Celebrating our 116th Homecoming
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Homecoming Hosts are excited to welcome Huskies to downtown DeKalb.
The local business community is excited to welcome Huskies home! “Homecoming Hosts” are offering discounts to Huskies who visit their retail and dining establishments throughout Homecoming week.
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Homecoming volunteers needed.
We hope you are making plans to join us during the week of Oct. 8-15, 2023. 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 116th Homecoming.
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Get your trivia team ready.
Gather your colleagues and come test your knowledge about NIU by competing in the Huskie Employee Happy Hour and Trivia Contest on Oct. 10 at 5 p.m. Join us for this fun evening in the Huskie Den of the Holmes Student Center for a chance to socialize with your fellow Huskies and win prizes.
Registration is now open and you can register as an individual or as a group of up to six.
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NIU's Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center’s inaugural The Real Talk Conference: Bridging Race, Identity and Community is happening on Friday Oct. 27, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center. Registration is now open.
In a cross-divisional partnership between the Divisions of Student Affairs and Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the conference will offer space to engage in powerful conversations that promote understanding, increase empathy and facilitate change in our community. Experience dynamic speakers and interactive sessions led by NIU's students, faculty, staff and community members. Keynote speakers include Dr. Tia Brown McNair and Ainka Jackson and featured speakers include Dr. Caleb Stephens, Michelle Donahoe and Dr. LaVonya Bennett. Learn more about the speakers and the conference by visiting go.niu.edu/real-talk-conference.
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Nominations now being accepted for Exemplary Faculty Mentoring Award.
Letters of Nomination are now being accepted for the Exemplary Faculty Mentoring Award.
Faculty who came to NIU at the beginning of the university-wide faculty mentoring program (2019-) are especially encouraged to consider nominating their mentor for this prestigious award.
Applications may be secured from department chairs or contact the associate vice provost
for faculty mentoring at jhamlet@niu.edu. Deadline is Oct. 20, 2023. Submit applications to jhamlet@niu.edu.
Assessment Circle: Book study of Advancing Assessment for Student Success
Join colleagues for a reflective and lively discussion about how to humanize assessment to support equitable student success. We will read Advancing Assessment for Student Success by Driscoll, Graff, Shapiro and Wood and discuss practices that help students feel a sense of agency and belonging while at the same time provide meaningful information for faculty and instructors. The book study will take place on Tuesdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 3, Oct. 17, Nov. 7 and Nov. 21. Registration required.
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President's Office seeks applications for President Staff Fellow Program.
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 2024 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 Friday, Sept. 29.
BOT and Presidential Professorships nominations now being accepted.
Nominations for the 2024 Board of Trustees and PresidentialProfessorships 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 of the professorships share the same nomination deadline of Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
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Huskie Den Fall Hours and Specials
Stop in and check out the Huskie Den at the Holmes Student Center! It's open to students, faculty, staff, and guests and it's packed with fun stuff like bowling, billiards, student leagues, tournaments, live music and more. The fall semester hours are Monday through Friday, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., ensuring plenty of time for you to squeeze in a game or two after work or classes. We are looking to expand our hours into the weekend later this semester. During the week, you can take advantage of the daily rates and fall specials, which are as follows:
Daily Rates:
- $3.00 NIU Students - students must have OneCard physically with them to get student pricing. NIU students may bring 1 guest at NIU student price
- $3.50- Non-NIU college students - students must have valid student ID physically with them to get student pricing
- $4.00- NIU Fac/Staff – employees must have their OneCard with them to get employee pricing
- $4.50 Alums & Community Members
- $2.00- children 7 years old – 14 years old
- $1.00 – children 6 years old and under
- Frequent Bowler Card: $15.00 per month provides $0.75 cent games (of peak times) & free shoes. Non-transferable.
Fall 2023 Specials
- K-12 Practice Rate: $1.50 a game (Proof of youth league participation required)
- Throwback Tuesdays: $1.00 games and shoes each for everyone except children 6 years old and under
- Half Price Thursdays: $1.50/game- College Students (2 or 4 year) with ID; $2.00/game- NIU Employees Community Members, & Guests; $1.00 – children 7-14 and $.50 for children 6 and under; Shoe rental: $1.00 for anyone over 14, $0.50 for ages 7-14, FREE for 6 and under.
