DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - We were forwarded an indemnification agreement entered into earlier this year by Northern Illinois University's President Baker and employee Nancy Suttenfield, interim Chief Financial Officer of NIU. What makes this worrisome is the after-the-fact indemnification, coupled with what appears to be indemnification of...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Edited for clarity and to correct ownership of real estate...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - We are beginning to wonder why we have any laws in this state as it appears they mean little when it comes to public officials. They are rarely held accountable to them, and continually manipulate them.  Our higher education system is infected...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - With all the recent attention brought to light with the College of DuPage and their now banned-from-campus President and his love for alcohol, you would think others would get the message. Not the case for Northern Illinois University President and board members who...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Mistakes can be costly! On May 15, 2014, Bill Nichlas called from an NIU phone number to talk to "Ralph" - or he thought he called Ralph - and left a message on a cell phone that appears to be discussions on how...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - When we exposed Northern Illinois University for paying the legal fees of employees that plead guilty to crimes committed while they were employed and working at NIU, we had no idea that an Illinois Senator was listening and would take the steps...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - We recently reported that an employee, Mr. Kenneth Wilson, of Northern Illinois University (now a former employee) had been given free rent in a Grant Towers Dormitory Room for over a year (read it here). On March 31, 2015 I contacted NIU President...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Grab some popcorn because this one is one that plays out like a comedy, if only it weren't true...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Update 3-31-2015: We have been informed that Wilson is no longer employed at NIU. This happened sometime after we attended their Board of Trustees meeting in March. Northern Illinois University appears to have some strange things going on with their employees. First, there...
