Week of Sept. 23, 2024

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.

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. Please sign up to volunteer by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.

The division of Research and Innovation Partnerships will be holding an open house style faculty meet and greet on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the 71 North Partnership Studio. The studio is located in the basement level of the Founders Library. Come meet the leadership team for an informal introduction. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

Plan to attend the The Real Talk Conference: Opening Pathways to Embrace Our Humanity on Friday, Oct. 25. Come make new connections while engaging in powerful conversations that promote understanding, increase empathy, and facilitate change in our community. Experience dynamic keynote speakers and interactive sessions led by NIU's students, faculty, and community members.

Join us in celebrating our amazing NIU employees Saturday, Oct. 5 at our Employee Appreciation Football Game where our Huskies take on UMass. The Campus Pride committee 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.

Are you exposed to loud sounds or music? Do you often ask others to repeat what they said? NIU students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in a free 30-minute hearing test at The Hearing Conservation Center, sponsored by the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders.

Services include: hearing health screener, noise exposure assessment, outer/middle ear screening,and hearing protection consultation.

Email hcc@niu.edu or call 815-753-6246 to set up your screening. Hearing tests take place at Wirtz Hall, room 314 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays or 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesdays. Learn more at go.niu.edu/hcc.

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.

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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 month of September is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Journals not posted at that time will go into October business. Submit September journals before end of business Tuesday, Oct. 8. Final September reports are scheduled to be available Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. In addition, October reports are scheduled to be available Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. These and other important dates can be found on the Controller's Office website.

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.