Category: Announcements
Things just got easier for NIU students looking to answer that age-old question: What is there to do around here? The Division of Marketing and Communications introduces What2Do.niu.edu, a comprehensive online collection of information about events, clubs, teams, Greek life, volunteer opportunities, the local music scene and more. For more information, check out What2Do.niu.edu.
The Northern Illinois University Department of Police and Public Safety has revamped the way it transports students during the late night hours. The new Huskie Safe Line, which replaces the former Late Night Ride Service, offers shuttle ride service during late night hours after the Huskie Bus Line stops running. The free service is available...
NIU’s Graduate & Professional School Fair (GPS), an opportunity for students to meet with representatives from more than 75 programs, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 30. We ask for your assistance in sharing this information with students. Graduate & Professionals School Fair Tuesday, Sept. 30 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington...
With so many personnel changes at NIU this year, Human Resource Services is offering a special training session before the new semester starts for employees with cash handling responsibilities. Those employees who have not previously attended should consider coming. Employees also are encouraged to think about which colleagues need to understand university policies and procedures...
Dear Member of the Campus Community, Your 2014 annual water quality report is now available. Northern Illinois University has prepared this report to provide information to you, the consumer, on the quality of our drinking water. Please review the documents at http://go.niu.edu/2014water and learn more about the drinking water at NIU. The report contains important...
The new password self-service option makes resetting your password even easier. The fastest and easiest way to change your password is to do it yourself online, just like at Google or Amazon. To match that ease of use, we’re turning on security questions. Once these are filled out, you may never need to call the Help Desk...
The Division of Information Technology Services is breaking ground on a new project to make the Microsoft suite of collaboration and communications tools, known as Office 365 for Education, available to the NIU community. Students will benefit first as they’ll be able to install the Office 2013 suite on personal computers and mobile devices for...
The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) is offering fall retirement education seminars for members enrolled in its traditional and portable plans. The following one-day seminars will be held at the SURS Naperville Outreach office located within the NIU-Naperville Education Center in Naperville. The employer-specific sessions will be held from approximately 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates: Thursday,...
This Friday, July 25, we will be hosting approximately 2,000 VIPs on campus…potential new Huskies and their families. The Northern Illinois University Summer Open House takes place mainly in Holmes Student Center, but a campus scavenger hunt is also planned, so no matter where you work, you may see these families around campus. Studies show that...
Effective Tuesday, July 22, all new employee password changes will have an expiration of 365 days rather than 130 days. No immediate action is required: Current passwords are still valid and will continue to expire on the date already set in the system. However, the next time users go online to change them, they will...
Northern Illinois University’s Division of Information Technology Services is breaking ground on a new project to make the Microsoft suite of collaboration and communications tools, known as Office 365 for Education, available to the NIU community. “Microsoft has put together a really compelling ecosystem that no other vendor comes close to matching,” said NIU Vice President...
Northern Illinois University’s Lorado Taft Field Campus, best known by scores of suburban students as the site of their favorite middle school field trip, will be transformed into a Native American/Pioneer village July 19-20 during the weekend’s Oregon Trail Days Festival. Demonstrators will exhibit soap- and candle-making, blacksmithing, wood carving, spinning, and lace- and broom-making near...
