NIU softball player, and rehabilitation and disability services major Jenny Van Geertry was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, CoSIDA announced Thursday. A native of Mokena, Illinois, Van Geertry was
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Northern Illinois University Athletics officially dedicated the Northwestern Medicine Performance Center and Phi Sigma Kappa Alumni Association of NIU Nutrition Center Wednesday morning in front of a gathering of university and community dignitaries, NIU coaches and Huskie student-athletes. “This is a watershed
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The record-setting Northern Illinois University women’s golf team placed five student-athletes on the 2019 Academic All Mid-American Conference team announced Monday by the MAC Office. Seniors Kelly Anderson (Wheaton, Illinois/Wheaton-Warrenville South H.S.) and Brielle Ward (Frisco, Texas/Wakeland H.S.) both earned Academic All-MAC
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SwedishAmerican has announced nurse practitioner, Katherine Coulter, has joined the medical team at the Rochelle Clinic, Rochelle, Illinois. Coulter is also an assistant professor of nursing at NIU. A story about Coulter was recently published in the Rock River Times.
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Meet Judith Gil, a recent graduate who is taking advantage of our accerated B.S. to M.P.H. program. Hometown: Mundelein, IL Year: May 2019 Major: Public Health Administration What is your graduation year? Are you obtaining a degree? I am graduating in spring 2019 with my
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Every commencement ceremony at NIU is filled with students who have amazing stories to tell. Stories of academic excellence, of service to the campus and community and of obstacles overcome and dreams attained. Unfortunately, we cannot tell you the story behind every
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The increased demand for nurses who hold bachelor of science degrees continues, with some organizations recommending 80% of registered nurses hold a B.S. degree by 2020. To help meet the demand, NIU’s nursing program has received funding aimed to increase the number
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NIU Audiology students gathered recently for Audiology Day, an event that included presentation of white coats to third-year students, research presentations, and fourth-year panel discussion. Check out the photo gallery. (Photos courtesy of audiology student, Tran Do.)
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NIU will conferred an honorary doctorate degree to Marcia Grant, an exceptional professor who has mentored over 200 nurse scientists and has received over $35 million in external grant funding. A Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the division of Nursing Research and Education
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Scott Sibley, family and child studies assistant professor, has received the Faculty Mentor Award from the Illinois Council on Family Relations. The award was given during the ILCFR 2019 Conference in Charleston, Illinois.
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Congratulations to the second year 2019 dietetic interns on completing their first year of rotations. I thought what better way to celebrate the end of the school year with some throwback photos. Bear with me, as there are a lot. However, I
Read moreAn important research laboratory has a new home on the NIU campus. The Health and Human Sciences Survey Research Laboratory recently moved from the Monat Building on N. Third Street to McMurray Hall. “I am glad to have the lab on campus
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