Course Offerings Relevant to Financial Literacy:

• FINA320: Principles of Finance
• FINA115: Personal Investing
• FCNS207: The Consumer
• FCNS343: Family Financial Planning
• ISYE220: Engineering Economy

Office of Student Academic Success

• Offers programs to help you succeed as a college student
• Student Support Specialists help you find resources, provide campus referrals, and provide support to ensure student success
• Provides support and offers solutions to students needing help in various aspects of college life

Bursar's Office

• Paying tuition and fees
• Adding funds to Huskie Bucks
• Difficulties in paying tuition
• Estimating the cost of tuition and fees
• Information on payment due dates
• Questions on the methods of payment
• Refund check inquiries
• Setting up direct deposit for receiving refunds

Student Financial Aid Office

• Assistance with filling out your FAFSA
• Estimating cost of attending college
• The types of financial aid
• How to obtain financial aid
• Questions about the financial aid process
 

Scholarship Office

• Information on NIU-based scholarships
• Assistance in looking for external, corporate, orcommunity scholarships
• Guidance on how to successfully apply forscholarships

Military Student Services

• Processing VA provided educational benefits
• Detailed information on grants and scholarshipsspecific to veterans
• Adjusting and updating your VA educational benefits when you change your major or class schedule
• Maximizing your benefits with (if applicable) theIllinois Veteran Grant, Illinois National Guard Grant, or MIA/POW educational benefit provisions

Student Employment Office

• Student employment job searches
• Communication with hiring departments on andoff campus
• Employee relations
• Student employment training programs
• Work-Study Program
• Administration of all student employment functions/academic issues

Career Services

• Your job search
• Career counseling
• Browsing career exploration and job search books
• Scheduling a mock interview
• Writing a resume or cover letter
• Preparing for a career fair

Students' Legal Assistance

• Disputes with landlords
• Termintating a lease contract
• Non-NIU students roomates failing to fulfill rent obligation
• Handling debt collectors
• Illegal treatment from an employer

Office of the Ombudsman

• Academic issues
• Incivility
• Disciplinary matters
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Cultural conflicts
• Instructor/Student misunderstanding
• Grade appeal procedures
• Financial concerns
• Housing issues
• Supervisor/employee relations
• Privacy issues
• Roommate concerns
• Parking problems
• Workplace issues
• Unethical behavior
• Interpersonal communications
• And many others