NIU will celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Anderson Hall, 520 Garden Road in DeKalb. Held each year in more than 80 countries, World Tai
Read moreProject FLEX hosts hoops tournament, cuts ribbon on new Anderson Hall space
Since Project FLEX launched in 2018, its young participants in the secure custody of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice have become regular visitors to NIU and Anderson Hall. Now a new experience has taken place for everyone engaged in the initiative
Read moreKNPE Career Fair attracts more than 200 Sport Management, Kinesiology majors
As a freshman NIU softball player from St. Louis, Jaylyn Brister knows why she’s majoring in kinesiology. “I’m a student-athlete. I’ve been through injuries. I’m really interested in how the body works,” Brister says. “Using my muscles and my body as an
Read moreNIU celebrates fall commencement
Congratulations to our newest NIU College of Education alumni! Two of our amazing graduates were featured in videos shown during the ceremonies. Meet Genesis Miranda, who earned her B.S.Ed. in Special Education: Visual Impairments … … and Jordan White, who completed his
Read moreNIU curricular innovation grants enable faculty to try new tech, teaching styles
In 2023, NIU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning piloted a Curricular Innovation Grant Fund. Congruent “with university goals and priorities,” the program was “established to provide competitive grants for experimenting with innovative teaching methods such as transdisciplinary learning, virtual reality, digital
Read moreAlumna Dominique Yackley inspires graduates at New Teacher Send-off
As a new group of NIU College of Education licensure majors prepared to graduate and become professionals in the classroom, a seasoned veteran advised them to pack well for the journey ahead. Their luggage, said Dominique Yackley, must include “exuberance.” “If you
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Peter Chomentowski, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, has been named the 2024-25 Provost Fellow in Faculty Affairs. This program is designed for faculty members interested in
Read moreJenn Jacobs earns new professorship endowed by Dr. M. Nadine Zimmerman
Jenn Jacobs was born for her career. “I played sports from a very, very young age. I have memories of being on a basketball team at age 3 or 4. It was a coed basketball team, and I was one of the
Read moreAlumna Cindie Cortinas-Vogt celebrates state, national teaching awards in 2023
Cindie Cortinas-Vogt arrived late to the college game. She was 22, maybe, and all of her friends from high school already had graduated. While they all had apparently felt certain enough to enroll and select their majors as teenagers, Cortinas-Vogt had not.
Read moreNIU celebrates fall commencement
Congratulations to our newest NIU College of Education alumni! Two of our amazing graduates were featured a videos shown during the ceremonies. Meet Brooke Valentine, who earned her B.S.Ed. in Physical Education … … and Funmilayo “Funmi” Adeyemo, who earned her
Read moreProject FLEX earns $2.55M to maintain, advance work in juvenile justice centers
Project FLEX has secured a five-year, $2.55 million grant from the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) to continue and expand its work providing positive interventions with youth who are in secure custody of the state. The NIU Department of Kinesiology and
Read moreKinesiology majors deliver, adapt fitness training for senior citizens at Oak Crest
COVID-19’s decline means the fitness room at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center is bustling again. Residents of the senior living facility are back exercising under the careful guidance of students from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Dave Benner, instructor
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