Category: CHHSnews
To commemorate Women’s History Month, NIU Today is publishing a series of articles highlighting faculty, staff, students, alumni and programs that make an impact at NIU and beyond. When Jeanne Isabel arrived on campus in 1969 from Kewanee, Illinois, she had a dream of working in healthcare. Three NIU degrees and five decades later, the...
Northern Illinois University Autism Caregiver Group is partnering with DeKalb Police Department on Feb. 24 for a fun safety event at the police department, 700 W. Lincoln Highway, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “The Autism Caregiver Group’s main goal is to offer resources and programming that meet families’ day-to-day needs,” said Allison Gladfelter, NIU...
A partnership between the P-20 Center, in the NIU Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development, and the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences improves math and science education by bringing food into the classroom. When NIU Professor of Health and Human Sciences Melani Duffrin began FoodMASTER as part of her Ph.D. research in...
A team of four NIU Rehabilitation Counseling program faculty members from the School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions presented a training seminar on Jan. 28 via Zoom. Professors Amanda McCarthy, Bryan Dallas, Nahal Salimi and Abdoulaye Diallo led the “Back to Basics” training that focused on foundations of vocational rehabilitation, medical aspects of disability, psychosocial aspects...
Lesia Kozych took what she’s learned in the classroom and used it to inspire seventh and eighth-grade science students at St. Mary’s School in DeKalb. The NIU School of Nursing student and fellow classmates had the teaching opportunity thanks to a community health clinical rotation at the area school. “Our students are benefitting and the...
Anitha Saravanan, NIU School of Nursing assistant professor, recently received a $10,000 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) All of Us Research Program grant. “Being awarded the All of Us research grant feels very humbling and exciting,” Saravanan said. “It further encourages me to continue to advocate for improving equity to reduce healthcare disparities. It will...
Beth Moxley, assistant professor, NIU School of Nursing, was recently named as a fellow for the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA), an award of excellence in leadership and volunteer service to the organization. “In receiving this award, PCNA’s acknowledgement of my efforts means the most,” Moxley said. “I greatly value and respect the organization and...
Huskies will have the opportunity to take a night off meal planning with Campus Dining’s new Huskie Fresh meal kit service. The meal kit concept has been around since 2012 with several companies now dominating the market including Hello Fresh, Blue Apron and Home Chef. “Now more than ever, our Huskie family’s time is stretched...
Iris Espinoza was recently awarded the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) John Consalvi Service Scholarship award. The NIU student is one of two students from across the state of Illinois to earn the annual award. “This award makes me feel very honored and humbled,” said Espinoza. “I would not have been able to receive this award...
Even after five years of social media success, referring to herself as an “influencer” is still difficult for Liz Shaw, ‘M.S. ’10. Yet, that is exactly what she is. With a combined following of over 30,000 on Instagram, between her two business accounts, her writing and nutrition tips featured in over 20 national publications, including...
Stephanie Good moved to the United States from Mexico at age 16. While learning English, she also set a goal of becoming a speech-language pathologist. Now in her first year of NIU’s master’s program, she’s on a mission to let others know that the speech-language pathology field will be even better when it’s more diverse....
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 Caregiver Group Holiday event at NIU’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic on Dec. 1. “It is...
