NIU Today

NIU is now as close as the nearest smartphone with the debut of NIU Mobile in app stores this week. The free mobile campus application brings an interactive campus experience to smartphone users. “We wanted to put useful, fun, interesting and dynamic information in the hands of our campus community,” said Jennice O’Brien, team leader...

NIU’s School of Music has been invited by Internet2 to provide a high-quality demonstration of an interactive video technology for an international conference in Barcelona, Spain. The  demonstration will take place from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, from the Music Building Recital Hall. All are welcome for a first-hand experience with technology that will play a...

The pounding of jackhammers and the hissing of pressure washers are as much sounds of the season this spring on the NIU campus as are the chirping of birds. The noise is part of a campus-wide beautification effort that kicked off shortly before the end of the spring semester. University administrators are working to overcome the...

A new online library for NIU’s scholarly materials and products, the Huskie Commons Digital Repository, is being developed by the University Libraries and Information Technology Services (ITS). Once completed, this repository will “provide a long-term secure digital space where faculty and staff can place their publications, data sets and other research materials,” said Patrick Dawson,...

NIU’s Internet connection became faster and able to provide more bandwidth resources when the university tripled its broadband services with provider Cogent Communications in January. For students, faculty and staff who depend on the network for study, work and research, the news is welcome, said Cindy Phillips, director of customer services at Information Technology Services. The increase allows information...

Mobility Connector, a product designed to support GroupWise on many popular mobile devices such as Android, iPhone, Palm and Windows Mobile, is coming soon. After synchronization between a GroupWise mailbox and a mobile device, a user can seamlessly: send and receive messages and appointments, including attachments reply, forward and delete items accept or decline appointments synchronize new...

Two primary updates have been made to the University Electronic Mail (e-mail) policy. The first is a formalization of existing practices concerning the use of GroupWise as the official university e-mail communication mechanism. All official university correspondence, including but not limited to messages from the president, policy information, employment and benefit notifications, is electronically distributed through...

Effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, GroupWise will requires users to input their NIU network passwords. Users no longer can set unique passwords to access their accounts. For best results, users should shut down GroupWise and Notify on Wednesday. Then, users should restart GroupWise using their network passwords to log in. For password issues, call the ITS Helpdesk at...

Information Technology Services has put in place new password requirements. Passwords now must: Have a minimum of 8 characters. Contain, at a minimum, a character from at least three of the following four groups: Uppercase letter Lowercase letter Special characters such as spaces:-+,~`!@#$%^&*()=_'”{}[]|\?/:;><. A number Note: Passwords cannot be reused or contain your AccountID or full name.

A new program to coordinate social services for individuals and families that began in Rockford has been recognized as a “Bright Idea” in American government. That distinction was awarded by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The recognition places the program on a list...

Information Technology Services will make changes Wednesday, Oct. 6, to GroupWise. Version 7 of GroupWise will no longer function. A download of Version 8 is available. New requirements for passwords will be put in place.

LUCY — Let Us Connect You — is the 24-7 service available from Information Technology Services that connects to everyone at NIU. Whether you’re looking to call a student, faculty, staff or even a department, LUCY’s got your number. And, although LUCY has been around for a few years, the system recently was upgraded. If you have...