Save the Date for our 116th Homecoming.
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We're excited to welcome Huskies home for our 116th Homecoming celebration happening the week of Oct. 8-15, 2023
Visit niu.edu/homecoming for a sneak peek of what we have planned and stay tuned for more to come!
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Have an idea for a Homecoming event? Apply for a Homecoming Grant!
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2023 NIU Huskie Pride 116th Homecoming Grant Competition.
Do you have an idea for a homecoming event that you would like to see on campus, or want to enhance an existing homecoming event? The Homecoming Executive Committee invites all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to submit formal proposals for review! Homecoming will be October 8-15, 2023.
Proposals will be selected, and awarded up to $500 each, based on need and available funding. Whether you are submitting individually or with others, your formal proposal needs to include the following items:
- Identify whether the event is a new or an existing homecoming event.
- Explanation of what the event or project is and how your idea promotes Huskie pride during homecoming (500 words maximum).
- Detailed budget, breaking down how the money will be disbursed (500 words maximum).
Homecoming is about celebrating NIU pride and coming together as a Huskie community. Special consideration will be given to proposals that engage new partners, create new collaborations, and provide the foundation for projects that will promote Huskie pride throughout the year.
Once you have completed your proposal, you can submit it here. The deadline to submit your material is Friday, April 14, 2023.
For more information or questions, contact President Staff Fellow Jessica Nunez at jtotz1@niu.edu.
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Support the general student scholarship fund.
Our inaugural Pride with Purpose t-shirt is still available for sale. When you purchase the shirt, you support our general student scholarship fund and show your #HuskiePride.
If you were unable to purchase your shirt during Homecoming week, shirts are on sale at the NIU Holmes Student Center and online at niualumnistore.com.
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Great Colleges to Work For Survey now underway.
All faculty and staff are encouraged to complete The Great Colleges to Work for Survey. The invitation to complete the survey was sent to your NIU email account from surveys@modernthink.net on Saturday, March 4. The survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete and your responses are anonymous and confidential. The deadline to complete the survey is midnight on Friday, March 31, 2023.
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Nominations being accepted for the Exemplary Faculty Mentoring Award.
Call for nominations for the second annual Exemplary Faculty Mentor Award. This awardrecognizes faculty mentors who go above and beyond the normal expectations of mentoring by acknowledging the positive impact faculty mentors make in the lives and careers of other faculty. The goal in creating this annual award is to ensure that the critical work of faculty mentoring is rewarded by our faculty mentoring program and recognized by our university.
Eligibility: Full-time faculty members at the rank of full or associate are eligible to be nominated. Nominees should have served as a faculty mentor, in a formal or informal capacity, to a junior/or midcareer faculty member over a continuous period of at least four semesters and have demonstrated success in the areas they mentor (e.g., research, teaching).
Timetable for Nomination and Award:
- Deadline for submission of nominations: Friday, March 24, 2023.
- Nominations should be submitted to Jhamlet@niu.edu.
- Notification to the recipient: Week of April 3,
For more information and to complete a nomination, go to our faculty mentoring website and see Exemplary Faculty Mentor Award.
Undergraduate research funding available.
If you are looking to get your research project funded and an opportunity for a paid undergraduate research assistant, then look no further. The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning supports a culture of undergraduate research by offering two funding opportunities: the Student Engagement Fund (SEF) or Research, Engagement and Academic Diversity Grant (READ). Both these opportunities allow participants to receive up to $3,500 in funding per academic year. To learn more or apply visit Undergraduate Research Funding.
NaviLens way finding system offers customizable QR codes.
A new wayfinding system is being installed on campus that uses colorful QR codes and a free app to help people find their way. Using the free NaviLens app, your phone can pick up these QR codes while you’re moving, at an angle and from up to 30 feet away. People who are blind or visually impaired can easily scan their environment to find QR codes nearby. This app displays and announces the information in the code and how far away it is, updating as you move. Because the app uses the language of the phone, it benefits people whose first language isn’t English. See go.niu.edu/wayfinding.
NaviLens offers customizable QR codes for a fee. A customizable QR code can include your text, links and even video. You can create and update content easily through an interface. Use the same QR code on your website, posters and buildings to inform and direct. Welcome students, faculty, staff, prospective students and parents with cutting edge technology.
