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Happenings Newsletter
College of Education | Winter 2012 |
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Stretching Our Minds There are few things that pique your interest to learn more about a land and its people than to travel in that country. A visit to England may lead to your interest in learning more about the Magna Carta and its relationship to the establishment of a system of constitutional law in America. A visit to Nicaragua may stimulate your curiosity about the country's rule for over thirty years by the dictatorship of the Samoza family and how the Sandinistas came into power. An educator's trip to Finland will undoubtedly result in a curiosity about their educational system that has gained a reputation for student achievement. |
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Giving You the Cold Shoulder The Summer Olympics were viewed by millions of people throughout the world who were drawn to the television set to catch a key race or game. Viewers marveled at how the champion athletes poured so much time, so much soul, into those brief moments of performance. From a very different perspective elderly people look to stem the loss of muscle strength and performance by engaging in physical activities designed to meet their goals. Some might suffer from diabetes or peripheral arterial disease, but ways to maintain or improve muscle function would enhance their quality of life. |
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New Faculty A look at the background of all College of Education faculty members reveals they possess degrees from 31 different states and the District of Columbia, as well as five different countries on three different continents. This tradition of diversity has continued with the hire of ten new faculty members for the 2012-2013 academic year who have degrees from fifteen different states. Do you wonder why new faculty members with degrees from many different institutions have chosen to be a part of UNO? We asked them. And, they told us. |
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Defining Community Connections How would you define the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Education (COE) community? To begin with we should probably consider the places and people that students interact with as they complete internship experiences. If we do, the schools in the Omaha metropolitan area become part of our community; agencies where counseling students practice their skills become part of the community; hospital and other clinical settings where speech pathologists become skilled; and businesses and other locations that provide a variety of internship experiences for our students become Dr. Carol Mitchell and Girls members at the balloon launch part of the larger community. The community is even larger when you recognize that UNO is a state institution with a metropolitan mission. |
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