July 14, 2025

Housing and Residential Services is seeking volunteers to be a part of Team NIU to lend a helping hand with new students for their move-in Aug. 20 and 21. Students, faculty and staff, and alumni are encouraged to volunteer and help ease the transition for our newest residents. If interested, visit go.niu.edu/TeamNIU to sign up today.

On July 8, the university launched an internal search (open to any current employee at NIU) for the Director of Career Readiness and Success.

The Director of Student Career Readiness and Success leads Career Services and provides strategic leadership and vision for the university’s career development initiatives. This role oversees the planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive career services that support students’ career readiness, experiential learning, and successful transition to post-graduate opportunities. As part of the Division of Academic Affairs, the Director plays a key role in embedding career development into the academic and co-curricular frameworks of the student experience.  

For more information and the application process, please visit: https://employment.niu.edu/hr/postings/83688.

Review of applications will begin August 5, 2025.

Sponsored Programs Administration is pleased to announce that the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey Data Dashboard is now available. This dashboard provides an easy-to-understand visual summary of NIU research expenditures by fund source, college or division as reported to the HERD survey.

For more information, please visit our SPA NewsBlog.

Parking permits for the next academic year (2025-2026) will be available online beginning July 15, 2025. Parking permits are virtual, so you will not receive a physical permit. Your license plate will act as your parking permit.

Our Customer Parking Portal provides convenient access to your parking account information. You can view your account, purchase a parking permit, make a ticket payment and update vehicle information.

A free parking option is also available. Those who register for this option will have a virtual green permit, which allows for remote parking in Lot K on the west side of campus, just off Lincoln Highway.

For those needing temporary parking, there are short-term parking options available.
Short-term permits can be purchased online, and options include daily, weekly and monthly permits. Short-term parking is also available at pay stations and via the AMP Park mobile app.

You can visit our Parking Services website for additional information. If you have any questions, please contact Parking Services at 815-753-1045 or parking@niu.edu.

As of July 1, 2025, Materials Management customer service hours will be as follows:

If you need to pick up a package, please call or email Materials Management staff in advance for assistance.  

Questions regarding the new customer service hours can be directed to lundelius@niu.edu

  The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation is currently accepting applications for their Grants Program. The Mathers Foundation supports groundbreaking research that has the power to revolutionize our understanding of science and enhance human health. The foundation funds pioneering research across key disciplines including immunology, neuroscience, cancer, genetics, stem cells, microbiome and structural biology. 

Their mission is to empower researchers whose work will create enduring breakthroughs in medicine, science and society. 

A full description of the program and the expectations of proposals can be found on the Mathers Foundation website. 

Look for more information on this and other limited submission funding opportunities on our ORD website and the ORD InfoReady internal competition portal. If you come across a funding opportunity that limits the number of proposals accepted and do not see it on the ORD website, please email ord@niu.edu.  

The NIH published new NOFOs for R16 SuRE and SuRE-First grants on June 13, 2025. The University of Kentucky SuRE Resource Center is hosting an informational session with co-directors Brett Spear, Ph.D and Paul Murphy, Ph.D. to help faculty understand these funding opportunities.

This session covers key changes from previous NOFOs, required application documents and new NIH review criteria.

The presentation includes dedicated Q&A time to help attendees prepare competitive applications for these specialized grants targeting qualifying institutions.

Register to attend the webinar.

Applaud a Colleague is a show of appreciation for those coworkers who go above and beyond. These are just a few of the employees throughout the university that go the extra mile:

Tip: Submit your event, lecture, training session or deadline to the NIU calendar to help inform Huskies about everything that is happening on campus. 

Fiscal Year 2025 Due Dates for Accounting Transactions

We are preparing to wrap up another fiscal year here at NIU and it is important that we finalize the University’s FY25 financial statements in a timely manner. Please ensure that all FY25 transactions for your department are properly classified and submitted to the Accounting Office by the deadlines listed below:

It is very important to note that transactions required to be processed in FY25 must be received by the requested due dates (do not hold FY25 documents even if the deadline has passed).

Please review all transactions and balances in applicable cost centers, paying particular attention to appropriate cut-off for transactions occurring during the months of June and July. Note that all goods and services received prior to June 30, 2025 must be recorded as an expenditure or accrued as a liability in the current fiscal year. Goods and services received after June 30, 2025 must be recorded as an expenditure in Fiscal Year 2026. University sales and services performed prior to June 30, 2025 must be recorded as revenue in the current fiscal year. University sales or services to be performed after June 30, 2025 must be recorded as revenue in Fiscal Year 2026. If you have any questions concerning how transactions should be recorded, please contact an Accounting Office representative.

This is also a good time to review any accruals in your cost centers to ensure they are up to date. All accrued balances should have support justifying why the amounts are accrued (receivable, payable, deferred, etc.) as of June 30, 2025. The Controller’s Office is responsible for all tuition accruals and no adjustments should be made to tuition accounts. Please reach out if you have any questions.

We appreciate your full cooperation as we work to ensure a successful close out of FY25. Should you have any questions about the year-end process, please email the Controller’s Office at ControllerOffice@niu.edu for assistance.