John Owens, vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, talks during an April 28 tree planting outside Forestry Hall. The planting was in recognition of the Nebraska Forest Service’s move to the newly named hall and for Owens’ support of ReTree Nebraska. Owens adds soil taken from the Justin Morrill homestead in […]

Harvey Perlman, chancellor, Ellen Weissinger, interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, and John Owens, vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, have recommended to the NU Board of Regents the following faculty members be awarded tenure and/or promotion in rank. The regents will vote on approval at their April 16 meeting. […]

A retirement celebration for John Owens is 4 to 6 p.m. April 13 in the second floor lobby of Hardin Hall. Owens is retiring as vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and vice president of NU, but is returning to the UNL faculty. Remarks from Chancellor Harvey Perlman and NU President […]

University of Nebraska alumnus and cattleman Paul Engler of Amarillo, Texas, announced March 1 a $20 million gift to support programs in agribusiness at UNL. The gift from the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation to the University of Nebraska Foundation’s Campaign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities will establish a permanently endowed fund to support […]

UNL agronomy and horticulture professor Stephen Baenziger and Roger Wehrbein, vice-president of the Agriculture Builders of Nebraska, will co-chair the search advisory committee for the position of vice president and vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Baenziger and Wehrbein will lead 16 other individuals representing Nebraska agricultural sectors; university faculty, staff […]

IANR Vice Chancellor/NU Vice President plans return to faculty after 26 years in administration administrative role John Owens, Harlan vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will step down June 30. Owens has been vice chancellor since January 2001. He also serves as the University of Nebraska’s vice president for agriculture and […]