Winter Escape at the Sheldon

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Stewart guides Nebraska Union decorations

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

Stockings have not been hung by the chimney with care, but signs of the holiday season have come to the Nebraska Union. For the third year, Amy Stewart, a staff secretary, has guided a low-key decoration effort in the Nebraska Union. Approved by the Union Board and funded through student fees, the decorations are secular […]



Husker Cats returns first feral felines

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

Husker Cats has started to impact the feral feline population on City Campus. The volunteer group – operating in agreement with, but not funded by, the university – has successfully trapped four cats. After veterinary care, which includes a complete examination, necessary shots and spay/neuter, two adult cats were returned to campus and two kittens […]



Courses coming into line with ACE program

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

The stack of courses awaiting certification under the university’s new Achievement-Centered Education program is shrinking, and interim-ACE director Nancy Mitchell is seeing a pinpoint of light at the end of the tunnel. About 200 courses have been certified since June when faculty began submitting courses. That’s about 40 percent of the 500 that have been […]



NU program offers funds to Nebraska students

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

The University of Nebraska has unveiled Collegebound Nebraska, a program aimed to make a college education more affordable for in-state students. The program kicked off Nov. 23 with James Milliken, NU President, and Gov. Dave Heineman speaking at assemblies at Lincoln North Star, Omaha South and Grand Island Senior high schools. Milliken and Heineman encouraged […]



Wishart to discuss 1890s drought on the Western High Plains

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

The Great Plains have been settled in a series of advances and retreats, with people’s optimism and ambitions running up against the grim reality of drought, says historical geographer David Wishart. He will present “The Drought of the 1890s on the Western High Plains” at 7 p.m. Dec. 9, in the Hardin Hall auditorium. Wishart […]



ONE ON ONE

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

Sue Leach (left), a project associate with University Libraries, discusses research options with Hannah Bates, a sophomore secondary education/math major from Lincoln, in the Student Affairs satellite office in the Nebraska Union.  The satellite office is used in shifts by various campus offices to encourage contact with students. The University Libraries use the satellite office […]



Programing team makes world finals

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

Three computer science and engineering students from UNL won out over 200 other teams of student computer programmers in the North Central North America Regional competition of the IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest. The regional was conducted Nov. 15 at 15 sites, including UNL. The three-student team of juniors in the […]



Edible Car races Dec. 9

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, December 4, 2008

The flag will drop on the Incredible, Edible Car competition at 2:30 p.m., Dec. 9 in the East Union’s Great Plains Room. The annual competition features engineering students racing cars built from food. For more information, contact Gail Ogden at gogden1@unl.edu or 472-3953.



UNL Extension individuals, teams receive annual awards

Dec 4th, 2008 | By | Category: December 4, 2008, Employee News

UNL Extension and the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association presented annual awards to a number of extension faculty and staff. Awards were presented at the two organizations’ annual Fall Conference in Grand Island in October. UNL Extension awards included: Distinguished Managerial Professional Tracy Kulm, extension associate, Lancaster County, was cited for her creative teaching style, which […]