Cast Your Vote for our 2024 Pride with Purpose Shirt
Voting is now open for the 2023 Pride with Purpose shirt design. Cast a vote for your favorite design by Friday, July 7. The winning design will be announced during Homecoming week.
There is still time to purchase our 2023 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 Great in the Holmes Student Center and online by visiting niualumnnistore.com.
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Red and Black Fridays is Always in Fashion
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As Huskies, we end the week by wearing Red and Black to show our #HuskiePride! So, pull out your red dress and black shoes, put on your black pants and adjust your red tie, or just throw on your Huskie gear and join us. If you’re spotted by our new Spirit Squad and wearing red and black, you’ll get some NIU swag—which is always in style.
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HRS Releases New Automated Form
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As previously indicated, HRS is actively pursuing form automation. Effective immediately, the following forms are accessible on the HR website through a dedicated Kuali link.
HRS aims to enhance accessibility and streamline processes by making these forms available through Kuali Build, an online workflow toolkit.
Please visit the Kuali Build information page for addition details about Kuali Build or its functionalities.
Please email any questions to HumanResources@niu.edu.
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Sign up to Participate in the Involvement Fair
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Looking to participate in this year’s involvement fair? Then here is some information on the involvement fair!
The involvement fair will be taking place over two days, Sept. 4 and 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MLK Commons. All student organizations and departments are able to sign up for both days. Student organizations and departments will be able to check in for their table at 10 a.m. If your student organization/department does not check in by 11 a.m. your table is subject to be given to another organization/department.
You can have no more than two people at your table. A reminder e-mail will be sent out the week before. Sign up here!
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Volunteers Needed for Familia Fest July 13
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Give back to our community and participate in a fun celebration of family, soccer and the arts. On Saturday, July 13, WNIJ will host the first Familia Fest celebration featuring the Hola Cup soccer tournament. The event takes place on NIU’s North 40 from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will feature an adult soccer tournament, youth soccer clinic, live music, food and community resource fair.
Volunteers are needed for setup, teardown, registration and the welcome table. Bilingual Spanish/English speakers are especially needed to welcome residents, answer questions and translate.
Learn more and sign up to help at wnij.org/familiafest.
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Call for Candidates: Operating Staff Personnel Advisor
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The operating staff personnel advisor (OSPA) is a resource person and consultant whose services are available to civil service employees. The OSPA advises and assists employees who need guidance with personnel policies, procedures and actions.
Read more about the OSPA position.
The Operating Staff Council will be selecting someone for a three-year term as OSPA. Candidates must be full-time, non-probationary (initial probation) status employees with a minimum of four years of experience in a civil service classification. We are looking for candidates with a high degree of professionalism who are familiar with NIU administrative operations and personnel policies.
The OSPA receives additional pay and release time from current responsibilities, coordinated with supervisory input and approval. Start date for the position is July 1.
Please submit your résumé and letter of interest to OSC@niu.edu by 4:30 p.m. June 21 to be considered for candidacy.
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Call for Proposals for Inaugural Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium
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NIU is proud to partner with all Illinois public universities to offer the inaugural Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium Nov. 8, 2024. This free, one-day, online conference brings together thought leaders and practitioners with expertise in online teaching and learning from across the state of Illinois to discuss the latest trends in online learning. All those who learn, teach, develop, support or administer online education are welcome.
The call for proposals is now open; deadline for submissions is June 30. Learn more and submit a proposal.
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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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Grounds West Crew
- Architectural and Engineering Services
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Fiscal Year 2024 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 FY 2024 financial statements in a timely manner. Please ensure that all FY 2024 transactions for your department are properly classified and submitted to the Accounting Office by the deadlines listed below:
- June 28, 2024: All FY 2024 cash and/or checks received must be deposited at the Bursar’s Office in Swen Parson 235, and must be made in accordance with Bursar’s Office policy
- July 15, 2024: All FY 2024 approved invoices, check requests and travel reimbursement requests due to Accounts Payable Services at AccountsPayableSrvs@niu.edu or Lowden Hall 208.
- July 15, 2024: Year-end cutoff for posting all journal activity occurring in June from all fund sources due to General Ledger at JournalEntries@niu.edu.
It is very important to note that transactions required to be processed in FY 2024 must be received by the requested due dates (do not hold FY 2024 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, 2024, must be recorded as an expenditure or accrued as a liability in the current fiscal year. Goods and services received after June 30, 2024, must be recorded as an expenditure in Fiscal Year 2025. University sales and services performed prior to June 30, 2024, must be recorded as revenue in the current fiscal year. University sales or services to be performed after June 30, 2024, must be recorded as revenue in FY 2025. If you have any questions concerning how transactions should be recorded, please contact an Accounting Office representative.
We appreciate your full cooperation as we work to ensure a successful close out of FY 2024. Should you have any questions about the year-end process, please email the Controller’s Office at ControllerOffice@niu.edu for assistance.
Sunday, June 30: Submission Deadline for the Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium
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Rockford Promise at NIU recognized nationally for innovation, championing access
The Rockford Promise at NIU program—launched in 2021 to create opportunities for hundreds of students from Rockford to earn degrees without paying tuition or fees—is gaining national attention for innovation. Read more.
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NIU’s 117th Homecoming to introduce new Pride with Purpose shirt design and grant funded events
NIU’s 117th Homecoming is less than 117 days away and planning is well underway with new designs for our third edition of NIU’s Pride with Purpose shirt and several new grant-funded events being developed for the week of Oct. 13-20, 2024. Read more.
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Northern Illinois University's vision is to be an engine for innovation to advance social mobility; promote personal, professional and intellectual growth; and transform the world through research, artistry, teaching and outreach. Learn more about NIU’s vision, mission and values.
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