Meet Dietetic Intern Emily Burns What got you into nutrition? I obviously love food! I also love helping people. Nutrition has always been a part of my life. At a young age, I was “overweight” as a child and was taken to
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Welcome to Nutrition In yoU: Benefits of nutrition counseling
Welcome to Nutrition In yoU. I’m Emily Burns, a Dietetic Intern and graduate research assistant, pursuing my M.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics here at NIU. Each week, I, along with some of my fellow students, will be sharing nutrition tips and other
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NIU professor co-authors position paper on nutrition programs
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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Meet MLS student Rachel Gathman
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.
Read moreHealth studies instructor earns accolades
Marcia Berke, a health studies instructor, has received the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (IAHPERD) Service Award for 2017. She was honored for giving “distinguished, varied, and continued service to IAHPERD through district and state contributions,” and making
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School of Health studies gets its first chair
The College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Health Studies has its first chair. Jeanne M. Isabel, an award-winning educator and former NIU Medical Laboratory Sciences program director, will take over the role June 1. “Dr. Isabel is a respected leader
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Message from Dean Derryl Block
Welcome summer! It took a while to get here, but we are happy to be enjoying the sunshine and reflecting on an eventful spring semester at the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences. We have some exciting new changes underway. This
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Summer plans: Find out what faculty are up to over break
Health Sciences Chair Jeanne Isabel will continue her research on diabetes screening assessment for people living in Belize. Original testing was done in November 2016 and June 2017. The testing planned for June 2018 will include retesting of individuals with previous results
Read moreMedical Laboratory Sciences student earns Northern Pact scholarship
Meet Rachel Gathman, a junior MLS student from Genoa, Illinois. She exhibits the vision of service and personal responsibility the Division of Student Affairs looks for when awarding the Northern Pact scholarship to students. Gathman shares why she loves NIU.
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Forward, Together Forward Scholarship recipient aims to feed the world
Nutrition, Dietetics and Wellness major, Megan Gardner, has earned an NIU Forward Together Forward Scholarship — an award in honor of the students lost on Feb. 14, 2008. Read more about Gardner and the other scholarship recipients.
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Nutrition and Dietetics students earn scholarships
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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Huskie Spotlight shines on Nutrition and Dietetics grad student
Cristal Medina, a second-year Nutrition and Dietetics graduate student was featured recently on the niu.edu homepage. Learn why the Hollister California native chose NIU.
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