...protecting the taxpayers have anti-nepotism policies. NIU’s policy is as follows: “Faculty and administrative employees are selected for employment and promotion without regard to relationship by blood or marriage or...
...the Chamber of Commerce in a fund-raising breakfast was sufficient – see links from the Daily Chronicle:) http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/07/28/dekalb-leaders-tout-development-volunteerism-at-state-of-city-event/ahwvini/ http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2015/07/21/mayor-john-rey-niu-president-doug-baker-city-manager-anne-marie-gaura-deliver-dekalbs-2015-state-of-the-city-address/ad7uokm/ http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2014/07/22/dekalb-niu-focus-on-long-term-collaboration/ahreq65/?page=1 http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/08/01/dekalb-community-leaders-present-vision-at-state-of-the-city-address/at1eigr/. Last year after it was pointed put that Mayor...
...we jumped the gun in placing all the blame on Baker for these violations. Was Baker only following the lead of his bosses, the NIU Board of Trustees? The Board...
...on emails that were sent through the NIU server on her NIU email address. Instead of closing her emails with “Nancy Dezort Suttenfield, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Northern Illinois University”,...
...men but run through the non-profit NIU Foundation, and under the direction of NIU’s Nicklas. This email discussed bringing in a consultant friend (Heid) rather than going through an RFP...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) – Previously, we had debated whether NIU’s President Doug Baker actually hired his good friend Ron Walters as an employee or a consultant as found in this...
...from the then top financial administrator of NIU, Interim Chief Financial Officer Nancy Dezort Suttenfield; this warning was sent to a staff employee who worked in a department for which...
Kane Co. (ECWd) – Traci Ellis, former Assistant Director of Affirmative Action Equity Compliance-Northern Illinois University (NIU) and current U46 Board member, went on what appeared to be a defensive...
Northern Illinois University – (ECWd) – In our recent post (here) concerning NIU’s illegitimate subcontract with Alvarez and Marsal, we asked the question: “Why did the University not accept a...
NIU (ECWd) – So far we’ve looked at numerous ways in which NIU President Baker and his Administration has violated, or at least has made a valiant attempt to violate,...
