SGA wants $63,000 for student orgs.
Student Government Association is asking for a $63,000 increase in funding for student organizations and an explanation for past cuts in the funding from the Student Fee Allocation Board in a...
View ArticleClass scheduling a frustration campus-wide
The occasional headache of class scheduling season is underway. While the stress is piling on, NKU is recognizing the troubles and hoping to make some changes in the coming semesters to make it all a...
View ArticleImmigration reform ‘in students’ hands’
Approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school each year, but don’t have the opportunity to receive degrees from higher education institutions or pursue their dreams, according to...
View ArticleStudents lead children’s summer camps
The end of the school year is approaching as the start of summer creeps closer. Faculty and student-parents often contemplate programs or activities for their children while they are out of school. The...
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Acclaimed author to visit campus The university Honors Program will host the internationally acclaimed author Julia Alvarez on April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Otto Budig Theater. Alvarez has written 19 books...
View ArticleStudents plan Tim Tebow lecture
NKU students tossed out close to 300 yellow T-shirts to the crowd just before Tim Tebow’s discussion April 19 at US Bank Arena. The crowd cheered as the house lights came on and each group threw shirts...
View ArticleThe Northerner says farewell to friends
CLAIRE HIGGINS Editor-in-chief This has to be a joke. I don’t think it’s set in yet that we’re graduating and that I’ve dedicated three years to The Northerner. It’s turned out to be so much more than...
View ArticleStudents spending the break abroad
Traveling for a good cause, music education on the summer agenda With summer just within sight in the coming weeks, students from all different organizations and classes alike are making their last...
View ArticleSeniors: Turn your tassels to the left
Over the course of three ceremonies on May 11, approximately 1,600 students will graduate from NKU. Roughly 60 percent will participate in the commencement ceremony at The Bank of Kentucky Center. Two...
View ArticleInvolvement ups retention rates
Student involvement is one of the main ways retention rates are improving at NKU. Of all full-time, undergraduate students attending in the fall of 2011, 67.2 percent returned in the fall of 2012,...
View ArticleInvolve as a student, evolve as a person
Benefits arise from student participation No matter if a student is interested in Greek Life, service opportunities, student government, or even creating their own student-run organization, NKU has...
View ArticleStudent represents 16,000 in plans for NKU’s future
For the last several months, senior business management major Katie Cox has represented NKU’s almost 16,000 students on the university’s strategic planning committee. The committee is putting together...
View ArticleRecent graduate joins Peace Corps
For many NKU students, summer’s end meant heading back to classes. But for recent NKU graduate Samantha McKenzie, the end of the summer meant preparing to move to Central America. After receiving a...
View ArticleBetter night’s sleep just an off switch away
College students generally have multiple responsibilities and with so many tasks, sleep can often become a low priority. “It’s [normal] to be a college student and need eight to nine hours of sleep,”...
View ArticleJunior nursing major always on the run the balancing act of studies, social...
NKU cross country runner J.J. Webber is used to running. Whether it is running on the track or running to his next class, J.J. is always in a hurry. Webber is a junior at NKU and has been one of the...
View ArticleStudent musician’s journey with The Weightless Anchor
When he was just 10 years old, Austin Livingood’s mother put him in piano lessons for the educational value. Now, Livingood plays five different instruments and is set to release his second EP The...
View ArticleAdditional funding furthers free programming for students
There are a lot of things happening on campus and thanks to one organization, several of them are free to students. The Activities Programing Board is a student-run organization that promotes and...
View ArticleUnpaid internships may pay off in the end
Is getting paid in experience enough motivation to accept an unpaid internship? For some, the so-called experience they gain is fetching a cup of coffee or making copies. For others, valuable insight...
View ArticleStudent twerks way to a top spot in Juicy J contest
Well-known rapper Juicy J could soon be making it rain for one NKU student who twerked her way to the top of a nationwide competition that promises to pay the winner $50,000 in scholarship money....
View ArticleNorse Rates provides student discounts
The Student Government Association is helping students save their money when they go to restaurants around campus. This 10 percent discount, called Norse Rates, is given to students who show their All...
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