Calendar of Events
- Feb 14 – Governor's Proclamation
- Feb 22 – David Labaree Presentation, "An Uneasy Relationship: Teacher Education in the University"
- Mar 25 – AERA Reception in New York City
- Mar 30 – International Quilt Study Center and Museum Open House
- April 14 – Brent Bridgeman presentation, “Test Time Limits as a Threat to Validity”
- April 19 - Red and White Tailgate Event
- July 17 - 18 – Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Summer Class - University High
- Sept 19 – Jennifer Greene presentation, “Just What is being Mixed in Mixed Methods Social Inquiry”
- Sept 24 – David Hornung presentation, “The American Quilt and the Grammar of Two-Dimensional Design”
- Sept 27 – CEHSAB Tailgate – Henzlik Hall
- Nov 14 – Schoolhouse Quilts talk by Carolyn Ducey, Hillestad Gallery; Noon
- Nov 14 - CEHS Showcase, East Campus Union; 3:00-5:00
- Nov 14 – Schoolhouse Supper, East Campus Union; 5:30 – 7:00PM – donation requested
- Nov 14 – Schoolhouse Quilt Exhibit, Hillestad Gallery; 6:00 – 8:00PM
- Nov 14 – Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble, Lied Center; 7:30PM – Tickets available
- Nov 15 – CEHS Student Research Conference, Teachers College Hall; 8:30AM – 3:00PM
- Nov 15 – CEHS Department Open Houses – department offices; 3:30 – 4:30PM
- Nov 15 – Founders Dinner, Cornhusker Hotel; 6:00PM – Tickets available
- Dec 1 – CEHS Connections with Nature Panel Discussion, Nebraska Union Ballroom – 5:00PM
- Feb 19, 2009 – presentation by Kadriye Ercikan
- Apr 3, 2009 – presentation by Carlos Cortes
Over the course of the past century, countless lives have been touched by the experiences at and resonating from Teachers College. For many, our time in Teachers College was filled with challenges, great times with our friends, moments when history shifted under our feet, and magic moments when we began to realize our potential. We are interested in these magic moments and would like to help capture and archive your stories so that we may share them as a part of the history of our institution. Won't you please take a few moments and share a story from your personal history in Teachers College? We will select excerpts of these stories to use in future publications on the web and in print. Thanks for the memories!
CEHS Founder’s Day Weekend Caps 100 Year Anniversary Celebrations
On November 14 and November 15, 2008 the College of Education and Human Sciences is sponsoring a Founder’s Day weekend for faculty, staff, students, alumni, emeriti, and friends of the College. Activities for this special weekend culminate a yearlong celebration of the founding of Teachers College on the UNL campus. Our celebration recognizes “100 Years of Innovation in Education” at the University of Nebraska and includes every department in CEHS. We have enjoyed interaction with newcomers and veterans alike, and as always, we are supported by our faculty, staff, and students. The year has been filled with exciting scholarly events and social activities, and we aren’t done yet. Won’t you please join the College in celebrating its heritage and in making this final series of events memorable?
Click on the events below to learn more about our celebration events:
Friday, November 14
Noon - Hillestad Gallery (no charge)
Talk by Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections, International Quilt Study Center & Museum
3 to 5 PM - East Campus Union (no charge)
Sign-up to bring a poster of your work, encourage grad students and U-CARE students to participate, come to the session, see what others are doing, and share your work.
5:30 to 7:00 PM - East Campus Union (donations accepted at the door)
Bring the whole family and/or your students. Enjoy an informal dinner of ‘prize-winning’ chili and cinnamon rolls brought to you by the CEHS Culinology® Hospitality Management Club
6 to 8 PM - Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery (no charge)
A dessert reception and exhibit of schoolhouse quilts will take place at the Hillestad Textiles Gallery on Friday evening. Come and learn more about this classic pattern and enjoy a sweet treat.
7:00 to 8:30 PM - East Campus Union (no charge)
In anticipation of the Student Research Conference on Saturday, our keynote speaker will meet with faculty and graduate students to provide an informal opportunity for participants to ask questions, to raise research issues, or talk further about teaching.
7:30 PM - Lied Center – Pre-event talk at 7:00 PM in Steinhardt Room
(Purchase one or more tickets at $27.20 each for this performance. CEHS has a special block of discounted tickets for this one-time only event. )
Join us to celebrate the dazzling dance, soaring powwow vocals, powerful drums, and ancient flute songs of this ensemble from Lakota, Anishinabe, Comanche, Choctaw, Ojibwa, and Oneida roots. Ensemble leader Kevin Locke’s artistic goal is “to raise awareness of the oneness we share as human beings.” Through his world-renowned Hoop Dance, Locke illustrates the roles and responsibilities that all people share within the circles of life. The multimedia performance climaxes with Locke’s visionary dance and closes with Doug Foote’s spirit-raising Fancy Dance, exploring the mastery of detail, beauty, courage, and reality of American Indian culture.
Saturday, November 15
8:30 to 3:00 - Teachers College Hall (no charge)
The conference will begin with a continental breakfast, followed by a 9 AM keynote address by Professor Bill Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar University of Illinois at Chicago. His talk is entitled, “We are Each Other’s Keepers: Research to Change the World.” The day will include breakout sessions of graduate and undergraduate student research projects, faculty panels, a poster session and a complimentary lunch. You can participate by encouraging students to submit their work, by prompting students to come and most importantly, by attending yourself to exchange ideas and demonstrate your support of our students. Our goal is have representation from every department and for students to experience the intellectual excitement of the CEHS scholarly community.
3:30 to 4:30 PM - City Campus and East Campus (no charge)
Posters from the Research Showcase will be on display throughout the College. Tours of relevant clinics and CEHS facilities will be available to our guests. Please encourage community partners and alumni to join us for this opportunity to see CEHS operations and meet CEHS students, staff and faculty.
