Join us for a free panel discussion about employment opportunities in the dynamic and rapidly growing industry of services for the aging population, 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, Wirtz Auditorium (Danielson Room 101). Our panelists include NIU alumni: Jill Krueger,
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Meet Ben Lee, a Pre-Physical Therapy Emphasis Major from Schaumburg. Lee was recently featured as a Huskie Spotlight, talking about why he chose NIU, pre-PT, interesting things he’s learned so far, and his career goals. Read all about it.
Read moreThe NIU School of Nursing is proud to announce scholarship recipients for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Through the David R. Layman Endowment, we were able to award $50,000 in total scholarship funds. The recipients, which include NIU alumni, staff
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Several College of Health and Human Sciences faculty attended the Sigma Theta Tau International Conference in Melbourne, Australia in July. They gave presentations and poster sessions. Here’s a summary: Associate Professor of Nursing Manju Daniels gave two presentations and a poster session.
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The NIU School of Nursing helped support the DeKalb School District’s Welcome Back Bash event recently by sharing information and letting students spend some time with Juno, a human simulator. Kristen Selig, director of NIU’s simulation and nursing labs helped students listen
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NIU Assistant Professor Priyanka Ghosh Roy along with Theresa Stretch of the Institute of Child Nutrition of the University of Mississippi, have updated The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position paper on federally funded youth nutrition assistance programs. According to the paper “Child and Adolescent Federally
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The Huskie Spotlight is fixed on medical laboratory sciences student Rachel Gathman of Genoa. Discover why she chose NIU and MLS, what her favorite campus spots are, and who her favorite professor is in this Q&A.
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It’s summer internship time for 29 NIU School of Nursing students. While all nursing students at NIU get over 500 hours of clinical experience, those that participate in the summer internship program get more extensive and hands-on experience while assigned to a
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Recently two NIU Doctor of Physical Therapy students, along with DPT assistant clinical professor Brynn Nahlik, volunteered to screen national and international Special Olympics athletes prior to their soccer competitions. Second-year DPT students Kory Tieman and Arthur Cano developed a fitness screening
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Graduates who participated in the May 12, 2018 Northern Illinois University School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb can view and purchase event photos and portraits from David Joseph Portraits.
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NIU Professor and Audiology Program Coordinator King Chung will present her research at the World Congress of Audiology, Cape Town, South Africa this October. She will present “Cognitive Functions of Older Adults and their Ability to Complete Different Automatic Hearing Screening Applications.” Here
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Debra Gurney (’93 MS, Nursing; ’02 EdD) has been appointed the Director of Nursing in the Biology and Health Sciences Division at College of DuPage. According to a statement from CoD: “With extensive experience overseeing nursing programs in higher education, Debra Gurney
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