HRS staff sponsors holiday giving tree to help Huskies.
Each year the staff in Human Resources Services sponsors a holiday giving tree to provide gifts to those who need assistance. This year HRS staff would like to give back to their fellow Huskies. All full-time, part-time, temporary and extra help employee are eligible to be a beneficiary of this year’s HRS giving tree.
If you need assistance purchasing gifts for your immediate family this holiday season, please fill out complete this form (link to Qaultrics) by Monday, Dec. 5 to indicate what items you want and need. Commonly requested items include clothing, toys, hygiene products, bedding, cookware, etc.
If you have any questions regarding the HRS giving tree, please contact Miriah Ranken, Business Administrative Associate, at mranken@niu.edu
Maintenance scheduled for PeopleSoft HR system.
The PeopleSoft HR system will be unavailable on Sunday, Dec. 4, from 8 a.m. to noon due to system maintenance.
Maintenance scheduled for PeopleSoft Financial Management System.
The PeopleSoft Financial Management System will be unavailable from 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3 thru 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec 5 due to system maintenance.
Do you know you can search for courses using low- or no-cost materials in MyNIU?
The Course Materials Affordability Task Force (CMAT) recently surveyed students registered in fall 2022 courses labeled low- or zero-cost materials about the Affordable Materials Search and Filter in MyNIU. Of the 240 students who responded, only 20% were aware that they had registered for a low- or zero-cost course materials course. In fact, 61% of responding students did not know there was a low- or zero-cost filter. However, a majority of students noted that low- or zero-cost course materials are either very important or extremely important in their course selection. And now that they know, 63% of students who responded said they will search for courses with low- or zero-cost course materials in the future.
To find courses with affordable course materials in MyNIU, apply the Textbooks/Low-cost or Textbooks/Zero-cost filter to class searches. Or you can search by the keyword low cost. For additional information, visit go.niu.edu/affordabletextbook-search.
Major electrical update in Swen Parson data center.
In order to continue to meet the needs of our university with a robust, highly-available, IT service portfolio, NIU’s primary campus data center will receive its first major electrical update in 20 years. Work will begin the evening of Dec. 11 and complete the evening of Dec. 18.
DoIT has taken all the precautions to minimize the risk of service disruptions associated with this major update.
If you have any questions or concerns, please submit a ticket with the service desk via Self-Service Portal or at ServiceDesk@niu.edu.
Sponsored Programs Administration grant processing timelines for the holidays.
In preparation for our upcoming holiday break, Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) is providing reminders to help you prepare your proposal and award activities during this time.
As with other university offices, SPA will observe our university holiday closure schedule. To provide the highest level of support during this busy holiday season, our SPA teams have identified timelines for proposal and award actions.
Please see our Sponsored Programs Administration Newsblog for these timelines.
