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15 Aug 2024    

Lisa Franzen-Castle named CEHS interim associate dean

Lisa Franzen-Castle, a professor and extension nutrition specialist in Nutrition and Health Sciences, has been named interim associate dean for the College of Education and Human Sciences.

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Tayler Trotta poses for a photo above the city in Italy

13 Aug 2024    

Husker Summer: Tayler Trotta shares about her two weeks in Italy

Tayler Trotta, a native of North Platte, Nebraska, is graduating this week with a major in human development and family science and minors in international studies and history. In this Q-&-A she shares about the two weeks she spent in Italy at the beginning of the summer as part of her international studies minor.

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12 Aug 2024    

Kelcey Buck honored with CEHS Staff Star Award

Kelcey Buck, associate director of strategic communications in the College of Education and Human Sciences, has been named the recipient of the latest Staff Star Award by the College of Education and Human Sciences Staff Council.

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Jamy Rentschler, MAP Academy postdoctoral fellow, is researching people’s changing perception of poverty and government assistance to the poor. (Chuck Green, CYFS)

06 Aug 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Project examines public perceptions on poverty’s causes and solutions

Nebraska researchers are exploring people’s perceptions of poverty and its causes, and what can be done to fix the problem.

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05 Aug 2024    

Eight CEHS students receive summer undergraduate research stipends

Eight students in the College of Education and Human Sciences were among the 114 Husker undergraduates awarded stipends to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.

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Bridget Sims Lewis (left) and Racine Smith Williams (right) smile at each other while holding copies of their debut children's book "Upside Down is Right Side Up."

26 Jul 2024    By Kaitlin Van Loon, College of Journalism and Mass Communications

College roommates turn co-authors with 'Upside Down is Right Side Up'

A fifteen-minute conversation while taking the shuttle from East to City campus was all it took for Bridget Sims Lewis ('91, '12) and Racine Smith Williams ('89) to become fast friends.

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24 Jul 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Olympic experience a memory of a lifetime for NHS’s Maruša Jonas

Eight years ago, Maruša Jonas (then Maruša Černjul) was preparing for an unforgettable experience – competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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Louise Schindler, head teacher for special education at ESU8 for 48 years, is the recipient of the 2024 Christa McAuliffe Prize for Courage and Excellence in Education

19 Jul 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Longtime special educator Louise Schindler selected for 2024 Christa McAuliffe Prize

Louise Schindler, a teacher who spent 48 years leading the special education program for the Educational Service Unit #8 Learning Center in Clearwater, Nebraska, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Christa McAuliffe Prize for Courage and Excellence in Education.

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William Pipes and nine other Husker students pose for a group photo on a night in Japan

18 Jul 2024    

Experiencing Japan through education abroad creates lasting memories for William Pipes

William Pipes is a sophomore from Odell, Nebraska. He is majoring in nutrition, exercise and health science. In this blog he shares about his experience traveling to Japan at the end of May for the faculty-led Nebraska abroad program, “Nutrition, Exercise, Food & Culture in Japan.”

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Extension educator Natalie Sehi is leading a team of researchers focused on adolescent nutrition insecurity. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

17 Jul 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

MAP Academy helps researchers see big picture of rural adolescent nutrition insecurity

Nebraska Extension educators are collaborating with MAP Academy personnel to efficiently analyze the nutritional and economic impact of the statewide Monthly Meal Kit program.

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