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NIU’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic will conduct free hearing screenings for all faculty, staff and spouses Tuesday, Oct. 25. The event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Lincoln Room of the Holmes Student Center. Housed in the College of Health and Human Sciences, the clinic is dedicated to providing evidence-based practice in the...

Prior to Huskie home football games next season, the NIU Foundation will host “Huddle with the Faculty” to showcase of the outstanding programs, faculty and students at NIU. However, the inaugural “Huddle with the Faculty – Better Living Through Mannequins” will take place Saturday, Oct. 8. Saturday’s showcase features a demonstration of how NIU nursing students use...

NIU audiology professor King Chung and four of her undergraduate and graduate students recently returned from a goodwill and learning trip to Hong Kong, where they exchanged ideas with scholars and medical experts, provided free hearing tests to underserved residents and visited local landmarks. During the two-week stay this summer, Chung and the students provided...

When the new DeKalb High School first opens its doors to students Tuesday, Sept. 6, every member of the Barb family will see what District 428 Board of Education President Tom Matya already sees. “What a wonderful asset this (District 428-NIU) partnership is for the DeKalb community,” Matya said recently as he joined his school...

Erika Weeden will launch an organization near Mother McAuley High School to help clean up her community on the South Side of Chicago. Olivia Guerra will teach more of her teenage peers at Rock Falls High School about the Search Institute’s “40 developmental assets” that help to foster healthy, caring and responsible adults. Emily Rohman...

Deborah Gough, a professor in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, has been named acting associate dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences. She temporarily replaces Mary Pritchard, who is serving as interim dean. Gough serves as the coordinator of the graduate training program in rehabilitation counseling and the undergraduate B.S. program in...

Mary E. Pritchard today was named interim dean of NIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences. Pritchard, who has served the college as associate dean for eight years, will work closely with chairs of the college’s three schools, their faculty leaders and university administrators to represent the best interests of the college. “I’m excited to...

Kohl’s will sponsor a business-attire fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the large auditorium (Room 200) of Barsema Hall. NIU students will demonstrate how to “dress to succeed,” be fashionable and stay on a budget. Men and women will model interview attire, everyday professional clothing and apparel for casual Fridays. Members of the Fashion Industries Organization will lead the event with support...

The 13th annual “Empty Bowls” project is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30. Reservations are recommended for either of the two seatings at 4:30 and 6 p.m. in the Chandelier Room, 143 Adams Hall. The menu includes chicken noodle soup, broccoli-cheddar soup, minestrone soup and chunky pizza soup, a tomato-based concoction with cheese, pepperoni and mushrooms....

Jeanette Rossetti has become the fifth nursing professor from NIU to receive a prestigious Nurse Educator Fellowship Award from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Rossetti, who teaches courses in mental health nursing in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, is among the fourth class of a program created to ensure the retention of...

Ellington’s, the student-run restaurant located in Holmes Student Center, begins its spring semester Tuesday, Feb. 22. Menus this week include President’s Day and Delicious Decisions. Menus for the entire semester are available online. Students in FCNS 320 Quantity Food Production plan, prepare and serve delicious, three-course meals with a theme at Ellington’s as part of their...

If you had a time machine, you might go back and make smarter decisions to improve your financial future. We’re not talking about picking winning lottery numbers or inventing Facebook before Mark Zuckerberg, but about everyday decisions that would safeguard you against recession — spending responsibly, understanding the stock market, avoiding credit traps and foreclosures....