search articles:     from the issue of September 7, 2006         Core Values: Excellence  UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Grant keeps outreach center rolling   UNLCOPC - Representatives of UNLCOPC stand outside Whittier Junior High School, home to the outreach office. Pictured, from left, are Michelle Waite, Peggy Struwe, Rodrigo Cantarero, Wayne Drummond, Tim Francis, Jan Harris and Miquel Carranza. Not picture is Dan Wheeler. Photo/University Communications.   Thanks to the work of UNL's Community Outreach Partnership Center, relations between the university and its surrounding neighborhoods are much more harmonious than tumultuous. Since 2001, the center - funded by an initial three-year, $400,000 grant from Housing and Urban Development - has created, worked on and successfully completed a number of projects centered on community health, Latino youth outreach and neighborhood leadership development The center (UNLCOPC) received a second HUD grant in 2006, a two-year award totaling nearly $200,000, opening the door for another group of projects to further reach into the local community. The program is at a crossroads - completed projects have been successes - and now it needs to move forward, said Miguel Carranza, principal for the grant and a professor of sociology and ethnic studies. "We're one of only seven programs like this in the country, so we're fortunate to have this opportunity," he said. "We need to take what we learned through the initial projects and find creative ways to extend the programs in new ways and lead into different areas we want to explore." GO TO: ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 7 NEWS HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 7 Year in Review 15 proposals for teaching, learning excellence funded Air Force ROTC sweeps national honors Awards and Honors Beef scholars program begins Big Event draws more than 1,000 campus volunteers BIT Mobile rolls across Nebraska Buffett, Gates visit campus Cassman directs energy center Chemist creates synthetic bone Circle of Nations hosted by UNL Civil Rights marcher gives keynote address in MLK observance Combined campaign raises $331,994 Committees lay foundation for general education reform Core Values: Achievement Core Values: Diversity Core Values: Engagement Core Values: Excellence Core Values: Learning Core Values: Research and Creative Activity Core Values: Stewardship Eight students chalk awards Energy research partners UNL scientists, public power Engineering opens 2006 with new lab Excellence in Brief Faculty earn top teaching, research honors Fall semester opens with LGBTQ minor Five faculty members earn Fulbright honors Four record CAREER grants Franco takes student affairs helm Ginsburg tenders two UNL lectures Hurricane Briefs Journalism issues two depth reports Learning community builds on Thompson Forum speakers Libraries expand Cather collections NaBRO lands 5-year Korean bridge project Natural Resources moves to Hardin Hall NU Directions hailed as model program Partnership aims at commercialized cholesterol fighter Program aimed at next generation of researchers Program cards a first Psych symposium examines lesbian, gay, bisexual identities Research funding tops $100 million milestone Research on campus Retention drive launched Robots participate in 18-day mission Sheldon revives tradition Theatre Arts honors Carson Three new majors offered to students Transportation Center earns grant University takes new tack in accreditation UNL aids $5M wheat effort UNL among top 50 colleges UNL, Grand Island students celebrate college opportunity UNL students approve new culture center UNL updates online image Weisz helps shape court's handling of abused and neglected children Year in Review issue can be downloaded in pdf format 732561S36111X