Good NUz Magazine Fall 2012

News about events, ser vices and people of interest to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln alumni and friends Fall 2012

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Celebrating 150 Years of the Morrill Act

The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862 created land-grant universities “to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life” while making education more affordable to all people. This fall, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate the Morrill Act’s 150th anniversary. Read more about the celebration and Vice Chancellor Ronnie Green’s thoughts on the past, present and future of our land-grant university on page 16. Photo by Joseph Fontaine, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at UNL.

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Check Out the New HuskerAlum.org

6. Chapters and Watch Sites – We’ve made it much easier to

find an NAA chapter or watch site – a frequent request!

Go to: HuskerAlum.org/find-a-chapter OR HuskerAlum.

org/find-a-watch-site 7. Video – The new site will feature much more video

content. To check out one of our favorites, go to:

HuskerAlum.org/so-what-is-ScarletGuard

We encourage you to explore these and other new features on HuskerAlum.org. If you have feedback about the new site, please let us know at HuskerAlum.org/contact.

NAA Hosts Young Alumni Shindig in Omaha

HuskerAlum.org, the Nebraska Alumni Association’s website, has been redesigned to better serve our members, alumni and friends. Users of the site will notice a variety of new features and content. A few of our favorites:

A chance to talk with Chancellor Harvey Perlman along with the opportunity to network with other young alumni drew

1. Career Advancement – In July, the NAA introduced a

43 Omahans to Crave at Midtown crossing where they enjoyed a

menu of sushi and other great appetizers on June 28.

new alumni career services program, led by alumni career

specialist and career coach Larry Routh. Website users can

submit career-related questions to Larry through the new

then spoke to the group as a whole, discussing the BCS, Big Ten,

website’s “Ask the Expert” service. In addition, career tips,

Innovation Campus, recruitment and how young alumni can get

job resources and more are available.

involved to help the university reach its goals. Afterward, he took

Chancellor Perlman talked with each guest individually and

Go to: HuskerAlum.org/career-advancement

2. Social sharing and sign in – All articles on HuskerAlum.

org are now shareable via social media (users may also

comment on stories). Additionally alumni and friends may

use their existing Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn

credentials to log in to their HuskerAlum.org profile.

Go to: community.HuskerAlum.org/login

3. News you can use – The new HuskerAlum.org is loaded

with news about campus, the latest alumni involvement

opportunities and events happening near you – no matter

what part of the world you call home. (HuskerAlum.org

received traffic from 132 countries last year!)

4. My Favorites – The new site is designed to make browsing

quick and relevant to you. The “My Favorites” feature

Chancellor Harvey Perlman (right) visits with Lee R. Martin (left) and AriAnna Goldstein at the young alumni event in Omaha.

allows you to select the programs, events and topics that

questions from the group, addressing issues from building new

interest you most. Once you designate “favorites,” those

facilities on campus to meeting enrollment goals.

items will automatically appear on the “My Favorite”

module when you log in.

grams such as the association’s Cather Circle (Go to: HuskerAlum/

Go to: HuskerAlum.org/select-favorites

cather-circle), Postcards of Pride (Go to: HuskerAlum.org/post-

5. Membership benefits – If you’ve thought of joining the

Young alumni were urged to get involved now through pro-

cards-of-pride ), Huskers for Higher Education (Go to: Husker-

NAA, visit the new membership benefits section, where

Alum.org/huskers-for-higher-education ) and the association’s new

benefits are categorized by interest.

Young Alumni Academy (Go to: HuskerAlum.org/young-alumni-

Go to: Huskeralum.org/membership-benefits

academy).

Vol. 9, No. 2 Nebraska Alumni Association University of Nebraska Foundation Nebraska Alumni Association Contacts Diane Mendenhall, Executive Director, (402) 472-4218 Claire Abelbeck, Digital Communications, (402) 472-4209 Andrea Cranford, Publications, (402) 472-4229 Jenny Green, Student Programs/Travel, (402) 472-4220 Andy Greer, NCC/Chapters/Hail Varsity, (402) 472-8915 Sarah Haskell, Cather Circle/Travel/Chapters, (402) 472-6541 Brooke Heck, Chapters/Outreach, (402) 472-4228 Carrie Myers, Venues, (402) 472-6435 Larry Routh, Career Resources, (402) 472-8916 Viann Schroeder, Special Projects/HHE/VOB, (402) 472- 3390 Shannon Sherman, Communications/Football Fridays, (402) 472-4219 Sarah Smith, Video Communications, (402) 472-4246 Andy Washburn, Membership/Operations, (402) 472-4239 Kevin Wright, Class Notes/Photos/Graphics, (402) 472-4227 Shelley Zaborowski, Awards/Reunions/Alumni Masters Week/ Colleges, (402) 472-4222 University of Nebraska Foundation Development Officers Director of Development: Matt McNair, (402) 458-1230 Major and Principal Gifts: Greg Jensen, (402) 458-1181 College of Architecture: Connie Pejsar, (402) 458-1190 College of Arts and Sciences: Amber Antholz, (402) 458-1182, Lori Armiger, (402) 458-1185, or Josh Egley, (402) 458-1202 College of Business Administration: Matt Boyd, (402) 458- 1189, Sandi Hansen, (402) 458-1238 or Laine Norton, (402) 458-1201 IANR: Ann Bruntz, (402) 458-1176 College of Education and Human Sciences: Jane Heany, (402) 458-1177 College of Engineering: Karen Moellering, (402) 458-1179 Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts: Lucy Buntain Comine, (402) 458-1184 College of Journalism and Mass Communication: Joanna Nordhues, (402) 458-1178 College of Law: Angela Hohensee, (402) 458-1192 or Ben Zitek, (402) 458-1241 Libraries: Josh Egley, (402) 458-1202 Panhandle Research and Extension: Barb Schlothauer, (308) 632-1207 Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations: Eric Buchanan, (402) 458-1161 Corporations: Kaye Jesske, (402) 458-1170 Foundations: Liz Lange, (402) 458-1229 Published twice a year, in August and February, for University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni and friends.

Nebraska Alumni Association Wick Alumni Center 1520 R Street • Lincoln, NE 68508-1651 Phone: (402) 472-2841 • Toll-free: (888) 353-1874 FAX: (402) 472-4635 E-mail: alumni@huskeralum.org Website: www.huskeralum.org University of Nebraska Foundation 1010 Lincoln Mall, Suite 300 • Lincoln, NE 68508 Phone: (402) 458-1100 • Toll-free: (800) 432-3216 FAX: (402) 458-1298 • E-mail: info@nufoundation.org Website: www.nufoundation.org Editor: Andrea Wood Cranford Foundation Editor: Colleen Kenney Fleischer Design: Kevin Wright ASSOCIATION UPDATE | Fall 2012 | 3

More Nebraska Legends on Campus Receptions hosted by the alumni association in Denver (April 26) and Chicago (July 26) introduced more alumni and friends to the Nebraska Legends Scholarship Program, with additional events planned for the coming year.

This fall, 142 new Nebraska Legends Scholars are on campus, thanks to the generosity of the donors listed below.

The academic year kicks off for the scholars with a barbecue at the Wick Alumni Center on Aug. 19. On Sept.

14, scholars and their parents will meet the donors and each other during a Root Beer Float Social at the Nebraska Champions Club, followed by the NAA’s Football Friday event with a preview of the next day’s football game with Arkansas State.

Also new this fall are the Nebraska Legends Scholars groups, named after accomplished alumni of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. These smaller groups will meet at least four times a semester and will be led by student members of the 2012-2013 Nebraska Legends Advisory Council, as follows: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

George Beadle group – Alyssa Meyer Warren Buffett group – Mitchell Quaiver Johnny Carson group – Angela Hensel George Flippin group – Emily Grammes Willa Cather group – Laura Laskiewicz Harley Burr Alexander group – Katie Larkin Louise Pound group – Becca Cover John J. Pershing group – Matt Hedrick Joel Sartore group – Katie Ziegler Donald Cram group – Katie Kangas Jeanette Hasse group – Kassandra Nolasco Harold Edgerton group – Allie Herink Weldon Kees group – Spencer Lindley Aaron Douglas group – Pat Ryan Donald Othmer group – Will Sassen Debra Powell group – Jaclyn Nelson Sandy Veneziano group – Morgan Horton

The Nebraska Alumni Association salutes the following donors who have helped make this program possible: Lee and Shirley Ankeny, Pea Ridge, Ark. Margaret and Stanley Baker, Centennial, Colo.

Becky Beal, Wichita, Kan. John and Kris Bergmeyer, Lincoln Raymond and Marlene Bieber, Garland Kenneth and Ada Bishop, Lincoln Ed and Bev Boehmer, Osage, Iowa Lisa Boohar, San Francisco Judith Boohar, Lincoln Thomas and Angela Boohar, Shawnee Mission, Kan. Mark and Pamela Borer, Westminster, Colo.

Mark and Beth Brase, Windsor, Colo.

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Ed and Lavon Bridwell, Lincoln Thomas and Margaret Brink, York Marion and Joyce Brooks, Quinter, Kan. Connie Brown, Holton, Kan. Patricia A. Bryant, Lincoln Lucille Caves, Lincoln Kenneth and Kris Cook, Washington, Kan. Brian and Sabina Coordsen, Bartlesville, Okla.

Sara J. Daubert, Windsor, Colo.

James and Laura Devine, Hickman Richard and Ann Diers, Lincoln Ralph and Bonnie Dodd, Washington, Kan. Gene and Judy Dondlinger, Shickley Charles and Janet Duchek, Crete Mike and Donita Elrod, Lincoln Nick and Vicki Emery, Haddam, Kan. Phil and Alice Gosch, Denver Russ and Ruth Gresham, Rosalia, Kan. Robbie and Carol Grote, Shickley Wendell and Kay Guess, Trenton, Mo. Lonnie and Rosie Henderson, Eureka, Kan. Eldon and Katie Henderson, Glasco, Kan. Unita Hendrickson, Omaha Steven and Janice Henke, Marietta, Ga. Glenn H. Hermanson, Denver Lloyd and Donna Hinkley, Lincoln Marcella Holbrook, Washington, Kan. Kerry and Renetta Hookstra, Downs, Kan. Mick and Diane Hynek, Endicott Brad and Dawn Hynek, Western Beverly Jackson, Lincoln Gregory and Katie Johnson, Denver John and Denise Johnson, Omaha Bob and Elizabeth Jones, Lawson, Mo. Angela J. Klein, Morristown, N.J. James and Patricia Koley, Houston George and Caroline Koley, Mount Vernon, Wash.

John and Ewa Korky, Long Valley, N.J. Alexandra K. Korky, Chicago Lyle and Linda Kruse, Omaha Evelyn E. Kubert, Lincoln Jack and Barbara Lavelle, Lincoln Tom and Margaret Livengood, Bradyville, Iowa Martischang Foundation, Westminster, Colo.

Gary Moore and Annemarie Neubecker, Hilton Head Island, S.C. Allen and Diane Moravec, David City William and Gina Munn, Denver T.J. and Sally Novak, Lincoln Tonn and Holly Ostergard, Lincoln Nick and Linda Pappas, Lincoln Elizabeth Parrott, Lincoln Rod and Jona Penner, Chicago Harvey and Susan Perlman, Lincoln Larry and Sharon Pfeiffer, Lincoln Calvin and Merry Roop, Washington, Kan. Gary and Donna Saltzman, Shickley Elvin and Bess Shum, Home, Kan. Robert and Karen Sinn, Lincoln Marvin and A. Karen Stoll, Grand Junction, Colo.

Sandra Turner, Overland Park, Kan. John and Karen Vering, Southlake, Texas Warren and Joan Weber, Friend Kevin and Paige Yost, Dallas Alumni Chapters Arizonans for Nebraska Greater Omaha Metro Alumni Chapter, Omaha Idaho Huskers Alumni Chapter, Boise, Idaho Lincoln Alumni Chapter, Lincoln Mad City Huskers Alumni Chapter, Madison, Wis. North Platte Alumni Chapter, North Platte Siouxland Huskers Alumni Chapter, Sioux City, Iowa Tampa Bay Huskers Alumni Chapter, Tampa Bay, Fla.

Read more about the Nebraska Legends. Go to:

HuskerAlum.org/Nebraska-legends

Larry Routh, alumni career specialist, meets with alumnus Sally Leifert.

NAA Offers Alumni Career Resources When alumni are asked what the Nebraska Alumni Association can do for them, career resources, networking and career development opportunities are common answers. That is why we are excited to unveil our new and improved Alumni Career Services program.

From recent grads wondering where to begin, to mid-career professionals seeking to expand their network, to seasoned professionals wanting to make a career change, we have the resources to help. The NAA has partnered with UNL’s Career Services, CareerLink and others on campus and in the community to provide alumni and friends with opportunities to grow and enhance their careers.

Here’s what we are proud to offer: • Career Coaching – A recent addition to the NAA

staff is Larry Routh, Ph.D., who recently retired

from his post as director of UNL Career Services.

Routh is our alumni career specialist, available for alumni and friends who are interested in a complimentary career coaching session in person,

over the phone or by Skype. Additional sessions

are available to alumni association members as a

member benefit.

• Career Advancement on the Web – A host of career

resources are available on our new and improved

HuskerAlum.org. Visit the site to read tips and

tricks from the pros, peruse articles, watch videos

and find links to helpful information.

• Job Banks – Through partnerships with UNL Career Services and CareerLink, job seekers have

an opportunity to search for positions and post

their resumes.

• LinkedIn – join the Official Nebraska Alumni

the parade. The program includes an introduction of homecoming

Association group on LinkedIn to participate in the

royalty candidates and the third annual Jester Competition. Dur-

ing the competition, students entertain the crowd with antics and

discussion and connect with other Huskers

costumes in hopes of earning the Jester crown. The winner will be

worldwide.

• Networking and Career Development Events –

Visit our career calendar on huskeralum.org for

events and webinars designed to help you build

your network and refine your professional skills.

Check out these and other resources. Go to:

HuskerAlum.org/career-advancement. To schedule a coaching session, contact Larry Routh, lrouth@HuskerAlum.org or 402-472-8916.

introduced during the next day’s football game.

Go to: HuskerAlum.org/homecoming for the latest updates.

Centennial College, Cather/Pound Reunions Set Did you participate in the Centennial College program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln? If so, you are invited to attend the Centennial College Reunion, Sept. 21-22, 2012. Reconnect with classmates and your university during this series of events featuring tours, a reunion dinner and plenty of Husker spirit. Go to: HuskerAlum.org/local and join the Facebook group “UNL Nebraska Centennial College” to learn more.

If you ever lived in Cather or Pound Halls, save the date for a reunion and hall decommissioning, April 5-6, 2013. Reconnect

2011 Homecoming Jester Competition contestants.

Homecoming Week is Sept. 23-29

Scarlet Scoop Best Ever More than 3,250 New Student En-

with your friends and learn how UNL will replace the halls you

rollment families and students passed

once called home while filling a growing need for campus hous-

through the Wick Alumni Center doors

ing. Go to: HuskerAlum.org/local for additional information and

in June for an end-of-day scoop of Dairy

complete our online form that adds you to a list to receive more

Store ice cream. The “Scarlet Scoo-

information when it becomes available.

pers” dished out 40 gallons of the best campus ice cream in seven different flavors during the 23-day event, while participants gulped 92 gallons of ice tea and lemonade to help combat the summer heat.

