(Reposted from NIUhuskies.com) The fields of play are temporarily silent, but several NIU Huskies continue to compete, albeit against a very different opponent. Many NIU student-athletes, both past and present, are among the heroes working in the fight against COVID-19. Their experiences
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Six Northern Illinois University student-athletes were recognized as Distinguished Scholar-Athletes by the Mid-American Conference on Thursday (May 7) as the league office announced its winter sports honorees. Mia Lord (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) from the NIU women’s gymnastics team, Courtney Woods (Brisbane, Australia/St.
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Meet Celine Taylor, a public health major. Learn why she transferred to NIU from College of DuPage. Hometown: Elmhurst, IL Year: Expected graduation: May 2020 Major: Public Health Transfer from: College of DuPage What is your major, and why did you choose your field of study?
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NIU alumna Angela Spahr (’13, BS, Nursing) is in her first week of a COVID Crisis six-week ER assignment at New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital. She shared these workplace photos with us. We are so proud of you, Angela!
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Meet Medical Laboratory Sciences student from Crystal Lake, Illinois, Ariel Levitt. She’s one of the students featured on NIU.edu’s homepage Huskie Spotlight.
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Several NIU faculty, including Josephine Ebomoyi, Paul Priester, M. Courtney Hughes, Kari Hickey, and Janet Olson have pivoted their research to take on COVID-19-related studies. Learn more.
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As the chief advancement officer at YMCA of Rock River Valley, Inc., in Rockford, Illinois, Michelle Gorham, ’89, M.S. ’92, feels most fulfilled when she can be helping her community. Having earned her B.A. in organizational communication and her M.S. in public
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Henna Muzaffar, assistant professor, nutrition and dietetics, has been named a Fellow by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. This designation recognizes Muzaffar’s commitment to the field of dietetics and celebrates her professional
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A Virtual Earth Day Dialogue hosted by Evanston, Illinois, Mayor Stephen Hagerty, will include Tomoyuki Shibata, NIU associate professor, public health, and Institute for the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy at NIU. He joins a group of panelists noon, Friday, April 24. Register.
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In honor of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25, we caught up with Michelle Campbell, who earned her B.S. in Medical Laboratory Sciences from NIU in 2014. “Happy Medical Laboratory Professionals Week! I’m currently working as a Development Technologist at Mayo Clinic
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We are so proud of alumnus Lt. Cmdr. Bennie Jonathan Sumner (B.S., Nursing ’07), a U. S. Navy reservist who is a surgical nurse in San Francisco. He volunteered to return to active-duty to deploy to New York City to assist with
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Ellyn Grider, a second year audiology student, and graduate assistant for the NIU Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, has created a series of hearing-related education tools to help navigate challenges during COVID-19. Check them out.
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