Mission Possible Tutoring available for employees' children.
NIU faculty and staff can receive free, online tutoring and homework help for their children in first through sixth grade thanks to the partnership between the College of Education and the Employee Assistance Program.
Mission Possible Tutoring and Homework Help connects elementary school students with teacher-licensure candidates who are pursuing Master of Arts in Teaching degrees through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
These services are available via Microsoft Teams with weekly scheduled sessions, 4 and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday for 30 to 60 minutes, starting the week of Feb. 13 through May 5, 2023.
If you would like to enroll a child or children, contact Karen Smith at ksmith12@niu.edu with your scheduling needs.
PeopleSoft FMS and HR system maintenance scheduled.
The PeopleSoft Financial Management and PeopleSoft HR systems will be unavailable on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 5 to 9:30 p.m. due to system maintenance.
Become a student organization advisor.
Are you interested in helping students outside of the classroom? We are looking for student organization faculty/staff advisors for the upcoming year. If you are interested in becoming a student organization faculty/staff advisor, sign up today. You can reach out to Alex Pitner for more information.
Blackboard recordings to be deleted beginning Feb. 1, 2023.
In accordance with the Blackboard Collaborate Recording Retention Guidelines, all recordings made prior to June 1, 2022 will be deleted beginning Feb. 1, 2023.
NIU cannot retain Blackboard Collaborate recordings indefinitely as we have finite storage capacity. Retention of recordings above our storage limit incurs significant additional charges to NIU. Therefore, Blackboard Collaborate recordings are retained for six months. If recordings are needed for reuse or longer retention, you may download recordings from Blackboard Collaborate. Recordings that will be viewed frequently can be uploaded to Kaltura. Videos that are needed for long-term retention, but which will not be viewed frequently, should be stored in Microsoft OneDrive.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Division of IT Service Desk at servicedesk@niu.edu or the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at citl@niu.edu.
PCSW invites nominations for three faculty/staff awards
The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) is accepting nominations for three faculty/staff awards. The nomination deadline for all three awards is March 13, 2023. Nominations for each award require a nominator and two additional letters of support.
- Wilma D. Stricklin Award - This award is given to an individual who has made continual and extraordinary contributions to the climate for women on campus.
- Outstanding Mentor Award - This award is presented to one or two NIU civil service, professional staff or faculty members who have shown exceptional commitment to advancing the educational and/or career goals of NIU women.
- Sharon Howard Faculty/Staff who Make a Difference Award- This award is presented to one or two NIU civil service, professional staff or faculty members who have shown dedication to the empowerment of NIU women by making changes at the unit level that address issues important to women.
Criteria, information about eligibility and nomination forms are available online. Email pcsw@niu.edu for more information.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Training announces the Spring 2023 Learning Opportunities (Training and Brown Bag) Series
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Training is pleased to announce our Spring 2023 Learning Opportunities trainings and events series. This series is the merger of our live virtual trainings, Brown Bags and other wellness events. EAP will continue to virtually offer our live learning opportunities for university employees. Presenters from our department and program specialist partners across campus and the community will be providing these events for university employees seeking professional or personal skills development, supervisory skills, leadership development and wellness events, or ideas to think outside of the box with wellness. To learn more about the Learning Opportunities offered in the upcoming months, please visit our website.
After the successful fall launch, EAP is continuing our “Wednesday Wellness Networking” events. Instead of hosting one major wellness event in the spring, our office is now offering monthly wellness activities for our university employees. Each of these events will highlight an aspect of wellness and will provide university employees the opportunity to network and connect across the campus with fellow employees. As always, if an employee has an interest in sharing a wellness idea with our office or has a special skill or talent you would like to share with our university employees, please contact our office so we can learn more.
All EAP events this semester will continue to be offered via Microsoft Teams. Employees can also register for these events by emailing us at EmployeeAssistance@niu.edu. Please visit the EAP webpage regularly as new events will continue to be added over the course of the semester and be sure to review the training links from our campus training partners, to examine the wealth of training opportunities available.
We request employees interested in any of the sessions contact our office in advance of the training date to allow our office time to add you to the Teams group. For questions about any of the Learning Opportunities sessions or the Wednesday Wellness Networking events, please contact the EAP office at 753-9191 or at EmployeeAssistance@niu.edu.
Saturday music classes for children ages one to five begin soon, enroll today!
Toddlers ages one to five sing, dance, play and have fun in CSA Prelude and Development children’s music education classes. Sign up today and bring your kids for their first music classes starting Saturday, Feb. 4.
Please visit the NIU Community School of the Arts website for details and to register. Call us at 815-753-1450 for more information.
