Roberta Sanders, staff assistant with Scholarships and Financial Aid, picks up her 20-year service award – a pewter sculpture of Memorial Stadium – prior to the Employee Service Awards ceremony, Sept. 4 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts. More than 840 UNL employees received service awards. Photo by Troy Fedderson/University Communications.

Westbrooks Elaine Westbrooks is the new associate dean for the University Libraries. She began serving in the post on Aug. 1. She has administrative responsibility for library assessment, access and branch services, re-search and instructional services and technical services. Westbrooks received a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999 and served at Cornell […]

Linda Boeckner, professor of nutrition and health sciences at UNL, has been appointed district director of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center and the Panhandle Extension District in Scottsbluff. Boeckner Boeckner, who has served as interim director since the departure of Charles Hibberd last November, has been an extension nutrition specialist at the Panhandle center […]

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications has been named the recipient of the Nebraska Humanities Council’s  2008 Sower Award in the Humanities. The annual award recognizes individuals, institutions, businesses or communities for contributions to public understanding of the humanities in Nebraska. NET will be honored Sept. 18 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, in conjunction […]

As the population ages, many adults are grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic and personal revolution as they become the primary caregivers for aging parents. NET Television will host two eldercare events for faculty and staff on Sept. 18 at the NET Educational Telecommunications Center, 1800 N. 33rd St. The events offer faculty and […]

Sylvana Airan was incorrectly identified in the first “Year in Pictures” photo on Page 1 of the Sept. 4 Year in Review edition. Sandy Airan is Sylvana’s sister.

These individuals were hired between mid-July and mid-August. Information provided by Human Resources. Names and positions are gathered on the 15th of each month. For more information, call 472-8515. Angela Abts, assistant extension educator, Northeast Research and Extension Center DeMoine Adams, academic program coordinator, Undergraduate Studies Summer Allen-Portsche, psychologist, University Health Center Mark Balschweid, department […]

Grant Memorial Hall – 1887-1966 Grant Memorial Hall was constructed in 1887 to serve as an armory and provide space for military drill practice and other activities. It was named in honor of the recently deceased U.S. President and Civil War general, Ulysses S. Grant. Grant Memorial Hall, also called the Armory, included a bowling […]

UNL recorded its highest enrollment in a decade with 23,573 students this fall. Other highlights from the 2008 UNL census reported Sept. 5 by the NU Board of Regents • Total enrollment for fall 2008 is up 2.6 percent, or 600 students, from last year. • New student enrollment increased for the fourth straight year. […]

More than 50 employees aid annual event Though it means two weeks of prep work, hours of cooking and half a day of shuttling equipment, Kathy Sildmets said she and other University Dining Services employees look forward to the all-university picnic. “We especially like this event because it’s outside,” said Sildmets, catering manager. “We don’t […]