Northern Illinois University

Education is a lightning rod for Trump administration cuts, threats, and orders. As part of WNIJ’s “Uncertainty” series, Peter Medlin asks education leaders at every level how they plan for the future when funding is unstable...

A non-profit supporting international students at NIU, Network of Nations, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It comes during a stressful time for international students with the Trump administration revoking then reinstating student visas. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports…

La administración Trump restableció las visas de miles de estudiantes internacionales, cuyo estatus legal les habían revocado previamente

The Trump administration has reinstated the visas of thousands of international students, whose legal status they’d previously revoked.

La administración Trump está revocando las visas de estudiantes internacionales en todo el país, a menudo sin ofrecer explicaciones claras. Esto ahora incluye a los estudiantes de NIU. Peter Medlin, de WNIJ, habló con algunos estudiantes internacionales en el campus que se sienten ansiosos…

A bilingual story time is connecting DeKalb area families with NIU speech and language pathology students

The Trump administration is revoking the visas of international students across the country, often with little or no reason offered as to why. That now includes students at NIU. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin spoke with a few international students on campus who are feeling anxious….

Students take on different roles to host the annual event, which has grown since 2001.

La presidenta de NIU, Lisa Freeman, dijo que en medio de las preocupaciones por los recortes a la investigación y otras actividades, lo que más le preocupa es el plan de Trump de trasladar los programas de financiación estudiantil a la Administración de Pequeñas Empresas.

NIU President Lisa Freeman said amid concerns of cuts to research and other activities, she’s most worried about Trump’s plan to move student funding programs to the Small Business Administration.