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DeKALB – Laurie Elish-Piper is the executive vice president and provost at NIU, she spoke to the Northern Star about her experience at the university. HOW DID YOU ORIGINALLY FIND YOURSELF IN THE ROLE OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST? “I started at NIU in 1995 as a faculty member, and I...
DeKALB – While NIU expects a $2 million increase to its now budgeted $33.7 million deficit, the projected 2024 fiscal year deficit could bring the total down. NIU’s Finance, Audit, Compliance, Facilities and Operations Committee met Thursday to review the quarterly financial summary for the 2024 fiscal year and voted on changes to university rates...
DeKALB – NIU’s 10-day enrollment report made small impacts at the University Council meeting Wednesday. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Laurie Eilish-Piper in place of President Lisa Freeman shared the enrollment statistics for the spring 2024 semester. NIU’s total spring enrollment was 1% lower than last year’s total of 14,364 students. Eilish-Piper said while...
DeKALB – NIU requested about $760 million from the Illinois Board of Higher Education at a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees to fund major renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and the completion of the new Health Technology Center. The IBHE capital budget request is made of two components – regular capital project priorities, for things...
DeKALB – NIU requested $116.4 million in state funding at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on Nov. 9. This comes after NIU’s CFO George Middlemist announced a multi-year budget plan to reduce NIU’s $32 million deficit in early November. The annual appropriations request for fiscal year 2025 included $113.4 million to counter...