The Cooper Foundation has awarded grants to two UNL units. The awards were among 19 grants totaling $245,021 approved during the foundation’s March meeting. The Center for Great Plains Studies received $15,000 for the symposium “1862 and the Making of the Great Plains.” The symposium will be hosted by the Center for Great Plains Studies […]
The Cooper Foundation announced grant awards to the International Quilt Study Center and Museum and UNL’s E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. The quilt museum received $8,825 to support the exhibition “Elegant Geometry: American and British Mosaic Patchwork.” The exhibit opens May 28. The Cooper Foundation also awarded $13,921 to support the Thompson Forum. The […]
A planned exhibition of contemporary Navajo weavings at the University of Nebraska State Museum has received a $9,335 grant from the Cooper Foundation. The exhibit, opening in October in Morrill Hall, includes educational programming for youth and adults. Three Navajo weavers will visit Lincoln and interact with artists, educators and members of the local Native […]
Three UNL programs — including the department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, and the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues — received grants from the Cooper Foundation in December. Textiles, Clothing and Design received $3,000 to support the exhibition “The Black Ocean: Europe-Africa-America” by French artist William Wilson. […]
The Cooper Foundation awarded $10,000 to the Department of Psychology for second-year support toward the Project SAFE Coordinator at the Child Advocacy Center. Project SAFE provides free on site individual and group therapy services to victims of sexual abuse, their siblings and non-offending parents and caregivers. The Project SAFE award was included in eight, first-quarter […]
• Richard Fleming, consultant for Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, is one of two recipients of the Nebraska Agribusiness Club’s Public Service to Agriculture Award. He will receive the honor during the club’s 42nd annual awards banquet on Nov. 6. Jerry Stahr of York will also receive the award. Fleming holds a master’s degree in […]
