Norissa Williams headshot, text reads "Navigating Difficult DEI-Related Discussions in Class; Virtual workshop with Norissa Williams"; exterior photo of Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall with red overlay in background

09 Feb 2024    

Difficult conversations topic of Feb. 27 virtual workshop hosted by CEHS, Educational Psychology

The College of Education and Human Sciences and the Department of Educational Psychology are hosting a virtual workshop for all faculty, staff and students aimed at exploring how race can be discussed in classrooms.

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Azcia Fleming smiles for a photo in Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall on the walkway over the living room

08 Feb 2024    By Matthew Strasburger, University Communication and Marketing

Belmont Community Center forges experience, connections for Fleming

As an aspiring teacher, joining the staff at the Belmont Community Center was a great way for Azcia Fleming, a senior secondary education major from Lincoln, to gain some practical experience working with kids while also reconnecting with an organization that made an impact on her past.

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"It's Just a Story" mixed media by Alyssa Dames

06 Feb 2024    

High school student juried exhibition begins Feb. 9 at Robert Hillestad Gallery

The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design is set to host an exhibition featuring textile art and design projects of 22 Nebraska high school students beginning Feb. 9.

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Lay Wah smiles for a selfie above a city in the background

05 Feb 2024    

Meet a Husker: Lay Wah

Meet Lay Wah, who came to the U.S. from a refugee camp at the Thailand/Myanmar border. She graduated in December 2023 with a degree in Child, Youth and Family Studies, and an art minor.

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Elsa Wilcox and other Husker students assist children in Thailand with communicating using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

02 Feb 2024    By Elsa Wilcox, junior, communication sciences and disorders

Two weeks in Thailand: Reflections on sharing speech-language pathology abroad

Elsa Wilcox is a junior from McCook, Nebraska. She is majoring in communication sciences and disorders with minors in gerontology and educational studies. In this blog she shares about her experience traveling to Thailand in January as part of the two-week faculty-led Nebraska abroad program, "Experiencing Speech-Language Pathology with Therapy Abroad."

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Genese Clark stands for a photo in the Nebraska East Union. Photo by Matthew Strasburger, University Communication and Marketing

01 Feb 2024    By Deann Gayman, University Communication and Marketing

CYAF doctoral student, Genese Clark, recognized with Fulfilling the Dream Award

Genese Clark, a doctoral student in Child, Youth and Family Studies, was one of two individuals recognized with a Fulfilling the Dream award during the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's MLK Commemorative Celebration Jan. 30.

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Project team members include, front row from left: Natalie Koziol, Jenna Finch, Lisa Knoche, Jennifer Leeper Miller and Holly Hatton-Bowers. Back row, from left: Julia Torquati, Carrie Clark, Sue Sheridan, Changmin Yan, HyeonJin Yoon and Soo-Young Hong. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

30 Jan 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Grand Challenges Catalyst project aims to strengthen early childhood workforce – and positive results for children

Researchers are leading a large-scale program aimed at leveraging the University of Nebraska’s strengths in early childhood education to create an integrated, educational approach to support professional workforce development and mental wellness among early childhood educators — and to encourage educator retention.

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Cooper Giles professional headshot in his Husker men's gymnastics uniform

29 Jan 2024    

Meet a Husker: Cooper Giles

Meet Cooper Giles, a fifth-year senior from Lake Zurich, Illinois. Cooper is majoring in nutrition, exercise and health science with minors in business and psychology, and is a member of the Husker men's gymnastics team.

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Fall 2023 CEHS Dean's List Announced! Image of east side of Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall at night

26 Jan 2024    

993 Huskers named to Fall 2023 CEHS Dean's List

993 students in the College of Education and Human Sciences have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.

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headshots for Chantelle Grace, Cindy Cruz and Christa Jackson over white background with gray circles alongside CEHS Racial Literacy Roundtables logo and text, "Spring 2024 Racial Literacy Roundtables"

23 Jan 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Topics, speakers announced for spring Racial Literacy Roundtables

The Racial Literacy Roundtables events in Spring 2024 will feature discussions about pursuing meaningful conversations around the effects of race/ism, queer and trans street youth, and equity in STEM education.

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