search articles:     from the issue of September 7, 2006         Core Values: Learning  IANR NEWS SERVICE Pro golf management grows to 69 students     CLUB REPAIR - Professional golf management majors (from left) Todd Schafermann, a junior from Hooper, and Brad Cloke, a junior from Wheaton, Ill., fix golf clubs in the on-campus club repair lab. Photo/Publications and Photography. Outside the Sun Belt and far from the nation's golfing hotbeds, UNL's new professional golf management major is off to a strong start. In the major's second year, 69 students are pursuing the degree in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, said Terrance Riordan, director of the professional golf management program in the Center for Grassland Studies and Cyril Bish Professor of Horticulture in agronomy and horticulture. The program began in the 2004-05 school year with 31 students and enrollment more than doubled in 2005-2006. "We already have about 40 more students admitted for next year," Riordan said. UNL was the 15th school to add a professional golf management program accredited by the Professional Golfers' Association of America, joining warm-weather universities such as Florida State, New Mexico State and Arizona State. Currently 16 other schools across the nation offer this PGA-accredited program. UNL has the only professional golf management program with two simulators for use by its students. In addition, students use the program's on-campus club repair lab to practice skills on which they will be tested by the PGA. GO TO: ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 7 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 732561S36100X