Scarlet Scoop also resulted in

Alumni and fans are invited to celebrate UNL’s 2012 Home-

140 new members – including 46 life

coming at the Wick Alumni Center and the Nebraska Champions

members – for Scarlet Guard, the asso-

Club.

ciation’s student group. The successful

Events tentatively planned for Friday, Sept. 28,

effort was coordinated by student intern

include:

and SG board member Alex Cerveny

Football Friday, 4:30-6 p.m., Nebraska Champions Club,

with help from the entire association

707 Stadium Drive. Get ready for the big game with Wisconsin!

staff.

A roundtable of former Huskers and local media will preview the Nebraska-Wisconsin game and answer fans’ questions. Hosted by the Husker Sports Network’s Greg Sharpe, the event also includes giveaways, children’s games and balloon animals.

Homecoming Parade Viewing, 6-7 p.m., Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. Watch the Homecoming parade from the Holling Garden. The parade features the Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band, Herbie Husker and Lil’ Red, the NU Spirit Squad

These former Cather Hall residents shared memories and laughs in 2010.

and floats by student organizations.

Homecoming Jester Competition and Pep Rally, 7 p.m., Wick Alumni Center. A pep rally immediately follows ASSOCIATION UPDATE | Fall 2012 | 5

Nebraska Alumni Association

Thank You to Our Newest Life Members and Contributors to Our Programs New NAA Life Members July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 Jack P. Abel Zachary D. Alger Jeffrey and Robbi Amen Christine M. Anderson Jon-Andrew and Jessica Anderson Kenneth and Linda Anderson Kyle Anderson and Jacqueline Kinnick Russell and Rennae Anderson Terrence R. Anderson Jim and Sharri Baldonado Sherri R. Barnwell S. Bruce Barton Kris and Steven Bastron Troy N. Beal Joseph L. Behringer Gaylord L. Bishop Ben and Kristin Blomendahl Monte B. Boisen, Jr. Rachel and Joseph Bolduc Carl and Marie Brown Jeremy and Amy Brown Kelly L. Burchell Debra L. Caudill Albert and Anne Chan Gregory W. Chase Steven and Judith Chase Charles and Linda Clatterbuck Andrew and Sara Clegg Blake Collingsworth Rocky J. Conley Micheal L. Cornelius Leo E. Damkroger Conner A. Dana Bob and Nancy Davis Timothy and TaraLea Davis Daniel E. Dawes Anthony and Amanda DeLancey Mario Della Fortuna Ruth M. Diedrichsen Nathalie M. Dillon Stephen DiMagno and Susan Poser Rolland and Elaine Dvorak Lindsey M. Eastwood Daniel and Jodie Edwards D. J. Eihusen Brittany A. England Gilbert and Nancy Erbst Michael L. Erwin David and Carolyn Fairbanks Mark C. Felske Jeremy and Katherine Ferguson Bob and Michelle Finnegan Thomas and Brenda Fisher John L. Fordham, II Scott and Shannon Fredenburg Don R. Freeman Steven and Debra Frye Patrick and Jennifer Gans Brent A. Gatzemeyer Joshua and Melissa Gleghorn Stacey Gottsch J. Michael and Wanda Gottschalk Sylvester Grandberry and Teresa Wright Terrance and Andrea Gronenthal Rick and Marsha Gross Ward and Melisa Haessler Clarence and Paulette Haley Courtney L. Hall Tom and Mary Hansen Ricky and Marieta Hartwig Jeff and Ashley Hawks Pamela G. Hayes Kristin K. Hedge, M.D. James and Susie Heiliger Christopher and Angela Hilsabeck Sharon and John Hinkle Kenneth D. Hirsch, M.D. Erik and Kari Hoegemeyer Gerald and Elaine Holmberg 6 | GoodNUz | MEMBERSHIP

George and Jeni Howard Jason L. Howlett Florian and Linda Hrdlicka Hugh and Jane Hunt Michael and Michelle Hurt Allyson M. Hynes Stephanie A. Isaacson Christy S. Jay Terri L. Jeck Virginia Jensen Russell W. Johnson Richard J. Kalisek Frederick and Diane Kaufman Julie and James Kavanaugh Daniel B. Kent Robert and Michelle Kerr Jeff S. Ketelsen Ansar and Robin Khan Cathryn A. Kieffe Evan Kinney and Lissa Woodruff Michael and Jennifer Kistler Dona D. Knapp, Ph.D. Donald C. Knudson Douglas Kristensen and Terri Harder Shawntell N. Kroese Keith and Jenna Krueger Miles R. Krumbach John and Sydney Kruse Erika R. Kuhr Philip and Mary Labadie Gregg L. Lage, D.D.S. James and Linda Lamb Kenneth R. Lang Thomas and Priscilla Largen Daniel D. Larsen Alexandra T. Law Lisa M. Levander Jacob A. Lewis David and Kathryn Ley Douglas and Ann Long Kevin J. Loseke Andrea L. Mann Jerri A. McCue Carroll R. McKibbin, Ph.D. Joseph McNeil and Jenelle Petersen Matthew and Kimberly Meister Steven and Christine Mendlik Eric C. Miller Rebecca A. Moderow Lynn E. Moeller Beth E. Mohr Cheryl L. Morrow Jessica and Christopher Murray Marvin Olson and Nancy Neumeyer Pamela S. Newcomb Brett K. Nickisch Robert and Peg Niedbalski Allan S. Noddle Dennis and Margaret O’Brien Christopher P. O’Connell Jamie Ohl Christopher and Erika Ohlmeyer Charles C. Olsen Christopher and Tonya Olson Ryan C. Olson Kristen M. Otterson Clarence E. Owens Nancy J. Oxley John P. Palecek Keisha M. Patent Wesley E. Paulsen Robert Pentzien and Linda Floro Jane C. Peters Larry R. Peterson Thomas and Patricia Peterson Adele I. Petracek Matt A. Pickering Kimberly A. Pickering-Kromberg Cody D. Quine Alvin B. Rahrs Chance C. Raichart William Raile

Dominic J. Raiola Steven J. Raymond Branden and Cassandra Rech Thomas and Mikaela Richmond Greg and Kendall Rindone Joel and Stephanie Ringenberg Mitzi J. Ritzman, Ph.D. Gabriel D. Robbins Michael and Teresa Rose Jamelle A. Ross Tyrell J. Ross Daniel J. Ryan Theodore J. Sabata Megahn E. Schafer Cory and Karen Schlesinger Bobbi Schmidt Peterson Peter and Viann Schroeder Curtis P. Schworm, M.D. Eugene and Carole Scott Carol and Rhett Sears Scott and Jacqueline Seiler Russell L. Sellhorst, D.D.S. Joseph and Marlene Sellon James P. Shields Adam and Anne Shires Billy and Teresa Simpson Jonathan and Amber Sims Melissa H. Sinnard Keith and Joline Sinor Bryan and Leslie Slone Douglas Smith Steven and Susan Smith Maryann Spain Kevin P. Spath Bret and Melissa States Clinton A. Stephenson Peter A. Steva Wendell and Miriam Stewart Jim P. Stimpson, Ph.D. Ndamukong N. Suh Leon and Kathryn Swails Dallas J. Sweet Athene F. Tenney Georgia and James Thompson Brian and Miriam Timmons Janet K. Tomkins Richard C. Tooley Bradley and Katie Trenkle John F. Tvrdy Paul F. Underwood Kyle D. Vanden Bosch Mark and Nancy Vanicek Gregory Venburg and Vicki Smith Bradley and Jana Vossler Carrie and Steven Vyhlidal Jane and John Vyhlidal Kenneth L. Waller Austin and Elyse Weaver Harry W. Webb Thomas and Gwen Weihe Gerry A. Welch Scott A. Welch, M.D. Dylan Westring William and Sharon White Wendy K. Wielechowski Susan and Robert Wilkinson Glenn L. Williams William and Judy Wimmer Doyle and Dorothy Wolverton Jerry and Susan Wurtele Arthur I. Zygielbaum Recent NAA Contributors July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 Elizabeth Abel Jennifer Adams John Adams Linda and John Adams Joseph Albright Richard Alden

Douglas and Kerrie Allen Virginia and Stanley Allen Richard and Virginia Allen Claussen Susan Allyn Darren Althouse Marian and Harold Andersen Barbara Anderson Judith and Ralph Anderson Linda and Kenneth Anderson Marlow Anderson Sidney Anderson Harry Andrews Shirley and Roger Andrews Kathryn and Dennis Anstine Charles Anthens Hazel Anthony Patricia Armstrong Robert Arp Mary and Ernest Arrigo Tracey and David Ash Brenda Avery John Ayers Carrie Babbitt Helen and James Babcock Neal Bachman Henry Bader Gloria and James Baird Jeffrey Baker Jacqueline Baker-Poe William Banwell William Barnds Joan and Earl Barnette Kathy Bartlett S. Bruce Barton Thomas and Kathryn Bass Patrick Bassinger Steven and Kris Bastron Larry Bates Susanne Bathgate and Tim Bereuter Barbara and Donald Batie Leigh Batten Kathleen Baugh Sherrill and Kent Baumfalk Ellen and Roger Baumgart Sharon and Larry Bay Rachel Bayless Robbie and Howard Bean David Beavers Graten Beavers Steven Becher Thaddeus Beck Elvira and Philip Beckenhauer John Becker Peter Becker Billy Beebe Susan Beel Shirley Beier Janice and Roger Belohlavy Ivette and Lyle Bender Joyce Benedict Katherine and Gary Bennett Lawrence Bennett Michelle Benson Peg Beranek Ilmars Bergmanis Sally and Peter Bergsten Linda and Virgil Berney Kathleen Best Palmer and Edward Bierl Theodore and Marilyn Bihuniak Jacqueline and Bernard Birkel Carol Bischoff Mark Bishoff Genie and Gaylord Bishop Edmund Bisson Douglas Black Susan Black Anthony Bliazis Sherry and Roger Blood Robert Boardman Marcia Boden Betty and Robert Boecking

John Boehler Michael Boeka Carol and John Bogacz Linda and Claude Bolton Marylouise Bookstrom Linda Bors Mark Bostock Judith and Bruce Bowling Betty and Douglas Brackhan Andrew Brainard Carolyn and Jack Braley Perry Brandorff Jim Brandt Paul Brandt Laureen and Darryl Branting Debora Braun and Martell Gangler Pamela and Randall Breinig Ronald Brester Marion and Irvin Briese Bonnie and George Briggs Joyce and Kennard Britton Thomas Broad Virginia Brokaw Audrey and Norman Brown Gwenyth Brown Joyce and Gilbert Brown Ruth and Eric Brown Barbara and Wayne Brugger Kurt Brumbaugh Clarence Brunkhorst Jessica Brusaw Greten Lorrie and R. Samuel Bryant Robert Bucco Phyllis and Gary Burchfield Candace and Mark Burge Dwayne Burhans Carol and Bruce Burton Judith and Robert Burton Garry Busboom Jack Bussell Beth and Steven Byrne Lynette and Donald Byrnes Kathryn and Ralph Cadwallader Thomas Calder Carrol Calkins Emily Cammack Carl Campbell Carol Campbell-Keenan and J. Michael Keenan Mary Carey Ernest Carlson Gary Carlson Marion and Carl Carlson Abby and Jesse Carman Debra Carr Ray Carr Carol Carver Carol and Michael Cast Lauren Caster Dennis Cerny Alison and Frank Chapman Judith and Steven Chase Gina and Nando Chatterjee Patricia and Kenneth Cheloha Richard Chenoweth Kelly Chermok Ted Cheuvront Billy Childers Deborah Christenson Duane Chunka Jacqueline Cink Stephen Claar Iris Clamp Doris Clatanoff Neal Clausen Delores Cleavenger Leigh Cleaver Sara and Andrew Clegg Gabriel Cline Donna and David Clough Lynne Cobb Tamara and Scott Coburn

Catherine Coder Stephanie and James Coder Kerry Coil Stephen Coleman William Colwell Shirley and James Condon Karen Conley and Richard McTygue Rocky Conley Charlotte Conner and William Dana Kevin Conway James Cook Marion and Roy Cook Phyllis Cook Thomas Copenhaver Patricia and Steven Corder Margaret Corey Lueen and Eldon Cornish David and Linda Cotts Helen Courtney Diane and John Cox James Crabb Dorothy and Raymond Crawford Warren Crawford Gary Creasman Chalmers Cromer Gretchen Crusick Joseph Cuda Elaine and Stephen Culhane Judith Cunningham Robert Curry Connie and Dennis Dailey Jane and Gary Dakolios Ralph and Darrina Damico Eleanor and Arlie Daniel Joseph and Linda Daniel Wayne Dankert Tammy and Brian Daugherty Marjorie and William Davis Lori and Chet Dawes Richard Dawson Barbara Day Josephine Day Mary and Gerald Decker Gladys Dederman Mario Della Fortuna Maria DeLucia LaVada Dennis James Deterding Jean Detlefsen Wayne Detmer Lori and Miles Dewhirst Mary Dick Langrock Morton Dickson Gregory Diederich Margaret Dietz Bonnie and John Dietze Debra and Leroy Dinslage Kathleen Dinsmore Rosemary Dixon ArVella and Howard Doerr Jisella and Timothy Dolan Douglass Donnell Kyle Doperalski Margaret and John Jay Douglass Rebecca Dowling Shirley and Jeffrey Dowling Patricia Downey Marilyn Downing Vicki and Jeffrey Drake Vera Dulaney Michael and Dorothy Duncan Carly Duvall John Dyson Michele and Gregory Eakins James Ebel Janice and Robert Ebers Erin Edwards Jodie and Daniel Edwards Evelyn Effken Loxie and Arnold Ehlers Bill Ehrman Judith Eicher Steven Eicher Terri Eilers and Arlen Seeman Jon and Ronald Einspahr Ardith and Richard Eisenhauer Susan and Thomas Eiserman Loretta and Rex Ekwall Michael Elam Jean Ellis Tennent Emmons Randall Emry Jeanine and Stephen England Elaine Erdmann

Floyd Erickson Keith Erickson Merlin Erickson Dennis Ernest Tami Eshleman Donna and Frank Esposito William Etmund Betty and Jerry Ewing Katrina Fahlin and Joel Thomsen Sheri Farrar Thomas Faulkner Edward Faytinger Melissa and Rodger Feldhaus Marlene and John Ferguson Susan and Kenneth Ferrarini Tina and Sean Filipowski Minnie and Loyd Fischer Jeanne and Robert Fitzgerald Beth and Ronald Fitzke Lynn Fleming Michael and Cynthia Fleming Marilyn Fontane Carolyn and Donald Fox Lavonda and Bruce Fox Charles and Carolyn Francis Mary and Kenneth Frank Ruth Frank Marion Freed June and Fred Freeman Thomas French Karen Frerichs Linda Frerichs Milton Fricke Harold Friedman John Friend Richard Fritz Lois Frogge Helen and Fay Fuchser Joy Fuller Peggy and Michael Furrow John Futcher Pamela Gaare Donald Gallup Beverly and Don Gard Roger Gardner Naomi Garrison Jeffrey and Sheila Garvey Vicky Geist Aristippos Gennadios Marie George Robert George Bonnie Gerald Irma and Richard Gerlach Charles Gibbs Delores and John Gibbs Sharon and Ronald Gierhan Jeanne and William Gilbert Cheri and Ted Gill Donna and Donald Gill Mark Gilles Nancy Gillpatrick Gregory Glunz Josephine and Leonard Godown Charles Godwin Roger Goggins Cheryl Goplen Marilyn and Charles Gordon Mark Gordon Pamela and Bruce Govier Kathy and Randall Graham Jeri and Dennis Gray Kathleen and James Green Suzanne and Matthew Greenquist Pamela and Scott Greenwood Donald Grimm Christine Groppe Janet Grosvenor John Ground Sandra Grulke Mary Anne and Fred Guggenmos Dewayne Guhn Joan Guilford Marlene Guroff C. Gutshall Barbara Gutshall Mary Haack and Lorraine Haack Aaron and Dina Haberer Clarissa Hackett Judith and Ronald Hagan Margaret Hageman Patricia and Richard Hahn Roger Hahn Roger Haist Kimberly Hall Marcia Haller

