By 2020, NIU hopes to have 30,000 students enrolled.This announcement came as part of President John Peters' annual State of the University address Thursday afternoon. For the second year, the speech focused on the Vision 2020 initiative.During last year's...

DeKALB | Illinois swore in its newest state senator Christine Johnson on Monday. Johnson, a graduate of NIU, will be taking over the 35th district for the former senator Brad Burzynski, who recently retired. "I am very excited to serve the people of the...

DeKALB | After 20 years on the job, Republican Sen. Brad Burzynski stepped down from his seat to move on in his life. “It was all about timing for me,” Burzynski said. “It was time to move on. My wife and I had two more grandchildren--giving us...