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Associate professor Amanda Morales speaks to students during the 2023 YPAR Summit

21 Feb 2024    By Kelcey Buck

New grant project to provide training, ongoing support for teachers of diverse backgrounds

Diversifying and increasing the number of individuals becoming and remaining teachers in Nebraska and Kansas is the focus of a new three-year project that leverages the strengths of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Education and Human Sciences and Kansas State University’s Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy.

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Deepika Menon, leads the RISE Project, a newly-funded Noyce Track 4 research project, to improve integrated STEM instruction in elementary classrooms.

20 Feb 2024    By Research and Economic Development

Project aims to improve STEM teaching

Preparing kids for a fast-paced, technology-focused future starts in elementary school. Yet many teachers are ill-prepared to teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is one of four collaborating universities leading a national, multi-institutional effort to improve novice elementary educators’ ability and confidence to teach these fields, known as STEM.

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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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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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Beth Lewis smiles with her Catalyst Award in Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall. Exterior photo of CPEH with red overlay in background.

18 Jan 2024    

Lewis receives Catalyst Award from NATS

Elizabeth Lewis, a professor in Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, has been awarded the 2023 Catalyst Award from the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science.

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Molly Sambol headshot with autumn leaves on tree in background, campus photo with red overlay behind

08 Jan 2024    

Meet a Husker: Molly Sambol

Meet Molly Sambol, a 2021 CEHS graduate from Omaha, Nebraska. Molly completed her bachelor's degree in secondary education - English and language arts, with a minor in international studies.

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Olivia DeBrie poses for a photo on a platform above the landscape in New Zealand

20 Dec 2023    

Meet a Husker: Olivia DeBrie

Meet Olivia Debrie, an elementary education major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Olivia graduated from CEHS in December 2023.

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Photo of Presley Pribil standing in-between rows of bookcases. Placed on a red background.

01 Dec 2023    

Meet a Husker: Presley Pribil

Meet Presley Pribil, a secondary education (English/language arts) major from O’Neill, Nebraska. Presley is also pursuing a minor in psychology.

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Julia Torquati stands smiling outdoors with the Nebraska State Capitol behind her.

03 Nov 2023    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Partnership aims to diversify, strengthen Nebraska’s early childhood workforce

Researchers, educators and community partners from across Nebraska are working to find a lasting solution to support, expand and diversify the state’s early childhood workforce to ensure positive developmental outcomes for children birth to age 8.

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Twenty people wearing professional attire of red and black stand in front of a brick column.

19 Oct 2023    

Four CEHS students named 2023 homecoming royalty finalists

Four students from the College of Education and Human Sciences are among the 20 Husker seniors selected as University of Nebraska-Lincoln homecoming royalty finalists for 2023.

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