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The aging of America’s population means that the demand for people trained to meet the needs of older adults is increasing. With that, efforts to improve healthy aging is also on the rise. As a result, the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) has announced new undergraduate and graduate certificate programs: Leadership in...
Timothy Kosiba
Timothy Kosiba, a physical therapy student in the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences, has been selected for the prestigious Schweitzer Fellowship. The year-long service learning program empowers health professions graduate students to design and implement projects that help address the health needs of underserved Chicago communities. Named in honor of famed humanitarian and...
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According to the U.S. Administration on Aging, the number of United States residents older than 65 in 2009 numbered 39.6 million, representing about 1 in every 8 Americans. With ever-decreasing death rates, this population is expected to swell to 72.1 million people by 2030, representing almost 1 in 4 Americans. As a population in transition...
NIU health careers camper - 2010
NIU’s Exploring Careers in Health and Human Sciences Camp is scheduled the week of July 22 through July 27. Those days will prove busy ones for high school campers coming to NIU to learn about health care careers. Not only will they become involved in hands-on learning labs, they will also be assigned to teams...
Fernando Torres-Gil
Fernando Torres-Gil, President Obama’s appointed vice chair on the National Council on Disability, will speak on “Aging with a Disability: Nexus of Demographics and Public Policy” from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Altgeld Hall auditorium. Torres-Gil, who also is director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging in the School of...
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Brent E. Wholeben NIU’s Office of Research, Evaluation and Policy Studies, an arm of the College of Education, has won the largest contract in its 22-year history. Following a national bidding competition, administrators of the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) will pay $800,000 to REPS over four years in return for external evaluation of some...