- Friday Glow Bowl: Black Lights and colored pins starting at 6:00 p.m. On the last Friday of every month $0.50 cent games, $1.00 shoes
If you have questions or are interested in learning more about the Huskie Den or one of its events/specials, please visit: https://www.niu.edu/hsc/huskie-den/index.shtml or call
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SPA to Offer SciENcv training in preparation for NSF October mandate.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will require the use of SciENcv to prepare biographical sketches as well as current and pending (other) support for proposals submitted on or after Oct. 23, 2023. Use of SciENcv will also be required for any key personnel documents submitted after this date related to post-award requests (e.g., if adding a new Co-PI).
To assist faculty, SPA is hosting a live training session 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Office hours will also be available for drop-in assistance 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 and
10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11.
For more information and to register, please visit our Sponsored Programs Newsblog.
Sponsored Programs to host introduction to indirect costs and grants sessions.
Indirect costs (also referred to as Facilities and Administrative or F&A costs) are a critical component of grant applications and awards, yet the concept of these costs can sometimes be difficult to grasp. To help explain these concepts, SPA is offering two short sessions covering the basics of indirect costs from pre- to post-award. Sessions are virtual via Teams and are open to all. Those working with grant funds and indirect cost accounts are encouraged to attend.
1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27: Budgeting and Allocation of Indirect Costs — Pre-award Overview. This session explains what indirect costs are, how the university’s indirect cost rates are calculated and applied to grant budgets, and the pre-award distribution approval process.
1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28: Recovery and Campus Reimbursement of Indirect Costs — Post-award Overview. This session provides an overview of SPA’s process for calculating and reimbursing campus units for these costs and best practices for monitoring this recovery, including how to review monthly SPA indirect cost reports.
For more information and to register, please visit our Sponsored Programs Newsblog.
Policy Library update – revised policies
Revised policies are open to review and comment for a 30-day period. This provides our NIU community the opportunity to consider and respond to the revised policies before they take effect. The revised policies are:
Research with Recombinant DNA or Biological Pathogens: Comments due by Oct. 18
To submit a comment, go to our policy library website. Click on “Comment on New/Renew Policies.” You’ll be able to review the policies and provide your comments. If you have any questions, please contact the university policy librarian at policy-library@niu.edu.
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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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Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Insights
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Higher Learning Commission accreditation is necessary for NIU to receive federal dollars. Similarly, the only institutions allowed by the U.S. Department of Education to disperse federal financial aid to students are those with HLC accreditation.
The HLC site visit is scheduled for March 25-26, 2024.
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Financial Month End Close
The month of September is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon Monday, Oct. 9. Journals not posted at that time will go into October business. Submit September journals before end of business Friday, Oct. 6. Final September reports are scheduled to be available Tuesday, Oct. 10. In addition, October reports are scheduled to be available Wednesday, Oct. 11. These and other important dates can be found on the Controller's Office website.
Thursday, Sept. 28: Nomination deadline for the Richard A. Flournoury Award
Friday, Sept. 29: President Staff Fellow application deadline
Sunday, Oct. 1: Employee Tuition Waiver deadline for fall 2023 semester
Monday, Oct. 9: BOT and Presidential Professorships Nomination Deadline
Friday, Oct 20: Nomination deadline for Exemplary Faculty Mentoring Award
Friday, Oct. 27: Nomination Deadline for Honorary Doctoral Degrees
Friday, Nov. 3: Nomination Deadline for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024: Nomination Deadline for the Excellence in Online Teaching Award
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STEM Fest returns to central campus, with a focus on career exploration
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On Sept. 30, NIU students, faculty and staff will welcome visitors of all ages to this free annual festival, brought you by Meta, celebrating science, technology, engineering and math. Read more.
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Ten-day count shows rebounds in retention
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Year-to-year retention of NIU students is up this fall over last in several key indicators.
New freshmen. New transfers. First-generation students. Returning undergraduate students. Read more.
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