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Andrea Laughlin

12 Jan 2018    By Brad Stauffer

NHS graduate student receives ANDF scholarship

Nutrition and Health Sciences graduate student Andrea Laughlin has received the Marie E. Knickrehm Scholarship from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. The $6,000 scholarship is for the current school year. Laughlin, who is from Lincoln, completed her bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2014 and is currently working on a master’s degree in dietetics.



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Eckerson and Staples-Farmer named Practice Fellows.

11 Jan 2018    

LPS teachers help pilot TLTE Practice Fellows program

New classes were not the only thing that started up this week at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education (TLTE) began piloting its new Practice Fellows program. The idea of practice fellows is to find excellent K-12 educators with advanced credentials who bring their practice expertise to campus. The initial fellows are Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) educators Janet Eckerson (Lincoln High School) and Sarah Staples-Farmer (Lincoln East High School), who will continue to be K-12 teachers as they also serve the university.



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Eckerson and Staples-Farmer named Practice Fellows.

11 Jan 2018    

LPS teachers help pilot TLTE Practice Fellows program

New classes were not the only thing that started up this week at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education (TLTE) began piloting its new Practice Fellows program. The idea of practice fellows is to find excellent K-12 educators with advanced credentials who bring their practice expertise to campus. The initial fellows are Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) educators Janet Eckerson (Lincoln High School) and Sarah Staples-Farmer (Lincoln East High School), who will continue to be K-12 teachers as they also serve the university.



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Elvira Abrica and Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza.

09 Jan 2018    

Abrica and Hatch invited to inaugural symposium

EDAD faculty members, Elvira Abrica and Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza, are representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this week at the first ever Project MALES Faculty and Research Affiliates Symposium.

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Elvira Abrica and Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza.

09 Jan 2018    

Abrica and Hatch invited to inaugural symposium

EDAD faculty members, Elvira Abrica and Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza, are representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this week at the first ever Project MALES Faculty and Research Affiliates Symposium.

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Karen Hux

09 Jan 2018    By Kelcey Buck

Professor Karen Hux retires from SECD after 27 years

As Karen Hux was finishing up her doctoral program, she saw a job announcement for a faculty position at Nebraska that specifically mentioned traumatic brain injury, neurology and aphasia. She knew she had to apply since those were her areas of interest, but she had no intention of ever living in Lincoln, Nebraska. That was 1989.

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HealthyU

03 Jan 2018    By Kelcey Buck

ACFW collaborating to build better futures: Developing HealthyU

A group of University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers at the Academy for Child and Family Well Being (ACFW) are collaborating with a select team of multidisciplinary professionals from Oregon, Alabama, University of South Florida and Lincoln Public Schools to create a web-based health literacy curriculum to help transition-age adolescents navigate the health care system. 



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Tierra Williams

02 Jan 2018    By Katie Ballue

Discover CYAF: interview with undergrad Tierra Williams

Welcome to Discover CYAF, a series that spotlights some of the talented and passionate people who come through the Child, Youth, and Family Studies department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Let's get to know Tierra Williams, who came to Auburn, Nebraska at age 11 after Hurricane Katrina destroyed everything her family owned, and eventually made her way to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Child, Youth, and Family Studies department.



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18 Dec 2017    

2017 Winter Student Recognition Event

The NPOD Winter Student Recognition Event took place on December 11 at the Van Brunt Visitor's Center. Eight posters were displayed by graduate students and postdocs. Thanks to all who attended this event! 



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14 Dec 2017    By Troy Fedderson | University Communication

Swearer: Social media not best avenue to deal with bullying

A Nebraska-based national expert on the topic said parents seeking to help children being bullied should consider other resources before turning to social media.

Susan Swearer, Willa Cather Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, said the array of reactions to the viral video of 11-year-old Keaton Jones recounting his bullying experience is an example of how social media can do more harm that good.



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