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07 Jul 2015    

IQSCM receives NAC grant

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum (IQSCM) announced July 7, 2015 that it has been awarded a grant of $27,540 by the Nebraska Arts Council. This grant will support the museum’s programs, operations and exhibitions during 2015-2016 fiscal year.



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Georgia Jones, associate professor of nutrition and health sciences.

30 Jun 2015    By Alyssa Amen | CYFS

Engaging students with mobile technology

Georgia Jones, associate professor of nutrition and health sciences, is using mobile technology to connect students with course content—and she’s doing it all from a UNL food laboratory.



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Ken Kiera and student Amanda Witte

18 Jun 2015    By Leslie Reed | University Communications

Study shows devoted parents are key to developing world-class talent

It takes 10,000 hours of dedicated practice for a person can become a world-class talent in a given field, or so said writer Malcolm Gladwell in a 2008 book.

It also helps to have intensely dedicated parents, according to a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln educational psychologist Kenneth Kiewra and three former graduate students.



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16 Jun 2015    By McKenzie Swanson

Hatch joins new UT faculty affiliate program

Deryl Hatch, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration (EDAD) in the College of Education and Human Sciences, has been invited to join a new faculty affiliate program at the University of Texas at Austin that is designed to connect P–16 practitioners and administrators with relevant research on Latino males’ educational experiences. Latino males have the lowest high school graduation, college enrollment and college completion rates of any subgroup.



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11 Jun 2015    By Brad Stauffer

Hamann earns anthropology in public policy award

Research has many different purposes, but one of its highest callings is to influence public policy. For the impact his anthropological research has had on public education policy in Mexico, UNL Professor Ted Hamann has been honored with the 2015 Anthropology in Public Policy (AIPP) Award from the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Hamann was notified of the honor June 4 and will be formally recognized at the AAA annual meeting in November in Denver.



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Assistant Professor Beth Niehaus talks about presenting and publishing at the 2014 Sybouts seminar

02 Jun 2015    

EDAD to host 5th Annual Sybouts Student Research Seminar June 12

The Department of Educational Administration (EDAD) will host the Sybouts Student Research Seminar on June 12 in Teachers College Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City campus. The seminar will give graduate students an opportunity to present their research, connect with their peers and learn about ways student research may be supported.



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NHS students land prestigious scholarships for study abroad experiences

02 Jun 2015    By McKenzie Swanson

NHS students land prestigious scholarships for study abroad experiences

Two students in the Nutrition and Health Sciences (NHS) program have been awarded prestigious scholarships that will enable them to study abroad beginning in the summer of 2015. Maggie Dawson, a senior dietetics major, earned a David L. Boren Scholarship that will take her to Mozambique. Tau’Toya Broadway, a junior nutrition major, received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for her trip to Ethiopia.



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Institute attendees collaborate on an educational exercise.

01 Jun 2015    By McKenzie Swanson

CEHS, TLTE lead the way in critical language education

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one of the best places in the United States for education and teacher professional development in critical languages. If you don’t believe it, just ask Professor Ali Moeller. Moeller, a professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education in the College of Education and Human Sciences, is co-director (along with graduate student Sheri Hurlbut) of UNL’s STARTALK language immersion programs, which have been funded through STARTALK for the past four years.



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Photo of Jane Dusel-Misfeldt

27 May 2015    By Brad Stauffer

Columbus teacher selected as Battey Award recipient

High school students often dread taking a chemistry class. But not Jane Dusel-Misfeldt's students.

On Friday, May 29, the Scotus Central Catholic High School teacher from Columbus will receive the 2015 Freda Battey Distinguished Educator Award. Presented by the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the award recognizes excellence in teaching and comes with a cash award for both the teacher and school. It will be presented at a luncheon in the Nebraska Union.



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Science olympiad medals

15 May 2015    By University Communications

CEHS co-hosts National Science Olympiad Tournament

More than 5,000 middle- and high-school students, educators and parents from across the nation will attend the Science Olympiad National Tournament at UNL through May 16. Opening events today (Friday, May 15) include a STEM Expo and an Executive Egg Drop.



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