Janean Hamann John Hamann Antonine and Miroslav Hamersky Douglas Hammerseng Glenda and Robert Hammons Elizabeth and John Hancock Cheryl and Grant Hansen Brian Hanson Paul Hanson Matthew Hardebeck Heidi Harman Beverly and Willie Harper Linda and Alfred Hartmann Kenneth Hatch Toni Hatch Samuel Hatfield Catherine and James Healey Monty Heidenreich Gene Heiland Henry Hemenway C. Mary and Robert Hendricks Celeste and Kelly Hendricks Jolene and Michael Henney Mary and Thomas Henning Stacey and Stephen Henning Eugene Hennings Julie Herrera Joseph Herz Grace Hess Betty and Donald Heuermann James and Marjorie Barrett Hewitt Marjorie Heyne Kathryn and Michael Higgins Barbara and Tod Hilgenkamp Aleta and Eddie Hill Tamyra and Alan Hill Thomas Hilt Mary and Ernest Hines Donna and Lloyd Hinkley James Hinman Terri and Dennis Hirschbrunner Richard Hitz Gachia and Raymond Hoefer Kari and Erik Hoegemeyer Doris Hoff Dennis Hoffman Sharon and Jerold Hoffman Phylis Hollamon William Holland Priscilla Hollingshead Susan and David Hollman Donald Holmberg Elaine and Gerald Holmberg Keith and Alice Holmes Sheri Holscher Florence and Burton Holthus Carol and Stephen Honey Kay Horner Sharon and Jeffrey Houchin Marty Howell Karmen and Michael Hoxie Kathleen and Richard Hranac Lawrence Hubka Joan Hueffner and Stephen Steinbrink Richard Hueschen Carol Hueske Brooke Huisenga Katherine and Stephen Humphrey Chad Humphry Richard Hunt Dennis Hurley Leonard Huss Donna and Don Hutchens Lola and Donivan Huwaldt Nicholas Hytrek Susan and Timothy Irons Craig Irvin Sandra and Phillip Isaacs Renee and Russel Iwan Cameon Jacobson and James Wefso Donald Jacobson Ruth and Vaughn Jaenike Christine Janis Richard Janousek Richard Jarecke Lynda and Paul Jasa Judy and Wayne Jensen Carol Jensen-Linton Robert Jerauld Jennifer Jerome Sandra and Lon Jochens Debra Jochum Frank Johannsen Linda and Gerald John

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University of Nebraska Foundation

Dickinson Fossil Heritage Center Opens at Ashfall Fossil Beds

By Robb Crouch Children and adults of all ages have even more to learn and do at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park with the opening of the Dickinson Fossil Heritage Center.

The center offers educational exhibits and activity areas, including a fossil dig zone and fossil bone puzzles to engage children. It also features exhibits on petrified wood and the

Len Dickinson and Jule Goeller

rivers of Nebraska. A planned exhibit pays tribute to contributions of amateur paleontologists and local ranchers who

Wahoo, Ashland and Broken Bow. A World War II veteran,

joint project of the University of Nebraska State Museum

donated fossils to the university’s collections.

he died in 1996.

and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and con-

Opened on June 16, the Dickinson Center was made

“Throughout his life my father was well known for his

tains skeletons of extinct animals lying in the volcanic ash

possible with gifts in kind to the Campaign for Nebraska of

wisdom, kindness and generosity to his nation, his state, his

that killed them. Since studies began in the 1970s, more

all building materials from alumni Len Dickinson and his

community and his family,” Dickinson said. “We’re pleased

than 200 fossil skeletons have been discovered, and dozens

wife, Jule Goeller, who own Sand Creek Post & Beam based

to honor him with the Dickinson Fossil Heritage Center

more are uncovered annually.

in Wayne, Neb.

and hope it deepens the knowledge of children and families

It’s named in memory of Dickinson’s father, Jack L.

ashfall.unl.edu

from across Nebraska and the country who visit Ashfall.”

Dickinson, a Nebraska native who owned jewelry stores in

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Designated a National Natural Landmark, Ashfall is a

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKALINCOLN Amount Raised Toward $550 Million Campaign Goal

2005

2014

$583,893,737

61%

of UNL campaign gifts are from Nebraska households/organizations.

54,304

individuals have made donations to UNL during the campaign.

44%

of new funds to the UNL campaign support student scholarships.

campaignfornebraska.org/unl

CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

1 out of 3

donors to UNL are first-time donors during the campaign.

16,000 UNL students receive some form of financial aid.

new funds have been established during the campaign to support academic programs at UNL.

All statistics as of May 31, 2012. The Campaign for Nebraska began in July, 2005 and will conclude in December, 2014.

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Students Faculty Global Engagement Agriculture and Life Sciences Information Technology Cancer Research Architectural Engineering and Construction • Water for Food • Early Childhood Education

University of Nebraska Foundation Names New CEO Brian Hastings, a senior executive at The Ohio State University, has been named president and CEO of the University of Nebraska Foundation. The foundation’s board of directors approved Hastings’ appointment in July.

Hastings brings more than two decades of experience in higher education fundraising, along with strong expertise in implementing university-wide advancement strategies. He most recently served as executive director of The Ohio State University’s $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, in addition to his duties as senior associate vice president at the university.

The foundation’s board unanimously voted to accept the recommendation of the search committee in naming Hastings to the position. Peter Whitted, chair of the foundation’s board of directors and a member of the search committee, said the committee conducted an extensive, nationwide search that resulted in qualified applicants from Nebraska as well as several major institutions around the country.

Brian Hastings

“Brian Hastings brings a wealth of knowledge and experience “As a first-generation college graduate and lifelong Midwest-

from a Big Ten peer institution,” Whitted said. “He has helped lead not only one of the most successful development teams for a

erner, I am truly humbled by this opportunity to work with the

public, land-grant institution, but also one of the most successful

outstanding foundation staff in service to the university and the

fundraising campaigns.”

citizens of Nebraska,” Hastings said. “I was impressed with the

Whitted said the committee placed a priority on the following

great accomplishments occurring on each of the four campuses,

attributes in their recruiting of the foundation’s next CEO: excel-

inspired by the leadership and commitment of the volunteers, and

lent networking and relationship skills with donors; strategic think-

warmed by the incredible sense of pride exhibited by everyone. I

ing skills; strong leadership, management and mentoring skills; and

look forward to working with alumni, friends, faculty, and staff in

Midwestern values and a good fit with Nebraska’s culture.

realizing the unlimited possibilities that lie ahead in the Campaign

University President James B. Milliken, who also served on the

for Nebraska and beyond.”

“I was impressed with the great accomplishments occurring on each of the four campuses, inspired by the leadership and commitment of the volunteers, and warmed by the incredible sense of pride exhibited by everyone. I look forward to working with alumni, friends, faculty, and staff in realizing the unlimited possibilities that lie ahead in the Campaign for Nebraska and beyond.”

– Brian Hastings

The foundation’s total assets, as of June 30, were about $1.8

search committee, called Hastings an excellent choice to lead the

billion. The vast majority of the foundation’s assets are endowed

foundation forward.

“Brian has provided leadership and enjoyed much success at

gifts given by donors for specific programs at the university. John

one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious public universi-

Gottschalk, former publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, has

ties,” he said. “I am confident this experience has prepared him

been leading the foundation in the interim, while the CEO search

well to lead our foundation at this important point in our history.

was being conducted.

Hastings and his wife, Sharon, have two young children. He

The University of Nebraska is on a roll, and the foundation will

plans to begin his duties at the University of Nebraska Foundation

continue to be a key reason for that success.”

The University of Nebraska Foundation launched the Cam-

in early fall.

Additional information about Hastings’ professional experi-

paign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities, a comprehensive fundraising campaign on behalf of the University of Nebraska, in

ence is available on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/pub/hastingsbrian/

2005. The campaign ends in 2014. Gifts to the campaign currently

6/227/970.

exceed $1.2 billion.

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Gift makes ‘Bizarre Beasts’ Exhibit Permanent at NU

By Dana Ludvik, ’04, ’11, and Robb Crouch Weird science is on permanent display at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln. The museum opened “Bizarre Beasts,” a permanent exhibit exploring some of the strangest creatures to inhabit the Earth, past and present.

The exhibit previously showed in leading museums, including the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, among others.

Created by renowned artist and Nebraska native Gary Staab, the dramatic exhibit takes visitors on a journey back in time as they come face-to-face with some of Mother Nature’s most curious creatures and discover how their environments shaped their freaky features.

Interactive and educational displays in this newly renovated gallery showcase cast skeletons and remarkable life-size models of natural oddities,

Anne Martin

Photo courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.

The Story Behind the Choppy Rhodes Scholarship

By Colleen Kenney Fleischer, ’88 Anne Martin doesn’t remember much about the night her dad got inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame.

It was 1993. She was just 2 years old. But someone captured it on VHS tape back then and mailed a copy to her parents.

Bob Martin, standing near the podium. There’s him suddenly looking down – in surprise – at something beneath the frame of the video and then picking up a little blonde girl and holding her.

There’s the little girl waving to all sides of the crowd as if the

six-foot-tall flightless bird; helicoprion, a

And there’s that little girl getting bored and running back to her

13-foot shark with a row of teeth resem-

mom.

That little girl was Anne Martin.

“Everyone started laughing, and my dad just kind of picked me up and just kept going with his speech.” She laughs. “I was a pretty active kid when I was little.”

She still is. A senior this fall at UNL, she’s majoring in elementary education and also competes for the Huskers in track and field. She does the heptathlon – high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, hurdles, the 800 meters and the 200 meters.

She grew up in Davey, Neb., just north of Lincoln, in the

University of Nebraska’s Campaign for

same house her parents bought when her dad was playing for the

Nebraska of more than $300,000 from

New York Jets. She competed in sports for Waverly High and won

the museum’s longtime benefactor, the Theodore F. and Claire M. Hubbard Family Foundation of Omaha.

“The Nebraska State Museum is a true treasure and a must see for all age groups,” said Ted Hubbard, who

16 medals in the state track and field meet, including six titles. In

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In 1993, Choppy was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. Though you may not remember, another Husker, your father Bob Martin, was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame that same evening. I did not realize you were his daughter until I received a list of this year’s current scholarship recipients from the NU Foundation. Your hometown was listed as Davey. That rang a bell.

My sister and I accepted Choppy’s award posthumously, and of course, your dad received his award in person. I brought a video camera with me and with the help of Allison, my wife, we taped the evening’s festivities. When Bob, your dad, was being introduced and his exploits in football enumerated, a little blonde-headed girl appeared on stage and was picked up by her dad …

You can only get one guess as to who ‘stole’ the show that night. I can’t tell you how very special it is to us to have you as a recipient of this scholarship.

I made copies of the videotapes for all of the recipients of the event and mailed the tapes to them. If your dad still has the tape, and a tape player, have him get it out and play it back for everyone’s enjoyment. I replayed my copy the other day. It was great!

Anne’s parents still had the VHS tape. But they didn’t have a VHS player. So Anne went to her aunt’s house to watch it.

“Seeing how everything came together is just – it’s just crazy, and this scholarship.

Winning gold at the state meet qualified her for a very special privately funded scholarship at UNL – the John “Choppy” Rhodes son, John, and John’s wife, Allison.

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He wrote:

was the top jump that year.

new exhibit will be another reason to

museum.unl.edu

request to watch that old VHS tape.

really,” Anne said. “I would like to thank John for this opportunity

represents the family foundation. “This

in our state.”

In June of 2010, after receiving the Choppy Rhodes scholar-

2008, her high jump of 5 feet, 8 inches won the All Class gold and

Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was created by Choppy’s

visit and enjoy one of the top attractions

ary Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. He won eight varsity letters.

California. The letter contained some surprising information, and a

can see her sticking her tongue out at her dad and smiling at him.)

Pterosaur

braska football team. He played on the team that beat the legend-

ship, Anne received a letter from Choppy’s son, John, who lives in

with a 15-foot wingspan; diatryma, a

is made possible with a gift to the

Choppy became a standout fullback for the University of Ne-

There’s her dad, former Husker All-American defensive end

people are there to see her. (If you look closely at that old tape, you

The exhibit’s home in Nebraska

He played baseball, football, basketball and track.

In 2010, she watched the old video for the first time:

including a pterosaur, a giant reptile

bling a buzz saw, and much more.

Bob Martin

Choppy Rhodes was one of the state’s greatest athletes of the

“It’s really meant a lot to me, especially now that I know how our families have connected somehow.”

Scholarship support for talented UNL students like Anne is a top priority of the Campaign for Nebraska. If you would like more

1920s. Like Anne, Choppy excelled in many sports. In 1921, he

information on how you could help students, please visit campaignfor-

became the first Nebraska high school athlete to high jump 6 feet.

nebraska.org/students.

Son’s Gift Honors Parents’ Amazing Lives

By Colleen Kenney Fleischer, ’88

In three hours, Maria Leipelt was to be executed. The 19-year-old was to die because the Nazis considered her a Jewish “half-breed,” one guilty of high treason.

Unbeknownst to her at the time, her older brother,

Bill Bade grew up in Omaha

Hans Leipelt, had been a student organizer in the White

during the Great Depression. At

Rose Society, a non-violent underground Nazi-resistance

age 12, he taught himself calculus.

movement, and had already been executed. Nor did she

He built a chemistry lab in the

know that her mother, who had been arrested at the same

basement of his home. He made

time, had swallowed cyanide to avoid deportation to a

explosives just for fun.

concentration camp, or that her grandmother had died in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp.

This was Germany, 1945, a horrible time to come of

He attended UNL, too, graduating in 1954 with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. He also

age. But Maria, who’d spent a year in solitary confinement,

was Phi Beta Kappa. He went on

had a knack for staying alive. And luck.

to become a leader in the field of

Patton’s 9th Armored Division arrived and freed Maria

re-entry physics for the U.S. space

and other refugees just three hours before she was scheduled

program, making major contri-

to die. Later, stranded behind the Russian line, she found

butions to the understanding of

a way to get herself and a train car full of other refugees

the development of heat shields.

across the line to the American side – by bribing rail work-

He wrote and published science-

ers with cigarettes.

fiction stories and was an amateur

After the war she worked as an interpreter and helped the U.S. Army’s Counter-Intelligence Corps hunt down the Nazis.

She came to the United States in 1946 and ended up

photographer, cabinet maker and geologist.

“They were very different people,” Chris said. “My dad was

studying science at UNL. She received her bachelor’s degree

a complete straight-shooter. He

in physiology in 1951, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and her

wasn’t politically inclined. He

master’s of science degree in 1954. She married William

was Nebraska-raised – what you

Bade, gave birth to a son, Chris, in 1958, and then earned

saw was what you got. He really

her doctorate in biochemistry in 1960 from Yale.

taught me a lesson in honesty, and

Biochemist. Professor. Noted inventor. (She held patents around the world for the process she created for

dealing with people straight.”

