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Tagged: School of Family Consumer and Nutrition Sciences

Josiel Marrufo

Leading by example

Program encourages students from underrepresented groups to pursue grad school

  • May 19, 2016
Josiel Marrufo considers himself fortunate to enjoy the presence of mentors in his life. The first-year graduate student in the NIU Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education (CAHE) paid…

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Sleepless in Shoppingland

Who – besides retailers – is ready for some Black Friday?

  • November 23, 2015
As the majority of the retail industry jockeys to see which will open the earliest Friday, or which will open Thanksgiving Day itself, one company is making headlines for its…

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Internship allows student to help while learning

Job skills not the only things students gain while working internships

  • July 16, 2015
When Nan Hill decided to give up her career of 30 years as a stained glass artist and instructor to pursue a degree in family social services, it was a…

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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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