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Two gradates in a cap and gown pose for a photograph with their families.

29 Sep 2021 By Haley Apel

ROOTS program sets sights on preparing Indigenous school leaders

A new grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow the Roots Teacher Education Program to expand its efforts and focus on training Indigenous school principals and administrators.

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Moving Culturally-Based Sororities and Fraternities Forward book

23 Sep 2021

Garcia publishes a book on culturally-based sororities and fraternities

Dr. Crystal E. Garcia continues to examine the mechanisms by which racially minoritized college students experience campus environments. Recently she released her new co-edited book Moving Culturally-Based Sororities and Fraternities Forward, which dives into culturally-based sororities and fraternities including historically Asian Pacific Islander Desi American, Black, Latinx/a/o, LGBTQ, Multicultural, and Native American organizations.

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Kristy Saunders (Asst. Director UNL Husker Hub)

22 Sep 2021 By Dijon DeLaPorte

Saunders’ thesis inspires the Husker Hub to develop a video series to aid students

When Kristy Saunders came to UNL to begin graduate school, she didn’t envision that 3 years later she would produce a 100-page document that would help spur the creation of a video series that would help first-generation students at the Husker Hub where she now works. Back in 2018, Saunders moved to UNL for the Master of Arts (M.A.) in educational administration program with a specialization in student affairs administration. The program is often referred to as “the student affairs program”. “I was really attracted to the program because of the social justice focus,” Saunders said.

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19 Jul 2021

EDAD Announces 2021-2022 Fellowship Recipients

The Department of Educational Administration is proud to announce our fellowship recipients for the 2020-2021 school year. Below is the full list of recipients. Learn more about the individual recipients and how this award will impact their career by following @NebraskaEDAD on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Each day on social media we will feature a recipient.

2021-2022 Fellowship Recipients

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23 Jun 2021 By Elizabeth M. Ericson, Ed.D., 2021

Every Student Means Every Student: Experiences of Nebraska Principals and the Challenges of Educating Students with Emotional Dysregulation

Through her doctoral pathway through UNL and UNK, Dr. Elizabeth Ericson studied the challenges principals face educating children with emotional dysregulation. This “invisible backpack” of behaviors could be caused by mental health struggles, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), or a host of other factors that cause the students to become emotionally dysregulated.

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23 Jun 2021 By Jill M. Johnson, Ed.D., 2021

Nebraska Principals & Student-led Social Media Teams

As part of her UNL – UNK doctoral pathway, Dr. Jill Johnson sought to identify the technology leadership qualities possessed by secondary school principals in Nebraska who support student-led social media teams. This study was prompted by the need to address some of the negative ramifications of students’ social media interactions filtering into high schools.

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23 Jun 2021 By Shavonna Holman, Ed. D.

Virtual Reality Supplements Principal Internships

Mursion Virtual Reality for Educators

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23 Jun 2021

Who Should Get “Ineffective”? A Principal’s Ethical Dilemmas on Teacher Evaluation

Taeyeon Kim, Charles Lowery

https://doi.org/10.1177/1555458920976718

It’s no secret that school principals play a critical role in evaluating teachers and providing feedback, but high-stakes evaluation policies at the local and state levels can create ethical dilemmas for principals.

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