The Human Resource Services October newsletter is now available. View upcoming sessions, tips on using your UNI benefits, informational articles and employees retiring this month.
Human Resource Services will host an informational session on retiring from UNI, for faculty and staff planning to retire soon or in the foreseeable future. Participants will learn guidelines and benefits available at retirement from UNI. This hour-long session will take place on Wednesday, October 29 at 9 a.m. in Gilchrist 009. Please register in advance.
UNI is excited to show our appreciation to faculty and staff with complimentary tickets to upcoming athletic events: UNI Football on Saturday, October 18 vs. South Dakota with eligible seating sections: A-D, H-K, U-T and UNI Volleyball on Tuesday, November 4 vs. Drake. Faculty and staff can claim two free tickets to each event by visiting the following link: https://unitix.evenue.net/promotions/FACSTAFF. Enter the promo code FACSTAFF during check out to redeem your complimentary tickets.
Completed IAF applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 2 (this deadline is for research applications or any trips occurring between November 1 - 30). The Intercollegiate Academics Fund (IAF) is a yearly allocation of Student Activity Fee monies that exists to promote and support intercollegiate academic experiences for University of Northern Iowa students. See the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs website for more details.
University Relations will be holding headshot days for faculty and staff on Thursday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 14 in the UR photo studio, 105 E. Bartlett. Please sign up in advance to reserve your spot. Once photos are ready, they will be housed in Photoshelter and can be accessed via CatID login.
The Way Up Conference will take place Thursday and Friday, November 6 and 7, in West Des Moines, at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center.Early Bird Registration is now open. This is an annual conference designed for leaders and administrators in higher education in Iowa, focusing on the hot topics of the day in higher education.Several of the conference concurrent sessions will be presented by UNI faculty and/or staff.For more information, contact Doreen Hayek at doreen.hayek@uni.edu or 273‑7300, or visithttps://wayup‑iowa.org/
Students in a Spring 2026 professional writing course will be working with organizational clients to develop grant proposals. If your organization is in need of grant writing support, please contact Adrienne Lamberti for details.
The Panther community is coming together for Trunk-or-Treating, a safe, fun-filled evening of trick-or-treating on Monday, October 27 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the McLeod Center Parking lots. We'd love to see you there! To help us prepare enough treats and giveaways, please let us know how many children will be attending by filling out this short RSVP form: https://forms.gle/F3FMhpFsBCaWw7xN8