Maria Leipelt and William Bade

William Bade was a survivor,

making useful material from the waste byproduct from the

too. In the summer of 1975, the physicist contracted

put a smile on their faces,” he said. “And I think this would

harvesting of crustaceans.) Devoted wife and mother.

cryptococal meningitis that left him disabled and unable to

have. I think they would have been very happy about this.

work until his death in 2005.

They valued education immensely.”

Maria Leipelt Bade – a “tough cookie on the exterior at times,” said her only son – died four years ago at the age

Yet he adapted.

of 82.

Instead of riding a bicycle with two wheels, for exam-

Creating the scholarships made Chris happy. It feels good, he said, to honor his parents, who taught him so

ple, he switched to one with three. He continued his loves

much about life, especially the value of education and

teach,” said Chris Bade, who lives in Massachusetts. “And

of reading and photography. And he continued to enjoy

knowledge.

she was a survivor. She used to say that society is a thin

Maria’s gourmet cooking, which she had learned from her

veneer, so be careful. Watch it. She was very protective

mother. (Maybe the years of deprivation – living on skinny

Student support is one of the top priorities of the Cam-

and very concerned about civil rights, and the rights of

bread slices that were mostly sawdust – fueled her love for

paign for Nebraska. If you’d also like to start a scholarship fund

individuals, because she had watched a whole society turn

great food.)

in memory of your parents – or anyone else who has mattered

“My mother was a brilliant scientist and loved to

upside-down. She saw how quickly things could change.”

Not many people can tell such a remarkable story about their mom.

But that’s just half of the story. His dad, he said, had quite the life, too.

A few years back, Chris found a way to honor his

to you – please contact the University of Nebraska Foundation

parents. He created two scholarship funds in their names at

at 800-432-3216 or visit campaignfornebraska.org/students.

UNL, where his parents met and fell in love.

“I was looking for something that would be a lasting memorial – something that if they were still around would

campaignfornebraska.org/students

J

FOUNDATION UPDATE | Fall 2012 | 13

Nanomaterials Research Aims to Improve Electronics

Office of Research and Economic Development

Researching Soil-borne Threat From Prion Diseases

By Gillian Klucas, ’91 The key to making computers and other electronics

By Ashley Washburn, ’02

smaller, faster and less expensive lies in overcoming the

Deadly prion diseases, such as chronic wasting disease

limitations of existing materials. University of NebraskaLincoln physicist Xia Hong thinks her research on nanoscale

and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, survive in

materials will help break through current barriers.

soil for years and can remain infectious in the environment.

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer’s research could

Hong, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and a researcher in UNL’s Materials Research Science and Engi-

provide insights about how to control this soil-borne threat.

neering Center, earned a five-year, $600,000 Faculty Early

Prion diseases are highly infectious and can spread

Career Development Program Award this spring from the

to soil through blood, saliva, feces, urine and even antler

National Science Foundation for her research. Also known

velvet. Once in the soil, infectious prion proteins can persist

as a CAREER award, it’s NSF’s most prestigious award for

and remain infectious for decades. Although environmental

outstanding pre-tenure faculty to help them develop as

transmission is considered an important route for spreading

teacher-scholars and researchers.

of prion diseases, researchers have limited understanding of how prions behave in the environment.

For decades, scientists have been squeezing more power

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, assistant professor of civil

out of today’s silicon-based electronics, which are approaching the material’s fundamental limits. To continue advanc-

engineering at UNL, is shedding light on the complex

ing, researchers are exploring existing materials for unique

interaction between prions and soil. A five-year, $413,883

properties at the nano-level and fabricating new nanomate-

Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the

rials with multifunctional properties. Many materials exhibit

UNL physicist Xia Hong

known as a CAREER award, this is NSF’s most prestigious

unusual physical, chemical or biological properties at the nanoscale that are not found at the larger macro level.

With her award, Hong will combine two oxides to create a multiferric nanomaterial with both magnetic and

National Science Foundation supports this research. Also

The grant allows Hong to purchase equipment and hire graduate students and post-doctoral graduates.

The expertise of other faculty in UNL’s NSF-funded

award for outstanding pre-tenure faculty and supports their development as researchers and teacher-scholars.

Chronic wasting disease, which attacks deer and elk;

ferroelectric properties. Ferroelectric materials have positive

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and its

scrapie, which infects goats and sheep; and bovine spongi-

and negative polarization directions. Applying electricity can

focus on nanoscale magnetism and magnetoelectric inter-

form encephalopathy, or BSE, which affects cattle, are in

reverse the polarization. In a multiferric material, electricity

faces aid her research, Hong said.

a class of fatal illnesses known as prion diseases. Prions are

also can control magnetism.

“My research is very complementary to the existing

misshapen, infectious proteins that cause wildlife or live-

efforts here,” she said. “There is a lot of collaboration. We

stock to lose body mass and develop neurological problems.

on magnetism, which limits their storage density, or capac-

need a theoretical point of view to understand the new

Though rare, some prion diseases pose a serious human

ity, and requires lots of energy to operate. Ferroelectric-

properties we are studying.”

health threat. The best known is BSE, often called mad cow

Current hard drives and other data storage devices rely

based devices enable much higher density storage. Storing

Through the grant, Hong also is continuing her interest

disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control website says

data with an electric charge alone or using electricity to

in making physics accessible to young people, particularly

strong evidence indicates BSE was transmitted to humans,

manipulate magnetic signal would be more energy efficient

girls. For the educational component of her CAREER

primarily in the United Kingdom, causing a variant form of

and allow greater storage capacity in a smaller space.

award, she will use her drawing skills to develop educational

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Human health risk from BSE in

cartoons.

the United States is extremely low, according to the CDC.

Hong expects it to take one to two years to fabricate the multiferric nanostructure. Then, using cutting-edge

“Many people think physics is very difficult,” Hong

techniques, she will study the new material’s characteristics.

said. “I thought it was a good idea to use a teenage girl’s

Her research promises to advance the understanding of

point of view to illustrate physics principles, not using

Unlike chemicals, which typically break down relatively quickly in soil, prion proteins are persistently potent.

“Chemical structures don’t really change after binding

magnetoelectric coupling and could lead to novel materials

extensive math equations, but how they operate in real life,

to soil, but protein confirmation does,” Bartelt-Hunt said.

and devices.

to make physics more likable.”

“For prions, researchers believe the protein conformation is what is responsible for the properties of the disease. We have evidence that if (prion proteins) attach to surfaces, like soil, that can affect their biological properties.”

Prion diseases are notoriously difficult to eliminate, which is a major concern for wildlife managers and livestock

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Bartelt-Hunt has studied the complex interactions

producers. The best way to control scrapie in a sheep herd, for example, is to quarantine the flock and eliminate the

between prions and the environment since joining UNL

infected animals. Eradicating chronic wasting disease in wild

in 2006. Her CAREER award collaborators are Nebraska

deer or elk herds is usually up to state game managers and

Center for Materials and Nanoscience researchers Mathias

Mother Nature.

Schubert, a UNL associate professor of electrical engineering, and Jason Bartz, associate professor of medical

Quarantine, however, doesn’t address the problem of contaminated soil. Bartelt-Hunt said it’s possible that the

microbiology and immunology at Creighton University.

way protein binds to soil may protect the protein from

Bartelt-Hunt will use an instrument developed by Schubert

environmental conditions that may otherwise cause it to

to evaluate changes in prion conformation after the prions

degrade. She hopes to find out.

bind to soil. Bartz is a longtime collaborator who has pro-

Her CAREER research involves testing how exposure

vided insight on the biological aspects of prion transmission.

to changing environmental conditions, including heat and

The CAREER award also supports a project to improve

moisture, alters the protein over time. Bartelt-Hunt said her

retention rates of minority and female engineering stu-

goal is to discover which factors may slow the prions’ ability

dents. Bartelt-Hunt said early in their student careers, some

to replicate. This information could offer insights about

students lack confidence in their ability to solve engineering

where to look for environmental contamination from prion

problems because a traditional lecture format does not foster

diseases, or help farmers and wildlife managers devise strate-

those experiences. She is developing lesson plans for her In-

gies to clean soil after an outbreak.

troduction to Environmental Engineering class that include more problem-solving exercises and collaboration between

Bartelt-Hunt said although the link between prion diseases and human health is unknown, it could become

classmates. Pre- and post-lesson evaluations will show

an environmental concern if prions leached into the water

whether these exercises improved students’ understanding of

supply. Disposing of soil or decomposing carcasses from

basic engineering concepts.

“Some evidence shows that problem-based learning

BSE-contaminated herds also poses health risks since BSE

opportunities can improve student self-efficacy and make

prions are transmissible to humans. According to the CDC,

students more confident that they can stick with engineer-

no strong evidence of CWD transmission to humans has been found.

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

ing,” she said.

UNL Technology Sparks Startup Firm to Improve PET Imaging

By Kelly Bartling, ’86, ’08, and Jill Thayer, ’05 A new startup company will use a process developed at

organs, in contrast to computed tomography or magnetic

the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by chemistry professor

resonance imaging, which show the body’s anatomy and

Stephen DiMagno to improve medical imaging.

structure. PET is used mainly to study patients with cancer,

The company, Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals Inc., will use the discovery to develop new imaging agents for use in diagnosis and management of disease, and to help other

heart disease and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

DiMagno found a general way to attach the widely

companies better manufacture imaging agents for positron

used PET radioactive isotope, 18F, to many different carrier

emission tomography (PET) scans. DiMagno, a fluorine

molecules. This isotope acts as a beacon to allow the specific

chemist who began researching this area in 2005, is Ground

metabolic fate of the compound to be viewed by a PET

Fluor Pharmaceuticals’ co-founder.

scanner. Unlike most stable drugs, PET imaging agents

NUtech Ventures, the nonprofit organization respon-

tagged with short-lived radioactive isotopes like 18F lose

sible for building partnerships between the University of

their effectiveness after a few hours. As a result, these imag-

Nebraska and the private sector, worked to evaluate the

ing agents need to be produced rapidly and near a hospital

commercial opportunity and licensed the intellectual prop-

or imaging center where they are used.

erty to the startup for development.

PET is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that uses

Stephen DiMagno

mation about the function and metabolism of the body’s

“Our methodology allows us to create more potent imaging agents more rapidly, reliably and in high yield. These

specialized scanners to provide images using radiotracers

agents were previously unknown or were very difficult to

whose distribution reflects specific metabolic activity in the

synthesize,” DiMagno said. “Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals’

body at the time of injection. PET images provide infor-

technology should boost the availability of existing experi(Continued on page 29) RESEARCH | Fall 2012 | 15

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Celebrating 150 Years of the Morrill Act I am a first generation college student. My parents understood the value of higher education and wanted me to have all of the opportunities that it afforded. So, it is with great pride and joy that I reflect on the tremendous successes of land-grant universities, brought into being 150 years ago through the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862.

One of those joys comes in contemplating the millions

Projections are that by 2050 or before, the world’s popula-

of people educated to be successful in their careers and as

tion, now topping 7 billion, will reach 9 billion. Today,

contributing members of their communities. Another is

worldwide, nearly 1 billion people are undernourished

considering the wonderful research and extension educa-

or malnourished. This means the doubling of global food

tion that has contributed greatly to people’s, states’ and the

production will be required to successfully meet nutrient

nation’s economy and quality of life.

needs of a healthy global population.

While it is inspiring to reflect back, it is even more

To feed and fuel the world we must find successful,

exciting to look forward to the work we in the Institute

sustainable ways to grow more, with agricultural science

of Agriculture and Natural Resources, part of Nebraska’s

and innovation key to that success. We must balance the

land-grant university, will do in the next 150 years,

competition for resources between food and energy production. And we must do so under in-

building on the land-grant’s strong and

Ronnie Green

creasingly shifting climate and environ-

vigorous tradition of advancing knowl-

mental conditions.

edge.

Water is a primary concern.

tional stakeholders came together to think creatively and

Abraham Lincoln did not have

One-third of the world’s people

strategically about the role a new University of Nebraska

the benefit of higher education.

experience shortages of water

Rural Futures Institute would serve in our state and the

Yet as self-educated men, they

now, with projections that two-

Great Plains region. The conversations were robust and I

believed strongly in education’s

thirds will be affected by 2025.

look forward to officially launching the new Institute in

power. When Congress passed

NU’s Robert B. Daugherty Water

the fall of 2012.

Justin Smith Morrill and

for Food Institute has a criti-

the Morrill Act, sponsored by

cal role to play in water research,

Morrill of Vermont and signed

education, and outreach, and we are

into law by President Lincoln, they

thankful for partners like the Daugherty

provided for:

Foundation who share our passion for global

“… the endowment, support, and maintenance of

at least one college where the leading object shall be, without

water sustainability.

In IANR we focus on growing a healthy future for

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken consistently says the university’s goal is to be the best public university in the country as measured by how well we serve the people of our state. In IANR, we seek to always be identified as one of the world’s top universities in agriculture and life sciences, natural resources and human sciences.

Happy 150th anniversary to the Morrill Act. I think

excluding other scientific and classical studies, and includ-

people, with emphasis on food, fuel, water, landscapes in

ing military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are

which food and fuel grow, and the communities in which

Abraham Lincoln and Justin Smith Morrill would be

related to agriculture and the mechanic arts – in order to

we all live. We work, individually and collectively, with

proud to see how their efforts have been put into action,

promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial

partners across the university and at other universities

growing a healthy future for Nebraska and the world!

classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.”

across the country and around the globe, to grow a healthy future for you.

With great wisdom they recognized higher education’s

Land-grant universities are the people’s universities.

role in healing and growing the country after the Civil

This is a responsibility – and privilege – we take seriously.

War.

We work with our constituents to identify and meet cur-

Ronnie Green

rent challenges, and new challenges as they arise.

NU Vice President and

Before the Morrill Act, higher education belonged largely to the wealthy. The Morrill Act was aimed at edu-

One of the biggest challenges we are currently evaluat-

cating the common folks. Agriculture was seen as a stra-

ing is the role we play in making our rural landscapes and

tegic focus for advancing the nation and higher education

communities sustainable and healthy over the long term.

was tasked with working with farmers to provide practical

We recently held NU’s first Rural Futures Conference,

solutions. That type of education remains critical today.

where more than 450 local, state, national and interna-

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Harlan Vice Chancellor, IANR

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Land-Grant Legacy Week This year the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, along with other land-grant universities and the states they serve, will celebrate the

The university is celebrating the Morrill Act anniversary with a full week of activities Sept. 23-28.

150th anniversary of the Morrill Act.

A celebration highlight is a scheduled forum of former U.S.

The Morrill Act brought into being land-grant universities,

Secretaries of Agriculture Sept. 28, led by Nebraska’s own Clayton

making education more affordable to all people, educating them in

Yeutter and Mike Johanns. The 7:30 p.m. forum at the Lied Center

agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts and other professions

for Performing Arts, 12th and R streets in Lincoln, will be the first

practical at the time. Before the Morrill Act, higher education was

Heuermann Lecture for 2012-13.

primarily a privilege of the rich.

Thanks to the land-grant legislation, each state has tremendous

Daily themes and events at UNL during the land-grant celebration conclude with the 7 p.m. Nebraska-Wisconsin game Sept.

success stories to tell, graduating successful leaders and citizens,

29. The planned schedule is as follows (check http://landgrant.unl.

extending knowledge to those who put it to immediate use in their

edu for updates):

lives, and conducting agricultural research that helps feed the world.

