Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities (PCPD) Award winners

The Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities (PCPD) serves as a university-wide advocate promoting awareness, educating the university community and assisting individuals on disability-related issues. Each year, the commission selects an outstanding student, faculty or staff member to be honored for their efforts in

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NIU students learn lesson in Polish language and culture

Faculty and staff from the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders (AHCD) were treated to a guest speaker when visiting scholar Rafal Mlynski from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland arrived on campus Sept. 12. Mlynski, a speech-language pathologist who is studying the

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Melissa Yuska earns Golden Apple Principal Award

Melissa Yuska,  who earned a communicative disorders degree in ’01 and M.S.Ed.  in ’04, recently recieved a Golden Apple Outstanding Principal Award. After nearly two decades in education, as a teacher, coach, and now principal, Melissa Yuska, ’01, M.S.Ed. ’04, recently received

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