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The deadline to take the IDEA survey is April 29. Students and faculty can find the survey by searching Viewfinder Campus Climate Surveys in their email.

Division of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion survey to improve campus life

By Parker Otto | April 21, 2022
The Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Access survey asks students and employees about how they feel NIU treats them through several lenses.

Pass/Fail: NIU Plus has strong plans, Insurance fee hike not OK

By Kim Randall | April 20, 2014

Pass: NIU Plus has strong plansThe blueprint for the NIU Plus general education changes is a collection of ideas that need to be put into place soon.NIU has been undergoing a lot of changes to increase student retention and enrollment, improve student...

Pass/Fail: Ride survey gets student attention, Tax season worst time of year

By Anthony Szudarski | April 10, 2014

PassIt seems some students have started to get more involved in decisions at NIU after constant encouragement from the Student Association Senate.More than 500 students took a Web survey about possible changes to the Late Night Ride service on campus,...

Health survey offers reward for select students

By Robert Baird | March 4, 2013

A random selection of 4,000 students have received an email to fill out a National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey. Of those who complete the survey, 15 will have a chance to win $100. According to Alicia Czachowski, assistant director of Health...

NIU ranks third on Payscale.com’s “Return on Investment” list

By Robert Baird | January 22, 2013

The lifetime earnings accumulated by NIU graduates outweigh the cost of tuition, according to the recent 2012 survey results at PayScale.com. PayScale.com has a Return on Investment Package ranking system that measures “what you pay to attend versus...

MAP-Works survey provides benefits to students, university

By Cierria McPerryman | October 7, 2012

An NIU survey has been traveling around student emails for about three weeks. Freshman and transfer students received in their emails a link to the online survey called MAP-Works. The survey began on Sept. 15 and will end today. The survey asked students...

Your opinion counts; share it

By Matt Hopkinson | March 6, 2012

First year students and seniors, speak up. What makes college life great is autonomy, self-reliance and ability to find your identity and your voice. Many first year students and even seniors are missing out on the ability to make their voices heard and...

Housing and Dining survey gives students a chance to win prizes

By Juliana Leprich | November 15, 2011

Students still have the opportunity to win prizes by filling out a Housing and Dining survey this week. The Housing and Dining survey gives students the option of different eating locations on campus and then asks them to rate one of those locations based...

Danielle Holland, 24 of DeKalb, straightens items in the
seasonal fall section at Cracker Jax, 118 North 3rd Street. The
store has been a local business of DeKalb for 27 years and helps
bring and build other local stores.

DeKalb holds online retail survey

By Ryan Felgenhauer | September 25, 2011

The city is holding an online survey to determine which businesses residents would like to see brought to the area. DeKalb intends to discover what types of businesses residents frequently visit in nearby areas and determine if it would be feasible to...