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A group of people walking in an outdoor setting. One individual, wearing red and holding a clipboard talks to the other three.

13 Dec 2021    

5 CEHS students selected as summer orientation leaders

Five College of Education and Human Sciences students will serve as orientation leaders for summer 2022.

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an infant uses the NTrainer

01 Dec 2021    By Tiffany Lee, Office of Research & Economic Development

Early results from NIH study show promise for helping preterm infants

November is National Prematurity Awareness Month, a time to recognize the challenges faced by the 15 million babies around the world who are born each year before 37 weeks of gestational age. Because these babies miss out on crucial developmental processes that happen in the womb during the last few months of pregnancy, they can face a host of short- and long-term health problems, including cardiac, respiratory and neurological complications.



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Amy Willman, Jonathan Carlson, Kelcey Buck, Jessica Namkung, Abby Pelster, Nikki Scott, Anne Thomas, Yingying Wang

18 Nov 2021    

Eight SECD faculty and staff receive service awards

Eight faculty and staff in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders will be honored during a universitywide Celebration of Service Nov. 18 at the Coliseum.

The Celebration of Service event will feature an open house and lunch for all employees from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Coliseum. Honored employees can pick up their service awards, and an all-star photography booth will be available.



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Barkley Memorial Center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus

16 Nov 2021    

SECD faculty, students prepare for ASHA Convention

Faculty and students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders are scheduled to make 14 presentations during the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention. This year's hybrid convention is being held Nov. 18-20 in Washington, D.C., with a virtual library of pre-recorded sessions available Nov. 15-22.



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25 Oct 2021    

Maag named Larry and Sharon Roos Professor of Special Education

John Maag has been named the Larry and Sharon Roos Professor in Special Education.

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Stacie Ray, Hannah Ditmars and seven Husker audiology students pose for a photo with Dr. Marvin Gonzalez and all the supplies they sent with him to Nicaragua in August 2021.

08 Oct 2021    By Kelcey Buck

Huskers maintain hearing healthcare services in Nicaragua despite travel limitations

It has been more than two and a half years since either Stacie Ray or Hannah Ditmars have been to Nicaragua, but that has not stopped them from continuing the project they started in 2015 to provide sustainable hearing healthcare to a country of people desperately in need of such services.

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A Husker speech-language pathology graduate student explains voice screening results to a student from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.

30 Sep 2021    By Kelcey Buck

Speech-language pathology program provides voice screenings for theatre, film students

A collaborative project a few years in the making finally came to fruition the end of August as five graduate students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s speech-language pathology program provided voice screenings for nearly 30 theatre and film students in Nebraska’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.

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The Barkley Memorial Center houses the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, as well as the Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic.

28 Sep 2021    By Kelcey Buck

SECD faculty, students slated to present at NSLHA Fall Conference

Six faculty and four graduate students from SECD's speech-language pathology and audiology programs are among the speakers at the 2021 Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) Fall Convention Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Kearney.

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Husker students pose for a photo at the Centro de Educación Creativa in Monteverde, Costa Rica, in 2019

14 Sep 2021    By Kelcey Buck

Applications open for May 2022 study abroad experience in Costa Rica

After a two-year hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic, professor of practice Sue Kemp is looking forward to once again leading the annual study abroad experience in Costa Rica in May 2022. 



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Clinicians and participants smile for a group screenshot during a Zoom meeting for the LOUD Crowd.

02 Sep 2021    By Kelcey Buck

Barkley Clinic offers specialized in-person, teletherapy services for individuals with Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s Disease is the fastest growing brain disease in the world, and nine out of 10 people with Parkinson’s are at risk of developing a weak voice that can lead to serious speech and swallowing issues. The Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic aims to prevent that from happening with its specialized program that combines education, individual speech therapy and group speech therapy.

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