NIU plans to hold 70% of fall classes face-to-face
DeKALB – NIU announced Wednesday that it plans to offer primarily face-to-face classes and student support services, increased capacity for housing, social activities, athletics and events for the fall 2021 semester, according to a Wednesday email from Beth Ingram, executive vice president and provost.
Roughly 70% of classes, except for the School of Law, will be conducted face-to-face; the majority of these courses will be fully in-person, although that percentage includes some hybrid models, according to the email. Students living in residence halls will also be allowed to have roommates.
“We are evaluating all of our classrooms to ensure that they are equipped with appropriate technology for fall classes,” Ingram said in the email. “This has been a joint effort of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, the Division of Information Technology and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost to ensure
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I Am A Warrior Against Suicide Launches Website
ZANESVILLE, OH – The group I Am A Warrior Against Suicide has been successful in spreading a message of hope within the local community.
At the head of the movement, Beth Ingram has been a true warrior in working to provide resources to those who are suffering in silence. Ingram is pleased to now share a brand new resource, their own website.
“No matter who you are you can find help here. And not only that there’s no phone book anymore. When you’re in crisis you don’t have time to look up a phone number. You look on IamAWarrior.us, anybody you click on you see their phone numbers. You click on and that website pulls up. So it’s more than just for suicide, it’s for hope. The United Way’s number is on there, 211. Anybody can find help there.”
Northern Star
DeKALB – The Faculty Senate began conversations at Wednesday’s meeting to provide a pass/fail grading system for the spring semester.
While there are no set plans for the grading system, undergraduate and graduate students not in the College of Law were able to change any of their courses to a “Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory” grading system in the Spring 2020 semester but not last fall.
The change came as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and after many universities made similar changes last spring.
Now, the university is considering making a similar change in the grading system after receiving mostly positive feedback from faculty members from last spring semester, Faculty Senate President Kendall Thu said.
NDSU Faculty Senate censures university president
Bresciani’s actions demonstrated a lack of transparency, avoided participation in shared governance and either lacked communication or provided misleading communication via email, the resolution claimed. 12:00 am, Feb. 11, 2021 ×
North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani speaks June 25, 2020, outside of the Memorial Union. (Forum file photo)
FARGO North Dakota State University teaching staff have censured President Dean Bresciani for picking an administrator to fill his No. 2 spot even though she didn’t go through the hiring process that attracted more than 100 candidates.
In a 21-13 vote, the Faculty Senate passed the resolution Monday, Feb. 8, that condemned Bresciani’s move to appoint Margaret Fitzgerald as the university’s provost in October. Four members abstained.
NDSU President Dean Bresciani censured by Faculty Senate over provost appointment
Bresciani’s actions demonstrated a lack of transparency, avoided participation in shared governance and either lacked communication or provided misleading communication via email, the resolution claimed. 6:30 am, Feb. 11, 2021 ×
North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani speaks June 25, 2020, outside of the Memorial Union. (Forum file photo)
FARGO North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani has been censured by teaching staff for picking an administrator to fill his No. 2 spot even though she didn’t go through the hiring process that attracted more than 100 candidates.
In a 21-13 vote, the Faculty Senate passed the resolution Monday, Feb. 8, that condemned Bresciani’s move to appoint Margaret Fitzgerald as the university’s provost in October. Four members abstained.