The NIU School of Nursing will host Felesia Bowen, a nationally recognized expert in pediatric asthma and health equity, who will discuss health care disparities in pediatric asthma and her community-based research. This luncheon lecture is noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 3,
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CHHS students graduating with honors
Congratulations to the College of Health and Human Sciences students who will graduate with honors this week! Eriza Gerrimae Gutierrez, Nursing Taylor Kreiser, Nursing Tori McCracken, Nursing Amanda Mitchell, Nursing Kelsie Pingel, Nursing Rhae Ann Riddle, Nursing Krystyna Ritacco, Health Sciences Vivian
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CHHS welcomes research development specialist
CHHS welcomes Claire Mogren, Research Development Specialist for the College. Claire will assist CHHS faculty and staff in finding funding opportunities and preparing and submitting their applications. With Increasing external funding as part of our strategic plan, having a research development specialist
Read moreNursing professor earns fellowship
Elizabeth Moxley, an assistant professor of nursing at NIU, has been named one of 19 Nurse Educator Fellows by the Illinois board of Higher Education. Moxely was one of 30 nominees from across Illinois who were selected for their commitment to quality
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NIU celebrates School of Nursing 60th anniversary
What began in 1959 with 19 students and two faculty members taking courses in a former private residence, has become thriving program boasting over 9,000 alumni across the globe. That the NIU School of Nursing has come a long way was evident
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Nursing alumna earns honor at Stanford Hospital
Julie Richards, NP, ’85, B.S. in Nursing, has been named the 2019 Stanford Hospital and Clinics Advanced Practice Provider of the Year. Richards, is a nurse practitioner for Student Health and Travel Medicine at the Vaden Health Center Stanford University, Sanford, California.
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Students helping students: PT gives nursing some skills
NIU Doctor of Physical Therapy students recently hosted Nursing students into their classrooms to show safe transfer techniques, positioning for comfort, and proper fitting of wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and crutches. Nursing students practiced the newly learned skills and received real time feedback
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School of Nursing alumna named ‘School Nurse of the Year’
Kimberly Coric Morse, ’87 B.S., Nursing, has been named the North Carolina School Nurse of the Year by the School Nurse Association of North Carolina. Morse is the school nurse for Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, North Carolina. Read about her
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Nursing simulation lab director named a Simulation Superhero
Avkin, a leading company in wearable technology for patient-centered simulation, has named Kristen Selig, NIU’s nursing laboratory coordinator, a Simulation Superhero. She was recognized for working hard to educate future health care providers in simulation and being an expert in her profession.
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Recent nursing school grad nominated for 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year
Recent alumna Mikayla Voigt of the Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team was named as a nominee for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year on Wednesday. Voigt earned Second Team All Mid-American Conference honors this past season after leading NIU in
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CHHS Huskie golfers make 2019 Academic All Mid-American Conference team
The record-setting Northern Illinois University women’s golf team placed five student-athletes on the 2019 Academic All Mid-American Conference team announced Monday by the MAC Office. Seniors Kelly Anderson (Wheaton, Illinois/Wheaton-Warrenville South H.S.) and Brielle Ward (Frisco, Texas/Wakeland H.S.) both earned Academic All-MAC
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Nursing professor and nurse practitioner takes new role
SwedishAmerican has announced nurse practitioner, Katherine Coulter, has joined the medical team at the Rochelle Clinic, Rochelle, Illinois. Coulter is also an assistant professor of nursing at NIU. A story about Coulter was recently published in the Rock River Times.
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