The experience of growing up in the small town of Oregon, Ill., helped pave the path for Hana Hinkle’s, ’18 Ph.D., current positions advocating for healthcare in rural areas and in underserved populations. For that work, she was recently named a Presidential Leadership Scholar. Presidential
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Completing a doctorate degree while excelling in a full-time career is never simple, but Debra Kimberlin, who earned a Ph.D. in health sciences from NIU in 2019, felt prepared for the challenge. After nearly two decades of diverse experience in dietetics, including
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The NIU Autism Caregiver Group welcomed caregivers and children to the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic on March 24 where Jessica Wexell and Autumn Gabriel, of DeKalb-based RAMP Center for Independent Living (CIL), were the guest speakers. “I really appreciated the engaging conversation between the
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Congratulations to NIU audiology student, Chris Bechtel, who presented his capstone research project on April 1 at the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Bechtel’s project focused on attempting to improve access to vestibular evaluation care for
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What year did you start working at NIU? 2021 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? My hometown is Elgin, Illinois, but I live in Huntley. Where did you attend college and what degree(s) have you earned? I attended
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What year did you start working at NIU? Fall 2019 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? I am originally from the South Side of Chicago. I currently reside in DeKalb. Where did you attend college and what degree(s)
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Hometown: Ottawa, IL Year: Expected graduation: 2022 Major: Communicative disorders Minor: Rehabilitation counseling Transfer from: Illinois Valley Community College What did you want to be when you were growing up? Are you pursuing that as a major, or have you taken another path? Growing up, I
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Leigh Shea, M.A. ’08, takes her work personally. As a speech pathologist, she literally can give a voice to the voiceless. At her private practice, Impulse Rehab & Wellness, in Westchester, Illinois, Shea sees seven patients each day for 45-minute sessions. Her
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What year did you start working at NIU? 2019 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? My hometown is Cheshire, Connecticut. I now live in Geneva, Illinois. Where did you attend school? What degree(s) did you earn? Kingsborough Community
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Hometown: Chicago, IL Year: Expected graduation: 2022 Major: Nursing Transfer from: Harry S. Truman College What did you want to be when you were growing up? Are you pursuing that as a major, or have you taken another path? As I was growing up, I
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When Abigail Swidergal became a master’s student in Health Sciences at NIU, she had a different perspective than when she was a Huskie undergrad. “As an adult learner with a goal, I think my perspective of appreciating all my courses and what
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Get to know Thomas Pavkov, Chair, School of Family and Consumer Sciences Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? My hometown is Erie, Pennsylvania. I now live in Aurora, Illinois. Where did you attend college and what degree(s) have you
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