In July 1862, in the darkest days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed two acts, which were to help to mold the future of the Nation which he was then struggling to preserve.

The first of these, the Homestead Act, provided, in Carl Sandburg’s words, “a farm free to any man who wanted to put a plow into unbroken sod.”

The second, the Morrill Act, donated more than one million acres of Federal land to endow at least one university in every State of the Union.

Thus, even as the Nation trembled on the brink of destruction, the vast lands of the American West were open to final settlement. A new America of unparalleled abundance began to grow, and the most ambitious and fruitful system of higher education in the history of the world was developed.

– John F. Kennedy, November 12, 1961

• Sunday, Sept. 23, noon-5 p.m. – 50th Anniversary

Celebration of ARDC (Agricultural Research and Development Center) at Mead. Open house includes bus

tours, exhibits, presentations, food, fun and learning.

• Monday, Sept. 24, 3-6 p.m. – Entrepreneurship and

Youth Day, Nebraska East Union. Leaders for the Next

Generation Fair featuring entrepreneurs and a quick pitch

competition. Students of all ages are welcome to attend.

• Tuesday, Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. – Life Sciences Day,

Legislation That Changed the United States Four major pieces of U.S. legislation in 1862 helped change the future of the U.S., and were central to framing development of the Great Plains: • Homestead Act. More than 270

million acres of land were turned

over to approximately 1.6 million

homesteaders, 160 acres at a time.

• Morrill Act. Established today’s 100+

Nebraska East Union. Life Sciences Research Retreat.

land-grant colleges and universities,

Poster presentations, updates on life sciences curriculum.

which have more than 25 million

graduates worldwide.

• Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2-7 p.m., – Landscape Systems Day.

Tree planting in the East Campus Arboretum at 2 p.m.

Wildlife encounters in Hardin Hall at 5:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, Sept. 26, 3-6 p.m. – International Day, Hardin Hall. Updates on international research efforts

and collaborations. Showcase of study abroad tours,

• Pacific Railroad Act. Constructed

railroad and telegraph lines from the

Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.

• The act establishing the U.S. Department of Agriculture. President

Abraham Lincoln called USDA the

“people’s department.”

international sabbaticals and Fulbright scholars.

• Thursday, Sept. 27, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Rural Futures

Institute Day, Pinnacle Bank, 210 E. 23rd St., Columbus.

Updates from May’s Rural Futures Conference. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is invited.

• Friday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. – Secretaries of Agriculture

Gala, Lied Center for Performing Arts. The 2012-13

Heuermann Lecture series kicks off with former U.S. secretaries of agriculture Clayton Yeutter, Dan Glickman,

John Block and Mike Johanns. To be televised by RFD-TV.

http://landgrant.unl.edu

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Katherine Walter

Kenneth Price

Makayla Hipke

The Big Ten – More Than Athletics A year after the University of Nebraska-Lincoln officially became a member of the Big Ten Conference and its academic cohort, the prestigious Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), it’s obvious that the conference gives academics a whole lot more than lip service, and UNL has been welcomed as a partner and a leader in CIC efforts. Here’s a small sampling of ongoing academic collaborations with other Big Ten universities: Digital Humanities

Scott Stoltenberg

Role of Social Media Senior advertising and public relations major Makayla Hipke has teamed with College of Journalism and Mass Communications graduate chair Frauke Hachtmann for an Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences (UCARE) project titled “Game-Changer: The Role of Social Media in Big Ten Athletic Departments,” a qualitative case study that will gather information about social media use in athletics. The research team will conduct interviews with athletic department personnel in market-

Leslie A. Baxter authoring several studies on communica-

ing and communications at Big Ten member institutions

The CIC’s Digital Humanities Initiative is benefiting

tion in stepfamilies, communication and family rituals, and

before analyzing answers for recurrent themes and mes-

from pioneering work of UNL faculty associated with the

communication in voluntary (fictive) families. One of their

sages. The pair hopes to uncover information about social

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities – a joint

books, “Engaging Theories in Family Communication,”

media and brand loyalty that will help current advertising

initiative of the UNL Libraries and the College of Arts and

won the 2011 National Communication Association Fam-

and public relations professionals understand more about

Sciences – and UNL faculty are taking leadership roles in

ily Communication Division Book Award. Braithwaite also

what makes effective communication strategy.

the new initiative. For example, Katherine Walter, UNL

has collaborated with Northwestern University’s Kathleen

Libraries professor and co-director of the CDRH is co-

Galvin on publications addressing family communication.

Technical Assistance Project

leading the CIC’s Digital Humanities Collaboration Committee, which organized the group’s first Digital Humani-

Child Care and Youth Training and

Big Ten Forensics Tournament

Young children of military families face special chal-

Aaron Duncan, director of Speech and Debate,

lenges from pre-school through adolescence, especially

co-hosted by UNL and the CIC and participants identified

worked with Northwestern University’s Yan Lauth to

if they live off base where services and support for their

collaborative research opportunities.

establish the inaugural Big Ten Forensics (Speech) Tourna-

unique situation are lacking. UNL Extension and Pennsyl-

ment, which was held last fall and won by UNL. Duncan

vania State University are among states collaborating on a

is currently a member of the tournament organizational

$7 million Child Care and Youth Training and Technical

and hosting committee. Speech and Debate is part of the

Assistant Project, funded by the Department of Defense,

Department of Communication Studies.

that ultimately will train about 28,000 professionals in 13

ties Summit in April 2012 in Lincoln. The summit was

UNL will host the international conference, Digital Humanities 2013, in July 2013.

Walt Whitman Archive

states to make sure these kids are ready to succeed through-

Kenneth Price, who holds the Hillegass University Professorship of American Literature and is co-director

Traumatic Brain Injury Research

out their early school years. Training of extension educators now is under way. UNL’s role is to develop content and

of UNL’s Center for Digital Research in the Humanities,

A joint effort of the CIC and the Big Ten Athletic

continues to collaborate with the University of Iowa’s Ed

Conference, the Traumatic Brain Injury Research Collabo-

provide programming for this project, Penn State’s is to de-

Folsom in co-directing the Walt Whitman Archive. The

ration aims to better understand the causes and effects of

liver content through its existing Better Kid Care Program.

Archive is an electronic research and teaching tool that sets

sport-related concussion and head injuries. UNL’s Den-

out, for the first time, to make the vast work of America’s

nis Molfese, the Mildred Francis Thompson Professor of

most influential poet easily and conveniently accessible to

Psychology, leads this effort, working with labs across the

The Language and Reading Research Consortium

scholars, students and general readers. The Archive draws

group’s 13 institutions to come up with a standard set of

(LARRC) is a multi-university consortium of researchers at

on the resources of libraries and collections from across the

tests for researchers to use in testing athletes across sports.

The Ohio State University, University of Kansas, Arizona

United States and around the world.

He also is working with the CIC to develop a centralized

State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Lan-

data storage system to pool their concussion data. More

caster University in the United Kingdom. Funded by the

information can be found at the CIC/Big Ten Traumatic

Department of Education, IES, a 5-year national study is

Brain Injury Research Collaboration page: http://www.cic.

being conducted focused on comprehension development

net/Home/Faculty/BrainInjury.aspx

and understanding for children from preschool through

Family Communication Dawn O. Braithwaite, Willa Cather Professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies, has a longstanding collaboration with the University of Iowa’s

Language and Reading Research

third grade using a nationally representative sample of 1,200 children (300 in Nebraska) followed longitudinally

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Evgeny Tsymbal

Alexei Gruverman

over five years, coupled with teaching trials and efficacy

Nanostructures/Rare Earth Metals/Surface

studies. An English Language Learner (ELL) study at the

Magnetization/Ferroelectrics

ASU site focuses intensively on reading comprehension among ELLs. Genetics of Alcohol Treatment Response Scott Stoltenberg, assistant professor of psychology, is working with colleagues in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Michigan on a pilot project involving the genetics of alcoholism treatment response. This pilot project will be funded by the University of Michigan Psychiatry Department and is based on a larger project funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Stoltenberg’s lab will extract DNA from 750 saliva samples collected from participants and genotype them for several genetic polymorphisms believed to be involved in alcoholism risk.

Soybean Research UNL is collaborating with the University of Illinois at

Evgeny Tsymbal and Alexei Gruverman, professors

Urbana-Champaign on several agricultural research proj-

in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, are working

ects, including one that seeks to improve management of

with groups led by professors Chang-Beom Eom and Mark

soybean cyst nematode, the most yield-limiting disease of

Rzchowski at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their

soybeans in the United States. The joint project is funded

research focuses on electronic transport in nanostructures

by the North Central Soybean Research program through

and polarization control. Such materials science research

soybean check-off funds.

continues to yield new threads of possibilities for the advancement of technology. Peter Dowben, who holds joint appointments in the departments of chemistry and physics

Big Ten Speakers Series The College of Law’s Big Ten Speakers Series invites

and astronomy, is involved in some of their work. He also

prominent law professors from Big Ten law schools to

has longstanding collaborations with other researchers in

speak on campus about a recent research project. Dur-

Madison studying rare earth metals and compounds; with

ing 2012-13, professors from five schools will participate,

University of Minnesota researchers to understand surface

including Dean Daniel Rodriguez from Northwestern,

magnetization; and with researchers at Penn State studying

an administrative and public law expert, and Matt Finkin

organic ferroelectrics.

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College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Policy Internship Honors Ag Leader

By Cheryl Alberts, ’86, ’00 A new internship in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources honors a longtime Nebraska Farm Bureau FedBryce Vaughn

Olsen Intern Spends Summer in Mozambique

By Daniel R. Moser Mozambique is a long way from

eration leader, as it helps students gain valuable experience in the nation’s capital.

Established in November, the Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy Internship honors the man who served for nearly 20 years on the Nebraska Farm Bureau Board of Directors, and was president from 2002-2011.

While at Nebraska Farm Bureau, Olsen emphasized creating

Alliance, but Bryce Vaughn planned to

opportunities in agriculture for young people, said Rob Robertson,

make that trip this summer. The agricul-

the organization’s chief administrator.

tural economics-public policy junior had an internship with ICM and Orphans Unlimited that took him to a remote village in the African nation for 90 days.

He assisted with buying corn and beans from local farmers and allocating it to villages.

“I am looking forward to helping

“Because of Nebraska Farm Bureau’s extensive involvement in the public policy arena and support for agricultural youth and leadership development, we felt that this internship was a perfect Keith Olsen. Photo provided by Nebraska Farm Bureau.

match for both of those priorities,” Robertson said, adding agriculture will benefit in the long term because youth receiving the scholarship will learn how to influence future agricultural policy.

faculty sponsor for the internship.

The first award recipient, Bryce Vaughn, was selected in Janu-

The Olsen internship – the first named award to pursue in-

the Mozambican people by working to

ary. The agricultural economics-public policy junior from Alliance

provide food and shelter,” he said prior

said the honor will “allow me to take what I have learned in the

ternships in agricultural policy – provides a foundation from which

to departure. “My family and friends are

classroom and apply it to important issues that will determine the

the student can grow and contribute substantially to the ag policy

excited for me.”

future of agriculture.”

process in their community, their organization, and even in state

Vaughn also received the first Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy Internship Award, named for the former Nebraska Farm Bureau president. It will enable him to intern in a public policy position in Washington, D.C. “I really believe internship experiences help you confirm the path you want to take,” said Vaughn, who may go to law school.

and national elected offices, Lubben said.

Listed as course 495C, the for-credit internship provides up to $4,000 for interns to work in Washington, D.C., for a Nebraska

Added CASNR Dean Steve Waller: “Internships are the

Congressional office, congressional committee or approved agricul-

convergence of academic preparation and practical experience that

tural organization. Students will attend hearings, track legislation,

clarify and often define the career paths of our students. Students

research issues, draft briefs, meet with staffers, and edit correspon-

who are fortunate to receive a Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy

dence and press releases.

Internship have the added prestige of the Olsen name, as well as the responsibility to continue the legacy of public service that

After a summer internship takes him to Mozambique, Vaughn

defined Keith’s career.”

said he expects to work in Washington D.C., in fall 2012.

Olsen, of Grant, earned his agricultural economics degree

“Our goal is to encourage and support internship opportunities as a strong component of an undergraduate program and

from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1967, and was a 4-H

of nine members of the national student

degree, whether taken for credit or not, and whether it is a paid or

leader for 30 years. He produces wheat, certified seed wheat and

advisory team for Agriculture Future of

unpaid opportunity,” said Brad Lubben, agricultural economist and

ecofallow corn.

He also was named last year one

America. AFA helps college students who plan agriculture-related careers with personal and professional development, and leadership and career training.

Vaughn helped plan AFA’s 2011 Leaders Conference, which attracted more than 850 students from 37 states and more than 70 colleges and universities.

“Internships are the convergence of academic preparation and practical experience that clarify and often define the career paths of our students. Students who are fortunate to receive a Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy Internship have the added prestige of the Olsen name, as well as the responsibility to continue the legacy of public service that defined Keith’s career.”

– Steve Waller, Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

“It’s a really diverse group of students,” he said. “I would consider them top-notch leaders on their campuses.”

As is Vaughn, of course.

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College of Architecture

Cunningham Medal Winner Presents ‘Agrariagora’

By J. S. Engebretson, ’05 In kindergarten, Ben Hovland was already putting crayon to paper and drawing houses. That passion for creating intriguing structures lasted throughout his formative years, and now, as the

city.” As the city looks to the future, he believes it could get “pulled either way, and perhaps take on characteristics that can’t be supported.”

Hovland’s overall focus for this thesis was to help strengthen

newest recipient of the UNL College of Architecture’s prestigious

the identity of the community by offering a strategic plan in three

Cunningham Medal (awarded to the top graduate student each

primary phases. He focused not only on creating a structure to help

year), Hovland is on the path to becoming an architect.

bring the community together, but also “stepped away from the

A native of Yankton, S.D., Hovland came to UNL as an

architecture to design an event or occasion. The concept was more

undergraduate student. He had wanted to play college football but

important.” Serving as a “community architect” – acting as a leader

the offers he received did not come from schools with architecture

to effect change on a smaller scale – was a point of emphasis for

programs, and this major was his first priority. He graduated in

him.

May with a master of architecture degree.

“I soon realized that the concept for the community was more

Receiving the medal, named for Harry F. Cunningham, who

important than just developing a new structure,” he said. “During

established the first school of architecture at the University of Ne-

this process, the faculty encouraged me to focus on the big picture

braska and was lead architect during completion of the tower phase

and even to step out of my comfort zone of what I knew of my hometown.”

As part of the process, Hovland talked to Yankton’s city engineers and community planners about their vision for the community. He also perused the city’s archives and maps from 1807 to the present. Initially, he wanted to make the project as “realistic as possible” for implementation, but later moved toward “the ultimate utopian idea, if everything aligned just right.” His goal: To help Yankton become “the gateway to South Dakota.”

