| Week of August 24, 2020
Contents: | | NIU Well-Being Tip: Transitioning to the Fall Semester
by Counseling and Consultation Services, Employee Assistance Program and RecWell.
Over the past five months our team has provided weekly well-being tips in response to COVID-19. Similar to the Protect the Pack Pledge, we focused on ways to take care of ourselves and others as we adjusted and adapted to the pandemic and its impact on our lives. The tips also focused on the importance of our physical, relational and emotional/mental health as we strive for work-life balance. We hope these messages were helpful, especially as you implemented strategies, routines and coping skills to prioritize and maintain well-being in your daily lives—not just during a pandemic, but all the time.
•As we start the fall semester you are encouraged to continue to be intentional about your well-being and wellness.
•If you have been taking consistent steps to attend to these areas, keep up the good work!
•If you are taking initial steps or have been thinking about getting started, remember that even small steps can help you feel better.
•There is no better time than right now to focus on your well-being and self-care! The NIU well-being tips will continue for the fall semester but they will be provided every other week starting in September. The tips will also include additional dimensions of wellness as we continue to emphasize a holistic approach and specific ways you can attend to your well-being every day. We wish you all a healthy and safe start to fall semester. Be well Huskies! |
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| Protecting the Pack updates
We continue to closely monitor activities and developments related to the spread and management of coronavirus (COVID-19) in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Illinois Department of Public Health and the DeKalb County Public Health Department. The resource links below are meant to support the health and wellness of our university community. Please check them frequently. | Frequently Asked
Questions | Communications | Human Resource Services FAQs |
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| Upcoming Events
Please check the calendar for more information and for online-only events as they become available!
• Wednesday, Aug. 26: Outdoor Adventures: Welcome Back – Live Open House
• Wednesday, Aug. 26: Outdoor Adventures: Weekly Wednesday Hourly Lagoon Boat Rentals
• Wednesday, Aug. 26: Race and the Law Conversations: Understanding Issues of Police Accountability and Reform
• Wednesday, Aug. 26: Womanist Wednesdays
• Thursday, Aug. 27: NNGO Fall 2020 Welcome Back Event!
• Friday, Aug. 28: Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women's Movement 1870-1967
• Sunday, Aug. 30: Outdoor Adventures: Bike the Local Trails • Thursday, Sept. 10: Virtually Possible: Engaging Your Alumni During COVID-19
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| Notices
Stay connected wherever you go—download the NIU Mobile app. The NIU Mobile app provides links to everything from campus resources, event calendars and tech guides to emergency information, campus maps, social media and more. You can now receive app notifications about important dates, campus events and information to keep you connected, engaged and productive.
We have added unique experiences for first-year students, returning-students, and our faculty and staff. Choose your experience when you download the app to your device, and change it any time using the avatar icon at the top of your screen.
Protecting the Pack Signage
Signage to promote appropriate physical distancing, health guidance and safety guidelines is available on the Keep Working website. Please check this site frequently as new signage will be posted as it becomes available. Please post these signs in commonly used spaces throughout your office or department if someone has not already done so. You can download the files and print them on your office printer via Anywhere Prints, or you can order signage through the Integrated Media Storefront (IMT). IMT is able to print any of the signage as wall- or window-clings as well as floor stickers. Larger banners, posters and other safety signage are also available through the storefront.
Questions about ordering materials through the Storefront should be directed to the Integrated Media Technologies via email. |
| Deadlines
Financial Month End Close
The month of August is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Journals not posted at that time will go into September business. Submit August journals before end of business Tuesday, Sept. 8. Final August reports are scheduled to be available Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. In addition, September reports are scheduled to be available Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. These and other important dates related to the Controller’s Office can be found on the FMS Reports Calendar.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2020: Nomination Deadline for Lincoln Laureates |
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| Changes to shared governance create greater efficiency and broaden participation
Shared governance at NIU enters the fall with a new structure that leaders expect to be more responsive, more nimble and better able to ensure that all voices get heard in campus decision-making. The changes were approved by both the Faculty Senate and University Council last spring and received final approval from the NIU Board of Trustees in June. Read more. |
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| All clear? Huskies encouraged to screen for COVID-19 with special app
If you’re coming to campus at NIU this fall, be sure you’re #CampusClear.
As part of NIU’s Protecting the Pack plan for Fall 2020, students and employees on campus are asked to self-monitor by submitting daily wellness checks for COVID-19 through a special app. Developed by Ivy.ai and Creighton University, #CampusClear is a one-question daily self-survey that takes 10 seconds to complete. Read more.
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