June 1, 2026

 A revised policy is open to review and comment for a 30-day period. This provides our NIU community with the opportunity to consider and respond to the policy before it takes effect. The policy is:

To submit a comment, go to our Policy Library website. Click on “Comment on New/Renew Policies.” You’ll be able to review the policies and provide your comments. If you have any questions, please contact the university policy librarian at policy-library@niu.edu.

In effort to make on-campus employment opportunities easily accessible to students, Career Services is asking anyone with an on-campus student employment opportunity to add the position to Huskies Get Hired. For assistance adding your open positions to Huskies Get Hired, contact Steph Horgan at sluka1@niu.edu.

In addition, offices are encouraged to promote Huskies Get Hired by printing this half-sheet flyer and posting it on their office door before the fall 2026 semester starts. 

The month of May is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Journals not posted at that time will go into June business. Submit May journals before end of business Monday, June 8, 2026. Final May reports are scheduled to be available Wednesday, June 10, 2026. In addition, June reports are scheduled to be available Thursday, June 11, 2026. These and other important dates can be found on the Controller's Office website.

We are preparing to wrap up another fiscal year here at NIU and it is important that we finalize the university’s Fiscal Year 2026 financial statements in a timely manner. Please ensure that all FY 2026 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 FY 2026 must be received by the requested due dates (do not hold FY 2026 documents even if the deadline has passed).

Please review all transactions and balances in applicable cost centers, paying particular attention to appropriate cutoff for transactions occurring during the months of June and July. Note that all goods and services received prior to June 30, 2026, must be recorded as an expenditure or accrued as a liability in the current fiscal year. Goods and services received after June 30, 2026, must be recorded as an expenditure in FY 2027. University sales and services performed prior to June 30, 2026, must be recorded as revenue in the current fiscal year. University sales or services to be performed after June 30, 2026, must be recorded as revenue in F Y 2027. 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, 2026. 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 FY 2026.  Should you have any questions about the year-end process, please email the Controller’s Office at ControllerOffice@niu.edu for assistance.