Announcements

Wellness Coaching Sessions

Find your way in wellness by signing up for Wellness Coaching. Wellness Coaches can provide support related to stress management, self-care, healthy sleep habits, time management, social connection, budgeting, finding balance, creating a routine and more. Wellness Coaching is a confidential service available to all UNI students, offered by UNI Student Wellness Services. Sign up for an in-person or Zoom session today at wellbeing.uni.edu/student-wellness/wellness-coaching 

Free help from UNI students!

University of Northern Iowa students want to meet your organization's communication needs. We can help your organization to create or revise a variety of professional communications, whether print or digital, traditional or emerging. Examples include but aren't limited to brochures, newsletters, web sites, digital campaigns and exhibitions. Please contact Adrienne Lamberti at lamberti@uni.edu for details.

Faculty Award Nomination Details

Nominations are open for these awards: the Beverly Funk Barnes Excellence Awards and the UNI Outstanding Teaching Award. For the Beverly Funk Barnes Excellence Awards, click here to nominate a STAFF member or find out more and click here to nominate a FACULTY member or find out more. For the UNI Outstanding Teaching Award, click here to nominate a faculty member for this award or find out more. All nominations are due Monday, February 24, 2025.

Have You Re-Registered for the Avesis Member Portal?

The Avesis member portal was recently updated requiring all existing members to re-register for their portal access. If you are newly enrolled in the Avesis vision insurance plans for 2025, you can also get registered. By completing these steps now you will have more readily available access should something come up that you would need your vision benefits.

Information that the portal provides you:

  • Provider search
  • Viewing benefits and usage
  • Printing ID cards

For a complete guide to the portal, please see the following guide.

Free COVID-19 Test Kits

U.S. households can order four rapid COVID-19 test kits for free. We ask that when possible, you use the free options for test kits as the kits are not charged to our self-insured health plans (which impacts employee premiums). Please visit covidtests.gov for more information on ordering, as well as how to tell if your COVID-19 tests expiration dates have been extended.

Student Leadership Award

Nominate someone now for Student Leadership Awards. The Office of International Engagement (OIE) is excited to announce two prestigious awards for this year: Excellence in International Education and the Rising Global Star Award.  The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 7.

P&S Regents Awards

The deadline for the Regents Award of Excellence is almost here. All Panthers are encouraged to nominate a member of the P&S community that has shown great work in their professional responsibilities. Nominations are due by Friday, March 14. Please see the link for more details and the official nomination form.

February is National Condom Month

Protect yourself and your partner(s) by practicing safer sex. Condoms reduce the risk of STIs and unplanned pregnancies. Learn more about proper use, types, and benefits on our Instagram @uni_shws