June 16, 2025

NIU celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month and our ongoing, year-round commitment to allyship and belonging. All are welcome to support NIU's LGBTQ+ family at our 4th annual event on Tues., June 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Founders Memorial Library. NIU University Libraries.

For more DeKalb area LGBTQ+ Pride events throughout the month, visit: https://dekalbpride.org/

NIU’s 118th Homecoming is taking place the week of Sept. 28 through Oct. 5, 2025  and planning is well underway with new designs for our fourth edition of NIU’s Pride with Purpose shirt and several new grant-funded events being developed.

Voting is now open for the 2025 Pride with Purpose shirt design. Cast a vote for your favorite design by Friday, June 20. The winning design will be announced during Homecoming week.

There is still time to purchase our 2024 Pride with Purpose shirt. When you purchase the shirt, you support our general student scholarship fund and show your #HuskiePride. Shirts are on sale at the Huskie Books and Gear in the Holmes Student Center and online by visiting niualumnnistore.com.

Faculty Welcome Back is a new initiative coming in August to help welcome NIU faculty members back for the fall semester.

Check out our Faculty Welcome Back website to find featured events and a link to a newly created NIU calendar channel containing information on all Faculty Welcome Back events.

If you have a faculty-related event taking place between Aug. 11-29, please follow these steps to have it included as part of Faculty Welcome Back:

Card Services is pleased to announce the launch of new electronic versions of the Request for Change Form and the Request for Exception Form. These updated forms are now available in OnBase.

Direct links are posted on our Card Services website for easy access.

There will be a transitional period through Aug. 31, 2025, and Card Services will continue to accept the current PDF versions of these forms. The PDF forms will be removed from the website as of this date and will no longer be accepted.

Card Services encourage all cardholders and transaction approvers to begin using the OnBase forms to allow for a smooth transition.

Highlights of the new forms include:

Coming soon: Updated commercial card program policies and procedures. 

If you have any questions or need assistance with the new forms, please don't hesitate to contact Card Services at Cardservices@niu.edu.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

The parking deck will be undergoing needed maintenance for electrical repairs beginning June 16. The work is expected to last through July 11. During this time, there will be periodic disruptions and spaces blocked on various levels as work is completed. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Parking Services at 815-753-1045 or parking@niu.edu.

We’re excited to launch this event — the Adventure Center Bicycling Club, open to all staff and students!

Friday Nights at 6 p.m.
Meet at the Adventure Center

Each ride will start at the Adventure Center and head to Hopkins Park and back. If you don’t have a bike, no worries — bikes are available to borrow from the Adventure Center.

Come out, enjoy the ride, and kick off your weekend with some fresh air and fun!

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:

Tip: Submit your event, lecture, training session or deadline to the NIU calendar to help inform Huskies about everything that is happening on campus. 

The Office of Research Development (ORD) announces an internal competition for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) competition. NSF will accept four proposals from NIU.

The NSF MRI Program funds instrumentation for research in fields of science and engineering supported by the NSF Focus Areas. The instrumentation must have a broad base of users both within and external to NIU; regionally or nationally. The MRI program provides up to $4 million to acquire or develop a new instrument or upgrade an existing instrument. Proposals may request an award period of up to three years for instrument acquisition, and up to five years for instrument development. The instrument must be operational by the end of the award period. The program does not fund research projects or provide ongoing support for operating or maintaining facilities or centers.

The deadline to submit internal proposals is Aug. 27, 2025. Complete information on the internal competition and the NSF MRI program is available on our Office of Research Development Limited Submission Funding Opportunities webpage. Faculty who plan to submit a proposal to the NSF MRI competition must submit an internal proposal via NIU’s InfoReady internal competition portal.

Fiscal Year 2025 Due Dates for Accounting Transactions

We are preparing to wrap up another fiscal year here at NIU and it is important that we finalize the University’s FY25 financial statements in a timely manner. Please ensure that all FY25 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 FY25 must be received by the requested due dates (do not hold FY25 documents even if the deadline has passed).

Please review all transactions and balances in applicable cost centers, paying particular attention to appropriate cut-off for transactions occurring during the months of June and July. Note that all goods and services received prior to June 30, 2025 must be recorded as an expenditure or accrued as a liability in the current fiscal year. Goods and services received after June 30, 2025 must be recorded as an expenditure in Fiscal Year 2026. University sales and services performed prior to June 30, 2025 must be recorded as revenue in the current fiscal year. University sales or services to be performed after June 30, 2025 must be recorded as revenue in Fiscal Year 2026. 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, 2025. 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 FY25. Should you have any questions about the year-end process, please email the Controller’s Office at ControllerOffice@niu.edu for assistance.