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from the issue of September 7, 2006
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Program cards a first
UNL students majoring in professional golf management scored a national first over the weekend of March 11.
For the first time at any university-based professional golf management program or at the Professional Golf Association testing center in Florida, the 19 professional golf management majors at UNL who took the PGA checkpoint test that weekend passed, the program's director said.
"This is unprecedented," said Terrance Riordan, director of the professional golf management program in UNL's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and Cyril Bish Professor of Horticulture in the agronomy and horticulture department. "We knew our students had the potential, but to accomplish this really shows how hard our students work."
Normally, 20 percent to 50 percent of students fail at least one or more of the series of eight tests and must retake the checkpoint at another time and place. In addition, "the PGA said that new programs should expect a 50 percent failure rate," Riordan said.
"Since all 19 Nebraska PGM students passed this checkpoint test, it is a great accomplishment. The PGA staff was very impressed with the performance and the professionalism of our students," he said.
While other students were on spring break, professional golf management majors started testing at 7:15 a.m. March 11. Students attended PGA seminars on East Campus through March 14.
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 7
Year in Review
15 proposals for teaching, learning excellence funded
Air Force ROTC sweeps national honors
Awards and Honors
Beef scholars program begins
Big Event draws more than 1,000 campus volunteers
BIT Mobile rolls across Nebraska
Buffett, Gates visit campus
Cassman directs energy center
Chemist creates synthetic bone
Circle of Nations hosted by UNL
Civil Rights marcher gives keynote address in MLK observance
Combined campaign raises $331,994
Committees lay foundation for general education reform
Core Values: Achievement
Core Values: Diversity
Core Values: Engagement
Core Values: Excellence
Core Values: Learning
Core Values: Research and Creative Activity
Core Values: Stewardship
Eight students chalk awards
Energy research partners UNL scientists, public power
Engineering opens 2006 with new lab
Excellence in Brief
Faculty earn top teaching, research honors
Fall semester opens with LGBTQ minor
Five faculty members earn Fulbright honors
Four record CAREER grants
Franco takes student affairs helm
Ginsburg tenders two UNL lectures
Hurricane Briefs
Journalism issues two depth reports
Learning community builds on Thompson Forum speakers
Libraries expand Cather collections
NaBRO lands 5-year Korean bridge project
Natural Resources moves to Hardin Hall
NU Directions hailed as model program
Partnership aims at commercialized cholesterol fighter
Program aimed at next generation of researchers
Program cards a first
Psych symposium examines lesbian, gay, bisexual identities
Research funding tops $100 million milestone
Research on campus
Retention drive launched
Robots participate in 18-day mission
Sheldon revives tradition
Theatre Arts honors Carson
Three new majors offered to students
Transportation Center earns grant
University takes new tack in accreditation
UNL aids $5M wheat effort
UNL among top 50 colleges
UNL, Grand Island students celebrate college opportunity
UNL students approve new culture center
UNL updates online image
Weisz helps shape court's handling of abused and neglected children
Year in Review issue can be downloaded in pdf format
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