Kayla Halfacre, ’10, B.S. Hospitality Administration, was featured recently in Agrinews for her role in Scoops for Thanks at the Culver’s restaurant she co-owns. Read the entire article.
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Legislator visits PT students
State Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, visited physical therapy students recently, to discuss politics, advocacy, civic duty, legislation and budgets. Keicher urged students to get involved with local and state politics.
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SLP student inducted to honor society
Megan Haduch, a second year graduate student in the speech-language pathology program, was inducted into the Alpha Eta Society recently. Alpha Eta is an allied health honor society celebrating academic and clinical excellence. To be eligible, graduate students must have at least
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Students’ posters featured ‘Under the Dome’
Two College of Health and Human Sciences students will present their research at the upcoming “Posters Under the Dome” event at the Illinois State Capitol. Kelly Furr, a Nutrition, Dietetics & Wellness major will present “Simplifying Science with FAN Cards: Creating and
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New HTM and Global MBA agreement announced
Hospitality and Tourism Management students who have a GPA of 3.0 or above have guaranteed admission to NIU’s Global MBA program (as enrollment capacity permits). Qualifying students will receive a GMAT and program application waiver. For details contact Lan Li, professor and
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Northern Nurse is Cook County Farm Bureau president
Janet McCabe, ’82, B.S. Nursing, was recently featured in FarmWeekNow.com for her focus on health care as the president of the Cook County Farm Bureau. McCabe works part time as a nurse, a farmer, as well as her bureau duties. Read all
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Nursing students inducted into honor society
Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society, has inducted 34 NIU students into their ranks. To become a member, students need to have completed at least half of the curriculum for their baccalaureate nursing degree, have at least a 3.0 GPA
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Meet Communication Disorders major, Ryan Scheri
Recently, Communications Disorders major Ryan Scheri was in the Huskie Spotlight. Learn more about this CHHS student. Hometown: DeKalb, IL Major: Communicative Disorders Minor: Deafness Are you attending NIU on any scholarships? Which one(s)? Recently, I have received the NIU Foundation Impact Scholarship and a
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Empty Bowls project raises $1,400 for local organizations
The NIU Bread for the World organization raised $1,400 at their recent Empty Bowls event. Empty Bowls, a nationwide project using ceramic arts to fight hunger, paired $10 ceramic bowls created by NIU ceramic arts students, with unlimited soup made by NIU
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Audiology student wins coveted research award
Congratulations to fourth year Audiology student, Kassondra Hemmen for earning the James and Susan Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research for her capstone poster at the American Academy of Audiology Conference recently. Hemmen is the first NIU student to win this
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Congratulations to NIU gymnasts in our college
We’re so proud of CHHS students Catherine Biddle (Health Sciences/Pre-Physical Therapy), and Allison Richardson, (Nursing): Members of the Mid-American Conference Championship Women’s Gymnastics Team! The NIU gymnastics team is one of NIU’s highest achieving academic teams: they lead the athletic department in
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NIU FoodMaster creates an appetite for science
Science education has never tasted so good. NIU received a $930,000 National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award for a FoodMASTER initiative. FoodMASTER uses food as a tool to teach mathematics and science. The NIH grant aims to expand the existing FoodMASTER
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