Michael Kushnick has been named associate dean for academic affairs for the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS). Michael Kushnik Kushnick comes to NIU from Sioux City, Iowa, where he was the chair for the Department of Applied Health and
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When Christina Hunger earned her Master of Arts in speech-language pathology from NIU in 2017, she knew she wanted to help young children with speech challenges, which she now does as a Pediatric Speech Pathologist for Early Intervention in San Diego. It
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It took nearly a decade, but she made it: Ginny Egizio is a graduate of Northern Illinois University’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program. She earned her B.S. in May, 2018 and today she is working her dream job in events management. “I
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The NIU Human Auditory Physiology Lab (HAPL) is looking for individuals to participate in a project designed to examine how changes in cognition following concussion affect a person’s ability to function in complex auditory environments, like a noisy classroom. Matt Wilson, associate
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The College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) welcomed its first chair for the new School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions (SIHP), Paul Priester. Paul Priester, chair for the new School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions Priester who holds a Ph.D. degree in counseling
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Avkin, a leading company in wearable technology for patient-centered simulation, has named Kristen Selig, NIU’s nursing laboratory coordinator, a Simulation Superhero. She was recognized for working hard to educate future health care providers in simulation and being an expert in her profession.
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NIU Audiology Professor King Chung wants children and adults to enjoy having their hearing tested, and she now has funding from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program to do just that. Professor King Chung Chung received the Fulbright Scholar Award to provide hearing
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Recent alumna Mikayla Voigt of the Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team was named as a nominee for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year on Wednesday. Voigt earned Second Team All Mid-American Conference honors this past season after leading NIU in
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In September 2018, Kari Cooke (’08, M.A. Rehabilitation Counseling) was named the vice president of Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) Neighborhood. She oversees the organizations efforts to share resources, build coalitions, and support collaborations between agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and the Deaf
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The Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) began accepting applications for its all-day Preschool for All Expansion program June 17. The program is free for families who qualify. NIU received Illinois State Board of Higher Education funding for the Preschool for All
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Visiting Assistant Professor Henna Muzaffar has been named the Early Career Award winner for the Nutrition Education & Behavioral Science Research Interest Section of the American Society for Nutrition. She received the award earlier this month at the ASN conference in Baltimore.
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NIU softball player, and rehabilitation and disability services major Jenny Van Geertry was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, CoSIDA announced Thursday. A native of Mokena, Illinois, Van Geertry was
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