Contact Katy Whitelaw, kwhitelaw@niu.edu, for more information.
New NSF requirement for safe and inclusive work environments.
Principal investigators submitting new and renewal proposals to NSF will need to take an additional step to safeguard individuals when engaging in off-campus research.
The new requirement states that each proposal to conduct research off-campus or off-site must have a plan in place for a safe and inclusive work environment, and that the plan be distributed to everyone who will participate in the off-campus or off-site research prior to departure.
To assist principal investigators with this new requirement, SPA has created a NSF Safe and Inclusive Work Environments Resource page. Go to Emerging/Hot Topics and select NSF Safe and Inclusive Work Environments.
Learn more by visiting our Sponsored Programs Administration Newsblog.
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Interested in improving your physical and mental health?
Professors Beth Moxley (nursing) and Shaine Henert (kinesiology) are conducting a study on the effects of physical activity on the well-being of sedentary adults. They are actively recruiting individuals between 40 to 60 years of age currently exercising less than 30 minutes three days per week, with no major health problems or physical activity restrictions, to participate in a four-week individualized physical activity program. Eligible participants will also receive HbA1c analysis, fitness assessment, and $50 upon study completion. Participants must be able to complete three visits to the NIU Exercise Physiology Lab and wear an activity tracker on their wrist. If interested, contact the research team at rkowal1@niu.edu or emoxley@niu.edu to learn more or to schedule your participation.
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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:
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Crystal Garvey
- Christopher Mitchell
- Kyle McCord
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- Through March 31: Women's History Month
- Tuesday, March 7: Ellington's: BBQ Chicken Legs or Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Mac and Cheese, Glazed Carrots, Vegan Cajun Red Beans and Rice, and Cinnamon Rolls
- Tuesday, March 7: Faculty and Staff Pickup Basketball
- Tuesday, March 7: Government, Public and Social Services, Health and Wellness Fair
- Wednesday, March 8: **ONLINE** Blackboard Learn Ultra Best Practices
- Wednesday, March 8: **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
- Wednesday, March 8: Another way to Navigate NIU: Navigate Student! (Inclusion in Action Series)
- Wednesday, March 8: Italian Special Dinner
- Wednesday, March 8: Outdoor Adventures: Weekly Crate Climbing
- Wednesday, March 8: NIU Jazz Orchestra and NIU Jazz Ensemble
- Thursday, March 9: Supportive Professional Staff Council
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Thursday, March 9: Faculty and Staff Pickup Basketball
- Thursday, March 9: Jamaica Special Dinner
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Friday, March 10: Faculty and Staff Pickup Basketball
- Friday, March 10: Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, "Spring Pops Concert"
- Sunday, March 12: Kishwaukee Concert Band
- Monday, March 13: Huskie Fresh: Gyros with Greek Potatoes order deadline
- Wednesday, March 15: STEM Café: Microbrewing: The Science of Beer Flavors
- Thursday, March 23: Electronic Requisitions Training
- Wednesday, April 19: Electronic Requisitions Training
- Thursday, May 25: Electronic Requisitions Training
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Financial Month End Close
The month of February is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon Thursday, March 9, 2023. Journals not posted at that time will go into March business. Submit February journals before end of business Wednesday, March 8. Final February reports are scheduled to be available Friday, March 10, 2023. In addition, March reports are scheduled to be available Monday, March 13, 2023. These and other important dates can be found at the Controller's Office website.
Friday, March 10: Priority Application Deadline for Curricular Innovation Grants
Monday, March 13: Nomination Deadline for PCSW Awards
Sunday, March 19: David W. Raymond Award for Use of Technology in Teaching nomination deadline
Friday, March 24: Exemplary Faculty Mentoring Award nomination deadline
Friday, April 14: Homecoming Grant Competition Deadline
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State taps expertise of NIU students to help shape tomorrow’s parks
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A group of 15 NIU students had a tall order ahead of them this academic year—with nearly $60 million at stake—and many of them celebrated their accomplishments in style this week in Springfield. Read more.
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New CFO setting course for multiyear budget
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After arriving at Northern Illinois University a month ago to serve as the new chief financial officer, George Middlemist is still finding his way around.
But he knows where he wants to go. Read more.
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