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NIU eliminates $100k presidential scholarship, replaces it with Emerging Leaders program

Summary by Northern Star
DeKALB – As of this semester, the $100,000 NIU Presidential Scholarship, which covered full tuition, mandatory fees, on-campus housing, material fees, meal plans, and books, has been replaced with the new Honors Emerging Leaders Program.  The Presidential Scholarship was a competitive, merit-based award for 10 incoming freshmen. To maintain the scholarship for all four years at NIU, students had to be in the honors program, maintain a 3.3 GPA, a…
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Northern Star broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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