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11 Apr 2024    

15 CEHS faculty members earn promotion, tenure

Fifteen faculty members from the College of Education and Human Sciences have earned promotion and/or tenure from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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09 Apr 2024    

CEHS programs among nation’s best in 2024 U.S. News & World Report Graduate School rankings

The College of Education and Human Sciences had three programs ranked for excellent performance in the 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings, as announced by U.S. News & World Report on April 9.

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02 Apr 2024    

Parra, Weissling, Xia selected for 2024 College Distinguished Teaching Awards

Three faculty from the College of Education and Human Sciences have been selected as recipients of the 2024 College Distinguished Teaching Awards, as announced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.

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27 Mar 2024    By Kelcey Buck

CEHS recognizing 234 students at Teacher Education Convocation April 5

Two ceremonies to recognize 234 Husker undergraduate students who have been officially admitted to teacher education programs during the 2023-24 academic year will be held April 5 at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall.

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Kevin Pitt, assistant professor of special education and communication disorders, is leading a three-year project that uses brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to facilitate better communication for people with severe speech and physical impairments. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

25 Mar 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Brain-connected technology opening doors for children with severe speech, physical challenges

Nebraska researchers are exploring the use of brain-computer technology to enhance communication for people with severe speech and physical impairments.

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Jena Cruse professional portrait

18 Mar 2024    

Meet a Husker: Jena Cruse

Meet Jena Cruse, a senior from Papillion, Nebraska, who is majoring in elementary education and special education (K-6).

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07 Mar 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Symposium discussing health disparities in Nebraska is March 18

An interdisciplinary team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who received a Grand Challenges planning grant aiming to improve health disparities in underserved populations is hosting its first symposium March 18 at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall.

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Lydia Teegerstrom places headphones on a client in a sound booth at the Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic

05 Mar 2024    

From patient to provider: Husker student uses personal experience to prepare for audiology career

Lydia Teegerstrom doesn’t remember having her cochlear implants activated. She was implanted on her right side at 14 months and on her left at five years old. But she knows having them has changed her life. Now she’s using her experience to prepare to help others like her.

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Devin Shaughnessy, an elementary and special education major, helps Max Petersen build words during a tutoring session at the Schmoker Reading Center

01 Mar 2024    By Kelcey Buck

‘Hidden gem’ Schmoker Reading Center helps children overcome reading difficulties

For more than 15 years, the Kit and Dick Schmoker Reading Center has helped children in the community who are struggling with reading through one-on-one tutoring provided by Husker undergraduate and graduate students under the direction of University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty and certified teachers.

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Rhonda Heiserman of Lincoln reads out loud during her clinic session. An instrument measures the decibels of her speech. (Craig Chandler/University Communication and Marketing)

14 Feb 2024    By Kristina Jackson, University Communication and Marketing

Barkley Center project helps Parkinson’s patients be heard

The SPEAK OUT! treatment, offered at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Barkley Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, helps people with Parkinson’s disease improve and maintain vocal volume and clear articulation. Jessie Kohn, a lecturer in special education and communication disorders and coordinator of the therapy program, said it helps people stay connected to the world around them.

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