Deanna Harris-McKoy DeAnna Harris-McKoy is on a mission to help area youth facing mental health challenges. The NIU associate professor in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences was recently awarded a generous grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
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Food is fun. It’s familiar to all of us and so ordinary we might take it for granted. Yet, food also offers endless opportunities for hands-on scientific exploration and experimentation. That’s why food provides a wonderful pathway into scientific fields for high
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Professor Scott Sibley Extraordinary. Passionate. Determined. Caring. Students in Scott Sibley’s Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) courses describe him as having all those attributes – and more. “I had never met a professor so passionate about his field and caring about
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Lynn Dykstra Lynn Dykstra makes connections with her students. For the Excellence in Online Teaching Award winner, it’s all about building relationships and engaging with Huskies beyond a virtual environment. “It’s about the students,” said Dykstra, an instructor at NIU School of
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First year student, Cristian Caraballo, presented a poster titled “Poder Familiar: How Latino Families and their Structure Reduce Trauma Responses+ at the Illinois Council on Family Relations annual conference held March 31 at Eastern Illinois University.
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Earning rave reviews from those taking part in the first cohort, the Staff Professional Development Academy is accepting applications for a new group of fellows. Employees are encouraged to learn all about the year-long career development opportunity offered through the Office of the President and
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Kalilah Chears is a human development and family sciences major from Rockford, IL Hometown: Rockford, IL Year: Expected graduation: 2025 Major: Human development and family sciences What scholarships did you receive and why did you receive them? How has the financial support impacted your experience
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Academic Advisor, School of Nursing What year did you start working at NIU? 2004 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? I am from the south side of Chicago and now I live in the DeKalb area. In what
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Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Health Professions, College of Health and Human Sciences What year did you start working at NIU? 2023 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? My hometown is Hemlock, New York, and I live in DeKalb now.
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Tae Adams is transfer physical therapy doctoral student from Aurora, IL Hometown: Aurora, IL Year: Expected graduation: 2025 Major: Physical therapy doctoral program Transfer from: Aurora University What did you want to be when you were growing up? Are you pursuing that as a major, or have
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Paige Butauski is a human development and family sciences master’s student from Hilliard, OH Hometown: Hilliard, OH Year: Expected graduation: 2023 Major: Human development and family sciences (M.S.) What did you want to be when you were growing up? Are you pursuing that as a
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Diana Alvarez is a health sciences major from Wheeling, IL Hometown: Wheeling, IL Year: Expected graduation: 2025 Major: Health sciences Minor: Computer science What scholarships did you receive and why did you receive them? How has the financial support impacted your experience at NIU? I am
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