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Korinne Zimmerman, Omaha Fashion Week Emerging Designer

18 Sep 2017    By Kari Eller

Fashion Week winner reflects on her inclusive designs and vision

Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design (TMFD) graduate Korinne Zimmerman took home the Emerging Designer award at Omaha Fashion Week (OFW) in August. Her career appears on an upward trajectory as she communicates to the world through her designs. Zimmerman’s passion for designing and sewing is immediately recognizable and contagious.



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14 Sep 2017    

“Between Allah and Me (and Everyone Else)”

The Women’s and Gender Studies department in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences present a film screening and discussion of “Between Allah and Me (and Everyone Else)” from 6-8 p.m., Sept. 18 at the Mary Riepma Ross Theater, 313 N. 13th St.

A panel discussion will follow the screening of the film. The panel includes professors Loukia Sarroub, Abla Hasan, Claire Nicholas and Ph.D. candidate Samirah Alotaibi.



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11 Sep 2017    

TMFD Ph.D. Students Receive Fellowships

Md. Rashaduzzaman, TMFD Ph.D. graduate student currently working under Dr. Jennifer Jorgensen’s supervision, has been notified that he’s the recipient of this year's ITAA Marjorie Joseph Fellowship: Outstanding Beginning Doctoral Student Award. Bingnan Mu, TMFD Ph.D. graduate student currently working under Dr. Yiqi Yang's supervision, has received a John and Louise Skala Fellowship.

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11 Sep 2017    By Kelcey Buck

Five SECD faculty among speakers at NSLHA Fall Convention

Five faculty members from the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders will be among the speakers featured at the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) fall convention Sept. 14-15, in Lincoln.

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Ricketts Computer Lab

08 Sep 2017    By Kelcey Buck

Student collaboration focus of Ricketts Computer Lab updates

The Ricketts Computer Lab in the Barkley Memorial Center has transformed into a more collaborative space for the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders after being remodeled and upgraded over the summer.

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Ginger Starks Yoble

08 Sep 2017    

CEHS, TLTE grad earns national German teaching award

Ginger Starks Yoble, master's and Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, has been named the 2017 K-8 Outstanding German Educator by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). The national award is given annually in recognition of innovative teaching, extraordinary talent and exceptional leadership in the German teaching profession.



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Ginger Starks Yoble

08 Sep 2017    

CEHS, TLTE grad earns national German teaching award

Ginger Starks Yoble, master's and Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, has been named the 2017 K-8 Outstanding German Educator by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). The national award is given annually in recognition of innovative teaching, extraordinary talent and exceptional leadership in the German teaching profession.



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07 Sep 2017    

Ramer-Tait awarded Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research award (YIGPRO)

NPOD Project Leader Amanda Ramer-Tait was one of the three recipients of this year’s Young  Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research award (YIGPRO).  YIGPRO grant awards are given to promote probiotics and gut microbiome research and this year’s awards emphasized “mechanisms through which diet/nutritional approaches affect the gut microbiome and health status”.  See the full story here: (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-re



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06 Sep 2017    

EDAD grad student honored by NASPA

Dallas Doane, a second-year student in the student affairs master’s degree cohort in the Department of Educational Administration, has been awarded the NASPA IV-West Rising Star award in the graduate student category for the state of Nebraska. Doane has served the College of Education and Human Sciences as a graduate assistant working with undergraduate recruitment and is currently working with the advising center. Doane also completed an internship in Nebraska’s First-Year Experience and Transition Program.



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06 Sep 2017    

EDAD grad student honored by NASPA

Dallas Doane, a second-year student in the student affairs master’s degree cohort in the Department of Educational Administration, has been awarded the NASPA IV-West Rising Star award in the graduate student category for the state of Nebraska. Doane has served the College of Education and Human Sciences as a graduate assistant working with undergraduate recruitment and is currently working with the advising center. Doane also completed an internship in Nebraska’s First-Year Experience and Transition Program.



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