NIU Today

If you’re a sports physical therapist, you’re in luck: you’re in demand. Less than two percent of all licensed physical therapists (PT) in the U.S. are board-certified specialists in sports physical therapy. And, if you are studying to become a physical therapist at NIU’s program, you’re in luck again: a new mentorship program aims to...

The College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Health Studies has its first chair. Jeanne M. Isabel, an award-winning educator, and former NIU Medical Laboratory Sciences program director took over the role on Friday, June 1. “Dr. Isabel is a respected leader here at NIU and she is nationally recognized in her field. We...

NIU Rehabilitation Counseling assistant professors Bryan Dallas and Matt Sprong have received accolades from the national Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association (VEWAA). VEWAA is an organization that supports human service professionals in their endeavors to help persons with disabilities achieve their employment and career goals. Its mission is to improve and advance the fields...

A unique program is helping families learn, while the students teaching them are learning about families. Working with Changing Children’s Worlds Foundation, and using funds from through the NIU Foundation, NIU faculty and students are facilitating an international Parent-Child Relationship Development Program in DeKalb. Families gather weekly at a DeKalb elementary school to participate in the program whose...

On Wednesday, April 18, the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) will be hosting the ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD), along with the fifth annual Community Engagement Showcase (CES), from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington Ballroom. These two unique showcases offer students with the...

Assistant Professor Allison Gladfelter provides her students with a healthy dose of engaged learning activities.  That’s why her colleagues from the Department of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders nominated her to be recognized as an engaged learning exemplar for her outstanding commitment to engaged learning, teaching and scholarship. “Engaged learning stimulates interest, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity,”...

An increase in graduate students in the NIU M.S. Specialization in the Marriage and Family Therapy (SMFT) Program is not only good news for the program, it’s good news for those in need of counseling right now. Because second-year students in the program provide counseling services (with faculty supervision), the influx means there more opportunities...

The results are in: graduates from the NIU School of Nursing have a 93 percent first-time pass rate on the NCLEX, the national professional licensure exam for nurses. These results for 2017 reflect an increase over 2016. “The pass rate is a continuing trend that began in 2015, and can be attributed to the hard work...

Rachel Shapland and Lauren Greene, nursing students in the University Honors Program, recently presented their session entitled, “Student-run leadership and student engagement: Serving on an honors council” at the 52nd annual National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), held in Atlanta, GA, from November 8-12. Specifically, in collaboration with Jordan Reich and Logan Turner (honors students from...

Temple Grandin, best-selling author and internationally acclaimed speaker, is bringing her insider perspective on autism to NIU. She’ll present “Developing Individuals Who Have Different Kinds of Minds,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Holmes Student Center. The free event is open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. “Dr. Grandin embodies...

Technology applications related to health and wellness are evolving quickly, and NIU faculty, students and alumni are at the forefront of important breakthroughs in the use of technology to promote personal and community wellness, and manage healthcare. Take, for example, associate professors Jennifer Gray and Jinsook Kim of NIU’s School of Health Studies. In 2015,...

Nancy Valentine, M.S.N., M.P.H., Ph.D. has been named interim chair of NIU’s School of Nursing. Valentine brings extensive leadership experience to this role. Her previous positions include roles with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Main Line Health in Pennsylvania. Her most recent position was associate...