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from the issue of March 3, 2005
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Sneak Peek - Frontier University screens March 6 at Ross
BY DEB MILLER, NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The public is invited to a free sneak preview of Frontier University Dreams, a new program from NET Television that travels back to the Nebraska Territory of the 1860s and follows the progress of the University of Nebraska from its humble beginnings to the turn of the 20th century. The 60-minute documentary will be shown in high-definition at 7 p.m. March 6, at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
A reception will follow the screening at the adjoining Van Brunt Visitors Center with light refreshments and the opportunity to talk with the program producers and participants. The event is co-sponsored by NET Television, the Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the University of Nebraska Alumni Association.
"Offering sneak previews of NET's new high definition productions at the Ross is great because it gives us the opportunity to show off our digital and electronic cinema technology," says Danny L. Ladely, Ross director. "Plus, it gives people who don't have HD at home the chance to see the program not only in high definition, but on the big screen and with great sound."
Narrated by Dick Cavett, this tale of "botanists, bodysnatchers and Bugeaters" illustrates the university's history through more than 300 historical photos from the period as well as entertaining stories about the idealists, rapscallions and outsized-personalities who shaped NU's early years.
Central to the program is the exploration of the concept of a land-grant university, revolutionary for the time. Tuition was free and it was open to everyone - men and women, rich and poor, Christians and Jews, African-Americans and Hispanics. It helped change the face of Nebraska and America. The struggling school survived its early growing pains to the 1890s when it entered a "Golden Era," nurturing students as diverse as Willa Cather, a future Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist; George Flippin, one of America's first African-American football stars; and John J. Pershing who would go on to command American forces during World War I.
Among those sharing insights and anecdotes are: Robert Knoll, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor emeritus of English and author of the book Prairie University; John Carter, Nebraska State Historical Society senior researcher; Kay Logan-Peters, UNL professor of University Libraries; Jim McKee, Lincoln and Nebraska historian; Keith Jacobshagen, artist and UNL professor of art and art history; Robert Ripley, State Capitol administrator; Ann Chang Barnes, UNL School of Music; and nationally known historian and writer David McCullough.
Frontier University Dreams premieres on NET1 (Channel 12 in Lincoln) and NET-HD on at 7 p.m. March 19.
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR MARCH 3
2005 NU teaching and research awards announced
Research Fair March 8-10 features workshops, book display
Sneak Peek - Frontier University screens March 6 at Ross
A Piece of University History
Scholarship of teaching, learning full-fledged movement
UNL events to celebrate Women's History Month in March
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