Happy National Vegetarian Awareness Month! In recent years, vegetarianism and veganism have become growing trends among young people due to an increasing awareness of their health and the environment. Even fast food restaurants have jumped on board by adding burgers made from
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NIU’s Nutrition and Dietetics M.S. Candidate/Dietetic Interns are ambitious. This week we’re getting a look into NIU’s new Nutrition Center and the ambitious role second year M.S. Candidate/DI and Graduate Assistant, Madisyn Rozner plays in its creation and continued development. Madisyn Rozner,
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The NIU Autism Caregiver Group will be kicking off the school year with a cookout designed to help families meet and connect with other families of children with autism. The picnic is 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 20, Welsh Park Picnic
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When you look outside, you might notice the leaves changing, the weather becoming cooler, and the daylight getting shorter. There are signs of fall around us and this should be reflected in our diet. Modern agriculture and food processing techniques allow most
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NIU Doctor of Physical Therapy students recently hosted Nursing students into their classrooms to show safe transfer techniques, positioning for comfort, and proper fitting of wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and crutches. Nursing students practiced the newly learned skills and received real time feedback
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NIU was represented at the West Suburban Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics quarterly meeting recently by several faculty and staff. Health Sciences Professor Melani Duffrin presented her FoodMaster program while Director of the Dietetic Internship program, Nancy Prange and graduate student Kelly
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This is our final update on how NIU’s Dietetic Interns spent this past summer. We spoke with Dietetic Interns, Maddie Ganther and Kelsey Burlini. Both seized completely different opportunities outside of NIU’s program following completion of their first semester in the M.S./DI
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There have been a handful of loyal followers over the years of Assistant Professor Nicholas Hryhorczuk’s tales of his visits to Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst and biggest nuclear disaster. But ever since HBO began airing the Emmy award-winning “Chernobyl”
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The College of Health and Human Sciences welcomes Claire Mogren, Research Development Specialist. Mogren will assist CHHS faculty and staff in finding funding opportunities and preparing and submitting their applications. “We are very happy that Claire is joining the College of Health
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To continue the unique summer experiences theme from NIU dietetic interns, this week we spoke to Elizabeth Herrick, a second year in the Master’s in Nutrition and Dietetics and Dietetic Internship (MS/DI) program at NIU. This summer Elizabeth worked at La Casa
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Susan Caplan Susan Caplan has been named the chair for the NIU School of Nursing. Caplan comes to NIU from Rutgers University where she was a professor of nursing. Also, she taught at the University of Southern Maine, and holds a Ph.D.
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Northern Illinois University has a two and a half year combined M.S. Nutrition and Dietetics/Dietetic Internship program. If you came across a dietetic intern while visiting campus during the fall or spring semesters, you might find that she or he is in
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