Autism Caregiver Group hosts holiday event

Gracie Strohm helped in the crafting department, filling penguin water bottles, gluing paper wreaths and sealing winter sensory bags. The senior and fellow Huskies from the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders welcomed community members and their children to the Autism

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Assistant Professor Henna Muzaffar receives DCCF grant

  Assistant Professor Henna Muzaffar (far right) receives grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. Henna Muzaffar, assistant professor of Nutrition, Dietetics and Wellness, received a $4,510 grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation to establish the Coordinated Approach to Child’s Health

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Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) goes green

Things just got a little greener at NIU’s Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) thanks to a generous grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. For Kristin Schulz, executive director of the CDFC, the $11,550 grant means there will be less waste

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Dr. Diane Hillard-Sembell, ’82, reflects on award-winning ortho surgery career

Dr. Diane Hillard-Sembell, ’82, is a senior partner and orthopaedic surgeon at Springfield Clinic in Springfield, Illinois. By the time Diane Hillard-Sembell came to NIU’s campus in 1978, she was already familiar with “The Hard Way.” Growing up in Alexis, Illinois—a small

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New facility proposed to build a healthier tomorrow

Planning continues for NIU’s Health Informatics Technology Center (HITC), a state-of-the-art teaching and learning facility that will increase opportunities for transdisciplinary collaboration and position NIU as a leader in health education and research. A team of NIU faculty, staff and administrators met

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Doctoral student earns two-year grant for important research

Jerian Dixon-Evans Jerian Dixon-Evans, a Health Sciences doctoral student in NIU College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS), was recently awarded a $138,000 R36 Dissertation Grant from the National Institute on Aging for her project, “The Impact of Race on Quality of

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CHHS fosters transdisciplinary research during inaugural fall showcase

Dozens of people gathered in Wirtz Hall Atrium on Oct. 27 for the inaugural College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) Research and Scholarly Activity Showcase. With presentations about health and human science, engineering and the fine arts, the event was a

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Megan Nordstrom named Lincoln Laureate

Megan Nordstrom wears many hats. Megan Nordstrom has been named the 2021-22 Lincoln Laureate. Whether leading a group of Northern Ambassadors, running a Communicative Disorders Student Association (COMDSA) or Music and Memory organization meeting, or directing hundreds of Huskie Marching Band members

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Alumna Abby Jeppson earns national honor

NIU alum, Abby Jeppson, was awarded the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Distinguished Early Career Professional (ECP) certificate. The certificate was created to recognize and identify early career professionals in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology who are making an impact in

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