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Dr. Caroline Villiger, professor and head of the “Family–Education–School” research program at the University of Teacher Education in Bern, Switzerland, arrived in Lincoln April 14 to study the TAPP program. (Kyleigh Skaggs, Kindred Media)

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Mila Saskova-Pierce (right) protested the 1968 military occupation of Prague in Czechoslovakia, and was photographed as she translated Czech for the Russian soldiers. She fled the country and eventually came to Nebraska as a professor of Czech and Russian. She maintained close ties to the Czech community, and was tapped in October as the honorary Czech consulate for Nebraska.

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Native American judges (all front) Claudette White (left) and Abby Abinati (right) pose with "Tribal Justice" filmmaker Anne Makepeace during the documentary premiere at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara. White and Makepeace will take part in Nebraska's Tribal Justice Forum on Nov. 27-28. Also pictured are White's relatives (from left) Dorena, Zion and Mary.

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Dr. Caroline Villiger, professor and head of the “Family–Education–School” research program at the University of Teacher Education in Bern, Switzerland, arrived in Lincoln April 14 to study the TAPP program. (Kyleigh Skaggs, Kindred Media)

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