News

19 Dec 2014    

Pedersen collaborates with science educators in Japan

Jon Pedersen, CEHS associate dean of research (pictured on front row, third from left), returned from Japan this week after spending several days in Tokyo meeting with an international group of professors focused on improving the preparation of science teachers. Professors from Finland, France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States assembled in Tokyo Dec. 13-15 for an international seminar sponsored by the Society of Japan Science Teaching.



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19 Dec 2014    By UNL Today

Savaiano Collaborates on Art Project

Students in associate professor of art Sandra Williams’ Color and Composition class this fall completed a project to recreate works of art in a tactual manner to be displayed at the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.



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18 Dec 2014    By University Communications

Five CEHS students make Franco's List

Five CEHS seniors have been named to “Franco’s List” for being outstanding agents of character and integrity this fall. Franco's List (named after Juan Franco, UNL's vice chancellor for student affairs) recognizes students in the university community identified as demonstrating the positive characteristics that are part of being a person of integrity.



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17 Dec 2014    

Kunzman receives Dec. CEHS Staff Council Star Award

Staff Council congratulates Joan Kunzman, Administrative Support Associate, for being selected Dec. recipient of the CEHS Staff Council Star Award.

Reminder: If you know of a staff member you believe goes above and beyond their scope of duties, make sure to nominate that person. Even if they do not receive the award the first time they are nominated, they can be nominated again until they do. You can find the nomination form at https://cehsvl01.unl.edu/cehs/awards/nomination_form_v4_star.php.



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17 Dec 2014    

Ault receives Oct. CEHS Staff Council Staff Star Award

Staff Council congratulates Nadine Ault, Staff Assistant Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, for being selected Oct. recipient of the CEHS Staff Star Award.

Reminder: If you know of a staff member you believe goes above and beyond their scope of duties, make sure to nominate that person. Even if they do not receive the award the first time they are nominated, they can be nominated again until they do. You can find the nomination form at https://cehsvl01.unl.edu/cehs/awards/nomination_form_v4_star.php.



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OLLI Director Dee Aguilar is surprised by announcement from Chancellor Harvey Perlman.

12 Dec 2014    By Troy Fedderson, University Communications

OLLI nets another $1 million endowment

Chancellor Harvey Perlman crashed an annual holiday party on Dec. 9 to announce that UNL's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has earned a second $1 million grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation. (Watch video of the surprise announcment.)

The award will be used to support the needs of OLLI's growing membership, said Dee Aguilar, coordinator of the UNL OLLI program.



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10 Dec 2014    

Merriman elected to web governance board

Dave Merriman, CEHS web developer, has been elected to UNL's inaugural Web Developer Network Shared Governance Board. He is one of nine members of the board that will promote and administer the UNLedu Web Framework and its associated Style Book. His term will be for two years. Merriman, who was instrumental in converting the CEHS website to the UNL Web 4.0 Template, was nominated by coworkers. Positions were voted on by campuswide members of the Web Development Network.

Activities of the Shared Governance Board are expected to include:


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    Dawn Davis, left, and Leslie Hawley, right.

    09 Dec 2014    By Alyssa Amen, CYFS Media/Communications Specialist

    PDK honors CYFS' Davis and Hawley

    Dawn Davis (pictured, left) and Leslie Hawley (pictured, right), faculty affiliates with the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, were recently named “emerging leaders in education” by Phi Delta Kappa International, a global association of education professionals. 


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    Dr. Paul Springer

    09 Dec 2014    

    Paul Springer Receives NAMFT Award

    Dr. Paul Springer, Associate Professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, has been recognized as the Nebraska Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s Marriage and Family Therapist of the Year. The award recognizes Dr. Springer's contributions to the field of Marriage and Family Therapy in Nebraska.



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    Dr. Paul Springer

    09 Dec 2014    

    Paul Springer Receives NAMFT Award

    Dr. Paul Springer, Associate Professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, has been recognized as the Nebraska Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s Marriage and Family Therapist of the Year. The award recognizes Dr. Springer's contributions to the field of Marriage and Family Therapy in Nebraska.



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