Faculty approves budget motion - Alex LaBee, Northern Star

The NIU Faculty Senate approved a motion to send a statement of budget priorities to the University Council Wednesday. Interim financial officer Nancy Suttenfield and Lisa Freeman, interim executive vice president and provost, presented a PowerPoint concerning the guiding principles to budget development. The presentation highlighted four primary themes for working together: transparency, clarity, alignment and sustainability. These guiding principles will be applied to the process of budget decision-making. After the presentation Faculty Senate members addressed concerns over the budget guidelines’ lack of detail. Freeman said the guiding principles are a work in progress and they are not withholding information. http://northernstar.info/campus/article_0eae88a6-99ef-11e3-b476-001a4bcf6878.html