NKU announces new vice president and chief strategy officer
Noelle Horn, Assistant News Editor
May 29, 2019
On Tuesday NKU announced its new vice president and chief strategy officer Bonita J. Brown. President Ashish Vaidya created the position of VP and CSO to assist with the overseeing and execution of the university's “Success by Design” strategic framework. “Our strategic framework must evolve as regional needs ch...
Dunkin’ to open near campus in October
Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor
May 23, 2019
The popular coffee and donut chain, which changed its name to just ‘Dunkin’ at the start of 2019, will soon be available near campus.
Center Chris Vogt transferring from NKU
Kane Mitten, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
May 10, 2019
The 7'1 center from Mayfield, KY is leaving NKU's men's basketball team.
External review finds abuse allegations against WBB coach ‘unfounded’
Sam Rosenstiel, Editor-in-Chief
May 9, 2019
"Based on all of the interviews and documents reviewed, the concern of emotional abuse by Whitaker is unfounded," the independent review read.
Dr. Hassan HassabElnaby named College of Business dean
Josh Kelly, Arts & Life Editor
May 8, 2019
NKU announced Dr. Hassan HassabElnaby as the new dean for the Haile/US Bank College of Business on Wednesday. Before coming to NKU, Dr. HassabElnaby worked at the University of Toledo’s College of Business and Innovation where he served as the associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research. HassabElnaby...
NKU names Steely Library’s next dean
Natalie Hamren, News Editor
May 6, 2019
NKU announced Andrea Falcone as the new Steely Librarian dean on Monday.
Chase professor cited, quoted in national death penalty case
Elizabeth Cates, Reporter
April 30, 2019
Drug dealer Azibo Aquart and his accomplices pulled on their masks and armed themselves early one morning on August 24, 2005, to break in a “perceived” drug competitor’s apartment. After constraining her and two others in the apartment, Aquart and company beat them to death with baseball bats, ac...
Minority health counseling: Could university programs be more inclusive?
Noelle Horn, Copy Editor
April 29, 2019
On March 18, Student Government Association senator Jontay Brown signed a resolution that asked that NKU’s counseling services better serve its minority students. With only one in three African Americans receiving mental health care who need it, according to the American Psychiatric Association, this issue may be large...
The current standard for parental leave
Nicole Browning, Managing Editor
April 25, 2019
The current standard in the United States for parental leave guarantees eligible workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year, according to Pew Research Center. This protection, which falls under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), does not guarantee pay to employees, but protects them from termination. Whil...
A dad’s perspective on paid parental leave
Corinne Byrne, Reporter
April 25, 2019
While maternity leave is a well-known concept, many people may be unaware of their right to paternity leave. Both are protected under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and referred to as parental leave. However, FMLA does not provide benefits. Rather, it assures for eligible working mothers and fa...
Finding a work-life balance that doesn’t exist
Nicole Browning, Managing Editor
April 25, 2019
For Amy Danzo, there is no such thing as a work-life balance. As a working mother, the “scale” always tips one way or the other, “even hourly.” “It's no question that being a working mother is a struggle and a triumph all wrapped up into one, deeply unorganized package,” Danzo wrote in...
How higher ed employees cope with no paid parental leave
Nicole Browning and Corinne Byrne, Managing Editor and Reporter
April 25, 2019
There is no current standard for paid parental leave in America, and regional universities including NKU, UK, UC, WKU, EKU, Murray State and Morehead State also do not offer paid leave, but are legally protected under the Family Medical Leave Act, which prevents eligible employees from being terminated...