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05 Apr 2023    

Husker students assist at 2023 Masters Tournament

For the ninth time, students from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management program will work with members, patrons and staff at Augusta National Golf Club for the 2023 Masters Tournament.

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04 Apr 2023    

Perspectives of Cooperating Teachers Regarding the Student Teaching Experience

Megan Schuh has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Perspectives of Cooperating Teachers Regarding the Student Teaching Experience,” as part of the Educational Studies Doctor of Philosophy program.

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03 Apr 2023    

Heather Snodgrass honored with CEHS Staff Star Award

Heather Snodgrass, marketing and communications manager for the Buros Center for Testing, 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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03 Apr 2023    By Kelcey Buck

Paul Pechous elected ASUN president, student regent

For the first time in at least a decade, a student from the College of Education and Human Sciences will serve as the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) president after Paul Pechous was elected to the position in early March.

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03 Apr 2023    By Dan Moser - Research and Economic Development

Palala wins second student research slam

Héctor Palala, doctoral student in teaching, learning and teacher education, won the second annual Student Research Slam held at the Wick Alumni Center on Mar. 31.

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Distinguished Visiting Scholar Keynote "Promoting Socioemotional Development in Racially Minoritized Youth" featuring Deborah Rivas-Drake May 3 12 p.m. Unity Room GAUN

29 Mar 2023    

Michigan’s Rivas-Drake to deliver May 3 keynote on development of racially minoritized youth

Deborah Rivas-Drake, Stephanie J. Rowley Collegiate Professor of Education and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, will deliver a May 3 keynote presentation titled, “Promoting Socioemotional Development in Racially Minoritized Youth.”

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28 Mar 2023    

Interviews with icons yield lessons on productivity in ‘Wisdom Years’

Ken Kiewra sat down with Nebraska Today to chat about the importance of lifelong pursuits, the value of following bliss, and the best ways to acknowledge aging without kowtowing to it.

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27 Mar 2023    By Kelcey Buck

SECD student Nickie King named National NSSLHA scholarship recipient

Nickie King, a junior communication sciences and disorders major from Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, was one of six juniors from nearly 350 colleges and universities across the country selected to receive a National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) undergraduate scholarship for 2023-24.

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Monique Miller sits in a large blue chair and poses for a photo in Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall.

23 Mar 2023    By Katie Black | University Communication and Marketing

Miller aims to provide a voice for children

Monique Miller is a pre-law child youth, and family studies and communication studies double major with minors in ethnic studies, English and philosophy from Omaha, Nebraska. Through work on and off campus, Miller is striving to provide a voice for children.

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Jasmin Smith, wearing an orange shirt, stands in front of a colorful mural inside of Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall and smiles for a photo.

20 Mar 2023    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Child care study examines whether kids eat healthier when mealtimes are positive

Graduate student Jasmin Smith is working with Dipti Dev, associate professor of child, youth and family studies and Nebraska Extension specialist, to explore the impact of mealtime emotional climate on child care providers’ feeding practices and children’s dietary outcomes.

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