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More than two decades after earning their Round Lake High School diplomas together, NIU’s director of Campus Child Care Kristin Schulz and her longtime friend Mike Lannon can call themselves fellow graduates again. Both graduated Friday, May 11, with master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University. Neither of the 1996 Round Lake High School graduates knew...
The work of Campus Child Care employees was recently spotlighted at the Sharing a Vision Conference in Peoria, IL. The conference was held in partnership with the Illinois Association for Young Children on Oct. 26-27. Kendra Nenia and Ann Marie Kuta presented a workshop on project-based learning, which encourages teachers to observe what their students...
Are you an NIU student looking to make a difference? Sponsored by the First- and Second-Year Experience Office, Sophomore Days of Service provides students the opportunity to participate in a number of service events on campus and in the DeKalb and Sycamore communities this February. Although Sophomore Days of Service is targeted for second-year students, all Huskies are encouraged to participate....
Student-parents Destiny Engels (left) and Heather Theissing study in the North Corner Room of Campus Child Care while their sons, Randal and Jeremiah, play.
Lisa Hackney, a junior studying nutrition sciences, commutes to NIU each day from rural Freeport. Despite the 70-minute drives every morning and every afternoon, the sun in her eyes both ways, she’s rocking straight A’s this semester – and her son Sawyer, who turns 4 in December, is along for the ride. Hackney attributes some...
NIU Campus Child Care welcomed a new “Grounds for Play” climbing structure May 21. The structure was purchased with funds awarded from the Illinois Quality Counts Grant and the DeKalb County Community Foundation Community Needs Grant. Campus Child Care has been in operation for more than 30 years, with 15 of those years in their...
NIU football players read to children.
Campus Child Care will celebrate the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Week of the Young Child, scheduled from Sunday, April 6, through Saturday, April 12. Week of the Young Child (WOYC) is a time to recognize the needs of young children and thank adults involved in their education and care. Parents, teachers, caregivers...
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NIU’s Campus Child Care Center will host a Scholastic Book Fair during the week of March 24. Funds raised will help purchase books and materials for the center’s classrooms. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend this event that helps inspire children to become lifelong readers. The book fair will be open from 8...
Story Laboratory
NIU’s Campus Child Care Center will host a Scholastic Book Fair from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, through Friday, March 29. Funds raised will help purchase books and equipment for center classrooms. Students, faculty and members of the community are invited to attend this fundraising event which helps inspire children to become...
own it! embrace your beauty
Models of all shapes and sizes will own the stage of the Duke Ellington Ballroom at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, for the “Own IT! Embrace Your Beauty” fashion show event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by the Women’s Resource Center, students from NIU and the DeKalb community will stand tall and walk the...
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Orientation & First-Year Experience and the NIU chapter of Lambda Sigma Sophomore Honor Society have teamed up this semester to offer second-year students an opportunity to give back to the campus and community. Through “Sophomore Days of Service,” Lambda Sigma members will join with second-year students from other organizations, such as Alpha Phi Omega service...
Katie Seelinger and her family at Take Back the Night 2010.
When Katie Seelinger and her husband made the decision to study at NIU, she wanted to become a doctor. As she began working toward this goal, her courses followed the expected path, touching on important aspects of biology, chemistry and anatomy. That trail was diverted the day Seelinger discovered the Women’s Studies Program. While browsing...
Melanie Thompson
Every day provides a new opportunity to make a decision that will have a positive influence in the life of a student. It’s a philosophy that motivates Melanie Tucker Thompson, recently appointed as acting assistant vice president for Student Services. “The departments that I am leading reach the lives of thousands of students, starting from...
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