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"It's Just a Story" mixed media by Alyssa Dames

06 Feb 2024    

High school student juried exhibition begins Feb. 9 at Robert Hillestad Gallery

The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design is set to host an exhibition featuring textile art and design projects of 22 Nebraska high school students beginning Feb. 9.

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Elsa Wilcox and other Husker students assist children in Thailand with communicating using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

02 Feb 2024    By Elsa Wilcox, junior, communication sciences and disorders

Two weeks in Thailand: Reflections on sharing speech-language pathology abroad

Elsa Wilcox is a junior from McCook, Nebraska. She is majoring in communication sciences and disorders with minors in gerontology and educational studies. In this blog she shares about her experience traveling to Thailand in January as part of the two-week faculty-led Nebraska abroad program, "Experiencing Speech-Language Pathology with Therapy Abroad."

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Project team members include, front row from left: Natalie Koziol, Jenna Finch, Lisa Knoche, Jennifer Leeper Miller and Holly Hatton-Bowers. Back row, from left: Julia Torquati, Carrie Clark, Sue Sheridan, Changmin Yan, HyeonJin Yoon and Soo-Young Hong. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

30 Jan 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Grand Challenges Catalyst project aims to strengthen early childhood workforce – and positive results for children

Researchers are leading a large-scale program aimed at leveraging the University of Nebraska’s strengths in early childhood education to create an integrated, educational approach to support professional workforce development and mental wellness among early childhood educators — and to encourage educator retention.

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TMFD students meet with Sapahn leadership at the store to create a holiday window display

14 Dec 2023    

Husker students craft holiday window display for Sapahn: A blend of visual merchandising and consumer research

A group of students taking a course in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design (TMFD) embraced a unique challenge. Under the guidance of Associate Professor Jennifer Johnson Jorgensen, these students in TMFD 413/813 Merchandising III were tasked with creating a captivating holiday window display for Sapahn's brick-and-mortar store.

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Eastmont Towers residents pose for an image with Dr. Robert Hillestad in the center holding a piece of art.

02 Nov 2023    By Michael Burton

Eastmont Towers Retirement Community Visit Hillestad Gallery with Namesake

Residents of Eastmont Towers visited the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the Department of Textiles Merchandising and Fashion Design (TMFD). Dr. Robert Hillestad, emeritus faculty and previous TMFD chair, along with Tina Tyler, the activities coordinator from Eastmont Towers, led the group.

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A large group gathers at the Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design red tent at East Campus Discovery Days. The display features the button dress community project.

21 Sep 2023    

Community art project shines light on textile industry sustainability

Associate professor Sandra Starkey and her students in Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design (TMFD) are leading an initiative to shed light on the critical issue of sustainability within the textile and apparel industry.  

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Michael Burton sits in a dark classroom in front of a large screen displaying the Animating History webpage.

19 Sep 2023    By Chuck Green, CYFS

‘Bell Affair’ team helping high school classes animate history

Nebraska researchers are working with high school teachers to help students create films that share stories from the past, and connect them with America’s larger historical narrative.

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6+ individuals wearing handmade looks by ReyAnna Moore walk the runway at Omaha Fashion Week.

11 Sep 2023    By Kelcey Buck

Five TMFD students, alumni among designers at Omaha Fashion Week

Two current students and three recent graduates from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design program were among the 41 designers selected to showcase their collections during Omaha Fashion Week’s Fall 2023 AURORA Season.

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One person wearing a blue shirt holds a smoothing an a photo frame that says "NEBRASKA"

06 Sep 2023    

CEHS hosting events for students interested in teaching, nutrition and health

The College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hosting on-campus events for high school students interested in learning more about the teaching, and nutrition and health sciences programs the college offers.

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Two students stand at a wall filled with papers of sketch drawings and text.

24 Aug 2023    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Art TEAMS promotes teaching innovation through arts and emerging media

Nebraska researchers, educators and artists are collaborating to imagine — and implement — the future of media.

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