A school-record 11 members of the Northern Illinois University gymnastics team have been named to the 2020 Academic All-MAC Gymnastics Team announced by the Mid-American Conference Wednesday. For the second consecutive year, NIU had a school-record 11 student-athletes earn Academic All-MAC honor.
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This week (April 6-12) marks National Public Health Week. During the most challenging health crisis of our lifetime, it’s more important than ever to thank those who work to keep our nation safer and healthier. In honor of this recognition week, we
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The Northern Illinois University College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) donated several dozen boxes of personal protective equipment to the DeKalb Fire Department Monday to help prepare the community to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. CHHS donated exam gloves in all sizes,
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The teachers and staff at the NIU Child and Family Development Center wanted to share a little sunshine with children and families they serve. They enlisted the help of their own families — including their pets. Check out the fun.
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Dear CHHS Students: Perhaps more than other NIU students, the College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) students are keenly aware of the importance of our response to the COVID19 pandemic. As future health and human services leaders, you are training to
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Training speakers to connect more empathetically, whether they are physicians, other medical professionals, students or actors, is something Val Lantz-Gefroh has been training all her life for. Even if she didn’t know it at first. She will be in DeKalb, March 20
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NIU is hosting the Illinois Council on Family Relations (ILCFR) 2020 Conference: Breaking Barriers: Serving Immigrant Families, 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., April 3, at the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom. Human Development and Family Sciences students are encouraged to attend
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Over 170 students from NIU and University of Illinois at Chicago met last week for the annual Interdisciplinary Case Study. Students in NIU’s audiology, dietetics, medical laboratory science, nursing, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology, and pharmacy students from UIC participated in a
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Students in instructor Rhoda Jefferson’s Population-Focused Nursing Clinical course visited The Carpenter’s Place in Rockford recently to educate clients there on personal health care and hygiene. The class visited the non-profit homeless day center to provide classes and one-on-one advice and instruction.
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NIU hosted a National Eating Disorder Awareness Week event Feb. 26 in the Holmes Student Center. The Awareness Fair was held from 11-5 p.m. in the HSC Ground Floor and Capitol Room, where NIU students had set-up different booths and activities to
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Cassidy VanZuiden’s Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) project — exploring why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) echo or parody speech — grew into a national award-winning project and then a published research paper in a prestigious journal. VanZuiden, who graduated
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The 2020 Forward, Together Forward Scholarship winners continue a 12-year history of celebrating and supporting students who not only succeed in the classroom, but also serve as leaders on campus and beyond. This year’s winners include College of Health and Human Sciences
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