DeKalb Times

Ruiz: New app ‘makes it easier our students’ to find collegiate options

By John Sammon | Mar 28, 2021

Illinois high school graduates and college transfer students can now enroll in universities across the state using a single computer app website, saving them the struggle of applying to each school individually.

NIU students assist Illinois agencies filing computer applications during COVID-19 pandemic

By John Sammon | Oct 13, 2020

Northern Illinois University students are partnering with small business owners and nonprofit agencies in DeKalb County during the COVID-19 pandemic to upgrade computer access, social media, website and e-commerce venues that will help businesses survive.

New Facebook data center will rejuvenate DeKalb, city officials say

By John Sammon | Jul 29, 2020

DeKalb officials say that the selection of this city of 42,000 west of Chicago to be the site of a new data-gathering center for Facebook will revitalize a community hit hard by the loss of jobs and the 2008 recession.