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NCLEX pass rates exceed national average

January 25, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Health and Human Sciences, Nursing, Students

The results are in:  Graduates from the NIU School of Nursing have a 93 percent first-time pass rate on the NCLEX, the national licensure exam. These results for the 2017 reflect an increase over 2016. “The pass rate is a continuing trend that

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A Northern Nurse success story: Keeping the faith

January 23, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Alumni, Nursing, Students

M.S. in Nursing graduate Maria Vanessa Simoy Mabazza was featured in NIU President Lisa Freeman’s Graduate School Commencement address December 2017. Maria Vanessa Simoy Mabazza is one of those rare people who actually like being in the hospital. As a young child,

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Public Health student success story: Transferring success

January 23, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Health Studies, Public Health, Students

Michael Amaya, B.S. in Public Health, was featured in NIU President Lisa Freeman’s Undergraduate School Commencement address December 2017. Michael Amaya is not unlike many NIU Public Health students. He  worked exceptionally hard to get to graduation day December 2017 where he

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Nurse practitioner alumnus welcomed into International Nurses Association

January 18, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Alumni, Nursing

Scott J. Davis, FNP (’10), will be featured in the upcoming International Nurses Association’s publication, Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare. Davis is a family nurse practitioner with Northwestern Medicine in Sandwich, Illinois. Read the news release.

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Kishwaukee College and NIU announce nursing agreement

January 11, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Nursing

Kishwaukee College and Northern Illinois University recently expanded their academic partnership, announcing a new degree completion option for the Associate Degree Nursing program at Kishwaukee and the Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science Completion Program at NIU. The agreement will be formally

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Audiology student presents poster at annual conference

January 10, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Audiology

Rachel Stuehm, a third-year student in NIU’s Doctor of Audiology program, will present a poster at the upcoming annual conference of the American Academy of Audiology. She will present: “Under the influence: narcotics abuse and hearing loss,” a case study examining the possible effects

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Communicative disorders programs seeking feedback

January 9, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology

The NIU Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology graduate programs are being evaluated for reaccreditation by the Council for Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in February. Public feedback is a part of that process. All are invited

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IBHE names Chen to Nurse Educator Fellowship Program

January 2, 2018 lbotterman1@niu.edu faculty, Nursing

Associate Professor of Nursing Jie Chen has been named a Nurse Educator Fellow by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. She becomes one of 19 distinguished educators selected from across the state. She joins a select group of only 149 Nurse Educator

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Temple Grandin video available on YouTube

December 13, 2017 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Health and Human Sciences

We were honored to be co-sponsors of Temple Grandin’s appearance here at NIU. In case you missed it, we’re sharing the video on YouTube.

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Nutrition and Dietetics students earn scholarships

December 12, 2017 lbotterman1@niu.edu Health Studies, Nutrition, Students

Congratulations are in order for two NIU Nutrition and Dietetic students who were awarded scholarships from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. Georgia McArtney earned  the Colonel Frances G. Ballentine Scholarship Fund for $3,000. Megan Farris, also an NIU Nutrition and Dietetics

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Master of Public Health Alumni Spotlight: Larry Williams

December 11, 2017 lbotterman1@niu.edu Alumni, College of Health and Human Sciences, Public Health

NIU Master of Public Health graduate, Larry Williams,  DDS, MPH (’17)  is an associate professor in dentistry at the College of Dental Medicine-Illinois (CDMI), Midwestern University, Downers Grove Illinois. We asked him about his work and why he pursued his MPH at NIU.

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Nursing community health delivers holiday health education

December 11, 2017 lbotterman1@niu.edu College of Health and Human Sciences, Events, faculty, Nursing

NIU School of Nursing students in the class “Population-Focused Nursing” brought health education and a little holiday spirit to some special people recently. The class, complete in holiday garb, went to the Westmont iCARE senior building on Dec. 4 and Peace Manor

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