The Northern Illinois University Ph.D. in Health Sciences program recently congratulated their first two graduates. Hana Hinkle and Steven Hinojosa both successfully defended their doctoral dissertations this fall, and became the first to receive their doctorates through the Ph.D. program which accepted
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Friday’s NIU ROTC Huskie Battalion’s Commissioning Ceremony features guest speaker Maj. Gen. Brian E. Alvin (’84), the most senior ranking U.S. Army officer from NIU. Alvin received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology from NIU and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Chemical
Read moreAdvanced Practice Nurse Arika Safranski (’11) is joining the family medicine care team of Dr. Tariq Khan and Joan Luckey, APN, at OSF HealthCare Medical Group Center for Health-Streator. Read the details.
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A study co-authored by NIU Child and Family Studies Assistant Professor Xiaohui Sophie Li was recently sited in a Market Business News article: Prepare kids financially by giving them hands-on experience with money.
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When Spring Piatek was treated for Kawasaki disease at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago at age 4, she remembers a nurse staying with her in the middle of the night to tend to her fever. The nurse gave her a grape Popsicle to soothe
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Diana Jarocki, a senior Communications Disorders major with an emphasis in audiology, was featured on the NIU.edu homepage Huskie Spotlight. Jarocki was the runner-up for the Lincoln Laureate Award. Read all about her academic journey.
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Several NIU M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling students present posters at the 2018 Illinois Counseling Association Conference in Itasca recently. Below is a photo gallery of the participants.
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Several graduates of the NIU School of Nursing Class of 1968 gathered for their 50th class reunion recently. Favorite faculty member Marian Frerichs also made a guest appearance. Derryl Block, Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, welcomed them and
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NIU has been approved as an entitled institution for the Gateways to Opportunity ECE Credential -Levels 2, 3, 4, and 5 through 2023. As an entitled institution, students have the opportunity to qualify for state recognized credentials as they take courses or
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Matthew Sprong, NIU assistant professor, Rehabilitation Services and Rehabilitation Counseling, recently received the Sylvia Walker National Multicultural Award from the National Rehabilitation Association. The Sylvia Walker Award is named after a professor, researcher and director of the first federal Research and Training Center (RTC) focused
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Nutrition and Dietetics students Georgia McArtney and Kelly Furr recently attended Bridging the Gap, the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR) annual conference for STEM Educators. Both served as conference volunteers and presented a poster, “Simplifying science with FAN cards: Creating and
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Halloween is right around the corner! But there is still time to visit your local apple orchard or pumpkin patch before the brutal cold is here to stay. Being in the Midwest, it is easy to take for granted the ample amount
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