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20 Apr 2016    

TLTE's Lopez receives Swanson Award for teaching excellence

The College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) has selected William Lopez, professor of practice in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, as the 2016 recipient of the Donald R. & Mary Lee Swanson Award for Teaching Excellence. He was recognized at a campus luncheon in his honor April 18 and will also be honored at the CEHS Awards Ceremony April 22 and the UNL Honor’s Convocation Sunday, April 23 at the Lied Center.



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20 Apr 2016    By Carol Hockersmith, Great Plains IDEA

Johnson receives Friend Award from Great Plains IDEA

Julie Johnson, emeritus professor and former chair in Child, Youth and Family Studies, was awarded the 2016 Friend of the Great Plains IDEA Award for her work building online, inter-institutional degrees.

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20 Apr 2016    By Carol Hockersmith, Great Plains IDEA

Johnson receives Friend Award from Great Plains IDEA

Julie Johnson, emeritus professor and former chair in Child, Youth and Family Studies, was awarded the 2016 Friend of the Great Plains IDEA Award for her work building online, inter-institutional degrees.

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20 Apr 2016    

Researchers share math program processes during Italy visit

Having concluded the first two years of a project designed to improve the teaching of math in preschool classrooms, UNL researchers recently shared their efforts with a prominent education center in Italy.

UNL faculty Ruth Heaton, Carolyn Pope Edwards and Victoria Molfese spearheaded Math Early On, a project aimed at bolstering the mathematical content knowledge, skills and self-efficacy of preschool teachers and their students.



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Ruth Heaton, Gilmartin Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education.

12 Apr 2016    

Heaton elected chair of AERA SIG

Ruth Heaton, Gilmartin Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, has been elected to a two-year term as co-chair of the Research in Mathematics Education special interest group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Her term begins following the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting, April 8-12.



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Ruth Heaton, Gilmartin Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education.

12 Apr 2016    

Heaton elected chair of AERA SIG

Ruth Heaton, Gilmartin Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, has been elected to a two-year term as co-chair of the Research in Mathematics Education special interest group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Her term begins following the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting, April 8-12.



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11 Apr 2016    

EDAD grad Kane awarded for dissertation, selected ACE Fellow

Cindy Kane, a December 2014 Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been awarded with the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association of College Unions International (ACUI).

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11 Apr 2016    

EDAD grad Kane awarded for dissertation, selected ACE Fellow

Cindy Kane, a December 2014 Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been awarded with the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association of College Unions International (ACUI).

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11 Apr 2016    

Kostelnik honored by LAEYC

The Lincoln Association for the Education of Young Children (LAEYC) has named College of Education and Human Sciences Dean Marjorie Kostelnik its Sally Wysong Award recipient for outstanding service to the children of Lincoln and their families. The award was presented April 9 at LAEYC’s Early Childhood Celebration at Southeast Community College.



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11 Apr 2016    

Bentz is April's Staff Star Award recipient

The Staff Council congratulates Matthew Bentz, computer support analyst in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, for being selected as the April recipient of the Council's Staff Star Award. Comments from Mat's nominators included:



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