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23 Aug 2010    

Isernhagen recieves Al Kilgore Award of Excellence

Jody Isernhagen (EDAD) was honored with the Al Kilgore Award of Excellence. The award was presented by the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development during the 2010 Administrator Days.  

The Al Kilgore Award of Excellence is presented to individuals who have made lasting contributions to assessment and curriculum.  Isernhagen is the fourth person to receive the award.



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23 Aug 2010    

Isernhagen recieves Al Kilgore Award of Excellence

Jody Isernhagen (EDAD) was honored with the Al Kilgore Award of Excellence. The award was presented by the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development during the 2010 Administrator Days.  

The Al Kilgore Award of Excellence is presented to individuals who have made lasting contributions to assessment and curriculum.  Isernhagen is the fourth person to receive the award.



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23 Aug 2010    

SECD students and faculty pitch in at Special Olympics

The Audiology Doctoral students (SECD) worked long hours the week of July 19-23 at the Special Olympics as part of the Healthy Hearing Program.  All the audiology students pitched in, working 30 hours during the week.  The students screened about 950 athletes. Nearly 130 hearing aids were provided to the athletes.

Kelly Wacker, as Lead Clinical Director, coordinated the event, including ordering equipment, registering volunteers, and training audiologists from across the nation who will establish Healthy Hearing Programs for their own state Special Olympics.



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23 Aug 2010    

SECD students and faculty pitch in at Special Olympics

The Audiology Doctoral students (SECD) worked long hours the week of July 19-23 at the Special Olympics as part of the Healthy Hearing Program.  All the audiology students pitched in, working 30 hours during the week.  The students screened about 950 athletes. Nearly 130 hearing aids were provided to the athletes.

Kelly Wacker, as Lead Clinical Director, coordinated the event, including ordering equipment, registering volunteers, and training audiologists from across the nation who will establish Healthy Hearing Programs for their own state Special Olympics.



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16 Aug 2010    

TCD Students and Faculty Participate in First China Study Tour

TCD China Study Tour Participants with Apparel and Textile Students from Donghua University, Shanghai

Thirty UNL students, most from the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, and six faculty returned on May 27 from a twelve day trip to Shanghai and neighboring textile and apparel production centers in Suzhou and Wuxi. The trip was one of three 2010 UNL Global Gateways projects, with underwriting provided through the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs that supported twenty student scholars and three faculty fellows.



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16 Aug 2010    

Dr. Shubha Bennur Joins the TCD Faculty

TCD is happy to welcome Dr. Shubha Bennur, Assistant Professor of Merchandising, who joins our faculty this semester. Dr. Bennur received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University earlier this summer, with a specialization in Apparel Merchandising. Her dissertation topic, From Apparel Product Attributes to Brand Loyalty: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of U.S. and Indian Consumers Attribute Choices Applying Kano’s Theory, explores and contrasts product preferences and related buying behaviors of American and South Asian consumers.



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16 Aug 2010    

Tom Lundberg's MICROCOSMS currently on view in the Hillestad Gallery

            Leave any preconceptions you might have about embroidery at the door of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery when you arrive to view the magical stitched worlds created by Tom Lundberg. The artist wryly subverts notions of this genteel pastime by composing and painstakingly needling unpredictable, surreal, perverse or mystical dream states that serve as cautionary statements about our relationships with both the natural and the built universes we inhabit.



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22 Jun 2010    

Kiewra, Honz, Yang research study featured in national media

Ken Kiewra, Kelly Honz, and Ya-Shu Yang have had their recent paper, Exploring Students’ Academic Behavior and Motivation in the Social Context, featured in a wide range of media publications such as U.S. News & World Report, and ABC News Radio.

The paper appears in the May issue of Mid-Western Educational Researcher.



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02 Jun 2010    

Gretchen Oltman receives award for outstanding dissertation

Gretchen Oltman has received the National Association of Secondary School Principals award for outstanding dissertation related to high school.

Gretchen is a May 2009 EDUS PhD graduate advised by Don Uerling (EDAD).  

Oltman's dissertation is titled "Dealing with Student Violent Writing in the English Classroom: A Framework for Public School Administrators."



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02 Jun 2010    

Gretchen Oltman receives award for outstanding dissertation

Gretchen Oltman has received the National Association of Secondary School Principals award for outstanding dissertation related to high school.

Gretchen is a May 2009 EDUS PhD graduate advised by Don Uerling (EDAD).  

Oltman's dissertation is titled "Dealing with Student Violent Writing in the English Classroom: A Framework for Public School Administrators."



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