Inclusive Culture. Passionate Community.

CEHS is called “The People’s College” for a reason. We pride ourselves on our people. From classes to student organizations and college events, you will connect with people from different backgrounds and diverse perspectives, who share your passion for making a difference.

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Find Your Community: CEHS Cares

In CEHS, you’ll find a community of people who are eager to help you align your passions with our efforts to enhance the lives of individuals, families, schools and communities. Students, faculty and staff in the college genuinely care about the success of their peers and find unique and innovative ways to support one another.

Students Make Emotional Visit to Former Indian Boarding School

Nasia Olson-Whitefeather is president of UNITE, a registered student organization on campus that aims to empower Indigenous students at Nebraska. As part of her role, she organized a trip to the Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation where students had the opportunity to connect with one another, learn about the past, and in some cases, their own family history.

Make a Difference in The People’s College

Students, faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Sciences are passionate about working together to help people. Whether it’s supporting fellow students on campus or finding ways to stay connected during a pandemic, CEHS students are making a difference in their community.

Meet a Husker: Sandhya Karki

Meet Sandhya Karki, a nutrition and health sciences major with a minor in psychology and sociology from Kathmandu, Nepal. She’s always worked to positively impact others and on campus, she does just that through her involvements.

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Connect friendships to your future

As a student in the College of Education and Human Sciences you will have a number of opportunities to network with others who share your interests and create professional relationships that last past graduation.

CEHS Student Advisory Board

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One of the goals of the CEHS student advisory board is to plan events and activities to foster community within the college.

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

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The Future Teachers of Color bowling at the Nebraska East Union with Dr. Ricardo Martinez and Dr. Amanda Morales joining in on the fun!

Student Life at Nebraska

Husker recognized student organizations and other groups on campus have been giving back this semester through volunteer efforts, recycling, food donations and more!

University Honors Program

Communication sciences and disorders major Kaylie Trumble discovered her ‘why’ at UNL as a Honors Peer Mentor leader.

CEHS is Global

Studying abroad is a great way to expand your mind. CEHS is serious about making opportunities available for you to experience new cultures. With our Ready/Set/Go seminar, we’ll even provide you with a $1,000 scholarship to support your CEHS global experience through the Ready/Set/Go Program.

Husker undergrad seizes opportunity to study abroad

CEHS student Jennifer Au was one of the first Husker students to study abroad after a year-plus of pandemic-related travel restrictions and cancellations. The secondary math education major packed her bags and headed to Seoul, South Korea, to complete a beginner-level Korean language course while also exploring the historic city. 

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Build Connections in a Real-World Setting

Obtaining an internship is a great way to develop your social skills, learn how to work on a team, and build a network of contacts who can help you land a job. CEHS students have completed internships as youth coordinators at the Lincoln YMCA, health coaches at Bryan LifePointe, and special event staff at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel.

University Honors Program

Through the Husker Afterschool Learning Opportunities program, Erin Kelly, a textiles, merchandising and fashion design student taught kids to sew.

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Katrina Barnes formed strong relationships with her students, cooperating teacher and staff while student teaching at Zeman Elementary School in Lincoln.

Child, Youth and Family Studies

The Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory allows for opportunities for college students to train to be teachers.

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Recent CEHS grad, Molly Sambol is off to South Korea to teach English with a Fulbright grant. Congratulations Molly!

Live, Learn & Connect through Learning Communities

The College of Education and Human Sciences is home two learning communities in which students with shared academic interests live on the same residence hall floor, learn together, have a peer mentor and more. In addition, the Teacher Scholars Academy is a unique honors academy for education majors that is designed to directly target Nebraska’s teacher shortage.

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