Editor’s note: Joey Trella, opinion editor and NIU student-athlete, was not a part of writing this editorial. It’s been 50 years since Title IX was enacted and we’ve seen women athletes dominate in their sports and demonstrate that they’re equal to their male peers. In 1972, federally funded schools and programs were told that they.
NIU announced the first case of a student testing positive for monkeypox on Aug. 25. Yet, NIU isn’t taking student health as seriously as they should. The university should have a set plan for monkeypox, as they did with COVID-19. NIU has not made any official announcements about how they will combat the spread of.
Educators are the backbone of any university. They are faces students interact with often and have the most responsibility in teaching the next generation in the labor force. NIU’s tenure and non-tenure-track faculty are the faces that make up that instructional cohort on campus. Members of the University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100 have been.
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The Northern Star Editorial Board sat down with NIU President Lisa Freeman April 19 to discuss a variety of topics, including what the future looked like for Freeman and NIU in her new contract.
The job of the university is to provide a positive impact on students and society through teaching, learning and engagement, Freeman said. The Board believes with the set of goals Freeman has set out for the near future, Freeman is taking NIU’s values in stride.
Some focuses Freeman touched on were being there for students and valuing their feedback, incorporating faculty mentoring, establishing implicit bias training for the university’s hiring committee, anti-racism training and closing the equity gap.