College of Family and Consumer Sciences Archives - Page 2 of 3

Child Development and Family Center earns accolades

March 8, 2019 lbotterman1@niu.edu child development and family center, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, faculty

Congratulations to Child Development and Family Center team who will receive this year’s NIU Supportive Professional Staff (SPS) Award for Partnership and Collaboration. “This award is given to staff or groups who have demonstrated a willingness to partner, cooperate, and collaborate for

Family social services student to present exhibit

February 5, 2019 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Child Studies, Students

Oriana Flores, a Human Development and Family Studies student will present her exhibit “Creating Environments that Matter”, during an open presentation on the National Survey of Student engagement Results and Student Engagement Exhibit, 2 p.m., Feb. 7, at the Holmes Student Center,

Alumna named VP of HR at top ad agency

February 4, 2019 lbotterman1@niu.edu Alumni, College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Beth Carik (’94), an alumna of the Child and Family Studies program, has just been named the vice president of human resources for AbelsonTaylor, the world’s largest independent medical advertising agency. She will be responsible for leading the agency’s recruitment, orientation, benefits

Catering class selling chocolate-covered strawberries

February 4, 2019 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Nothing says you care, and you care about NIU students too, than gifting a dozen hand-dipped, chocolate-covered strawberries. The Chandelier Catering Class FCNS 427, NIU’s student-run catering service, is selling the strawberries for $12 a dozen. Order them online by Feb. 8,

$1.6 million state grant means expansion for CDFC

December 18, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu child development and family center, Child Development Lab, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Family, Family and Child Studies, Family and Consumer Sciences, human development and family sciences

The Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) at NIU has received a $1.6 million award from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide full-day preschool services to more DeKalb children. The Preschool for All Expansion (PFA-E) program increases access to full-day

Assistant professor publishes first book

June 28, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences, faculty, Family

D. Scott Sibley, NIU human development and family sciences assistant professor, has co-authored “Contextual Therapy for Family Health: Clinical Applications.” According to publisher Routledge: “This book provides readers with a compelling case for the inclusion of contextual therapy in comprehensive healthcare settings

Health Professions House looks back on a successful year

June 25, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Alumni, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Studies, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing, Nutrition, physical therapy, Public Health, Rehabilitation Services, Students

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

From Round Lake to NIU, graduates reconnect 22 years later

June 11, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Alumni, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, faculty

(Editor’s note: This is republished from NIU Today.) More than two decades after earning their Round Lake High School diplomas together, NIU’s director of Campus Child Care Kristin Schulz and her longtime friend Mike Lannon can call themselves fellow graduates again. Both graduated Friday,

Couple and Family Therapy Clinic open to help students, couples, families

March 27, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Child Studies, Family and Consumer Sciences

An increase in graduate students in the NIU M.S. Specialization in the Marriage and Family Therapy (SMFT) Program is not only good news for the program, it’s good news for those in need of counseling right now. Read the story in NIUToday.

Work Day to Runway fashion show set

March 26, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Fashion Merchandising, Students

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.

Fashion Merchandising styles summer camp

December 6, 2017 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Fashion Merchandising

The NIU Fashion Merchandising program faculty will offer high school students the opportunity to learn more about careers in the field through a special summer Fashion Studio Camp. Slated to run July 17-19, 2018, students will learn about careers in fashion merchandising

Hospitality student earns scholarships to study at Disney

October 11, 2017 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Students

Hospitality and Tourism Management senior Ashlyn Gardner has been learning about customer service while serving an internship at Disney World. A resident of Sycamore, Illinois, she was featured in this DeKalb Chronicle article.