The first phase of his proposal uses the city’s existing icons to strengthen its identity, connecting the town to nearby Lewis and Clark Lake and attracting more tourism. Phase two makes the downtown area more cohesive, utilizing this historic district with

Harry F. Cunningham Medal recipient Ben Hovland presents his plans for Yankton, S.D.

new industry to create a master market plan.

of construction for the Nebraska State Capitol, was an unexpected

the Yankton community” via a cultural center. Hovland said this

honor for Hovland.

structure could provide unique space for lectures, receptions,

“I absolutely did not expect to even be nominated for the

The last phase is to “create a forum for social interaction for

services and multi-assembly opportunities. He took the current

award,” he said. This year, four students were nominated by the

Yankton icon, Meridian Bridge, and attached a striking new struc-

faculty, who considered their thesis work; the finalists also gave pre-

ture to it.

sentations to the American Institute of Architects Nebraska chapter

“It’s important to gather in places associated with your com-

presidents. Hovland also was a finalist for the college’s Tau Sigma

munity and to have a strong identity overall,” Hovland said. “In

Delta bronze medal, evaluating all six years of school.

many places, these gatherings increasingly occur instead in places

One of the reasons he was named the Cunningham Medal winner was his master’s thesis, “Agrariagora,” which centered on his hometown. While admitting that this word is not yet featured in

like Walmart or Hy-Vee.” Having a more inviting space for the community can help create a more inclusive environment, he said.

“The beauty of this plan is that the three phases could be taken

Webster’s, Hovland said it was the perfect combination for his proj-

in bits and pieces.” He noted that plenty of issues concerning the

ect to recapture the “village” essence of the Yankton community

community were overlooked, but that this thesis was a conceptual

for more cohesiveness and sustainability in the future. He noted

model with some real ideas that could be implemented.

that “agrarian” means rural, and “Agora” signifies an ancient Greek marketplace – “so agrariagora designates a rural place of assembly.”

Hovland describes Yankton as “an in-between” community of about 14,000 residents – “not really a village but not yet a large

One of the reasons he was named the Cunningham Medal winner was his master’s thesis, “Agrariagora,” which centered on his hometown.

While admitting that this word is not yet featured in Webster’s, Hovland said it was the perfect combination for his project to recapture the “village” essence of the Yankton community for more cohesiveness and sustainability in the future.

He noted that “agrarian” means rural, and “Agora” signifies an ancient Greek marketplace – “so agrariagora designates a rural place of assembly.”

Schematic illustrations and a maquette of “Agrariagora.”

Hovland is back in Yankton for the time being; he has been working part time for a local architect for the past four years, and eventually hopes to make his way to the East Coast to continue his career.

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Eleven Students Named to Dean’s Scholars Society

College of Arts and Sciences

Digital Scholars Help Reveal Rare Look Into Slaves’ Lives

The College of Arts and Sciences has named 11 new members to its Dean’s Scholars Society.

Dean David Manderscheid established the group in 2010 with the help of

sor of American Literature; Susan Lawrence, associate professor of

By Steve Smith, ’94 More than eight months before the Emancipation Proclama-

history; Elizabeth Lorang, research assistant professor of English,

the University of Nebraska Foundation.

tion broke the bondage of slavery across the South, a much more

and others have been poring through the documents and have

The goal was to recognize some of the

singularly focused experiment in equality was playing out in the

incorporated hundreds of petitions into Civil War Washington.

best Arts and Sciences students, with

country’s capital. The Compensated Emancipation Act, signed in

“best” being defined by more than grade point averages. Besides having a strong academic record, eligible students must possess superior leadership skills and a commitment to service.

Selected students can receive up to $2,000 in scholarship aid.

Service is an integral part of the

Winkle participated in a commemoration of the act’s anni-

April 1862, ordered all slaves in the District of Columbia to be

versary at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. At the April

freed.

ceremony, he spoke about the importance of the petitions in elevat-

It was the first time the U.S. government had officially liber-

ing the understanding of emancipation.

ated any group of slaves – and unlike the Emancipation Proclama-

While full of insights, the petitions also contain difficult

tion, it permitted their former masters to petition the government

truths – because the forms were used to establish a slave’s value for

for compensation in exchange for their slaves’ freedom.

compensation, they share physical details that often underscore the

Though controversial, the act produced exceptionally rare

brutality of slavery.

“They can be, at points, horrible to read,” Winkle said. “And

group’s mission. Along with their com-

documentation of the era: reimbursement petitions that showed

mitment to service on campus, group

the names, ages, histories and descriptions of an entire community

their physical descriptions are just one example of what they went

members last year committed to volun-

of 3,000 African Americans.

through. These documents show in real, human terms what slavery

teering each month at the Food Bank of Lincoln.

More details about the Dean’s Scholars Society can be found at http://

University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholars have used the petitions to paint a fuller portrait as to whom the District’s slaves were.

did to people, and then, what freedom would mean when they were released from that inhuman servitude.”

Price, who co-

Scholars transcribed hundreds of petitions

directs UNL’s Center

and published digital

for Digital Research in

members organized by hometowns,

versions in time for the

the Humanities, said the

along with their grade standing and

act’s 150th anniver-

addition of the petitions

academic major(s).

sary. Their work is the

to Civil War Washington

NEBRASKA

latest contribution to

enriches the project by

Bennington: Candace Towns, senior,

Civil War Washington,

unearthing new under-

psychology

an interdisciplinary

standings of the era’s

digital research project

effect on the city and

that studies life in the

Washington’s transfor-

nation’s capital during

mation into the symbolic

that critical period. The

center of the Union and

political science and Spanish; Alicia

documents are viewable

the nation.

Meyer, senior, English and medieval

at http://bit.ly/Jpl4UL.

and renaissance studies

go.unl.edu/deansscholars.

Following is a list of the new group

Greenwood: Ellen Sundermeier,

senior, English

Liberty: Colby Argo, senior, political

science and biological sciences

Lincoln: Kiersten Haugen, senior,

“Slaves at this time

Omaha: Abigail Schweitzer, senior,

were generally anony-

biological sciences; Qianli Wang,

mous,” said Kenneth

senior, biological sciences

Winkle, UNL’s Sorensen

Osceola: Seth Peterson, senior,

communication studies

South Sioux City: John-Emmett

Mahon, junior, biological sciences

ELSEWHERE

Cincinnati, Ohio: Zachary Bailey,

senior, biochemistry

Professor of American

“Washington, D.C., UNL scholars leading Civil War Washington are (left to right) Susan Lawrence, associate professor of history; Kenneth Winkle, Sorensen professor of American history; Katherine Walter, professor and chair of digital initiatives and special collections at UNL Libraries and co-director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities; Kenneth Price, Hillegass University professor of American literature and co-director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities; Elizabeth Lorang, research assistant professor of English.

was a laboratory of democracy, where Congress had chosen to take a more aggressive hand,” Price said. “Those who

History and co-director of the project. “In the 1860 Census, for

supported the radical Republican agenda of the day had the ability

example, Southerners objected to providing their slaves’ names as if

to push through, without the hurdle of a state legislature, experi-

it would make them more real, more human.

ments they wanted to see play out locally before it spread nation-

“Now, with these petitions, they have documented lives that we can interpret, study and share with scholars, students and the

ally. This was one of their most profound experiments.”

The Compensated Emancipation Act project was made pos-

Sioux City, Iowa: Kate Kollars,

public. We can tell their story, which has been largely overlooked.

sible through a three-year, $220,000 National Endowment for the

And it is a remarkable story.”

Humanities grant to examine how race, slavery and emancipation

senior, anthropology and biological

sciences

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Winkle and UNL’s Kenneth Price, Hillegass University Profes-

affected the capital during the war.

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College of Business Administration

Employer Partners Day Creates New Connections Between CBA Students and Job Providers

By Roger Simonsen

The UNL College of Business Administration recently hosted the inaugural CBA Employer Partners Day. The event was part of a strategic plan to engage employers in new ways that will help both students and employers make the right connections in the job market.

More than 30 companies were represented

Donde Plowman

Dean Plowman Research on Mindfulness Reported in Wall Street Journal

at the day-long event, which included presentations about internships, recruiting techniques and enhancing the UNL MBA program. Jeannine Berge, assistant director of career services at CBA, helped coordinate the event and was excited about

Dean Donde Plowman’s recent

the response from employers.

research on organizational mindfulness

“It was a big success,” said Berge. “We wanted

was the focus of a recent article in the

it to be a dialogue so employers would feel more

Wall Street Journal. Plowman and her

connected to the college. We have a lot of new

colleagues – Josh Ray, University of Tennessee, and LaKami Baker, Auburn

initiatives going on from becoming part of the Big

University – surveyed administrators of

Ten, plans for a new building and changes to our

U.S. colleges of business to examine

majors and business minor. All of these are things

whether some colleges of business are

that recruiters will want to know.”

more ‘mindful’ than others.

Berge explained that creating awareness of

The premise of their study was that

programs like the new supply chain management major is what the day was all about.

business schools, like many organizaDean Donde Plowman addresses students and employers at CBA’s inaugural Employer Partners Day.

The event featured a panel where top students talked to employers about their philosophy on what they look for in potential jobs and internships. The employers also made connections with faculty, staff and student group advisers to learn other ways that they can engage with students throughout the year.

“Every employer can’t get in the classroom all the time,” Berge said, “but there are those opportunities to find other ways to talk to students such as getting together with the student organizations who are looking for speakers.”

The day was also an opportunity for CBA to examine its best practices and curriculum. Brad Focht, director of the MBA program, facilitated one of the breakout sessions to find out what employers look for from MBA students and how the program can best adapt to their needs.

tions, exist in increasingly turbulent environments, making them vulnerable

Rachel Larson, another assistant director of career services at

to unexpected events. Making mistakes in such environments is less likely when

CBA, believes the Employer Partners Day is another example of

organizations are ‘mindful’ – when they

how the CBA Dean’s Office has improved the ability of the college

pay close attention to what is happening

to market new services to employers. “Dean Plowman has been

around them and maintain the capacity

very active enhancing our services, programs and curriculum in

to act on unexpected signals (Weick &

order to make us into a big-time business school. We want to really showcase that to employers,” Larson said.

“We wanted employers to know that they always have a point person here in the college that they can go to with any recruiting questions,” Berge explained.

To that end, several site visits have already been set up from

Sutcliffe, 2001). Mindful organizations are reluctant to simplify interpretations, sensitive to operations, preoccupied with avoiding failure, resilient, and defer to experts.

Plowman and her colleagues validated the concept of organizational

employers attending the event, and a variety of new job opportuni-

mindfulness for the first time in their

ties have been passed along by employers currently looking to hire.

study of colleges of business, which

Employers looking to make connections with the college can visit

was published in 2011 in Academy of

the Career Services at CBA web page at cba.unl.edu/

Management Learning and Education

careerservices.

Journal.

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College of Education and Human Sciences

Surrounded by History, Sherri Jones Looks Forward at the Barkley Memorial Center director’s office a time or two to ask for papers to be signed,

hearing loss, started college as an electrical engineering

but she saw herself more as a clinical audiologist, delivering

major. Although interested in the science, she decided the

large corner office on the third floor of the Barkley Memo-

services to clients who were deaf or had hearing loss or who

field lacked interaction with people. During a communica-

rial Center.

experienced problems associated with balance and dizziness.

tions disorders class her sophomore year, she was struck by a lecture by T. Newell Decker, who later became her adviser.

By Melanie Kellogg, ’86, ’93 Sherri Jones said she is honored to sit at the desk in the

“There’s a lot of wisdom at that desk,” said Jones, a

Her emphasis, however, began shifting in graduate school

Nebraska native and the Barkley Center’s new director and

after taking a research methods course taught by Charles

chair of the Department of Special Education and Com-

Healey.

“He was talking about hearing aids and hearing loss, and, of course, I couldn’t help but think of my family mem-

munication Disorders

bers and that I could possibly study a field in which I could

in the College of

do something about hearing loss,” she said. Her late paternal

Education and Human

grandmother had Meniere’s disease and was profoundly

Sciences.

deaf; her late father also had Meniere’s disease and severe hearing loss; and her sister has hearing loss and dizziness.

Jones, who earned

Jones said the Barkley Center position became available

three degrees from the University of Nebraska,

at a time in her career when she wanted to move into leader-

assumed the position

ship in a program that was large, diverse and strong. “When

Jan. 1, becoming only

I thought about where a leadership role might be in terms of

the third director in the

area of the country, my thoughts came back to this program

center’s history and suc-

– large, diverse and strong in terms of its research, its train-

ceeding John Bernthal,

ing programs and the scope of those programs,” she said.

She plans to build on those strengths and increase na-

who retired in 2011.

tional awareness of the Barkley Center’s research, clinics and

“I have a lot of respect for Dr. Bernthal,”

educational programs. She wants to strengthen the center’s

said Jones, noting the

life-span focus in terms of clinical services and rehabilitation

strength and diversity

services. She also wants to see doctoral training programs

of Barkley Center edu-

flourish and to prepare all graduates to be leaders in their

cational programs and

work places.

“I see our mission as enhancing the lives of individuals

research that developed over Bernthal’s quarter

with special needs or disabilities, including their families

century as director. In particular, she said, she appreciates

and their communities,” she said, by:

his high regard for research and the strong support he gave

•

Advancing knowledge through research.

to student researchers who took on bold research projects.

•

Providing clinical services using the latest

evidence-based practices and technologies.

frequency map, for example, was challenging, she said, and

•

Serving clients and their families and

might not have been possible in other programs.

communities.

Her Ph.D. research on how the cochlea develops its

•

Jones, a native of Clatonia, received her undergraduate degree in speech pathology and audiology in 1985, her mas-

Sherri Jones

she had worked as a professor and director of research at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

through policy and legislation.

Outside of work, Jones said she enjoys cooking,

ter’s degree in audiology in 1987 and her Ph.D. in audiology and hearing science in 1994, all from UNL. Most recently

Advocating for clients, families and communities

“I look back to that class a lot,” she said. “That gave me great insight into research.”

In one of her first gestures back in Nebraska, she said,

entertaining and spending time with her husband and children. Daughters, Marnie, 17, and Catherine, 14, attend East High School in Lincoln. Son, Justin DeVries, 28, who

she thanked Healey. “He is a wonderful teacher, and that

recently received his Ph.D. in mathematics at UNL, and his

door at the UNMC College of Dentistry, has joined the

class was one that I learned how to look at a journal article

wife, Alecksandra, live in Hawaii.

Barkley Center faculty as professor of physiology.

and think about what had been done and what hadn’t and

Her husband, Dr. Tim Jones, who formerly taught next

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how to write a research paper,” she said.

Jones, who grew up with family members who had

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(Above) Flame weeding equipment gets field-tested at UNL’s Haskell Agricultural Lab in Concord. (Middle, top) MME Professor George Gogos displays a weed’s leaves, before and after a flaming treatment. (Middle, lower) Gogos and Knezevic are consulting with weed scientists and archeologists to test flame weeding at several sites abroad, in a project funded by the European Union. “We’re starting with the ancient Agora in Athens, from the fifth century B.C. – right below the Parthenon,” said Gogos, who was born and raised in Greece. (Above, right) MME graduate student Brian Neilson works on flame weeding equipment in a UNL lab at Scott Engineering Center.

College of Engineering

Flame Weeding Benefits Farmers And Grows Nebraska Businesses

By Carole Wilbeck

the farm in Saint Helena where he grew up. That routine

drive north of Lincoln.

errand changed his path; now a Ph.D. student, he is part of

Next came custom torch vaporizers and “an auto-

modern boost from UNL mechanical engineers and agri-

a start-up company and earned the prestigious Peter Kiewit

mated system with flame detection and re-ignition for each

cultural scientists. Agricultural Flaming Innovations is the

Student Entrepreneurial Award in 2010 for his work.

torch, as well as a pendant with LED panels the farmer can

Flame weeding is not a new idea, but it has received a

company formed by George Gogos, professor of mechani-

Bruening acknowledged “a growing concern in the

use to electronically monitor the entire system of torches,”

cal and materials engineering; Steve Knezevic, professor of

United States – especially in top crop-producing states

said Gogos. He estimated the purchase price for AFI’s four-

agronomy; and Chris Bruening, MME graduate student.

like Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska – with the degradation of

row flame weeding unit at $15,000.

