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03 Jan 2017 By Kai Rosecrans

Taylor Featured in SCCR Newsletter

We're proud to announce that Sarah Taylor, a Ph.D. student in Child, Youth and Family Studies, has been featured in the latest Society for Cross-Cultural Research newsletter! You can read about her experiences and takeaway from studying internationally in India and China here!

For more information about our study abroad programs, see our education abroad page.

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03 Nov 2016

Guerrero receives October Staff Star Award

The CEHS Staff Council is pleased to announce Catia Guerrero, administrative associate in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF), is the October recipient of the Staff Star Award.

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26 Sep 2016

Hatton-Bowers' paper recognized

Holly Hatton-Bowers, assistant professor in Child Youth and Family Studies, has been recognized by the Journal of Social Work Education for her paper, "Evaluating Training to Promote Critical Thinking Skills for Determining Children’s Safety."

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02 Sep 2016

Kit & Dick Schmoker Reading Center relocated to Barkley Memorial Center

The Kit and Dick Schmoker Reading Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will begin its 2016 fall session in a new home at the Barkley Memorial Center.

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12 Aug 2016

Escalante earns dissertation award

Elsa Escalante, graduate student in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, has earned a dissertation award from the Society for Research in Child Development. She is one of four recipients of the 2016 Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant in Early Child Development.

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21 Jul 2016 By Courtesy ACTEN

Moser named ACTEN Postsecondary Teacher of the Year

Sheree Moser, assistant professor of practice in Child, Youth and Family Studies, has been named the Association of Career and Technical Education of Nebraska (ACTEN) Postsecondary Teacher of the Year. She received the award last month at the Nebraska Career Education Conference in Kearney.

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Kelsey Sims wins Great Plains IDEA award

21 Apr 2016 By Keith McGuffey

Sims, Nelson Receive Great Plains IDEA Awards

Kelsey Sims, CYAF Office Associate, and Doug Nelson, CYAF Adjunct Professor, were honored with awards at the 2016 Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA) conference in Kansas City.

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20 Apr 2016

Presenting the 2016 CEHS Awards

The College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will present its annual CEHS awards at 10 a.m., April 22 at the Sheldon Museum of Art, with a reception following. All CEHS faculty, staff, friends and family are invited to attend. The College of Education and Human Sciences is pleased to announce the following award recipients.

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20 Apr 2016 By Carol Hockersmith, Great Plains IDEA

Johnson receives Friend Award from Great Plains IDEA

Julie Johnson, emeritus professor and former chair in Child, Youth and Family Studies, was awarded the 2016 Friend of the Great Plains IDEA Award for her work building online, inter-institutional degrees.

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20 Apr 2016

Researchers share math program processes during Italy visit

Having concluded the first two years of a project designed to improve the teaching of math in preschool classrooms, UNL researchers recently shared their efforts with a prominent education center in Italy.

UNL faculty Ruth Heaton, Carolyn Pope Edwards and Victoria Molfese spearheaded Math Early On, a project aimed at bolstering the mathematical content knowledge, skills and self-efficacy of preschool teachers and their students.

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