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10 Feb 2015    By Sherri Jones

Student Investigator Grant awarded to Macy Schott

Macy Schott, a doctoral student working toward the AuD degree  in Audiology in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, was awarded a Student Investigator Grant in the Research Grants in Hearing & Balance program from the American Academy of Audiology.  Macy will be collaborating with UNL Extension to evaluate a hearing conservation program designed for 4-H youth.  Sherri Jones serves as Macy’s mentor.

Congratulations Macy!



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05 Feb 2015    By Deann Gayman | University Communications

Study shows resources shape outcomes of Native kids of teen moms

An adage says that children follow in their parents’ footsteps. So are children destined to repeat their parents’ mistakes?

That depends, according to a new study by UNL researcher Rochelle Dalla that delves into how a generation of Navajo teens have fared while growing up as children of teenaged mothers.



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05 Feb 2015    By Deann Gayman | University Communications

Study shows resources shape outcomes of Native kids of teen moms

An adage says that children follow in their parents’ footsteps. So are children destined to repeat their parents’ mistakes?

That depends, according to a new study by UNL researcher Rochelle Dalla that delves into how a generation of Navajo teens have fared while growing up as children of teenaged mothers.



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05 Feb 2015    

TLTE student wins math conference scholarship

Hayley Andersen, a CEHS senior from Pilger, Nebraska majoring in math education, has been selected to receive the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2015 Preservice Teacher Conference Scholarship. She will be attending the April NCTM conference in Boston. Less than a handful of students nationally are selected for this NCTM scholarship. Andersen submitted a paper that explores what it means for a teacher to make mathematics meaningful to their students and what the teacher's role is in doing so.



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05 Feb 2015    

TLTE student wins math conference scholarship

Hayley Andersen, a CEHS senior from Pilger, Nebraska majoring in math education, has been selected to receive the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2015 Preservice Teacher Conference Scholarship. She will be attending the April NCTM conference in Boston. Less than a handful of students nationally are selected for this NCTM scholarship. Andersen submitted a paper that explores what it means for a teacher to make mathematics meaningful to their students and what the teacher's role is in doing so.



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05 Feb 2015    By Brad Stauffer

Fellowship established to honor Kavanaugh-Miller

“Food and exercise is to enhance our lives, not add more stress.” These were words to live by for Karen Kavanaugh-Miller who devoted her professional life to helping people live healthier, happier lives. The past president of the Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spent 22 years practicing as a registered dietitian at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She died March 6, 2014, after a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer.



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05 Feb 2015    By Brad Stauffer

Fellowship established to honor Kavanaugh-Miller

“Food and exercise is to enhance our lives, not add more stress.” These were words to live by for Karen Kavanaugh-Miller who devoted her professional life to helping people live healthier, happier lives. The past president of the Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spent 22 years practicing as a registered dietitian at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She died March 6, 2014, after a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer.



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05 Feb 2015    

NHS's Rausch is February Staff Star Award recipient

The CEHS Staff Council has selected Lori Rausch, student services associate in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, as the February recipient of its Staff Star Award. The folowing remarks were made in her nomination:



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05 Feb 2015    

NHS's Rausch is February Staff Star Award recipient

The CEHS Staff Council has selected Lori Rausch, student services associate in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, as the February recipient of its Staff Star Award. The folowing remarks were made in her nomination:



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04 Feb 2015    

Counseling and School Psychology Clinic offers free counseling

The UNL Counseling and School Psychology Clinic has immediate openings for children, adolescents and families seeking therapy for issues related to depression, anxiety, ADHD, school problems and/or social problems.

The clinic, located in Teachers College Hall 49, is part of the educational psychology program in the College of Education and Human Sciences.



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