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2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Uno Office Of Academic Affairs

Community Engagement Award Applications

Program Purpose: The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. The Honor Roll is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s strategic commitment to engage millions of college students in service and celebrate the critical role of higher education in strengthening communities. The President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge is a parallel national initiative that was launched in 2011, based on recommendations from President Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Administered by The White House …

Coe News, January 1, 2014 Establishing Best Practices For Early Childhood Education And Welfare, Uno College Of Education

Student Learning

Watch NET explore how the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the College of Education hove chosen to focus on Early Childhood Education and Child Welfare as a campus priority- identifying new research methods, best practices and skills for preparing UNO students to help children learn from birth through eight years.

A powerful vehicle for children's learning is the skill of play. It's through play that children learn how to problem solve, self-regulate and develop relationships. Through o collaboration with all four University of Nebraska campuses and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute {BECI), UNO students ore placed at the heart …