Nominations sought for David W. Raymond Award for Use of Technology in Teaching.
Calling all classroom innovators! Faculty in all content areas using technology in their classrooms may apply for the David W. Raymond Award for the Use of Technology in Teaching.
- Our Raymond Grant awards $1,000 annually.
- All tenured/tenure-track faculty are eligible.
- Faculty may be nominated by students, colleagues or themselves.
Interested? Visit our website to learn more. Questions and nominations can be directed to katja@niu.edu or j-gray@niu.edu. This award is sponsored by the Committee for the Improvement of Undergraduate Academic Experience.
Seeking volunteers for a research study
Professors Milijana Buac and Allison Gladfelter (Speech-Language Pathology) are working on our Illinois Innovation Network Grant project with Professor Ziteng Wang (Engineering). They are actively recruiting participants between ages 5 and 12 (with or without a diagnosis of autism). Eligible participants will complete a one-hour session and receive a small toy. Please contact the NIU research team at gaitstudy@niu.edu.
We need your brain!
The NIU Speech-Language Hearing Clinic is conducting a study of the effects of COVID-19 “Brain Fog” on short term memory. Participants will be asked to complete a case history, hearing evaluation,
tests of cognition, and a brainwave assessment. If you are 18-55 and have normal hearing, are a native English speaker, and no history of drug/alcohol abuse, ADD/ADHD, learning disability, or other neurological disorder, you are eligible. The study will take about three hours and pays $60. Email Matt Wilson at mwilson@niu.edu to learn more.
Per Diem rate increased Jan. 20, 2023
Effective Jan. 20, 2023, the per diem rate for employee travel increased from $28 per day to $44 per day for in-state travel and from $32 per day to $48 per day for out-of-state travel. Please see the updated guidance on the Illinois Higher Education Travel Control Board’s per diem allowance page. University employee travel policies will be updated accordingly.
Please be sure to use the updated per diem amounts when submitting an electronic travel voucher form in OnBase for any travel on or after Jan. 20, 2023.
If a prior travel voucher was submitted using the old per diem rate for travel on or after Jan. 20, 2023, a new voucher for additional pay may be submitted for reimbursement of the difference. Please reference your original travel voucher ID in the business purpose description of the electronic travel voucher form upon submittal.
Please share this message with those in your department who engage in university business travel and those who process travel reimbursement requests.
Foundation-only Funded Travel
The paper travel voucher form located on the Accounts Payable webpage has been updated to reflect the new rates on the “Per Diem Rates” tab. Please use the updated form for Foundation-only funded travel.
For questions, please contact Accounts Payable Services at AccountsPayableSrvs@niu.edu.
Judges needed for Mock Trial championship.
NIU Mock Trial is excited to co-host the American Mock Trial Association's Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) mock trial tournament March 10-12 at the Kane County Judicial Center in Geneva, Illinois. We are inviting judges, lawyers and law students to volunteer to judge one or more round of trials. If you have any questions, please email Professor Mitch Pickerill (pick@niu.edu). Sign up today.
