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...

Gov. Bruce Rauner recommended $77,465,000 in state appropriations for NIU in his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018.The proposed budget, issued Feb. 15, comes following two years in which NIU did not receive full state appropriations because of an inability...

­DeKALB — Eric Dannenmaier, College of Law dean, is no stranger to experiential learning.While teaching in the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, he created a two-credit summer course that replaced the classroom with a canoe ride...

Pass: Res halls need more events like '50s nightWhen I was in high school, I fell in love with doo-wop, rock ‘n’ roll and all the rebellious sounds of the 1950s.Yes, I know. Four-part harmonies and cheesy guitar solos don’t exactly ring as being...

Pass: 'Paperless classrooms' set for school districtDeKalb School District 428 is planning to have electronic devices available to every student by 2016, according to the Daily Chronicle.Students in elementary school will likely use iPads, while high...

Pass: Troops to receive holiday surpriseThe ROTC program is set to send soldiers in eastern Afghanistan care packages for Thanksgiving, according to today’s Northern Star article.I’ve had relatives overseas during holidays in the past, and holidays...

Wednesday’s thunderstorms didn’t hinder the Springfield Mobile Vet Unit’s first visit to NIU. The Springfield Mobile Vet Unit is an RV-turned-office used to reach out to veterans at Illinois college and university campuses. Various resources, like...

NIU announced its top senior this week.Nora Lindvall, senior English and political science major, was named the 2011 Student Lincoln Laureate, according to a Monday NIU Today article.Lindvall speaks five languages and has travelled to 19 countries, according...