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10 Apr 2023

CEHS students inducted as Innocents Society, Mortar Board members for 2023-24

Four students from the College of Education and Human Sciences have been inducted into the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Innocents Society and the Black Masque chapter of Mortar Board for 2023 - 24.

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03 Apr 2023 By Kelcey Buck

Paul Pechous elected ASUN president, student regent

For the first time in at least a decade, a student from the College of Education and Human Sciences will serve as the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) president after Paul Pechous was elected to the position in early March.

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30 Mar 2023 By Kelcey Buck

Angela Huebert recognized with Women of Courage, Character and Commitment Award

Angela Huebert, a first-year student in the Au.D. program, was one of five students and 26 total honorees recognized with a 2023 Women of Courage, Character and Commitment Award by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Women’s Center.

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27 Mar 2023 By Kelcey Buck

SECD student Nickie King named National NSSLHA scholarship recipient

Nickie King, a junior communication sciences and disorders major from Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, was one of six juniors from nearly 350 colleges and universities across the country selected to receive a National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) undergraduate scholarship for 2023-24.

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07 Mar 2023 By Kelcey Buck

SECD master’s student receives grant for ability awareness curriculum

Monique Fenner, a student in the orientation and mobility master’s program, was recently awarded a grant to help students without visual impairments better understand and accept their peers with visual impairments.

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02 Mar 2023

SECD faculty, students among presenters at Council for Exceptional Children Convention

Three Ph.D. students and one faculty member from SECD are among those making presentations at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Convention & Expo March 1-4 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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28 Feb 2023 By Kelcey Buck

Two SECD audiology students selected to receive competitive travel awards

Molly Pangestu and Priya Premkumar, audiology students in SECD, were among the recipients of this year’s competitive travel awards to present their research at the American Auditory Society (AAS) Conference March 2-4 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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17 Feb 2023

SECD student Myah Anderson selected to serve as summer orientation leader

Myah Anderson, a sophomore special education (7-12) major from Lincoln, was one of 32 Husker students selected to serve as orientation leaders for summer 2023.

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06 Feb 2023

167 SECD students named to Fall 2022 Deans' List

A total of 167 students in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders were named to the Deans' List for the 2022 fall semester. To qualify for the Deans' List in the College of Education and Human Sciences, students must earn a 3.75 GPA over a minimum of 12 graded semester hours, while being enrolled full-time.

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27 Jan 2023 By Kelcey Buck

Career experiences guide Jennifer Sturgeon in leading ECSE graduate program

Since earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004 as one of the first graduates of the inclusive early childhood education program, Jennifer Sturgeon has dedicated her career to early childhood special education. Now she’s back at her alma mater helping train early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers and early intervention (EI) specialists.

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