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16 Dec 2016    

December 2016 Graduate Spotlights

Several students from the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders will receive their diplomas this weekend during Nebraska's December 2016 commencement ceremonies. Four of those students took time to discuss their experiences in SECD.

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15 Dec 2016    

Academy for Child & Family Well Being hosting book fair Dec. 18 to benefit Nebraska Letterbox Club

The Academy for Child and Family Well Being (ACFW) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be hosting a book fair Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Barnes & Noble store at SouthPointe Pavilions in Lincoln. In addition to offering several free activities, a percentage of sales during the book fair will benefit the Nebraska Letterbox Club, which sends educational packages to children in Nebraska’s foster care system. 



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13 Dec 2016    By Kelcey Buck

Professor by day, candy maker by night

When Sue Kemp was handed a toffee recipe during her student teaching, she never expected to be spending every night and weekend cooking to fill the orders she receives for her business, Sweets by Suzanne.

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12 Dec 2016    

Craft receives student leadership and academic award

Renee Craft, a senior in athletic training from Castle Rock, Colorado, has received a 2017 William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award from NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation. The award is presented to exceptional students that work or participate in campus recreation.

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Joel Cramer, associate professor, Nutrition and Health Sciences

09 Dec 2016    

Cramer’s nutritional supplement research published in JAMDA

Joel Cramer, associate professor of nutrition and health sciences, was recently published in JAMDA, the journal of the Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care Medicine (AMDA), for his research with experimental oral nutritional supplements in older adults with mild to moderate sarcopenia. Cramer and his research colleagues partnered with Abbott Nutrition to “determine the intersections between malnutrition and sarcopenia, and to look for new evidence-based care practices to ultimately improve outcomes for vulnerable patients,” Cramer told “Caring for the Ages,” the newspaper of AMDA.



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Joel Cramer, associate professor, Nutrition and Health Sciences

09 Dec 2016    

Cramer’s nutritional supplement research published in JAMDA

Joel Cramer, associate professor of nutrition and health sciences, was recently published in JAMDA, the journal of the Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care Medicine (AMDA), for his research with experimental oral nutritional supplements in older adults with mild to moderate sarcopenia. Cramer and his research colleagues partnered with Abbott Nutrition to “determine the intersections between malnutrition and sarcopenia, and to look for new evidence-based care practices to ultimately improve outcomes for vulnerable patients,” Cramer told “Caring for the Ages,” the newspaper of AMDA.



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06 Dec 2016    

Benes receives NASPA regional award

Stephanie Benes, a second-year master’s degree student in the student affairs program, has been selected for the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) Region IV-West Graduate Student Rising Star Award. As part of her program in the Department of Educational Administration, Benes is a graduate assistant with the Nebraska Unions where she is responsible for overseeing the operations of the welcome desk.



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NASPA regional case study team wins competition.

05 Dec 2016    

Case study team wins NASPA regional competition

The student affairs case study team from the Department of Educational Administration has once again brought home the hardware from the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) regional conference. This year’s case study was even more competitive because the competition was part of a joint conference of regions IV-W and IV-E held Nov. 15-17 in St. Louis. The team of Linh Phu, Ashley Hurt, Kassi Woods and Stephanie Blair took first place.



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NASPA regional case study team wins competition.

05 Dec 2016    

Case study team wins NASPA regional competition

The student affairs case study team from the Department of Educational Administration has once again brought home the hardware from the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) regional conference. This year’s case study was even more competitive because the competition was part of a joint conference of regions IV-W and IV-E held Nov. 15-17 in St. Louis. The team of Linh Phu, Ashley Hurt, Kassi Woods and Stephanie Blair took first place.



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02 Dec 2016    

Stephen Boney: 30 years at Nebraska

Stephen Boney, associate professor of practice in the audiology program, will be recognized for his 30 years of service at Nebraska during the college-wide meeting for the College of Education and Human Sciences Dec. 2.

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