CEHS Connections - Archive

23 Nov 2016    By Brad Stauffer | CEHS Director of External Relations

Trans happiness study bridges research gap

Elliot Tebbe was not a believer. Positive psychology, he thought, did not adequately consider a community he was familiar with, and in fact a part of—people who transitioned from their gender assigned at birth to the gender they most identify with. Positive psych was a field of research that gained momentum in the late 1990s focusing on human wellbeing and the strengths that allow people to thrive.

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23 Nov 2016    By Kelcey Buck | Special Education and Communication Disorders

Learning Technology Academy launched

It all started with a visit to a gaming company in California. Now, Ron Nelson’s idea for an interdisciplinary Learning Technology Academy is coming to fruition with the formation of the student team that will work together to create learning technologies for children experiencing learning difficulties.

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23 Nov 2016    By Brad Stauffer | CEHS Director of External Relations

Project PARA’s enduring impact

For over 25 years, paraprofessional educators across the state of Nebraska have been receiving training from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The program got its start in the mid-90s in the former Teachers College. Professor Emeritus Stan Vasa and Al Steckelberg, associate professor of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, created the program with funding support from the U.S. Department of Education.

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23 Nov 2016    By Brad Stauffer

Entrepreneur builds retail success

Already an accomplished entrepreneur, Jaclyn Tejeda wanted to improve her successful business. She was serving as a mentor to a new generation of entrepreneurs but thought she could provide more opportunities. So despite the demands of running a business and raising two young children, Tejeda decided to go back to school.

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23 Nov 2016    By Brad Stauffer

Two-way communication builds trust

It can be lonely as a principal. Mary Beth Lehmanowsky and Kent Mann know this only too well. Both served for years in Nebraska public and private schools as principals. As professors of practice in the department of Educational Administration (EDAD), their familiarity with the challenges of school administration are being used to prepare a new generation of school leaders and to support those currently serving communities across the state.

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23 Nov 2016    By Brad Stauffer

New faculty eager to collaborate

The Ohio State University. The University of South Carolina. The University of California-Davis. Winona State University. What do these four institutions of higher learning have in common? Four talented teachers and researchers came from each this fall to join the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF).

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23 Nov 2016    By Brad Stauffer | CEHS Director of External Relations

Establishing an international dietetic footprint

Helping another country enhance its dietetics training system was not on Linda Young’s radar. Young, associate professor of practice and director of the dietetic internship program in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, was plenty busy preparing the next generation of registered dietitians right here in Nebraska. But she is also active in her professional organization, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Barkley Memorial Center

27 Apr 2016    

40 years under one roof

On the southeast edge of East Campus, the Barkley Memorial Center has stood for 40 years as the home for programs in audiology, speech-language pathology and special education. Earlier this month, the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders (SECD) hosted an open house and reunion to mark the Barkley Center’s 40th anniversary.

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Manta Dress designed by Sarah Wanek

27 Apr 2016    

Runway show featured Earth, Wind and Fire

Earth, Wind and Fire made an appearance at the Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design’s (TMFD) biennial runway fashion show on April 22 at the Nebraska Union. No, it wasn’t the hit band of the 1970s. With a shout out to environmental sustainability, the student organizers played off Earth Day (April 22) and named the 2016 show “Elements,” after the classical pre-scientific elements of the earth.

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27 Apr 2016    

CYAF study abroad changing lives

Most of us realize that the world has shrunk immeasurably in the last century. With the technology advancements of travel, communications and the internet, we are a much more connected world. But that doesn’t mean our connections are instantly easier. Differences in culture and language remain a barrier to better relationships and our ability to help others. That is why the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF) is dedicated to developing cultural and global competence in all its students.

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