Faculty and Staff

Move-in day for new ���߲ݴ�ý University students is typically hot and humid.

For those students who moved into Johnson Hall on August 22, they walked into something that no other Johnson Hall residents had ever experienced: air conditioning.

A ���߲ݴ�ý University choir director has been recognized by the Nebraska Choral Directors Association for his commitment to singers and choirs in the state.

Shelley McHugh has been hired as the Director of Alumni Relations at ���߲ݴ�ý University.

Five ���߲ݴ�ý University students have each been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The award will send each student overseas during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Eight ���߲ݴ�ý University professors will go on sabbatical for all or part of the 2012-2013 academic year.

Here’s a glimpse of what their sabbaticals will include:

The United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County recently recognized Travis and Karla Jensen as "Workplace Campaign Heroes."

A ���߲ݴ�ý University English professor has been awarded a Fulbright Specialists Grant to teach in India next fall.

Gerise Herndon, Professor of English, Director of the Gender Studies Program, and the University’s Fulbright Program Advisor, will spend six weeks at Banaras Hindu University where she will teach feminist theories, multiculturalism and identity politics.

���߲ݴ�ý University's Marketing and Communications Department was recognized with nine regional awards at the recent Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference.

���߲ݴ�ý's nine awards includes six golds, one silver and two bronze. Awards included:

Gold Award

New students who move into Johnson Hall next fall will literally have a “cooler” experience in their first-year residence hall compared to the students who have lived there for the past 64 years.

Air conditioning along with several other renovations to ���߲ݴ�ý’s oldest residence hall will begin soon after commencement in May.

The artistic talents of high school students are being showcased at ���߲ݴ�ý’s third annual juried art exhibition “Bridge.”

���߲ݴ�ý University sophomore Gabe Taylor fondly remembers the University Choir’s international tour to Estonia last summer. He enjoyed the country so much that he called his mom from Estonia saying he didn’t want to come home.

Thanks to a Gilman International Scholarship, Taylor will return to Estonia for his spring semester.

Ryan Sallans has made it his work to visit college campuses across the country sharing his personal story about transitioning from female to male.

Matt Kadavy has been honored for his outstanding contributions in facility management.

Kadavy, Assistant Vice President and Director of Physical Plant, was honored with the President's Award at a recent business meeting of the Central Association of Physical Plant Administrators (CAPPA).

A ���߲ݴ�ý University education professor has been awarded the “Exemplary Teaching Award.”

Jennifer Lorenzen, assistant professor of education, was recognized November 8 with the award, which is presented annually by the Division of Higher Education of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church.

A ���߲ݴ�ý University graduate and his foundation have been honored with the White Award for Internationalization.

Harry ('59) and Reba Huge were honored Friday, November 4 with the award, which recognizes those who have furthered the internationalization of the campus, curriculum, students and faculty.

Sports have always played an integral part in Mark Stutz’s life. The passionate Denver Broncos football fan recently settled in at ���߲ݴ�ý University and has now added the Prairie Wolves to his list of favorite teams.

���߲ݴ�ý University nursing professor Jeri Brandt has been honored by the Nebraska Nurses Association with the organization's "Outstanding Nurse Educator Award."

Brandt — who has taught at ���߲ݴ�ý since 1990 — was recognized during the Nebraska Nurses Association (NNA) state convention, held October 14 in Kearney, Neb.

With an enthusiastic passion for all things music and a background in musicology, new music professor John Spilker says he wants to bring new perspectives and creative ideas to ���߲ݴ�ý.

With experience in many languages and a love for all things culture, its no wonder Sarah Barr was destined to be ���߲ݴ�ý University’s new Director of Global Engagement.

���߲ݴ�ý University's Cooper Center for Academic Achievement has received a $51,600 grant that will provide for extended hours, additional staffing, and new instruction.

The Cooper Center Foundation of Lincoln honored former trustee and ���߲ݴ�ý University president John W. White with a grant in his memory. White died on April 18.

���߲ݴ�ý University will kick off its fall lecture series with its annual Visions & Ventures Symposium, which will address the economics, ethics and politics of sports.

A long-time ���߲ݴ�ý University French professor has died. Professor Emeritus Anthony Epp died Monday, June 6. He was 69.

"Mary goes above and beyond any administrative support job in productivity, insight, generosity, flexibility, professional and personal integrity, and good cheer."

And that's just one reason why Mary Swinton's colleagues nominated her for the CORE Award.