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18 Apr 2013    

Katelyn White, senior in NHS, garners 2013 Wayne Duke Award

Katelyn White, senior in the department of Nutrition Health and Science, is one of two students to be awarded the Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award for 2013. White is from Broken Bow, Nebraska.



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15 Apr 2013    

Instructional Design Center has completed move to temporary quarters

The Instructional Design Center has moved temporarily to Room 46 of Henzlik Hall. The new space is in the lower level on the north side of Henzlik. A new roof and other improvements are planned. The e-mail and website addresses will remain the same: idc2@unl.edu and designcenter.unl.edu. The telephone is 402-472-2258

The same printing, copying, poster and design services are available. Due to the limitation of the smaller space, there is no longer a space for students to do hand work, cutting or spray mounting on their own projects. Student computers are still available.



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15 Apr 2013    

Renewable Dreaming: an exhibit at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery

A new exhibit at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery showcases garments and textiles created by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design.

To create the "Renewable Dreaming" exhibit students researched sustainability in different aspects of textile and garment production. The students designed and created the textiles using many different techniques, including screen-printing, shibori and digital printing.

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15 Apr 2013    

Two faculty honored by Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance

Rich Bischoff, chair of CYAF department chair, has been awarded the 2013 Great IDEA Award. Rich works with five of the six Human Science programs at UNL. He is committed to the success and growth of each program and provides excellent input at both the department chair and faculty levels.

Marjorie Kostelnik, Dean of CEHS, was recognized as one of the 2013 Friends of Great Plains IDEA.



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14 Apr 2013    

Millspaugh awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Amy Millspaugh, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Germany.

She is earning masters’ degrees in German and education at UNL and will leave in the fall to travel to Germany to begin a nine-month English teaching assistantship.



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14 Apr 2013    

Magician, Spencer, to talk about his work with disabled children

Kevin Spencer will be in Lincoln performing a show at the Lied Center April 19th, but his real passion is working with children with disabilities and teaching them magic tricks. 

Kevin will be at the Barkley Memorial Center on Wednesday, April 17, Barkley Room 130, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. talking about how he works with children with disabilities.

All are invited to join us.

 



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07 Apr 2013    

TLTE garners university-wide Departmental Teaching Award

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education has been selected to receive the 2013 University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA) from the University of Nebraska, NU President James B. Milliken announced.
 



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07 Apr 2013    

Klare to offer lecture April 8

Matthew Klare, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, will provide an overview of the status of dropout prevention, intervention and recovery, particularly for students with disabilities. He will describe a dropout prevention risk calculator currently being refined in cooperation with Goodrich Middle School in Lincoln and explain how it can be used to intervene for high risk students. He will also address strategies to prevent dropouts and recover students who have dropped out.



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02 Apr 2013    

Heineman proclaims Rural Education Week

With support from the Center for Great Plains Studies and UNL's National Center for Research on Rural Education (R²Ed), Gov. Dave Heineman has proclaimed April 1-6 as Rural Education Week in the state.

Center for Great Plains Director Richard Edwards and R²Ed Director Susan Sheridan joined Peter Longo, professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in requesting the proclamation.

Its signing sets the stage for two events that will address education in rural communities throughout the Cornhusker State and beyond.



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29 Mar 2013    

Abu-Elheiga to present next NGN Seminar Series talk

Lutfi Abu-Elheiga, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will be the next NGN Seminar Series speaker, April 3rd at noon, Nebraska East Union, Sunflower Room. A brown bag lunch with beverages and dessert will be provided
 
Abu-Elheiga's talk is entitled, “A New Mechanism for Treating Obesity: Targeting a Master Regulator for Lipid Synthesis by a Small Molecule.”
 



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