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  • Congratulations to Primarily Math Cohort 2 teacher Kerri Kratina, who is a 2012 Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher award winner. The Omaha World-Herald announced the 15 winners on May 12. Kratina, a kindergarten teacher at Saddlebrook Elementary in Omaha Public Schools, received a medallion, $10,000 cash and $500 in McDonald's gift certificates.
  • Watch a video featuring NebraskaMATH co-Principal Investigator Carolyn Pope Edwards, winner of the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award.
  • The fourth year of the highly successful Primarily Math graduate program for elementary teachers features 112 teachers selected from across Nebraska to begin 18 hours of tuition-free graduate coursework in June 2012 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln through the $9.2 million NebraskaMATH grant. The three new cohorts of teachers include 34 from Lincoln Public Schools, 25 from Omaha Public Schools, 20 from Papillion-La Vista Public Schools, seven from Blair Community Schools, six from Gretna Public Schools, and five from South Sioux City Community Schools. See the website for a complete listing.
  • NEWS RELEASE:, 04/09/2012: University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken announced the 2012 winners of the university's most prestigious awards for research, teaching and engagement. The Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award, recognizing individual faculty members for outstanding research or creative activity of national or international significance, was awarded to NebraskaMATH co-Principal Investigator Carolyn Pope Edwards, Willa Cather Professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies and the Department of Psychology at UNL.
  • UNL Department of Mathematics Chair and NMSSI professor Judy Walker earned a named university professorship, as an Aaron Douglas professor. Supported by the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, she will be recognized at the Honors Convocation on April 22, 2012. The professorship honors NU alumnus Aaron Douglas (1899-1979). He was the first African American to earn a degree in art from the University of Nebraska and is considered a pre-eminent artist of the Harlem Renaissance movement. The professorship is a five-year renewable appointment and carries a $5,000 annual stipend.
  • UNL Assistant Professor of Mathematics and NMSSI professor Christine Kelley was a recipient of a College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award by the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs on April 2, 2012. She will be recognized at the Honors Convocation on April 22.
  • The progress of the five-year, $9.2 million NebraskaMATH grant over Years 2 and 3 (2010-11) is featured in "Report to Nebraska 12.2011." Read about the recent highlights of the Primarily Math, Nebraska Algebra and New Teacher Network programs, as well as updates on teachers earning master's degrees, the online community, and associated programs that further the long-term mission of NebraskaMATH. Download a copy of this magazine here. To receive a hard copy, contact the Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education at (402) 472-8965.
  • As the $5.9 million Math in the Middle Institute Partnership came to a close in 2011, the grant and its success has had an enormous impact, greatly benefitting K-12 mathematics education in Nebraska's schools. "Making an Impact: Final Report 2004-11" looks back at the scope of the partnership and the outcomes of its teaching methods and research. Download a copy of this magazine here. To receive a hard copy, contact the Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education at (402) 472-8965.
  • NEWS RELEASE, 12/16/2011: Nebraska mathematics teachers from Omaha Public Schools, Lincoln Public Schools and Fremont Public Schools attended several national conferences on mathematics education during the latter half of 2011, as either presenters or participants.
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  • Watch a video featuring Tiffany Heng-Moss, professor of entomology at UNL, winner of the Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA).
  • NEWS RELEASE:, 04/09/2012: University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken announced the 2012 winners of the university's most prestigious awards for research, teaching and engagement. The Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA), recognizing individual faculty members who have demonstrated meritorious and sustained records of excellence and creativity in teaching, was awarded to Tiffany Heng-Moss, professor of entomology at UNL. Heng-Moss is actively involved with the efforts of the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education. She has developed an innovative teaching program that spans grade school, undergraduate, graduate and adult education; established a successful research program; and led one of the university's most effective distance education programs.
  • Kevin Lee, Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education and Physics & Astronomy was recognized with the AAPT 2012 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching. This award is given in recognition of contributions to undergraduate physics teaching and awardees are chosen for their extraordinary accomplishments in communicating the excitement of physics to their students.
  • The Discipline-Based Education Research group at UNL is offering a spring lecture series with a focus on STEM education research. The group meets every other week, Jan. 17 to April 17, in Bessey Hall, room 219. Meeting start times rotate and are noon to 1 p.m. or 3 to 4 p.m. The first meeting, 3 to 4 p.m., Jan. 17 featured Leilani Arthurs presenting "Development of a Concept Inventory Assessment Instrument: Example from Oceanography." Arthurs is an assistant professor in earth and atmospheric sciences.
  • The Robert Noyce Science Scholars program and the Master of Arts with an emphasis in science teaching program allow you to become a secondary science teacher in just 14 months, earning both a master's degree and teaching certification. A Noyce fellowship provides a $12,000 scholarship to help cover tuition and fees for the 41-hour degree program.
  • Are you a science teacher in your first three years of teaching and feeling overwhelmed? NU-Teach can help you survive the first years of teaching with a program that addresses three important areas: Mentoring, Networking and Professional Development. Click here for more information about the program from Jim Rynearson, Master Science Teacher, who has 33 years of science teaching experience in Nebraska schools. To join, click on the Apply Now button on the NebraskaSCIENCE New Teacher Network page.
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