A Nebraska engineering alumnus, Lanny Nissen, ’69, with

water quality due to pesticide runoff from fields.”

42 years of experience including 36 years with Kawasaki,

Tillage for weed control has its downside: turning the

Bruening said a season might require one to three flaming treatments to the field. With the device using an

soil reduces the moisture available to crops and increases

average of five gallons of propane per acre, the full season

the chance for erosion. AFI found that propane’s availabil-

cost would range from about $7 to $21 per acre, depend-

mental concerns with both herbicides and tillage, thermal

ity and its relatively safe and clean-burning nature make

ing on the number of treatments and the price of propane.

weed control methods have re-emerged. Gogos and Kne-

flame weeding viable for organic and even some conven-

For certain chemical control methods, the cost per acre

zevic envisioned a multi-torch farm implement that could

tional farmers.

ranges from $20 to $75 for a full season.

recently joined AFI as a co-owner.

With plants’ adaptability to herbicides and environ-

treat four to six crop rows at a time. They began research at UNL’s Haskell Agricultural Lab in Concord.

Knezevic knew several Nebraska crops – including corn, sorghum, soybeans and sunflowers – are great candidates for thermal weed control. Heat from an early

The mechanical engineers began designing the device’s

An April 2012 USA Today article documented Missis-

hood configuration, scaling up to four-row iterations

sippi Delta farmers’ weed control costs doubling, to $100

produced by Lincoln manufacturers Source One and Total

per acre in some cases, due to plants becoming resistant to

Manufacturing Co. Inc. (TMCO).

glyphosate, commercialized as Roundup.

Gogos presented the work to the Engineering Dean’s

Beyond lower treatment cost, removing chemical

season flaming treatment, when the crops’ growing points

External Advisory Board, and gained several alumni men-

herbicide from the environment offers significant value,

are still beneath the soil’s surface, would not be lethal

tors including Ken Jones, ’68; Kevin Schneider, ’85; and

Gogos said.

to those plants. Amid the crop rows, however, harmful

Jeff Zvolanek, ’86. Project funding by the Propane Educa-

broadleaf weeds like redroot pigweed, waterhemp, morning

tion and Research Council (PERC) and the Nebraska

Nebraska’s Behlen Manufacturing, MIS Engineering and

glory, velvetleaf, lambsquarter, kochia and ragweed – with

Engineering Research Fund (via donations to the NU

Moore-Built. Testing continued with eight demonstra-

growing points above ground and fully exposed to the heat

Foundation) also helped.

tion units strategically placed for the growing season with

– would be killed by flaming.

“Flaming” is a misnomer. “There is no burning of the

AFI’s initial four-row implement was pulled by a typical farm tractor with a three-point hitch. With a tank

Summer 2012 was busy for AFI and its partners:

eight farmers in Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri.

This fall, AFI plans to manufacture multi-row units,

weeds,” Gogos said. “Leaf exposure to hot gases destroys

and supply network on a frame and eight torches directed

cell membranes, which initiates water leakage. Weeds wilt

under a low hood assembly, the configuration adjusts to

including a 12-row system. Conventional farmers are

shortly after treatment and die over the next few days.”

the row width and growth stage of the crop – with best

adding to the orders, with one farm in David City already

results in corn, sorghum and sunflower. Bruening tested

using a six-row unit.

Bruening became involved when he was asked to retrieve their research data from the Concord lab, near

this prototype with four organic farmers in Abie, an hour’s

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Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts

Family Donates Collection of Ravnan Piano Performance Recordings to School of Music Library

By Kathe C. Andersen “Here you have it – this is a man’s life in piano in a little box. I cannot believe it,” said Brett Holihan, producer/engineer at Startracker Recording Studio in Lincoln, as he held up a CD holder containing 42 CDs.

concerts. Audun just loved to play. That’s so rare.”

Ravnan’s daughter Ellen, who is a middle school orchestra teacher, agreed.

“Dad just liked to play. He loved to perform, and he loved music,” she said. “Everybody assumes that musicians

The small box with the CDs contained a priceless

love music all the time. Often that is not the case, but I

treasure – recordings from 40 concerts performed by Pro-

really think that Dad loved music all the time. He never

fessor Emeritus of Piano Audun Ravnan, who retired as the

stopped. He never got bored with playing.”

George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Piano in 1993 after 36 years of teaching at UNL. He died in 2009.

Ravnan, who was born in Norway and was known for both his talent and his work ethic, selected the recordings and had begun to transfer some of the recordings to CD himself before he died.

Following his death and with help from two grants

The collection also includes two of Ravnan’s performances (from 1983 and 1986) with his daughter Kari Ravnan, a professional cellist now with the Oslo Philharmonic.

“How many fathers get to play accompanist with a daughter who is a professional cello player? Seriously, I almost cry thinking about it,” Holihan said. “What a way for

from the UNL Emeriti Association, the Ravnan fam-

a father to love his daughter. It doesn’t exist in this world,

ily continued the project and hired Holihan to digitally

and it’s right there on CD. It’s just so wonderful.”

remaster the recordings from the original sources.

Holihan has been working on the remastering of

The resulting library of Ravnan’s recordings, dating

the CDs for nearly two years, in between other projects,

from 1949 to 1996, has been donated to the University

removing imperfections such as coughs in the audience,

of Nebraska Foundation by his wife, Barbara, and their

applause in between movements or even missing notes.

daughters, Ellen Ravnan, of Centennial, Colo.; Kari

During a performance of Beethoven’s Concerto in E

Audun Ravnan

music library.”

Ellen said this collection helps demonstrate that quality playing can happen anywhere.

“You don’t have to go to the East Coast or the West Coast to hear good musicianship,” she said. “It can happen wherever there are good musicians. Dad always believed

Ravnan, of Oslo, Norway; and (Julie) Britt Ravnan, of

flat, for example, Holihan noticed the beginning of the

that. He always felt that you play your best wherever you

Spokane, Wash. The recordings will become a special col-

piece was missing a note and started abruptly.

are and at any time. You don’t save it for your Sunday

lection in the School of Music’s Music Library.

“Professor Audun Ravnan was one of the truly impor-

“The engineer probably realized the knob wasn’t on at the beginning of the piece,” he said. “Having a musical

best.”

Richmond said the collection would be an important resource in the School of Music.

tant concert artists and master teachers of our school and

background, I went through and hoped, and sure enough,

region,” said School of Music Director John W. Richmond.

I found the same chord four or five minutes into the piece

“Indeed, his reputation extended across the country and

as the opening chord. But the first chord is sustained

artistic standards of this School of Music over the decades

across the ocean, as did his concert career.”

longer in the piece, so I cross faded it to make it longer.

of Professor Ravnan’s impressive career, while concurrently

Forty-five minutes or an hour later, you have this perfect

providing an important resource for future generations

attack. Whether it’s worth it or not, I don’t know.”

of piano students to study and by which to be inspired,”

The 40 concerts included in the collection date back to Jan. 23, 1949, when Ravnan performed Dmitri Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 in C Minor at Northwest-

The family believes it was worth it.

ern University’s Cahn Auditorium. They include concerts

“Dad started doing this transferring to his computer

“This historic gift documents magnificently the stellar

he said.

To access the Audun Ravnan Collection online, visit

in Wisconsin, Chicago and Norway, as well as many in

with a G4 iMac, very low tech,” Ellen said. “But he wanted

Lincoln, including his final faculty recital on Feb. 2, 1993,

the recordings to be preserved. After he died, we realized

http://go.unl.edu/ravnan. Anyone is able to view the con-

in Kimball Recital Hall, titled “The Last Hurrah.” The

they should go someplace. But as we listened to them, we

cert programs (where available) and information about the

performances include solo recitals, chamber music and

could hear that the digital performance wasn’t equal to his

performances. Only UNL-affiliated people and those using

performances with orchestras.

musical performance. So that’s when Mom pursued getting

on-campus computer resources are able to access the streaming

some grant money so that we could have a professional

sound files.

“I hope that graduate students or anyone listening to this can understand that this is just so special,” Holihan

sound engineer remaster them.”

said. “Not just because he was a UNL professor, but this

“Brett did far more than I had envisioned at the time,”

is a man who loved to play the piano, and it shows in his

Barbara said. “This is going to be a special collection in the

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www.unl.edu/finearts

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College of Journalism and Mass Communications

Journalism Students Help Design, Test Global Eyewitness App conducted user testing. Then

By Marilyn Hahn, ’88, ’00 Being an eyewitness to conditions around the globe

the students uploaded the two existing photojournalism

became easier in May 2012.

“Global Eyewitness,” a tablet app developed for the

depth reports that resulted

University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and

from trips to South Africa and

Mass Communications’ photojournalism program, allows

Kosovo. Waite provided tech-

users to view stories, photos and videos created by CoJMC

nical assistance and worked

students on any touchscreen device.

with students from the Raikes

The app was used for the first time during the college’s study abroad trip to New Delhi, India, May 7-28. Nine

program.

Wagler, an advertising

student photojournalists and two reporters uploaded pho-

and public relations faculty

tos, videos and stories while they were in the field report-

member, received an $8,000

ing on the world’s 11th-largest economy and how it faces

grant last year from the As-

poverty, illiteracy, corruption and healthcare.

sociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Com-

Global Eyewitness is one of the first applications to be developed by UNL students that uses responsive design, a method of adapting Web content for a smartphone, tablet or desktop.

The new app was designed initially to showcase the work of students who travel to underdeveloped parts of the world to illustrate, in photos and words, the challenges and problems of the people who live there. The trips

Waite said open source itself is also as much a licens-

munications and the Knight Foundation to help create the

ing source as it is a philosophy. The Global Eyewitness

photojournalism and social engagement tablet app.

app has been developed under an MIT license that gives

“We used portions of existing apps, already created

anyone an opportunity to use the code to develop new

with support from funds provided by the Knight News

content platforms, develop the code in new environments

Challenge, in the new application,” Wagler said.

and develop the code for different kinds of media devices.

The new app was designed initially to showcase the work of students who travel to underdeveloped parts of the world to illustrate, in photos and words, the challenges and problems of the people who live there.

Waite, a journalism

“Essentially what we want out of the open source

faculty member, said,

license is for people to use our code without having to

“We used an existing

worry about being sued. But what we also want them to do

framework based on open

is give us credit and say, ‘Hey … we were inspired by these

source software to build

guys.’”

the project.” The open source software uses a

Waite said he hopes that students who are learning how to do digital development and build new content will

are part of the photojournalism program that is underwrit-

python-based Web programming language called Django,

look at the college’s free code and be inspired to create new

ten by an endowment from Howard Buffett.

and is available for anyone to use without a licensing fee.

projects.

Students from the Raikes School of Computer Sci-

The opportunity to use open source software made it

ence and Management collaborated with two College of

possible to finish the project in two semesters, Waite said.

Journalism and Mass Communications professors, Adam

“Normally, we would still be tinkering around with

Wagler and Matt Waite. Wagler’s mobile and social media

little computer coding problems. Open source has solved

class members designed the look and feel of the app and

all of those problems and has allowed us to focus on the

He said discussion has begun about using the platform for other projects at the university that have similar needs: to promote graphic elements, photo elements, storytelling elements and even social elements.

“We’ve looked at this as a way to display students’

project and the creative parts

photojournalism work,” Waite said, “but maybe some

rather than all the plumbing.”

other students have different ideas.”

Students posted the open

Waite said the app might be used in the sciences to

source code to the cloud us-

display galleries of images of microorganisms under a mi-

ing GitHub, a website that

croscope or in archaeology as a way students can show off

hosts any social coding from

and display their findings and current projects.

developers.

“GitHub is like Facebook

“The limits of this project are just creativity and imagination,” Waite said.

for super nerds,” Waite said.

“It’s really a way to socially interact with other developers and see what other people are After testing the global eyewitness app, students from Adam Wagler’s mobile and social media class uploaded two existing photojournalism depth reports that resulted from trips to South Africa and Kosovo.

doing.”

www.unlglobaleyewitness.org

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College of Law

Stejskal Spearheaded Landmark FBI Probe Into Illegal Steroid Usage by Athletes Greg Stejskal, 1974 UNL Law grad and a retired 30-plus year veteran of the FBI, spearheaded a landmark investigation into steroid distribution called Operation Equine. The probe, which spread across the United States and reached into Canada and Mexico from 1989 to 1993, led to more than 70 steroid trafficking convictions and exposed such athletes as Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire as users of steroids. Stejskal had warned Major League Baseball (MLB) about its growing steroid problem in 1994, but the information fell on deaf ears. Here is Stejskal’s perspective: Almost 25 years ago, I met with the University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler to discuss a concern he had. I had come to know Schembechler through making presentations to Michigan’s football teams since 1982 regarding issues such as sports gambling. His concern was the increasing use of steroids by football players.

Schembechler was not only concerned about college players, but also the high school players he was seeing in the University of Michigan’s summer instructional camp.

When I met with the coach, Mike Gittleson, Michigan’s strength coach, was also present. Schembechler knew the sale and possession of steroids had recently been made a felony under federal law. He wanted to know what was being done to enforce the law. I told him I didn’t know, but that I would find out.

What I learned was that nothing was being done. I

UNL Law grad and retired senior FBI agent Greg Stejskal (right) poses with the late Bo Schembechler, former Michigan coach.

decided to propose a limited undercover (UC) operation. I

Partially as a result of one of the cases in Canada in which

but because the players could not be tested under their

pitched the proposal to the drug unit at FBI headquarters,

we worked extensively with the Royal Canadian Mounted

contract, he didn’t think there was much that MLB could

but they were less than enthusiastic. They were not con-

Police, Canada’s Parliament changed the statutes governing

do about it.

vinced steroids were the drugs they should be targeting.

steroids to include veterinary steroids. We code-named our

Ultimately, I got approval from the unit that inves-

Among Wenzlaff’s customers were Jose Canseco and

case Operation Equine because it was veterinary steroids

Mark McGwire, two players who were then playing for

tigated fraud against the government. I argued that the

for horses that were and continue to be popular as illicit

the Oakland A’s. Wenzlaff not only provided them with

steroids dealers were circumventing FDA regulations, as

performance-enhancing drugs with human athletes.

steroids, he counseled them on which steroids to use and

steroids were a prescription drug. (My Crim Law prof

One of the subjects we prosecuted was Curtis Wen-

in what amounts.

would have been proud.) We still prosecuted the dealers

zlaff, a supplier to several MLB players. The best venue to

under the federal narcotics statutes.

charge Wenzlaff would have been the Northern District

ing steroid use in front of Congress. In October 2009, the

In 2005, McGwire refused to answer questions regard-

During the course of our UC operation, there was a

of California, where he was residing and where we had

St. Louis Cardinals organization announced it was hiring

reluctance to pursue our case. With the exception of the

consummated the buys. That District’s U.S. Attorney’s

McGwire as its batting coach. Many people, including me,

official who authorized the investigation, Assistant U.S. At-

office refused to prosecute him in 1992, as they didn’t view

publically voiced concerns that hiring McGwire sent the

torney Mike Leibson, FBI administrators and prosecutors

steroid dealing as a serious offense. Later that same district

wrong message regarding MLB and steroids.

didn’t view steroids as being a serious problem. Leibson

would prosecute the case of the Bay Area Laboratories Co-

understood the severity of the problem and supported the

Operative, or BALCO, for steroid trafficking. Apparently

sive and long-term use of steroids and human growth

operation from the very beginning to the end of the pros-

their view of steroids had changed.

hormones, including during the period in which he broke

ecution phase, a total of more than five years.

