Recently two NIU Doctor of Physical Therapy students, along with DPT assistant clinical professor Brynn Nahlik, volunteered to screen national and international Special Olympics athletes prior to their soccer competitions. Second-year DPT students Kory Tieman and Arthur Cano developed a fitness screening
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NIU’s Health Professions House, a living learning community in the Stevenson A Tower residence hall, has had an active year. Residents, who all share interests in health and service-related majors and careers, participated in several events, field trips and study sessions. Read
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If you’re a sports physical therapist, you’re in luck: you’re in demand. Less than 2 percent of all licensed physical therapists in the U.S. are board certified specialists in sports physical therapy. And, if you are studying to become a physical therapist
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Recently NIU’s Student Academy of Audiology held their white coat ceremony and capstone project presentations for the program’s third-year students. These students are now off to participate in their externships: Anastasia Grindle: Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, Nebraska) Kassy Hemmen: Space
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Two NIU School of Nursing student groups pitched in to help at NIU Cares Day recently. The Northern Prairie Alliance (a chapter of the American Association of Men in Nursing) and the Student Nurses Organization (SNO) both rallied their members to join the
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Recently, NIU nursing students volunteered to provide early screening for potential cardiac conditions in high school students. The NIU School of Nursing’s Northern Prairie Alliance, a chapter of the American Association of Men in Nursing (AAMN) organized the screenings. The Young Hearts
Read moreA unique program is helping families learn, while the students teaching them are learning about families. Working with Changing Children’s Worlds Foundation, and using funds through the NIU Foundation, NIU faculty and students are facilitating an international Parent-Child Relationship Development Program in DeKalb. Families gather
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NIU Doctor of Physical Therapy students Daniel Werner and Kate Heinricher, along with NIU D.P.T. instructor Brynn Nahlik, met with Illinois state Rep. Robert Pritchard recently. They were advocating for support of HB4643 which would provide direct access to physical therapy, eliminating
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ELS, an intensive language training institute, with a branch on NIU’s campus, hosted a group of 20 students from the University of Kumamoto in Japan during the month of March. As part of their visit and studies, the NIU School of Nursing
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Fashion Industries Organization is producing Work Day to Runway, Fashion Merchandising’s annual Kohl’s sponsored fashion show 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 7, at the Duke Ellington Ballroom, Holmes Student Center. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Read moreMeet Rachel Gathman, a junior MLS student from Genoa, Illinois. She exhibits the vision of service and personal responsibility the Division of Student Affairs looks for when awarding the Northern Pact scholarship to students. Gathman shares why she loves NIU.
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Thanks to a donation from Jakob Awender ’15, graduate of NIU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program, 14 PT students were able to attend the American Physical Therapy Association’s national Combined Sections Meeting in New Orleans recently. This important meeting brings together different
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