When Dr. Diana McGill was approached by President Cady Short-Thompson and learned she was a top prospect to become Northern Kentucky University’s next provost, the feelings that followed mirrored those McGill had felt at several other junctures in her career. McGill earned her PhD in biochemistry from Harvard University in 1991 and envisioned herself leading.
A presentation on plans to further reduce Northern Kentucky University’s budget deficit detoured into a debate on the role and meaning of athletics within the university’s financial framework. Following the announcement of new NKU President Cady Short-Thompson on Sept. 13, the Board of Regents convened in the afternoon the same day, where Provost Matt Cecil,.
Starting in the fall, the German language program at Northern Kentucky University will lose its only faculty member. Dr. Andrea Fieler, a non-tenure-track lecturer and Germany native who has been teaching German classes at NKU since 2001, will not be renewed for future semesters. But the news was not always so clear cut. When she.
NKU President Ashish Vaidya announced Tuesday morning in an email that the start of spring classes are now delayed a week, making the new start date Tuesday, Jan. 18 following Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Much anticipation surrounded this announcement as Vaidya posted on his Twitter Monday that an announcement would be sent out regarding.
2021 is nearly over, and with 2022 on the horizon, The Northerner is taking a look at some of the best stories published in our publication since the start of the year. The year began with a unique challenge for our staff, as due to the COVID-19 pandemic and much of the university shifted to.