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Faculty nominate president candidates
Students seek jobs, internships at fair
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DeKalb | Faculty nominated four Faculty Senate members to run for the Senate’s presidency in the 2015-2016 academic year.
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Eric Weisenberger (left), senior leadership and management major, speaks to Kristine McFadden (far right), a recruiter for Northwestern Mutual, Wednesday at the Job Fair in the Convocation Center. Weisenberger said he was pleased to see management and sales positions open at the fair.
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Shravya Potluri, mechanical engineering graduate student, speaks to Eugeniya Tiktina, human resources manager for Brake Parts Inc., Wednesday at the Job Fair in the Convocation Center. “This is my third time at the Job Fair, and there are a lot more opportunities for jobs in the mechanical engineering field compared to last year. I’m excited about the prospects,” Potluri said.
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Alex Brinkman, senior business administration major, talks to Esha Manchada, senior business management major and Northwestern Mutual Representative, about internship and employment opportunities Wednesday at the Job Fair in the Convocation Center. Career Services will hold the Educators’ Job Fair at 9 a.m. Monday. For more information on the fair, go to bit.ly/1CLgZ9n.
Elections Therese Arado, a member of the Elections and Legislative Oversight Committee, asked the Faculty Senate to nominate faculty members for next year’s Faculty Senate president. The Faculty Senate president presides over the Senate and acts as the executive secretary for University Council. Faculty Senate President Bill Pitney, biological sciences professor Virginia Naples, history associate professor Eric Mogren and Greg Long, health and human sciences professor, were nominated. Nominees must turn in a letter of acceptance by March 13 and candidates will be finalized by the Senate’s March 25 meeting. The election will take place at the Senate’s April 22 meeting. Award Economics associate professor George Slotsve was nominated and voted as the recipient of the Bob Lane Faculty Advocacy Award. The award is given to the faculty member who shows exceptional service to the faculty. Pitney said he nominated Slotsve because of his “diligence” and active participation in and outside of meetings. Slotsve will be honored at the March 25 meeting.
SA survey shows students want free printing Survey responses
Rosie Villegas Staff writer
Survey takers were asked to write in a comment or concerns they had about printing. Below are some of the responses:
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Senate survey on printing showed 54 percent of respondents were not aware NIU plans to eliminate the on-campus printing quota by the fall semester. The Senate’s 10-question survey asking about NIU’s printing quota garnered 788 responses, only four of them by non-students. The survey was created to assess the student perspective on on-campus printing and determine if an alternative should be sought, said SA Senate Speaker Dillon Domke. The senators “did a survey to obtain data as well as waiting by printers to get opinions from the students who use the printers,” Domke said. “We just wanted to handle everything hands-on in means of getting the student opinion as well as inform the student body.” Students are allocated $7 a semester in printing for the current academic year, a 50 percent drop from last year’s $14, which dropped from the $21 allocated to students per semester in the 2012-13 academic year. Before fall
“Give me free printing or give me death!” “Certain majors rely on printing way more than others. If scanning were easier and far less complicated that might be an option.” “I don’t think teachers should expect us to print so much if we aren’t given free printing.” Alexandra Meyer | Northern Star
Graduate sociology student Amy Armstrong uses the College Grind printer Wednesday. A Student Association Senate survey showed 54 percent of the 788 respondents were not aware of NIU’s plan to eliminate the $7 oncampus printing quota by the fall semester.
Go to bit.ly/1AVMlxG for more responses and survey results.
2012, students had unlimited free printing. By the fall 2015 semester, students will have no money from NIU to pay for printing. Freshman undecided major Ryan Kaplar said he was disappointed the printing quota would be eliminated in the fall, but he said he was understanding and
opt-in/out program rather than a pay-as-you-go option. “The $7 is nice but honestly unnecessary because most students have their own printers or a friend who owns one,” said freshman economics major Danny Carlson, who didn’t take the survey. “It really isn’t something to stress over.”
supportive of future print charges being tied to a student’s bursar account due to possible budget cuts and lack of funding for NIU. The Senate is working toward a more student-friendly system rather than a pay-as-you-go system, Domke said. The survey asked students if they’d be interested in an
opt-in or opt-out option to printing, similar to NIU’s health insurance option, where a prepaid plan would be added to students’ bursar’s accounts to allow them to apply scholarships or other financial aid toward printing costs. About 57 percent of people who took the survey said they would prefer an