DeKalb city leaders are backing a Northern Illinois University plan to redevelop a vacant city-owned lot, set to be the ‘largest privately funded project’ in university history behind only Barsema Hall, said NIU Chief of Staff Matt Streb.
DeKALB Students and staff were required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or file an exemption for medical or religious purposes before Jan. 7. Students who did not submit a picture of their vaccine card were dropped from their in-person classes for the spring semester. Students are still enrolling in classes, which continues to impact.
DeKALB Every year there are increased costs that come with running a university; unfunded mandates are another set of costs. “If you go back and look historically where state funding used to be, say around 2000 compared to where it is, today it’s declined substantially,” Chief of Staff Matt Streb said. If you add.
DeKALB Students and staff will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by Nov. 1, which is when spring semester registration begins. If students are not vaccinated or have not received a religious or medical exemption, they will not be able to attend in-person classes next semester. Around 85.5% of students and 92.3% of.
NIU plans for double-occupancy dorms, in-person events for fall
DeKALB – NIU is taking more steps to return to a sense of normalcy in the fall semester as students living on-campus will be allowed to have a roommate, and many in-person events will return.
Beth Ingram, executive vice president and provost, announced at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting that plans for the fall semester are underway. The university doesn’t plan on requiring COVID-19 vaccines as of right now because they’re under an emergency use authorization.
Screenshot of presentation at NIU Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday. (Kierra Frazier)