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Naomi Rodgers

22 Oct 2019    By Kelcey Buck

Naomi Rodgers embraces stuttering as she seeks to help others do the same

Naomi Rodgers, a new assistant professor in SECD, doesn’t have to look far for motivation and passion for her work as a speech-language pathology faculty member dedicated to researching stuttering.

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15 Oct 2019    By Kelcey Buck

Nebraska to offer new deaf education, speech-language pathology interdisciplinary training

SECD is starting a new interdisciplinary graduate training project in deaf education and speech-language pathology in summer 2020 thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.

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08 Oct 2019    By Kelcey Buck

SECD announces 2019-20 graduate open house dates

SECD is hosting five open houses during the 2019-20 academic year for prospective students to learn about its graduate programs. The first open house focuses on the special education program, while the remaining four are for students interested in the speech-language pathology and audiology graduate programs.

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26 Sep 2019    By Kelcey Buck

SECD faculty, students among speakers at annual NSLHA convention

Fourteen faculty members from SECD are scheduled to lead presentations at the 2019 Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) fall convention Oct. 3-4, in Omaha.

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Adrienne Pitt

24 Sep 2019    By Kelcey Buck

Adrienne Pitt joins SECD speech-language pathology faculty

Adrienne Pitt’s interest in helping individuals with special needs was first piqued when she was in elementary school, and it led her to a career in speech-language pathology. Now, she hopes she can help speech-language pathology students in SECD develop that same passion about caring for others.

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19 Sep 2019    By Kelcey Buck

Nebraska CEC conference set for Sept. 27 on East Campus

The Nebraska Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) will hold its annual conference Friday, Sept. 27, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Nebraska East Union. 

The conference, which is scheduled to run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., is open to anyone supporting students with special needs, including special education and general education teachers, para-educators, administrators, researchers, students and parents.    



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Eric Caruso

18 Sep 2019    By Kelcey Buck

Eric Caruso brings orientation and mobility training to Nebraska

Growing up in a small farming community in north New Jersey, Eric Caruso’s family raised puppies for The Seeing Eye, an organization that raises and trains guide dogs for blind people. Now, as an assistant professor of practice at Nebraska, he will develop and coordinate a new program to train orientation and mobility specialists to work with people who are blind or visually impaired.

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17 Sep 2019    

Nine SECD faculty, staff among Service Award honorees

John Maag, Mat Bentz, Julie Lanxon, Steven Barlow, Beth Dinneen, Hannah Ditmars, Melinda Henson, Renee Rieck and Mackenzie Savaiano are among the nearly 1,000 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty and staff being recognized with 2019 Service Awards.

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Josh Sevier - Cochlear Implant program

27 Aug 2019    By Kelcey Buck

Sevier leads development of comprehensive cochlear implant services at Barkley Clinic

A year ago, Josh Sevier was in the beginning stages of establishing the Cochlear Implant Program at the Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic. His vision for a team approach to providing cochlear implant services has now come to fruition, with eight cochlear implant activations completed at the Barkley Memorial Center and five more individuals in process to have surgery.

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August 2019 SECD commencement spotlights

15 Aug 2019    By Kelcey Buck

August 2019 commencement spotlights

Q-and-As with Carly Dinnes, Holli Luff, Alyssa Mount, Hanna Ringsdorf and Meghann Torchia, who will graduate Aug. 17. Carly receives her doctorate in human sciences, Holli and Meghann earn master's degrees in special education, and Alyssa and Hanna graduate with master's degrees in speech-language pathology.

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