Week of Sept. 16, 2024

NIU Football beat #5 Notre Dame by a score of 16 - 14 marking the highest ranked opponent beaten in program history! The last time NIU defeated Power 4 opponents was last year vs Boston College and 2021 vs Georgia Tech. With this national victory, NIU tallied its 19th BONEYARD VICTORY and added the Fighting Irish to the list.

We hope to see you back in Huskie Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 21, for NIU Football's Salute to Service game.

We hope you are making plans to join us during the week of Oct. 13-20, 2024. If you would like to volunteer to help with these special events, you should communicate with your supervisor about release time or flexible hours. With supervisor approval, and assurance that appropriate coverage is maintained for the unit/department, all employees are encouraged to volunteer and participate in Homecoming week activities. We hope you'll help us welcome Huskies back to DeKalb for our 117th Homecoming.

Nominations for the 2025 Board of Trustees and Presidential Professorships are now being accepted. Please consider nominating a colleague for one of these prestigious awards. 

More information about each award and the criteria and procedure for nomination is available by visiting the links below.

All professorships share the same nomination deadline of Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, followed by a November 11, 2024 deadline for full application materials.

On Monday, Sept. 23, all Human Resource Services locations will be closed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for an all-staff meeting. All locations will reopen at 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23.

Huskies, be sure to mark your calendar! Ellington’s Restaurant will reopen its doors Tuesday, Oct. 1. Each week, BADM 303 students will create and prepare themed meals for you, your friends and your colleagues to enjoy. Service will take place every Tuesday through Dec. 3 with a couple of exceptions. Menus are posted to both the Ellington’s website and NIU Events Calendar. We thank you in advance for your continued support as our students gain hands-on experience. No reservations required. Dining Dollars, Huskies Bucks, and debit/credit accepted.

The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning is now accepting nominations for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards for 2024-2025. You can find the details and submission guidelines at go.niu.edu/outstanding-ta-award.

Each academic or academic support unit that employs graduate TAs for teaching and related activities is invited to nominate two (2) outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants, one at the master’s level and the other at the doctoral level, from its department/school for the awards.

Nominations can be submitted by the department chair/school director or designee. Nominators must complete the nomination form for each nominee, although you may also provide additional supporting documents.  We encourage nominations to be as descriptive as possible in supporting the nominee, and to include additional evidence such as student testimonials, course evaluations, or samples of teaching materials. 

Email the entire nomination, including any supporting documents, by Friday, October 25, 2024, to citl@niu.edu with the subject line “Nomination for 2024-2025 Outstanding TA Awards”.

The Richard A. Flournory Award was created in 2020 to recognize individuals who have worked to promote inclusivity at NIU over an extended time period. The annual award is sponsored by the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities. It is presented to recipients at the Richard A. Flournory Homecoming Inclusion Reception.

The one-time, nonmonetary award is presented to students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of NIU. Candidates must demonstrate outstanding commitment to building an inclusive NIU campus and contribute to developing and sustaining a diverse and equitable NIU community.

Submit a nomination here: http://go.niu.edu/Flournory2024 by Friday, October 4, 2024.If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Withers at equity@niu.edu or Ana Velazquez at avelazquez5@niu.edu. 

Join us in celebrating our amazing NIU employees Saturday, Oct. 5 at our Employee Appreciation Football Game where our Huskies take on UMass. #CAMPUSPRIDE is providing discounted tickets for the NIU vs. UMass football game to show appreciation to our employees. Purchase your discounted game tickets here and enter CAMPUSPRIDE in the promo code box.

This casual lunchtime series is your chance to learn from NIU faculty about their experiences in community engaged research, teaching and collaboration.

At noon Sept. 19, don’t miss “Outreach, Engagement and Partnerships: Lessons Vital to Universities in a Post-pandemic World” — a presentation by Professor Barrie P. Bode, Ph.D., NIU professor of biological sciences and 2023 Distinguished Engagement and Partnerships Professor.

Barrie Bode spent his career doing research on cancer biology. In response to the pandemic, Professor Bode’s community engagement and partnerships linked cancer education with an innovative campus wastewater surveillance testing program developed and still underway at NIU. The testing program's subsequent expansion provides exemplars for university/community collaboration, sustainability and evolution in a rapidly changing world.

Please join us in the University Suite Dining Room on the second floor of the Holmes Student Center. Hear Professor Bode’s stories, ask your questions, make connections, and leave with tools and inspiration to pursue your community engagement goals. Learn more and register.

NIU 2024 Campus Flu Clinic is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the Holmes Student Center Ballroom.

The COVID-19 and Fluzone High-dose vaccines are not offered at this clinic.

Please read the information regarding receiving your vaccine, on what you may need to know or bring to your appointment, as well as how to book your appointment and pre-fill. Download and print the client consent form to bring to your appointment at our Employee Well-being website.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your appointment, go to the confirmation email you received and scroll down to the “Reschedule” button.

If you have questions regarding the vaccine or your insurance, or if you are not covered under one of the offered NIU insurances, call the DeKalb County Health Department at 815-758-6673.

If you have any questions regarding the event or booking an appointment, please contact NIU Employee Well-being at 815-753-9191 or email ksmith12@niu.edu.

 

NIU Recreation is here to help you kickstart your fitness journey with our weekly group fitness classes! Classes are held Monday through Friday at the NIU Recreation Center. We offer beginner and intermediate yoga, HIIT, indoor cycling, Zumba, core and glutes, weight circuits, Pilates reformer and barre/mat Pilates. If you have any questions, please contact recreation@niu.edu or visit our website Group Fitness | Recreation | Northern Illinois University (niu.edu).

Testing Services can make scoring your exams and quizzes faster, easier and more accurate. In addition to scoring your exams, we provide a variety of analytical reports to help you evaluate your assessments. To have your exams processed, bring your completed Scantron sheets and answer key(s) to our office in the Peters Campus Life Building, Room 120. You may submit a quiz or exam after hours by using our drop box located to the right of our office door. If you wish to use our drop box, please visit our website to obtain a copy of our transmittal form. For more information about Testing Services, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you soon.

What is the purpose of this study? To discuss the factors that influence a person’s breastfeeding awareness level.

Help human milk feeding research and earn $20 for your time!

If you are interested in participating, sign up for one of the focus groups. If you would like more information, please email Stephanie Uhr, Ph.D. at suhr@niu.edu.

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 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.

The Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS) and the Office of Research Development (ORD) are accepting applications to the University Grants Academy (UGA) and University Grants Academy Level-Up (UGA 2.0).

The UGA is a semester-long experience that increases faculty capacity to obtain extramurally funded grants. The UGA supports extramural grant applications that are considered significant for the applicant’s field. Applicants need not be grant novices, but should not have secured major extramural funding in the past. Distinct from the UGA, UGA 2.0 targets faculty who have held significant extramural funding and are seeking the next level of funding opportunities.

Tenure track faculty are eligible to apply to both programs which will take place in spring 2025. Applications are due Oct. 2. Interested faculty must prepare and submit a proposal via ORD’s InfoReady internal competition portal. Complete information on these programs is available on the Office of Research Development webpage.