NIU Today

A pair of accomplished alumni, Rita Athas and Montel Gayles, have joined the NIU Board of Trustees. The two were sworn in by fellow alumnus, The Honorable James E. Snyder, of the Circuit Court of Cook County, prior to board committee meetings on Thursday, May 9. The duo was appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last...

Gov. Bruce Rauner today announced the appointment of retiring Illinois state representative Robert W. Pritchard to the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees. Pritchard, a Hinckley resident, served in the Illinois House for 15 years, representing the 70thDistrict. Last year Pritchard announced he would not be seeking re-election. He will officially step down on Sunday,...

Please be advised that the 2017 Presidential Evaluation has been posted on the Board of Trustees website.

The Cook County Board has approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Cook County and the NIU Board of Trustees which provides the county with assistance in technology-related initiatives involving regional public partners. The agreement allows the County Bureau of Technology to leverage NIU expertise to explore network asset monetization under the county’s Asset Marketing Program...

Members of the McKearn Fellows invite the university community and NIU alumni to join them Thursday, April 14, for refreshments and networking. The event takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center, 231 N. Annie Glidden Road. Cherilyn G. Murer, founder, president and CEO of the Murer Group, will...

Northern Illinois University will maintain in-state, undergraduate tuition at the current level through the 2016-17 academic year. Members of the NIU Board of Trustees agreed today with President Doug Baker’s recommendation for no increase in tuition for full-time students. Costs for room and board also will remain at current levels through the spring semester of...

The NIU Board of Trustees plans to vote on a resolution at its meeting Thursday, calling upon the state’s leaders to resolve the ongoing budget crisis. The resolution points out that the lack of a state budget creates an “unsustainable financial environment which makes it nearly impossible for the university to plan for the future.”...

Past Chair and present Trustee of the Northern Illinois University Board, Cherilyn G. Murer has authored her seventh book examining a new business framework aimed at better coordinating efforts by hospitals and physicians to reduce cost, increase quality and improve patient satisfaction. Published this month by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, the book, “Clinical Co-Management:...

When members of the Board of Trustees gather for their first official meeting of the school year, NIU student Raquel Chavez will be there. The Hampshire, Ill., resident and NIU law school student took office July 1 as the board’s newest voting member. “I have gotten to know a lot of the board members already,...

Memory, impressions and social perceptions are among the research specialties of psychology professor John Skowronski, Northern Illinois University’s newly named 2015 Board of Trustees Professor. And NIU students who have taken his courses will tell you the professor certainly is unforgettable. Alumnus Randy McCarthy remembers Skowronski’s “smooth lectures,” the precise way he communicated complex topics...

Executive Vice President and Provost Lisa Freeman has issued the 2014-2015 call for nominations for the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees Professorships. The professorships were established in 2007 to recognize those tenured professors who: have achieved a consistent record of excellence in teaching, scholarship or artistry, service and outreach, and academic leadership; have earned...

There is no questioning the tremendous influence that the Federal Reserve (Fed) has on the financial markets. Even announcements from the Fed that might seem to be innocuous by many market participants can create or destroy billions of dollars in global wealth. The Fed chairman has been described as the second most powerful person in...