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Please be advised that the 2017 Presidential Evaluation has been posted on the Board of Trustees website.
The NIU Student Association released a statement on Monday, June 19, reacting to the news of President Douglas Baker’s recent resignation. Here is the association’s statement in full:
Latino parents in the DeKalb and Sycamore school districts have just completed the spring session of “Universidad para Padres” (Parent University), a community outreach program that empowers mothers, fathers and grandparents to take active roles in their own personal growth and their children’s academic success. The program, which ran from October through May, consisted of...
Today the Executive Ethics Commission (EEC) publicly released the final report of the Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) regarding its nearly three-year investigation into the university’s use of the affiliate employment classification in 2013 and 2014. Until now, Illinois state law and the OEIG investigation process have required that this matter be confidential....
The Latino Resource Center celebrated its 5th annual Latino graduation on Sunday, May 7, in the Carl Sandburg auditorium. This year’s theme was “Pasos cortos, vista larga” (short steps, long view). During the ceremony, President Doug Baker welcomed over 200 people in attendance for this year’s graduation. Special recognition was paid to Dave and Suzanne...
NIU President Doug Baker
As promised, I am closing the loop on our discussion of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget and the steps we are taking to increase revenues and decrease expenditures to ensure that we have appropriate working capital reserves to support our operations in FY18. Last month, I laid out a goal of creating a modest reserve...
Before we know it, the excitement will begin again for the next class of incoming NIU students and their families. In 2016, Huskie Fall Kick-Off was created to help welcome our newest Huskies to campus. We’ll be continuing this tradition on Friday, August 25, at 5 p.m. in the Huskie Stadium. During this dynamic event,...
As we mark the final day of spring classes, I write with news of new beginnings, new roles and renewed responsibilities. Names involved in these leadership transitions include some familiar ones – Derryl Block, Gerald Blazey and Matt Streb – and some new faces to our campus: Donald Russell Peterson, Frederick D. Barnhart and Sol...
When I last wrote to you April 4 about our budget deliberations, I promised to communicate again before the end of the month where we were in the process.  This note will serve to deliver on this commitment. Yesterday my cabinet and I sought feedback from the university’s Resource, Space, and Budget Committee and Academic...
Faculty and Supportive Professional Staff with 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service to NIU were honored at a luncheon and program in the Holmes Student Center on Wednesday, April 19. “One of the main things that motivates me to come to work every day is the incredible people I get...
My role and performance as president is reviewed annually by the Board of Trustees to aid in goal-setting for the coming year, and this June will mark my fourth anniversary. The board and I agree that it is an appropriate time – and considered a best practice in the higher education community – to conduct...
The Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce is holding a Presidential Panel at the NIU Hoffman Estates Conference Center on Thursday, May 4. Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the panel presentation will be from 8 – 9 a.m. The presidents from NIU, Elgin Community College and Harper College will discuss topics such as...
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