Gogola | April 9, 2015

Football will generate a net $555,000 in guaranteed money through its four 2015 non-conference games.The payments from one school to another for non-conference games — referred to as guarantee game money or guaranteed money — mainly help offset the...

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.

Apps for chief diversity officer to be reviewed Friday

By Satta Kendor | April 6, 2015

Applications for the chief diversity officer, who is expected to make $100,000 to $175,000, will be reviewed Friday, said Provost Lisa Freeman.Despite NIU’s uncertainty surrounding next year’s state allocation, interviews for a pool of eight to 10...

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Drew Hare (12) runs with the ball in the game against the Toledo Rockets on Nov. 11 at Huskie Stadium. Student-athletes from all Div. I sports are eligible to receive cost of attendance scholarships.

NIU athletics: Athletic Director Sean Frazier ironing out cost of attendance

By Frank Gogola | March 16, 2015

Athletic Director Sean Frazier will have a more complete idea of exactly how cost of attendance scholarships will be implemented and the exact dollar figure needed, which he approximated at $800,000 minimally, by June or July.Frazier pounced on the idea...

Athletic Director Sean Frazier said he is looking at how students will be able to use new and upgraded athletic facilities as part of the Facilities Master Plan.

NIU Athletics facilities may open to students

By Frank Gogola | March 5, 2015

Athletic Director Sean Frazier said he is looking at how students will be able to use new and upgraded athletic facilities as part of the Facilities Master Plan.

NIU football: Player’s Instagram post may show new Huskie Stadium field design

By Northern Star staff | March 3, 2015

Clarification: The render of the field design appears to have originated from a tweet from @NorthCoastBias. Athletic Director Sean Frazier tweeted that the field design was "not close." Deppe said the render of Huskie Field is from a tweet by An NIU...

NIU athletics: Frazier not in favor of freshman ineligibility

By Frank Gogola | March 2, 2015

Athletic Director Sean Frazier opposes the idea of freshman ineligibility.Freshman ineligibility would force incoming freshmen to sit out their first year of college athletics to better adapt to college academics. The “year of readiness for all sports...

NIU football: Huskie Stadium turf to be replaced

By Frank Gogola | March 2, 2015

Huskie Stadium’s turf will be replaced this spring at a cost of up to $460,000 as the Board of Trustees’ Finance, Facilities and Operations subcommittee approved the expenditure at a Thursday meeting.John Cheney, senior associate athletic director...

NIU tennis: Chick Evans Field House to become tennis courts

By Frank Gogola | March 2, 2015

Men’s and women’s tennis’ trips to practice are about to get a whole lot shorter as they’ll soon be able to call the Chick Evans Field House their practice home.Athletic Director Sean Frazier said three tennis courts will be installed in the Chick...

NIU athletics to award full cost of attendance scholarships

By Northern Star staff | January 29, 2015

NIU intends to offer its current and prospective student-athletes scholarships that include cost of attendance for all sports beginning in 2015-16, according to a Frazier’s Corner release.Cost of attendance covers expenses beyond the room, board, tuition...

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson coming to DeKalb, NIU

By Northern Star staff | January 26, 2015

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will bring the Russell Wilson Passing Academy to NIU over the summer.The youth football camp is designed for children ages 8-17. The one-day camp will be held June 25 at Huskie Stadium and the Chessick Practice...

CIO wants feedback on printing

By Margaret Maka | November 10, 2014

Chief Information Officer Brett Coryell asked Student Association senators if they would like to render an opinion about changes to the student printing quota at SA Senate’s meeting Sunday.Coryell said a decision was made a few years ago to centralize...

Costly Facility Master Plan will reward university in long term

By Northern Star Editorial Board | November 4, 2014

Athletic Director Sean Frazier’s Facility Master Plan may one day be seen as one of the catalysts in helping NIU make the jump to a bigger conference.Frazier’s Facility Master Plan, unveiled Thursday with a price tag of an estimated $138 million,...

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