Week of Aug. 26, 2024

Know a student who is eligible to graduate in December?  Remind them that Sept. 1 is the deadline to apply for Fall 2024 graduation via self-service in MyNIU. Undergrads with 90+ credits are encouraged to apply. More information about applying to graduate can be found on the Registration and Records website.

It’s easy, will take just a little of your time and you’ll have an opportunity to interact with future Huskies and their families. You can take part in as few or as many events as you choose.  And, the team will contact you in plenty of time to make it work for your schedule. For these events, you’ll help welcome guests to campus, assist in wayfinding, and share information about resources provided by NIU.

Interested? Send an email with “Volunteer” in the subject line to Alex Torres, Associate Director for Events, Tours & Customer Service, at atorres8@niu.edu.

The Office of the President seeks to identify a member of the Supportive Professional Staff or Operating Staff interested in serving a year-long professional development fellowship. The Office of the President Staff Fellow will be assigned special projects needed to carry out the functions of the Office of the President and will be afforded professional development opportunities. The fellow will be appointed for the 2025 calendar year and will report to the university’s chief strategy officer. Learn more about the President Staff Fellow Program, including how to apply. The deadline for applications is Monday, Sept. 30.

Einstein’s is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with some exceptions. It is located in the lower level of Founders Memorial Library. Vegan options are available.

As previously indicated, HRS is actively pursuing form automation. Effective immediately, the following form is 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.

NIU’s Division of International Affairs encourages all faculty, staff, students, volunteers and groups planning to travel internationally for NIU business to carefully review our International Travel Policy and Procedures.

Items of note include:

Contact Sarah Lindell, administrative assistant for the Division of International Affairs and the Graduate School, at slindell@niu.edu or 815-753-9526 with questions.

We are pleased to announce the second call for the T-RISE SEED grants, which support STEM education research projects involving two or more colleges or units. The deadline for proposal submission is Sept. 15, 2024. Information about  proposal submission guidelines and submission portal can be found at the T-RISE Seed Grants website. 

If you have any questions, please contact Nicole LaDue at nladue@niu.edu. 

Applications are now being accepted for NIU Impact, the NIU Foundation's crowdfunding platform where students, faculty, staff members and researchers can raise money to turn their great ideas into reality. Since its inception in 2021, NIU Impact has helped raise nearly $400,000 from over 2,600 total gifts.

Fall campaigns run Oct. 9 through Nov. 4. Please submit your application by midnight, Sept. 17. Submit your crowdfunding application or register for one of our informational webinars on our NIU Foundation crowdfunding page. Questions? Contact Cody Carter, ccarter1@niu.edu.

The NIU Center for Governmental Studies, in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development, recently released a policy profile on “The Emergence of Age-Friendly Thinking in Community Planning.”

The full text of the profile is available for free on Huskie Commons.

In 2030, for the first time there will be more Americans over age 65 than under age 18. This profile is designed to help civic leaders better understand this demographic shift, what that can mean for a community and how to plan for those challenges and opportunities.

Sign up to receive notifications of future policy profiles on the CGS website.

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 month of August is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Journals not posted at that time will go into September business. Submit August journals before end of business Friday, Sept. 6. Final August reports are scheduled to be available Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. In addition, September reports are scheduled to be available Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. These and other important dates can be found on the Controller's Office website.

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 (NSF - National Science Foundation — click “Focus Areas”). The instrumentation must have a broad base of users 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. Proposers may request an award period 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. This program does not fund research projects or provide ongoing support for operating or maintaining facilities or centers.

The deadline to submit internal proposals is Sept. 18, 2024. Complete information on our 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.