DeKALB – NIU’s $32 million deficit and ways to decrease the deficit were again the topic of discussion at Wednesday’s University Council meeting.
NIU President Lisa Freeman’s announcements contained a presentation about the 2025 university...
DeKALB – At the University Council meeting Wednesday, NIU President Lisa Freeman expressed her appreciation of a $40 million donation given to NIU by the Baustert Family Foundation for the creation of the Health Technology Center. In partnership with...
Correction: This piece was updated at 2:34 p.m. Monday Sept. 16, to remove incorrect information regarding the host of the event on Oct. 24. The event will be hosted by the Coalition for Transforming Higher Education Funding, not the Partnership for College...
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman announced at Wednesday’s University Council meeting that, barring any other issues, financial aid packages should be sent out to first-year students by the end of next week and to returning students within the next...
DeKALB – The Student Government Association announced Wednesday at the University Council meeting that election results should be released late Thursday night.
The SGA elections had 1,999 votes total, according to Deputy Speaker Chris English.
At...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| October 11, 2023
DeKALB – An update of the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act’s utilization at NIU was discussed at Wednesday’s University Council meeting.
MENTAL HEALTH EARLY ACTION ON CAMPUS ACT UPDATE
The Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act is...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| September 13, 2023
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman has revealed some of the numbers from this year’s 10-day enrollment report and discussed plans for NIU’s multi-year budgeting.
On Wednesday during the first University Council meeting of the semester, Freeman...
DeKALB – New technology may be introduced to NIU classrooms in the upcoming years following the University Council meeting addressing Gov. J.B. Priztker’s proposed budget for Illinois universities.
BUDGET UPDATE
While addressing the budget update,...
DeKALB – According to a report from the University Advisory Committee to the Board of Trustees, a request has been made to dissolve two academic programs and add another.
The UACBOT, which is responsible for advising the Board of Trustees, created...
DeKALB – The NIU University Council met to discuss the increase of re-enrollment rates and SGA funding.
Executive Vice President and Provost Beth Ingram said that the re-enrollment rate for full-time first-year students this spring semester is 88.3%,...
For two years, the United Faculty Alliance has been working on a contract with the hopes of improving teaching conditions for tenured and tenure-track faculty at NIU. The Board of Trustees will vote Thursday on whether or not the contract will go into...
There are four proposed policies up for comment until Sept. 20 on NIU’s policy library website.The policy library catalogs university policies and allows anyone to comment on proposed changes online. All information is taken from the documents uploaded...
