Anyone who graduated from a predecessor school is affiliated with NIC. Those who attended NDIC, JMIC, DIC or DIS are eligible for membership. Further, there is no distinction between those who were limited to just the Post-Graduate Intelligence Program (PGIP), and those who completed the thesis to earn the MSSI. Similarly those who attended the Undergraduate Intelligence Program (UGIP) are also eligible for membership.
Receiving emails from Tom Van Wagner does not indicate NICAA membership. Mr. Van Wagner sends out emails in his official capacity as the NIC Director of Alumni Relations. The Privacy Act currently precludes NIC from sharing personally-identifiable information. As a stop-gap measure, NIC alumni opt into NICAA membership. Moving forward, Mr. Van Wagner has committed to including a disclaimer within his emails, clarifying that receipt of emails from an NIC official does not indicate NICAA membership.
Joining the LinkedIn private group for NIC alumni is not officially joining NICAA. LinkedIn is a borrowed platform containing LinkedIn proprietary information, over which the NIUF has no control. LinkedIn PROPIN is unavailable for use by the NIUF or NICAA. A previous NICAA welcome letter contained a reference to LinkedIn. The current NICAA welcome letter directs eligible alumni to opt into the NICAA, and directs individuals to the NICAA registration web page at https://niuf.org/niuaa/register/
There was a previous alumni association during 2010–2013, which no longer exists. The NIUF established this current alumni association in 2015. Unfortunately, the membership information from the first alumni association did not transfer into the current NIC Alumni Association.
Don’t worry about knowing the exact year; just provide as much information as you possibly can, to include any previous surnames. The NIC Director of Alumni Relations reviews all pending registrations; verifies alumni status (down to class year), and provides corrections if necessary. The NIC Director of Alumni Relations can confirm or correct official class year on the back end.
It often happens that when alumni register, the NICAA registration confirmation email goes to the junk mail folder and subsequently gets deleted. So the registrant has no record of ever registering. The NICAA recommends alumni: 1) check the junk email folder; 2) specify that emails from the niuf.org domain are “not junk,” and 3) salvage the confirmation email from the junk email folder.
If you receive a dialog box on the website stating, “Sorry, that email address already has an account,” you likely have previously registered for the NIC Alumni Association, but have no record of doing so, because the registration confirmation email landed in your junk email folder and was subsequently deleted. The NICAA recommends alumni: 1) reset your password using the following webpage: https://niuf.org/niuaa/change-password/?a=pwdreset; 2) check the junk email folder, for the password reset confirmation email; 3) specify emails from the niuf.org domain are “not junk,” and 4) salvage the password reset email from the junk email folder.
The NIU Alumni Association (NIUAA) is becoming the NIC Alumni Association (NICAA). Over the coming weeks, you'll see our website and branding updated to reflect our new name. Everything you rely on — including registration for our upcoming golf tournament — stays fully available in the meantime. Thanks for being part of our community as we make this change.
