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The south side of the Holmes Student Center on a foggy day. The hospitality and tourism major has been dissolved, instead becoming an emphasis in the College of Business. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

Hospitality and tourism management major to change, move

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | April 9, 2023

DeKALB – In 2021, NIU decided the hospitality and tourism management major would be shifted from the College of Health and Human Sciences to an emphasis in the College of Business. Students previously enrolled in the program are set to graduate in...

Ellingtons is a new restaurant run by students studying in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Fine dining comes to NIU at Ellington’s

By Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, News Reporter | October 2, 2022

DeKALB – Ellington’s is a new student operated restaurant that has recently opened on the main floor of the Holmes Student Center. Ellington’s offers new lunches every Tuesday in the month of October from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. With buffet style dining...

Current Dean of Health and Human Sciences Lynda Ransdell will be stepping down effective June 30.

Dean of College of Health and Human Sciences steps down

By Ally Formeller | April 7, 2022
After only a year, Lynda Ransdell will be stepping down as dean after June 30 to work at Boise State University.

High stress jobs need mental health breaks breaks

By Roxanne H. | March 26, 2018

Professionals in careers that demand over 55 working hours in a week deserve mandatory benefits such as more paid vacation days and monthly mental health checkups.Last fall semester there were a total of 3388 students enrolled in the College of Health...

Multiple events planned for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

By Northern Star staff | February 20, 2015

Different activities will be held throughout the upcoming week for the ninth annual Eating Disorder Awareness Week.People are encouraged to wear purple to show support for eating disorder recovery, and these free events are open for all.“Overall, the...

Nursing professor

Munroe was ‘good thinker,’ ‘devoted’

By Satta Kendor | January 20, 2015

The colleagues of nursing professor Donna Munroe, who died last week, are remembering her as well-liked and involved at NIU and in DeKalb.Munroe died at a Jan. 12 University Council committee meeting, according to an NIU Today news release. Munroe, who...

Outstanding alum to present in Wirtz

By Northern Star Staff | April 16, 2014

Laura Anderko, winner of the 2014 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the College of Health and Human Sciences, will present Public Health Issues in a Changing Climate on April 25.Anderko will talk at 2 p.m. in Wirtz Hall, Room 103A.Anderko earned her master’s...

DeKalb helps connect seniors, people with disabilities to the Internet

By Thomas Verschelde | October 17, 2011

NIU participates in a project dedicated to bringing high speed Internet to low-income families and senior citizens. The "Getting Illinois Low Income Seniors and People with Disabilities Online Demonstration Project" will provide 3,000 people with high-speed...