NIU Today

February 14 is a day that is embedded in the history and the fabric of Northern Illinois University, and one which our NIU community carries in its heart every day. Today, in tribute to the five students we lost six years ago, we announced the 2014 recipients of the Forward, Together Forward Scholarship, each of...

Northern Illinois University and Fermilab have enjoyed a strong relationship in accelerator science for a long time. Fermilab operates state-of-the-art accelerator facilities that provide valuable hands-on experience and research opportunities for students from NIU. The laboratory also has many world-expert accelerator scientists, engineers and technicians who share their savoir-faire on a daily basis and help educate...

As many on the NIU campus know, university faculty and staff are in the final stages of a two-year preparation effort to welcome a team of peer reviewers from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) to campus March 3 through March 5. Every 10 years, at minimum, higher education institutions undergo a 360-degree external review from...

Northern Illinois University will host a joint exhibition and closing reception in Altgeld Hall from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the NIU Art Museum and the Office of the President. NIU President Doug Baker and First Lady Dana Stover will be present for a final viewing of the NIU School of Art...

One of the three pillars upon which we are building the future success of Northern Illinois University is financial viability. A major component of that process is the creation of a new, more transparent budgeting process that allows us to align our spending with our top priorities. I am pleased to report that this work...

Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker will join business leaders Thursday, Feb. 20, in Chicago as part of his Welcome Tour across the United States. Businesses are invited to the NIU Executive Leadership Forum conference to share leadership practices and discuss gaining ground in a global economy and achieving competitive positioning. The Executive Leadership Forum...

NIU President Doug Baker will speak Saturday to members of the Illinois Board of Higher Education Student Advisory Committee, which is meeting at NIU. Baker will welcome the group of about 50 students from across Illinois with news of his accomplishments in his first six months on campus. The group also will hear from Illinois...

On Monday, Northern Illinois University – along with the rest of the nation – honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., celebrating the values of equality, diversity and community he taught us. These values are woven throughout the fabric of our university – in our student body, our faculty and staff,...

NIU President Doug Baker and Kishwaukee College President Tom Choice signed an innovative reverse transfer agreement during a Friday morning ceremony at Kishwaukee’s campus in Malta. The agreement allows eligible NIU students who transferred from Kishwaukee without associate’s degrees to earn the two-year degree using credit from NIU courses. “Postsecondary education is a powerful force...

Great change is under way at Northern Illinois University! Over the past six months, I have heard from the many stakeholders as to their visions for NIU and the role of this university in preparing our students for career success. For our graduates to attain career success, they require expertise in their chosen discipline as...

“Fragments: Haiti Four Years After the Earthquake,”a new exhibit at the NIU Anthropology Museum, invites visitors to explore the lives and living conditions of Haitian people living “under the tents” since the 2010 earthquake. Visitors can enter a tent provided for people displaced from their homes by the earthquake and view artifacts of tent life....

NIU President Doug Baker is the featured speaker Thursday, Feb. 20, at a City Club of Chicago forum. A reception begins at 11:30 a.m., with the luncheon scheduled for noon at Maggiano’s Banquets, 111 W. Grand Ave. in Chicago. The City Club of Chicago is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose members include prominent business, civic...