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15 Oct 2015    

Niehaus earns grants to study student engagement

Elizabeth Niehaus, assistant professor in Educational Administration, has been awarded two grants to study Caribbean student engagement in higher education. The American College Personnel Association Foundation awarded a $2,500 grant and the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators In Higher Education) Foundation awarded $4,650--both projects are housed in the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools.

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15 Oct 2015    By Lindsay Augustyn, Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education, and Robb Crouch, University of Nebraska Foundation.

Primarily Math wins grant from Women Investing in Nebraska

Primarily Math, a program of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with objectives to transform K–3 mathematics education in Nebraska, has received a $53,700 grant award from Women Investing in Nebraska. 

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14 Oct 2015    

Wang to lecture on "Context and Language Transfer" Nov. 5

Chuming Wang, president of the Chinese Society of Second Language Research and professor of English at the National Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, will deliver a university wide lecture entitled “Context and Language Transfer” from 4–5 p.m., Nov. 5, 2015 in Othmer Hall, Room 105. The lecture, sponsored by UNL's Confucius Institute and the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, will be followed by a reception to which all are invited to meet Dr. Wang.

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09 Oct 2015    By Brad Stauffer

NSF Noyce grant to fund UNL scholarships for future science teachers

A three-year, $799,890 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) will be used to help meet the growing need for high school and middle school science teachers. The Phase II Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship grant will provide scholarships for qualifying graduate students to participate in UNL’s Master of Arts with emphasis in science teaching (MAst) program. The 14-month program prepares students to teach middle and high school science.

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