Northern Illinois University
Department of Police and Public Safety

NIU also provides students with the opportunity to designate an emergency contact to be used in the unlikely event that a student who resides in campus housing is reported missing. A student may be considered to be a ‘missing student’ if the person’s absence is contrary to their usual pattern of behavior and unusual circumstances may have caused the absence. Such circumstances could include a reasonable/reliable report or suspicion that the missing student may be endangered. Each student living in an on-campus student housing facility has the option to identify a contact person(s) whom the university will notify no more than 24 hours after the student is determined missing by campus police or the local law enforcement agency. For residents who are under age 18 and not emancipated, the university must notify a custodial parent or guardian.

If you wish to identify a Missing Persons Emergency Contact, you must go into MyNIU and identify them under Campus Personal Information within the Self Service module.