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Julie Fritz
NIU’s Principal Investigator Academy for Research & Engagement (NIU PI Academy) will host Julie M. Fritz from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in Room 105 of NIU’s Naperville campus, 1120 E. Diehl Road. Fritz, a professor of physical therapy at the University of Utah, will give a presentation titled, “Developing Effective Partnerships Between...
NIU FIT Program
The FIT Program, part of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, is an exercise program for NIU employees, family members, retirees and residents of the surrounding community. The experienced staff can help participants begin the new year with scientifically based exercise programs. Free one-week trials of the FIT program are available anytime. Membership in...
Industrial Physics Forum (IPF) poster
When the Industrial Physics Forum (IPF) begins Sept. 28 in Brazil, NIU students and faculty will join in the conversation – that is, if Anna Quider has anything to say about it. Quider, NIU’s new director of federal relations, is spreading the word about the conference that aims to scientifically drive economic development in Latin...
NIU psychology professor Lisa Finkelstein found love at a professional conference. You can, too, she says. She is not talking about romantic love, but the kind of love that emanates from shared positive experience. And you can find it almost anywhere. In a newly posted Psychology Today blog, Finkelstein discusses how this type of love,...
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...
College of Health and Human Sciences Interprofessional Education event
NIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences sponsored an Interprofessional Education event April 11. Dietetics students from across the northern Illinois region joined NIU students from multiple degree programs to discuss a single case of a 16-year-old boy with autism. Two CHHS students from each of six programs – audiology, dietetics, medical laboratory sciences, physical therapy,...
Laura Anderko
Laura Anderko, winner of the 2014 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences, will return to campus Friday, April 25, to speak. Anderko will talk at 2 p.m. in Wirtz Hall 103A on “Public Health Issues in a Changing Climate.” Nationally known for her environmental work, Anderko earned her Master...
Photo of an elderly woman with a laptop
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...
A photo of fruits and vegetables
NIU’s annual Wellness Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom and Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center. Sponsored by the Employee Assistance Program and Campus Recreation, the fair provides information regarding all aspects of health and overall well-being for employees, students, retirees and...
Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center logo
NIU’s CHHS Scholarly Exchange will host Dr. John A. Vozenilek, director of simulation and chief medical officer of Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center, for a talk on “Impact of Simulation on Health Professions.” Vozenilek will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, March 28, in Wirtz Hall Room 103A. All are welcome to attend....
NIU Student Recreation Center
Looking to improve your overall fitness and wellness at a pace designed just for you? Campus Recreation offers nationally certified personal trainers who can help students and staff achieve their goals. Working with personal trainers offers several benefits including motivation, weight loss, fitness testing, group training sessions, equipment orientation, sports specific training and Huskie Fit...
A Place at the Table movie poster
NIU graduate students in nutrition and dietetics will present the documentary “A Place at the Table” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall. The film screening and discussion afterward on national and local food insecurity are part of National Nutrition Month. “A Place at the Table” shows “how hunger...
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