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22 Aug 2011    

Call for Proposals: Hong Kong travel award

Overview: Funding will be awarded through a College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) International Seed Grant to present a research paper at the Student Research Conference at the University of Hong Kong, to experience Chinese culture, and to share the experience with the CEHS community.

Who is Eligible: CEHS graduate students who are first authors on a research proposal.

Award: Round trip airfare from Nebraska to Hong Kong, round trip transportation between airport and hotel, six nights lodging (double occupancy), and two meals per day while in Hong Kong.



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22 Aug 2011    

Portnoy receives Fulbright, will teach in China

Robert “Bob” Portnoy has received a Fulbright award to teach in China during the 2011-2012 academic year. Portnoy is director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University Health Center and professor of educational psychology.

Portnoy will teach courses and give lectures in psychology. He will focus on decreasing stigma and increasing access to mental health services in Chinese higher education. Portnoy will be based at Nanjing University in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He will also give lectures at other universities throughout China.



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22 Aug 2011    

CEHS welcomes start of new academic year

CEHS hosted a breakfast meeting, attended by 200 faculty and staff, to celebrate a new year and review progress and opportunities. While UNL's move into the Big 10 signals major new opportunities for growth and collaboration, Dean Kostelnik highlighted CEHS accomplishments over the past year.



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12 Aug 2011    

OLLI open house is Aug. 14, 2011

The UNL Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is hosting an open house, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Aug. 14 at the Nebraska Champions Club. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is also free.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNL is one of 120 such institutes across the United States. Partnering with the College of Education and Human Sciences, OLLI UNL promotes lifelong learning for adults 50 years and older.

The open house kicks off OLLI UNL's new season of classes. The event also includes a 2:30 p.m. performance by musician Chris Sayre.



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29 Jul 2011    

Kostelnik chairs search for Buffett Early Childhood Institute director

Three UNL faculty are part of a 12-member search committee to select the inaugural executive director of the University of Nebraska's Buffett Early Childhood Institute.

The search committee, named by NU President James B. Milliken, is chaired by Marjorie Kostelnik, dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences at UNL. Other committee members from UNL include Helen Raikes and Susan Sheridan, both from CEHS.



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19 Jul 2011    

Baurain, TLTE, receives Presidential Graduate Fellowship

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the eight recipients of 2011-12 Presidential Graduate Fellowships. These prestigious fellowships honor NU graduate students on the basis of high scholastic performance, personal accomplishment and innovative research.



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06 Jul 2011    

Fish! Philosophy, presented by Sandra Stockall

The College of Education and Human Sciences Staff Council, along with the Arts and Sciences Staff Council, present the Fish! Philosophy, presented by Sandra Stockall.

The philosophy, based on Seattle's Pike Place Fish Market, comprises four components:

  1. have fun
  2. make their day
  3. be there
  4. choose your attitude

Learn practical skills that can create change in your own attitude.



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30 Jun 2011    

Golf tournament defrays costs for underrepresented students

On Friday July 8, CEHS will host a golf tournament at the Tiburon Golf Course near Gretna to raise dollars for scholarships for underrepresented students in CEHS programs. Last year more than 150 people came together for the event, organized by Don Benning, with help from Cindy DeRyke.

This year again, it will be a wonderful day for great cause. If you would like further information, contact Cindy in the Educational Administration Department Office. Tom Osborne will be the featured host this year.

Cindy DeRyke
402-472-3726



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30 Jun 2011    

Drawn: an exhibition by Beili Liu

"Beili Liu's time and process based installations look at transience, fragility and time lapse. She embraces a broad range of mediums in her work: from everyday materials such as salt, water, needle, and thread, to digitally processed images, video, and sound." Beili Liu

Liu is a Chinese American artist born in Jilin, China, and now lives and works in Austin, Texas. She is currently an assistant professor of art at the University of Texas at Austin.



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27 Jun 2011    

Study shows diets of low-income families often fall short in nutrition

More than seven in 10 low-income families in a new UNL study struggled to reach adequate levels of nutrition in their diet, researchers said.

When asked to recall food choices from the previous day, only 28 percent of participating parents and caregivers reported meals with adequate amounts of nutrients like vitamins A and C, protein, calcium and iron, according to the study.



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