Tagged: nutrition

Play time plus

Play group for children with special needs seeks participants

  • January 21, 2016
  It’s a scene typical of any preschool: Four pint-sized artists sit at a semi-circular table using Styrofoam balls to recreate Olaf, the snowman from “Frozen.” Their moms and caregivers…

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Nutrition, taste and education mix well at Ellington’s

Restaurant teaches NIU students the restaurant business, from soup to nuts

  • November 5, 2015
Like many of today’s top eateries, NIU’s student-run restaurant Ellington’s features seasonal and locally sourced food. That’s not just because it’s trendy; it’s because it makes good business sense. “Our…

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Photo of a glass of milk

Shaving Off the Milk Mustache?

  • February 5, 2015
Calcium alternatives do a body good, NIU professor confirms Americans of a certain age cannot shake the advertising campaigns. Milk “does the body good.” “Got Milk?” Elementary school lunchroom posters…

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