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BREAKING: NKU dissolves DEI office following UK’s decisionNKU will be dissolving its Office of Inclusive Excellence effective immediately, President Cady Short-Thompson announced via a university-wide email on Aug. 29. Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Darryl Peal made the decision to step down, the email said, and as such the president decided to disband the Office of Inclusive Excellence. This comes a week after...

At the beginning of the fall 2024 semester, rumors began swirling regarding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives on college campuses.

The University of Kentucky made the decision to disband their DEI offices, which I reported on, getting reactions from members of the NKU community.

Only a week later, NKU made a similar decision, closing the Office of Inclusive Excellence and parting ways with the chief diversity officer.

This article went viral online and on social media, earning more than 80 comments.

After a misconduct investigation on the NKU women's basketball coach and her swift departure, I filed an open records request for any documents providing separation payment.

After reviewing her contract and separation agreement, it turned out the university would be paying more than $250k for her departure. The Northerner was the first to publish about this payment, and LINK nky republished this story.

NKU to pay over $250,000 to departing women's basketball coach - LINK nkyFormer NKU women's basketball Head Coach Camryn Whitaker-Volz will receive over $250,000 in payments upon her departure. The university is looking to hire a new coach immediately.

“She’s one of us:” Key campus figures react to new presidentAfter a search spanning several months, NKU has named Dr. Cady Short-Thompson as its seventh president. Short-Thompson started her career at NKU as a professor in the communication department and worked through the ranks as a public relations coordinator, graduate program director and department chair, until 2010. As former Interim President Bonita Brown pointed out...

Following the official announcement of NKU's seventh president (which of course The Northerner published in another breaking news article), we worked swiftly to speak with different key sources for their reactions on the announcement.

Within a mere hour, we published a long-form breaking news article, speaking with leaders from the Faculty Senate, Student Government Association, a past university president and more. We were the first news outlet to provide such a story because of our campus connections.

After learning of a tragic potential murder-suicide event, the connection was made that the sole survivor was a student at NKU. No other news outlet had published this information, so after confirming with the sheriff's office, close friends of the victim and university administration, the article released this breaking information. This was a lead report for other news organizations, who then picked up on this important detail.

NKU student in critical condition after ‘potential murder-suicide’ of family in New Richmond, OhioFour family members were found dead and NKU student Samantha Cain was left in critical condition after a potential murder-suicide incident in Clermont County Monday morning, according to a press release from the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office. Around 9:40 a.m. on Feb. 27, Clermont County Sheriff deputies responded to a civil service call for a...

UPDATE: Decomposed human remains found behind NKU soccer stadiumDecomposed human remains were found in a wooded area behind the NKU soccer stadium this afternoon, according to a campus-wide email sent out by university communications. At 12:28 p.m. on Sunday, the NKU Police Department received a call from a bystander who was on campus for soccer activities notifying them of the remains near the...

News was released via a mass email to all students that decomposed human remains had been located on NKU's campus. Immediately after receiving the email, I went to the named location and found what appeared to be the remains on a stretcher with a white sheet covering them. The scene was completely open with a few police cars present.

I was able to think quickly, taking photos of the scene for the story and documenting details from the scene that other reporters would not be aware of. Within an hour, the story was released to our audience, with an outpouring of recognition from social media.

It was also important to act ethically with this sensitive topic, as we decided to use a photo that did not show the covered body.

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