Recently, Communications Disorders major Ryan Scheri was in the Huskie Spotlight. Learn more about this CHHS student. Hometown: DeKalb, IL Major: Communicative Disorders Minor: Deafness Are you attending NIU on any scholarships? Which one(s)? Recently, I have received the NIU Foundation Impact Scholarship and a
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The NIU Bread for the World organization raised $1,400 at their recent Empty Bowls event. Empty Bowls, a nationwide project using ceramic arts to fight hunger, paired $10 ceramic bowls created by NIU ceramic arts students, with unlimited soup made by NIU
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Congratulations to fourth year Audiology student, Kassondra Hemmen for earning the James and Susan Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research for her capstone poster at the American Academy of Audiology Conference recently. Hemmen is the first NIU student to win this
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I feel like its been so long since I talked about general nutrition information. Not going to lie, this semester has been brutal. So brutal, that I forgot to acknowledge the best month out of the year, National Nutrition Month®. During the
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That is a wrap! The second year dietetic interns are all finished with their superhero Special Dinners. Now, NIU has to wait until Fall 2019, for the next installment of themed dinners taking place in Neptune, New Hall, and Gilbert. If you
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Alum credits NIU with hotel management success, gives back Jeff Wolff Jeff Wolff started at Marriott as a bus boy about 45 years ago while still in high school and now travels throughout the world, working with more than 5,000 hotels. A
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We’re so proud of CHHS students Catherine Biddle (Health Sciences/Pre-Physical Therapy), and Allison Richardson, (Nursing): Members of the Mid-American Conference Championship Women’s Gymnastics Team! The NIU gymnastics team is one of NIU’s highest achieving academic teams: they lead the athletic department in
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Science education has never tasted so good. NIU received a $930,000 National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award for a FoodMASTER initiative. FoodMASTER uses food as a tool to teach mathematics and science. The NIH grant aims to expand the existing FoodMASTER
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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
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It’s March, which means it is Special Dinner time! Every Fall and Spring semester, the dietetic interns put on a themed dinner within the dining halls. Being a dietetic intern, myself, I am part of the Neptune dining hall festivities of a
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The NIU Fashion Merchandising program, along with the Fashion Industries Organization, are producing the annual Kohl’s Sponsored Fashion Show, 7:30 p.m., April 6, at the Duke Ellington Ballroom, Holmes Student Center. The show’s theme is Nine to Five Fashion.
Read more Everyone has the opportunity to participate in the Empty Bowls Project, a nationwide endeavor using ceramic arts to fight hunger. From 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, the NIU Dietetic Association and Bread for the World will sponsor the Empty Bowls
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