6:00 PM - Cornhusker Hotel
Tickets available at $40 each; ticket price includes dinner, performance and a donation to the CEHS Scholarship Fund
This gala evening will be a night to remember! It will begin with a welcome reception during which the Lincoln Northeast High School Jazz Band will entertain, followed by dinner and a salute to the past 100 years. The evening will culminate with the world premiere of “A Tribute to Teachers.” This is a one-woman show commissioned by the College of Education and Human Sciences and brought to you by Pippa White and One’s Company Productions.
Pippa White is in her fourteenth year as a solo performer. She calls her One's Company Productions "part theatre, part storytelling, part history." Audiences call them unique, captivating, and touching. Pippa has used her unique talents to bring to life a full cast of characters to communicate, “Voices from Ellis Island,” The Story of the Orphan Train” and “Prairie Voices.” Now, she has focused her considerable talents on the story of Nebraska teachers with a particular focus on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Pippa White has toured to twenty-seven states, performing at colleges, conferences, museums, libraries, festivals, and performing arts centers. For eight consecutive years, she has been featured at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines in their Applause Program, the only artist with this distinction. The Director of Special Projects at the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs calls her "the highest quality artist," and the Kansas Storytelling Festival said her performance was "one of the high points in our festival history."
Pippa has a BA in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She offers workshops and residencies, and has been a teaching artist with the Arts Are Basic Program (associated with the College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and the Nebraska Arts Council for seventeen years. In March 2007, she received the Artist of the Year Award from the Lincoln-Lancaster Women's Commission.
Celebrating 100 Years of Innovation in Education
During 2008, the College of Education and Human Sciences will celebrate the centennial of the founding of one of its predecessor units, Teachers College.
Our celebration began with a ceremony on February 14, 2008 at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. Over 100 members of the CEHS community gathered to hear Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman read a proclamation honoring the founding of Teachers College. The video gallery below features events from throughout the Centennial Celebration.
These videos include footage of the February 14th birthday celebration featuring comments from Dr. Barbara Couture, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Marjorie Kostelnik, Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences; Ann Masters, Nebraska Department of Education, and Gov Heineman.
Also included is the February 22 lecture by Stanford University's David Labaree, "An Uneasy Relationship: Teacher Education in the University".
Several other activities are being planned over the course of the year to continue the observance. Be sure to check back to this web site for details about other events and opportunities to celebrate the centenniel.
100 Books for Children Campaign
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| Students from the NUTR 489 class present a check for $464.00 to CEHS in support of the 100 Books for Children Campaign. The money was raised during the recent "Red, White and Educated" event before the spring football scrimage. The event was organized by their class. |
As a part of the 100 Year Celebration we are launching a special project to purchase 100 books for each of 3 deserving Nebraska schools: Minatare Public Schools, Lexington Public Schools, UMO N HO N Nation Public School in Macy. Additionally, Lincoln Public Schools will receive 100 books with a focus on special needs. Our goal is to make lifelong learners of all children. Thank you for helping us to enrich the libraries of these four school districts.
Please join us in reaching our goal. Simply click the Amazon Wish List link below and you will find a listing of the books on the wish list for these three schools. You may also send a check payable to: University of Nebraska.
Our Mailing address is:
100 Books for Children Campaign
C/O
Bev Jensen, Academic Advisor
105 Henzlik Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0371
Read about the early years of Teachers CollegeApproval of a Teachers College at the University of Nebraska in 1908 was a major step toward professionalizing the state’s teachers. Since then, more than 30,000 educators have earned degrees from the college. Teachers College alumni reside in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and in 73 countries outside the United States. As many as half of its graduates, however, remain in Nebraska.
The establishment of the college was controversial. Some at the university wished to emphasize subject matter education within the College of Arts and Sciences. Some legislators believed teacher preparation was the sole province of the state’s normal college in Peru. But teacher education existed at NU long before the college was established.
Early on, the university’s entrance requirements shaped secondary education in Nebraska. The university essentially accredited the state’s high schools; and its faculty led efforts to upgrade public education. Still, poorly prepared teachers were common and by 1892, the university began offering summer programs to teachers, with a Department of Pedagogy established in 1895. In 1901, Pedagogy became the Department of Education.
On Feb. 14, 1908, the NU Regents elevated the Department of Education into a college whose aim was to promote “the history, theory and practice of teaching generally, to improve the quality of secondary teaching in particular and to provide thoroughly prepared teachers for these schools.”
For many years, the college’s main focus was teacher preparation – both on and off campus. More recently, Teachers College faculty assumed the dual roles of educating teachers and administrators, as well as conducting research leading to the improvement of teacher education and in-service practices. This professional growth has served the state by providing well-educated graduates who are able to implement in their classrooms the latest methods to enhance student learning.
In 2003, Teachers College and the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences came together to create UNL’s College of Education and Human Sciences. The college is one of just a handful nationally that combines the fields of teacher education; educational psychology; individual and family development; consumer sciences; counseling; leadership and administration; nutrition and health; special education; communication disorders; and textiles, clothing and design into a single entity. The college has 63 undergraduate program, 38 graduate programs and is the largest in the state to confer education degrees.
With an enrollment of 2,595 undergraduate students, 1,000 graduate students and 89 faculty members, the College observes its centennial by celebrating 100 years of Innovation in Education.
Teachers College History
The College of Education and Human Sciences was founded from the Teachers College and the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences in 2003. Below is a multimedia timeline that features some landmark events in the history of Teachers College. Please feel free to browse throught the timeline and comment on the events listed within it. If you know of additional events which you feel should be added to this timeline, please let us know by emailing us at pfogerty@unlserve.unl.edu.
