1. Communication Standards
  2. Marketing Templates
  3. Business Cards

Business Cards

Faculty and Staff

Business cards

All NIU business cards have a standard design to ensure consistency and brand identity.

The reverse side of business cards may include faculty and staff dual appointments or job titles with other campus units or foreign translation of information on the front side of the card.

The reverse side can also include a QR Code and/or URL that contains additional information about the individual or campus resources.

In certain circumstances the reverse side may indicate associations with scholarly titles or organizations directly related to an individual's position and/or work with the university. Other logos are discouraged and will need to be approved by University Marketing.

Learn more about ordering business cards. 

Personal Pronouns

Only RRD items NIU1504 or NIU1505 should be used to order business cards that include personal pronouns. Place personal pronouns on the first line under your title (in the Personal Pronouns field on the RRD order form) with "space slash space" (e.g., He / Him / His). Do not add personal pronouns to RRD items NIU1506, NIU819 or NIU821 because the information will not be formatted correctly on those products.

Do Don't
Follow Associated Press (AP) style guidelines. Include any information in ALL CAPS.
Make sure you use the correct ZIP code for DeKalb (60115). Abbreviate Road, Avenue or Street in addresses. Spell out these words instead.
Spell out the names of campus buildings. Include www. in website addresses.
Use the word “and” instead of an ampersand (&).