NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DEKALB, IL. (ECWd) – The Office of the Executive Inspector General (“OEIG”) investigation of Northern Illinois University (“NIU”) and its President, Douglas Baker, may have been wrapped...
Northern Illinois University (NIU) – (ECWd) – In what should have been his time for rebuttal statements, the College of DuPage Foundation attorney spent a considerable amount of time verbally...
...“When I became aware of my opponent holding three public offices, I believed this was another example of cronyism and triple dipping,” stated Waller. “I also saw this as a...
...being a county board member. “When I became aware of my opponent holding three public offices, I believed this was another example of cronyism and triple dipping,” stated Waller. “I...
...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...