With the start of a new year and a new semester, change is in the air! A resolution is often what many people commit to, hoping that this change will create a better version of themselves. The most popular are often related
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Student fashion organization collaborates with Career Services
The NIU Fashion Industries Organization recently partnered with NIU Career Services to create career-ready looks displayed at the Campus Life building. Here are some of the looks.
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Huskie spotlight shines on nursing’s Revela Odhuno
Recently, Revela Odhuno was featured in the Huskie spotlight. Find out why she chose nursing, how she learned about NIU while she was in Kenya, and discover what she likes about the NIU campus. Read more.
Read moreGraduate nursing program uses new assessment tool
The NIU School of Nursing has implemented the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to assess clinical skill proficiency for its Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students. The OSCE involves hired actors who are trained to provide specific physical indications and information for the
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$1.6 million state grant means expansion for CDFC
The Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) at NIU has received a $1.6 million award from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide full-day preschool services to more DeKalb children. The Preschool for All Expansion (PFA-E) program increases access to full-day
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NIU Ph.D. in Health Sciences graduates first two candidates
The Northern Illinois University Ph.D. in Health Sciences program recently congratulated their first two graduates. Hana Hinkle and Steven Hinojosa both successfully defended their doctoral dissertations this fall, and became the first to receive their doctorates through the Ph.D. program which accepted
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Top ranking NIU ROTC alumnus returns for commissioning ceremony
Friday’s NIU ROTC Huskie Battalion’s Commissioning Ceremony features guest speaker Maj. Gen. Brian E. Alvin (’84), the most senior ranking U.S. Army officer from NIU. Alvin received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology from NIU and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Chemical
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Nutrition In yoU: Veg Out
As part of the Employee Assistant Program’s Brown Bag Lunch series, Dietetic Intern, Jessica Maturrano, presented on December 5th about the topic of plant based diets. Throughout her presentation, Jessica reviewed common concerns that people often have about plant based diets, such
Read moreNIU nurse grad joins practice in OSF HealthCare Medical Group
Advanced Practice Nurse Arika Safranski (’11) is joining the family medicine care team of Dr. Tariq Khan and Joan Luckey, APN, at OSF HealthCare Medical Group Center for Health-Streator. Read the details.
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Nutrition In yoU: Where is the love?
During the height of the holiday season, I have seen an increase amount of negative body image pictures circulating social media. The day before Thanksgiving generated a lot of memes and pictures on social media to poke fun at the concept of
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Family and Child Studies’ research sited in national news
A study co-authored by NIU Child and Family Studies Assistant Professor Xiaohui Sophie Li was recently sited in a Market Business News article: Prepare kids financially by giving them hands-on experience with money.
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NIU nursing alumna talks about her career path
When Spring Piatek was treated for Kawasaki disease at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago at age 4, she remembers a nurse staying with her in the middle of the night to tend to her fever. The nurse gave her a grape Popsicle to soothe
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