Welcome summer! It took a while to get here, but we are happy to be enjoying the sunshine and reflecting on an eventful spring semester at the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences. We have some exciting new changes underway. This
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Public health professor named to global advisory panel
Public Health and Health Education Associate Professor Lynn Herrmann has been named to a concept advisory panel with the International WELL Building Institute. The is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and well-being through the built environment. IWBI
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School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony photos available
Graduates who participated in the May 12, 2018 Northern Illinois University School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb can view and purchase event photos and portraits from David Joseph Portraits.
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Nursing students get experience booster shot
It’s summer internship time for 29 NIU School of Nursing students. While all nursing students at NIU get over 500 hours of clinical experience, those that participate in the summer internship program get more extensive and hands-on experience while assigned to a
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Assistant professor publishes first book
D. Scott Sibley, NIU human development and family sciences assistant professor, has co-authored “Contextual Therapy for Family Health: Clinical Applications.” According to publisher Routledge: “This book provides readers with a compelling case for the inclusion of contextual therapy in comprehensive healthcare settings
Read moreHealth studies instructor earns accolades
Marcia Berke, a health studies instructor, has received the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (IAHPERD) Service Award for 2017. She was honored for giving “distinguished, varied, and continued service to IAHPERD through district and state contributions,” and making
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Health Professions House looks back on a successful year
NIU’s Health Professions House, a living learning community in the Stevenson A Tower residence hall, has had an active year. Residents, who all share interests in health and service-related majors and careers, participated in several events, field trips and study sessions. Read
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PT program launches sports specialty mentorship
If you’re a sports physical therapist, you’re in luck: you’re in demand. Less than 2 percent of all licensed physical therapists in the U.S. are board certified specialists in sports physical therapy. And, if you are studying to become a physical therapist
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From Round Lake to NIU, graduates reconnect 22 years later
(Editor’s note: This is republished from NIU Today.) More than two decades after earning their Round Lake High School diplomas together, NIU’s director of Campus Child Care Kristin Schulz and her longtime friend Mike Lannon can call themselves fellow graduates again. Both graduated Friday,
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Audiology Day celebrates accomplishments
Recently NIU’s Student Academy of Audiology held their white coat ceremony and capstone project presentations for the program’s third-year students. These students are now off to participate in their externships: Anastasia Grindle: Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, Nebraska) Kassy Hemmen: Space
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School of Health studies gets its first chair
The College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Health Studies has its first chair. Jeanne M. Isabel, an award-winning educator and former NIU Medical Laboratory Sciences program director, will take over the role June 1. “Dr. Isabel is a respected leader
Read moreFaculty and staff research publications 2017
The faculty and staff at the College of Health and Human Sciences continually conduct research and publish their findings in academic journals and industry publications throughout the year. The following is a list of all published works by CHHS faculty and staff
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