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16 Feb 2015    

Niemeyer seminar explores home hazards and human relationships

The interaction between humans and their built environment can create health hazards that are not always visible yet have serious ramifications. The Charles and Shirley Niemeyer Healthy Housing Seminar, 1-3 p.m., March 5 at the East Campus Union Great Plains Room, will explore this health connection between housing and families.



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13 Feb 2015    

HRTM senior accepted into Syracuse graduate program

HRTM Senior Carolyn McCaslin has been accepted into the highly-competitive Sport Venue and Event Management master’s program at Syracuse University in New York. She graduates from UNL with a degree in Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) in May and will begin her studies at Syracuse in July. She is also one of three students accepted into the program to be awarded a graduate assistantship.



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10 Feb 2015    

Accolades flying in SECD

It’s been a prolific week in the awards department at Special Education and Communication Disorders.

Macy Schott, a doctoral student working toward the Au.D. degree in Audiology, was awarded a Student Investigator Grant in the Research Grants in Hearing & Balance program from the American Academy of Audiology. Schott will be collaborating with UNL Extension to evaluate a hearing conservation program designed for 4-H youth. Sherri Jones, department chair, serves as Schott’s faculty mentor.



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05 Feb 2015    By Deann Gayman | University Communications

Study shows resources shape outcomes of Native kids of teen moms

An adage says that children follow in their parents’ footsteps. So are children destined to repeat their parents’ mistakes?

That depends, according to a new study by UNL researcher Rochelle Dalla that delves into how a generation of Navajo teens have fared while growing up as children of teenaged mothers.



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05 Feb 2015    

TLTE student wins math conference scholarship

Hayley Andersen, a CEHS senior from Pilger, Nebraska majoring in math education, has been selected to receive the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2015 Preservice Teacher Conference Scholarship. She will be attending the April NCTM conference in Boston. Less than a handful of students nationally are selected for this NCTM scholarship. Andersen submitted a paper that explores what it means for a teacher to make mathematics meaningful to their students and what the teacher's role is in doing so.



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05 Feb 2015    By Brad Stauffer

Fellowship established to honor Kavanaugh-Miller

“Food and exercise is to enhance our lives, not add more stress.” These were words to live by for Karen Kavanaugh-Miller who devoted her professional life to helping people live healthier, happier lives. The past president of the Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spent 22 years practicing as a registered dietitian at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She died March 6, 2014, after a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer.



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05 Feb 2015    

NHS's Rausch is February Staff Star Award recipient

The CEHS Staff Council has selected Lori Rausch, student services associate in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, as the February recipient of its Staff Star Award. The folowing remarks were made in her nomination:



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04 Feb 2015    

Counseling and School Psychology Clinic offers free counseling

The UNL Counseling and School Psychology Clinic has immediate openings for children, adolescents and families seeking therapy for issues related to depression, anxiety, ADHD, school problems and/or social problems.

The clinic, located in Teachers College Hall 49, is part of the educational psychology program in the College of Education and Human Sciences.



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30 Jan 2015    By Brad Stauffer

CEHS faculty expertise featured by NET and AERA

Faculty in CEHS have recently been tapped to share their expertise with a broader audience. NET Radio broadcast a story Jan. 30 about the Nebraska Department of Education’s decision to seek a federal waiver from the No Child Left Behind regulations. Educational Administration Department Chair Brent Cejda spoke with reporter Ben Bohall and was one of the voices used to explain why Nebraska, trailing most other states, is pursuing the waiver. Cejda also weighs in on the efficacy of the nation’s education policy and what the K-12 education community has learned from NCLB.



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30 Jan 2015    

Seed grants for global study

CEHS is accepting international seed grant applications through Feb. 27, 2015. A limited number of grants ranging from $500 - $6,000 will be awarded to CEHS faculty or staff. Proposals should support coursework that includes international perspectives, research/creative work that includes an international component, or professional development activities and environmental improvements that will promote CEHS’s international goals.

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