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Samuel Phillips smiles for a photo in front of "Ascent," a sculpture on Tower Square in Downtown Lincoln.

14 Jun 2023    By Katie Black | University Communication and Marketing

Phillips’ leadership makes room for all

For this week of Pride Month 2023, we’re talking with Samuel Phillips, a Husker gymnast and hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major with a minor in film studies from Los Angeles, California. Through his work on campus, he is leading as a positive role model and making room for everyone.

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Verona Skomski stands in an office holding the CEHS Staff Star Award

13 Jun 2023    

Verona Skomski honored with CEHS Staff Star Award

Verona Skomski, administrative coordinator for the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, has been named the recipient of the latest Staff Star Award by the College of Education and Human Sciences Staff Council.

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Beth Doll and Matt Cormley stand near a white sculpture outside Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall

08 Jun 2023    By Chuck Green, CYFS

‘Homegrown’ training program addresses need for rural mental health professionals

A Nebraska virtual training program is helping to address the shortage of rural mental health professionals in small communities across Nebraska.

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Andre Nguyen sits in a blue chair along a wall of windows in Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall.

02 Jun 2023    By Katie Black | University Communication and Marketing

Nguyen celebrates heritage, cultivates welcoming spaces

Meet Andre Nguyen, a nutrition, exercise and health sciences major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Through his involvements on campus and in the community, he meets new friends, connects with his cultural heritage and cultivates welcoming spaces for others.

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Knoll Residential Center at UNL

25 May 2023    

CEHS graduates earn Honors Program awards

Six graduating seniors from the College of Education and Human Sciences earned awards from the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The students were selected from among the more than 300 Honors graduates during the 2022-23 academic year.

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students share their posters during Research Days

24 May 2023    

Three CEHS students among Research Days winners

Two graduate students and one undergraduate in the College of Education and Human Sciences were among the Huskers awarded prizes for their participation in the 2023 Student Research Days Poster Sessions and Creative Exhibitions March 28-29.

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Mackayla Kelsey portrait over campus photo with red overlay

23 May 2023    

TLTE doctoral student Mackayla Kelsey selected for Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship

Mackayla Kelsey, a doctoral student in educational studies specializing in innovative learning technologies, was one of four Husker graduate students selected for the 2023 Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship program, as announced by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.

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color portrait of Dwight Miller on red campus background

18 May 2023    By Undergraduate Research and Fellowships

TLTE master’s candidate Dwight Miller earns Fulbright award

Dwight Miller, a master’s candidate in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, has earned a 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to teach English in Nepal.

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Two students walk near the Meier Commons on UNL's City Campus.

18 May 2023    

23 CEHS students graduate from University Honors Program

Twenty-three students from the College of Education and Human Sciences are among the 264 graduating seniors who have completed the requirements of the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Peace Corps Prep students Kenzie Steiner and Katie Schmitz paint a mural during a group volunteer opportunity at the LUX Center for the Arts in May 2022.

18 May 2023    

Two CEHS students earn Peace Corps Prep certificate

AJ Pugh and Kenzie Steiner, both students in the College of Education and Human Sciences, were two of the eight students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who earned a certificate from the Peace Corps for successfully completing the Peace Corps Prep program.

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