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Despite significant challenges in state funding and enrollment, NIU President Doug Baker expressed optimism Thursday for a “vibrant future” at the university. Baker’s hopes are buoyed in a campus-wide commitment to improve recruitment and retention, to transforming the undergraduate experience and to the Program Prioritization process to align mission with resources. Speaking to in-person and...

NIU President Doug Baker will lead a town hall meeting at 10:30 a.m. in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. If you are unable to attend in person, video of the event will be streamed live through Adobe Connect (to participate in Q&A) and also on YouTube (for viewing only).

NIU President Doug Baker invites the entire campus community to participate in an all-campus town hall meeting at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room. This is an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to engage in a conversation about important university issues and initiatives. Among the topics to be discussed at...

Reports from NIU’s Program Prioritization Task Forces will go online around 3 p.m. Monday, May 2. After that, speakers at the Wednesday afternoon town hall meeting urged repeatedly, comes the need for feedback. View the town hall slide show “Feedback is not window-dressing. Feedback, collaborative analysis and discussion is important to inform recommendations and decisions,...

NIU President Doug Baker will lead a town hall meeting from 1 to 2:30 p.m. today. Here’s where to watch it online.

NIU President Doug Baker invites the university community to participate in the next town hall meeting, scheduled from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. The university’s Program Prioritization initiative will be the primary topic of discussion during the town hall, which also will include an...

The second town hall meeting of the spring semester will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. NIU President Doug Baker will host the meeting which will focus primarily on the university’s Program Prioritization initiative. President Baker will be joined by Executive Vice...

NIU can survive through the fall semester without a resolution of the Springfield gridlock that has caused an eight-month state budget impasse, NIU President Doug Baker told a town hall meeting audience Tuesday. But Baker doubts the “epic battle” between the governor and the legislature will last that long. “They’re locked in this, and we’re...

NIU President Doug Baker will host a town hall meeting from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. The meeting offers an opportunity for university faculty, staff and students to engage in a conversation with university leadership about important initiatives and issues. A live stream is...

NIU President Doug Baker will host a town hall meeting Tuesday, February 16 in the Regency Room at the Holmes Student Center. The meeting is scheduled for 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. and is an opportunity for university faculty, staff and students to engage in a conversation with university leadership about important initiatives and issues. President Baker...

President Doug Baker and a team of Northern Illinois University’s senior leaders delivered an upbeat message during a town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Despite challenging times, they said, things are looking up. “There are a lot of universities that would love to be in the position that we’re in,” Baker...

NIU President Doug Baker will host an all-campus town hall meeting at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center President Baker will be joined by a panel of university leaders to discuss important campus issues including the current budget uncertainty and fiscal sustainability, student recruitment and retention...