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from the issue of November 30, 2006
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Osborne returns to classroom
BY KELLY BARTLING, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
Tom Osborne is changing hats again.
The former coach and congressman will return to UNL as a professor in the spring semester. He will serve as a senior lecturer in the College of Business Administration, guiding two business management courses for undergraduate students.
"I called him as soon as I saw his term would be ending, to inquire if he would still have an interest in teaching at the college," said Cynthia Milligan, dean of CBA.
Osborne's congressional office announced his new duties Nov. 16.
Osborne will co-teach the dean's leadership class with Milligan, and Bruce Avolio, the Clifton chair in leadership. He also will teach a junior and senior-level leadership class. That class is already filled. In addition, he will be a guest lecturer in the Freshman Business Leadership course, required of all entering business students.
"I think the students certainly see this as a huge opportunity," Milligan said. "When we listed the courses and students saw who was teaching - the word spread. It was full immediately."
Milligan said Osborne will be teaching Leadership in Organizations, a course on business leadership and ethics.
"We think that he's a wonderful example of leader with integrity and can provide some excellent instruction," Milligan said.
The dean's leadership class accepts applications from the best students in the college. The course, taught every other year, brings in CEOs from businesses to talk about their leadership and their organizations. Avolio, Milligan and Osborne will each discuss their different leadership styles and invite other guest presenters from the business community. About 40 students will be in that course.
Osborne has a doctorate in educational psychology and coached the Husker football team for 25 years, leading the Huskers to national championships in 1994, 1995 and 1997, before retiring and being elected to Nebraska's 3rd District Congressional seat in 2000. He was defeated in his bid for Nebraska governor by Gov. Dave Heineman in the May 2006 primary.
After retiring as Husker coach in 1998 he taught some graduate courses at UNL. His leadership work has included the development of the TeamMates youth mentorship program, which in 2000 received a $1 million Justice Department grant to expand the program's outreach to 22 schools and communities for two years.
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