NIU President Lisa Freeman will welcome a cabinet-level Indonesian delegation led by the Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Prof. H. Mohamad Nasir, to NIU on Thursday, Sept. 19. Nasir, whose position is parallel to that of the U.S. Secretary of
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Nominations for honorary doctoral degrees to be awarded from Northern Illinois University are now being accepted. Awarding an honorary degree is an opportunity for the university to recognize someone especially outstanding in a field of interest to the university. It is necessary,
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Employees will have more paid time off to care for new babies, themselves and immediate family members as part of policy changes recently approved by NIU leaders. The changes are the latest in a series of new benefits recognizing the importance of
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When blogger and freelance writer Melissa Blake went about her evening on Saturday, Sept. 7, she was content to have 7,500 Twitter followers. By the time she woke up the next morning, Blake had caused quite the Twitter fuss, gaining 2,000 more
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Two recent changes to employee benefits now provide additional cost savings and more flexibility for employees who are eligible for tuition wavers. NIU now covers 100-percent of the tuition costs for faculty and staff in programs with differential tuition. Tuition waivers have
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Be prepared, not scared. National Preparedness Month is a program developed by the Department of Homeland Security that is designed to promote family and community emergency planning. This program runs annually throughout the month of September and aims to educate individuals and
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 130 people have died every day from opioid-related drug overdoses in the U.S. in recent years. However, experts in DeKalb County are collaborating to reduce opioid addiction and opioid-related deaths.
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NIU students, faculty and staff are invited to join members of the DeKalb community for the annual Unity Walk which kicks off at 5 p.m. on Sept. 24. In its sixth year, the event brings people together to promote civic engagement, collaboration
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The 10-day student census released this week offered signs that the university’s efforts to reverse enrollment decline are already having an impact. “Less than a year after implementing our Strategic Enrollment Plan, a lot of the work has only just begun, but
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Professor Concepcion Gliesman wasn’t sure what to expect when counterparts at Southwest University in China offered an almost expense-free trip to their country for her and ten of her NIU students this past summer. They said they wanted to expose the students
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James Carl Cutshaw, 39, of DeKalb, Illinois, died Saturday, August 17, 2019. He was born February 6, 1980, in Rochelle, Illinois, the son of Walter Carl and Roberta Ann (Jones) Cutshaw. Read his full obituary.
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James Monroe Števko, Chicago native and graduate of NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance, is a featured principal on the upcoming original cast album of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. He originated the role of Mendl, under the direction of Tony, Oscar
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