The case was originally planned to only be a local ini-

In August 1994, after the UC portion of our case had concluded, I shared the information we had learned

Finally, in January 2010, McGwire admitted exten-

Roger Maris’ single season record for home runs.

All of us who were involved in Operation Equine

tiative. After starting slowly, it became an international case

from Wenzlaff about steroid use in MLB with the MLB’s

take pride in what we accomplished. We overcame many

resulting in more than 70 trafficking convictions and the

senior vice president for security, Kevin Hallinan. Hallinan

obstacles to develop an unprecedented UC operation that

seizure of more than 10 million dosage units of steroids.

indicated he had some knowledge of the steroid problem,

is still the most successful case of its kind.

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law.unl.edu

Fall 2012 Husker Athletics Schedules * Indicates conference game/meet; home games in RED. Photos courtesy of Nebraska Media Relations.

Football Sept. 1

Sept. 8

Sept. 15

Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 03 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 23

Southern Miss, Memorial Stadium, 2:30 p.m.

UCLA at Pasadena, Calif., 6:30 p.m.

Arkansas State, Memorial Stadium, 11 a.m.

Idaho State , Memorial Stadium, TBA Wisconsin (HC)* Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.

Ohio State* at Columbus, Ohio, 7 p.m.

Northwestern* at Evanston, Ill., TBA Michigan* Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.

Michigan State* at East Lansing, Mich., TBA Penn State* Memorial Stadium, TBA Minnesota* Memorial Stadium, TBA Iowa* at Iowa City, Iowa, 11 a.m.

volleyball Aug. 18 Red/White Scrimmage,

NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Aug. 24 St. Louis, NU Coliseum,

7 p.m.

Aug. 25 UCLA, NU Coliseum,

6 p.m.

Aug. 26 Notre Dame, CenturyLink Center (Omaha, Neb.) 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 1 Colgate at Irvine, Calif., 5 p.m.

Sept. 1 UC-Irvine at Irvine, Calif., 10 p.m.

Sept. 6 Oklahoma, NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Sept. 7 Duquesne, NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Sept. 8 Kentucky, NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Sept. 15 Iowa State at Ames, Iowa, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 Penn State* at University Park, Pa., 6 p.m.

Sept. 22 Ohio State* at Columbus, Ohio, 6 p.m.

Sept. 26 Michigan State* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Sept. 30 Michigan* NU Coliseum, 2 p.m.

Oct. 5 Purdue* at West Lafaytte, Ind., 7 p.m.

Oct. 6 Indiana* at Bloomington, Ind., 6 p.m.

Oct. 12 Wisconsin* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Oct. 13 Minnesota* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 Iowa* at Iowa City, Iowa, 7 p.m.

Oct. 20 Illinois* at Champaign, Ill., TBA Oct. 26 Ohio State* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Oct. 28 Penn State* NU Coliseum, 2 p.m.

Nov. 2 Michigan* at Ann Arbor, Mich., 6 p.m.

Nov. 3 Michigan State* at East Lansing, Mich., 6 p.m.

Nov. 9 Indiana* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Nov. 10 Purdue* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Nov. 16 Minnesota* at Minneapolis, 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 17 Wisconsin* at Madison, Wis., 7 p.m.

Nov. 21 Iowa* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Nov. 24 Northwestern* NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Nov. 29 - Dec. 2 NCAA First and Second Rounds at Campus Sites, TBA Dec. 7 - Dec. 8 NCAA Regionals at Omaha/Austin/Berkeley/West Lafayette

TBA Dec. 13 NCAA National Semifinals at Louisville, Ky., TBA Dec. 15 National Championship Match at Louisville, Ky., TBA CROSS COUNTRY Sept. 1 Creighton/UNO Classic at

Omaha, Neb., 8 a.m.

Sept. 15 Woody Greeno/Nebraska

Invitational, Lincoln, Neb.,

10 a.m.

Sept. 29 KU Rim Rock Farm Classic

at Lawrence, Kan., 10 a.m.

Oct. 12 Wisconsin adidas Invite at Madison, Wisc., 1 p.m.

Oct. 28 Big Ten Championships* at East Lansing, Mich., 10:45 a.m.

Nov. 9 NCAA Midwest Regional at Springfield, Mo., 11 a.m.

Nov. 17 NCAA Championships at Louisville, Ky., 11 a.m.

Men’s Golf Sept. 12 - 13

Sept. 19 - 20

Oct. 1 - 2

Oct. 10 - 11

Oct. 24 - 25

Fairway Club Invitational, Nebraska City, Neb. (ArborLinks

Golf Course) 8:30 a.m.

Kansas Invitational at Lawrence, Kan. (Alvamar Golf Club) 8 a.m.

D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate at Normal, Ill. (Weibring Golf Course) 8:30 a.m.

Firestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio (Firestone Country Club) 8:30 a.m.

Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate at Las Cruces, N.M. (NMSU Golf Course) 9 a.m.

women’s golf Sept. 10 - 11 Chip-N Club Invitational,

The Country Club of

Lincoln, 8:30 a.m.

Sept. 24 - 26 The Golfweek Challenge

at Vail, Colo., 9:30 a.m.

Oct. 8 - 10 Prices New Mexico State Invitational at Las Cruces, N.M.,

9:30 a.m.

Oct. 15 - 16 Missouri State/Payne Stewart Memorial at Springfield, Mo.,

8:30 a.m.

SOCCER Aug. 10 South Dakota State

(Exhibition) at

Brookings, S.D., 5 p.m.

Aug. 17 Oklahoma at Norman,

Okla., 7 p.m.

Aug. 19 Drake, Nebraska Soccer

Field, 1 p.m., Husker Classic Aug. 24 Virginia Tech, Nebraska Soccer Field, 6 p.m.

Aug. 26 New Mexico, Nebraska Soccer Field, 1 p.m.

Aug. 31 Baylor at Waco, Texas, 7 p.m.

Sept. 2 Cincinnati at Cincinnati, Ohio, Noon Sept. 8 Southeast Missouri State, Nebraska Soccer Field, 1 p.m.

Sept. 14 Northwestern* at Evanston, Ill., 5 p.m.

Sept. 16 Northern Colorado, Nebraska Soccer Field, 1 p.m.

Sept. 21 Purdue* Nebraska Soccer Field, 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 Indiana* Nebraska Soccer Field, 1 p.m.

Sept. 28 Michigan State* at East Lansing, Mich., 3 p.m.

Sept. 30 Michigan* at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1 p.m.

Oct. 5 Wisconsin* at Madison, Wis., 7 p.m.

Oct. 12 Penn State* Nebraska Soccer Field, 4 p.m.

Oct. 14 Ohio State* Nebraska Soccer Field, Noon Oct. 18 Iowa* at Iowa City, Iowa, 7 p.m.

Oct. 21 Illinois* at Champaign, Ill., 1 p.m.

Oct. 26 Minnesota* Nebraska Soccer Field, 4 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament Oct. 31 - Nov. 04 TBA at Bloomington, Ind., TBA

UNL Technology (Continued from page 15) mental PET agents and support the more efficient development of new PET imaging agents.”

Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals may also help expand the types of diseases that PET scans can diagnose, leading to more effective treatments and better management for these

“UNL and NUtech have gone out of their way to en-

wide to receive an inaugural National Science Foundation

courage entrepreneurship to make this technology available

Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant in late 2011. The grant

to clinical imaging centers around the country,” DiMagno

provided the team access to national experts on technology

said.

startups and additional training in the latest concepts in NUtech also helped recruit Boston-based physician, sci-

entrepreneurial management.

disorders. The company’s technology is expected to pro-

entist and attorney Allan Green to partner with DiMagno.

duce an equivalent imaging signal from lower doses of PET

Green is the company’s president and chief executive officer.

proof-of-concept funding to help move DiMagno’s imaging

pharmaceuticals than is possible using current methods,

“We knew this technology had significant potential

agents out of the lab and into clinical trials. Supporting the

DiMagno said. The higher potency (known as “specific

based on initial assessments by industry experts,” said David

transfer of university technology to the marketplace, UTDC

activity”) of PET agents produced with the new technology

Conrad, executive director of NUtech Ventures. “By match-

is a University of Nebraska affiliate and the parent company

could reduce the risk of side effects and significantly lower

ing Dr. DiMagno’s scientific expertise with Dr. Green’s

of NUtech Ventures.

costs to patients and insurance companies.

knowledge of medical imaging and the FDA regulatory en-

Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals is working with NUtech Ventures, several academic medical centers and manufacturers of imaging agents to advance commercialization.

University Technology Development Corp. provided

Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals will house its research

vironment, Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals is well positioned

and development facility in Lincoln. The company also will

to make a big impact in medical imaging.”

have a business and finance office in Cambridge, Mass.

DiMagno was the lead on one of 23 teams nationATHLETICS | Fall 2012 | 29

Athletics

is behind this program, you don’t have to do much selling.”

Waves of Grain: Pierce Now Recruiting Farmers

In a five-week span from early-June to mid-July, Jack Pierce learned why Nebraska is “America the Beautiful” and not a Fly-Over State.

He visited 127 Nebraska communities. He met people and left posters at each place, and whenever anyone

By Randy York, ’71

is ready to connect to their favorite

Jack Pierce never dreamed he’d wake up one morning and know that soybeans were selling for $15.25 a bushel

athletic program, Pierce will fol-

and corn was selling at $7.10 a bushel. A former Nebraska

low up and seal the deal with amber

assistant football coach who recruited such stars as Neil

waves of grain.

Smith, Broderick Thomas, Andra Franklin, Reggie Cooper, Dana Brinson, Mickey Joseph and Tyrone Hughes, Pierce worked 13 years (1978-1991) for Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne. After that, at the urging of then NU Athletic Director Bob Devaney, Pierce started Nebraska’s Athletic Development Office, serving in that role for eight years.

“When Bob asked me to develop a fund-raising group, I didn’t think I’d be very good at it,” Pierce recalled. “But I was smart enough to push the old Irishman out in front of me and let him do all the talking. My job was to develop a relationship with certain people, let them see our passion,

Here are the communities he

C O R N H U S K E R C O O P E R AT I V E

visited in his first whirlwind trip

In Nebraska, you don’t have to look far to see examples of hard work, honesty, integrity, leadership and ingenuity. Two of our proudest examples of these characteristics are displayed in the accomplishments of Nebraska Athletics and Nebraska farmers.

The fact that we are national leaders is not an accident. It is the result of being able to apply shared values that also include accountability, trust, respect, teamwork and loyalty. Husker athletes and Nebraska farmers are almost mirror images of each other.

through Nebraska: Adams, Alvo, Ashland, Aurora, Avoca, Axtell, Bee,

R E WA R D D E TA I L S Level 1/ Reward Level 2/ Reward Level 3/ Reward

Level 4/ Reward

Corn

Beans

Wheat

50 bushels Decal

20 bushels Decal

40 bushels Decal

100 bushels Decal, Hat and Stadium Tour 200 bushels Decal, Hat, Stadium Tour, 2 Spring game tickets, and Feed the Team 300 bushels Decal, Hat, Stadium Tour, 2 Spring game tickets, Feed the Team and Name Recognition

40 bushels Decal, Hat and Stadium Tour 80 bushels Decal, Hat, Stadium Tour, 2 Spring game tickets, and Feed the Team 120 bushels Decal, Hat, Stadium Tour, 2 Spring game tickets, Feed the Team and Name Recognition

80 bushels Decal, Hat and Stadium Tour 160 bushels Decal, Hat, Stadium Tour, 2 Spring game tickets, and Feed the Team 240 bushels Decal, Hat, Stadium Tour, 2 Spring game tickets, Feed the Team and Name Recognition

Interested in participating in Cornhusker Cooperative? Contact the Nebraska Athletic Development Office (402-472-2367).

Visit us at Huskers.com

Benedict, Bennet, Bradshaw, Brainard, Bruning, Bruno, Burr, Carleton, Cedar Bluffs, Central City, Ceresco, Cheney, Clatonia, Clay Center, Colon, Cook, Cortland, Crete.

Davenport, David City, Daykin,

GROWING OUR FUTURE

Denton, Dewitt, Dickens, Doniphan, Dorchester, Douglas, Eagle, Elm-

commitment and need and then introduce them to Bob, who reinforced the credibility of what they were support-

ethanol plants, the direct buy companies and the feedlots.

wood, Elsie, Emerald, Enders, Exeter, Fairbury, Fairmont,

ing.”

Instead of asking a parent for their kid to play football,

Falls City, Filley, Firth, Friend, Funk, Garland, Geneva,

we’re asking a company and certain individuals for their

Giltner, Goehner, Grainton, Grant, Greenwood, Gresham,

a similar function for the Huskers Athletic Fund, the

corn or soybeans or whatever grain they might want to

Hampton, Harvard, Hastings, Hayes Center, Heartwell,

new name for Nebraska’s Athletic Development Office.

donate, so they can help our walk-on program, plus the

Henderson, Hickman, Hildreth, Holdrege, Holland,

Only this time, he’s “pedaling” grain for the Cornhusker

university’s agricultural research program.

Hordville, Imperial, Juniata, Kenesaw,

Now, two decades later, Jack Pierce is performing

Cooperative Program, a partnership that brings together

“We see a real connection between Nebraska foot-

Louisville, Madrid, Malcolm,

Nebraska Athletics, state farmers and the Nebraska College

ball and Nebraska farmers,” Pierce said. “We’re all about

Malmo, Manley, Marquette, McCool

of Technical Agriculture.

the same things, and that’s why Coach Osborne feels so

Junction, Memphis, Milford,

strongly about this program. We’re about hard work and

Minden, Morris Bluff, Mur-

fine art of fund-raising. As the head of fund-raising for the

teamwork and using our values to be the best in the nation.

dock, Ogallala, Otoe, Palmy-

Nebraska Independent Private Colleges Association, Pierce

We have the same goals and values and passion about mak-

ra, Panama, Phillips, Pickrell,

convinced people across the state to donate more than $10

ing Nebraska No. 1. We’ve developed a program that helps

Pleasant Hill, Pleasantdale,

million for scholarship funds. With that on his resume,

companies and individuals get priority points for every dol-

Plymouth, Polk, Prague,

Pierce expressed interest in returning to Nebraska’s Athletic

lar they donate. And when a scholarship becomes available

Prairie Home, Princeton,

Department, and he has been working for Paul Meyers,

under NCAA rules, they can underwrite that scholarship

Prosser, Raymond, Roca,

Nebraska’s associate athletic director for the Huskers Ath-

for a walk-on, plus donate to agricultural research. As

Saint Mary, Seward, Sprague,

letic Fund, for the past five months.

tickets open up for our new basketball arena and our new

Staplehurst, Sterling, Strang,

volleyball facility, our new Cornhusker Cooperative donors

Stromsburg, Sutton, Syracuse,

can get some serious bounce for their buck.”

Thayer, Touhy, Trumbull, Ulysses,

Pierce no longer can say that he isn’t very good in the

Like any good salesman, Pierce is confident, creative and tenacious. He sets aggressive goals and genuinely cares about the people he meets. “This business is no different

Just like he paved the way for Devaney to close dona-

Unadilla, Upland, Utica, Valparai-

than recruiting,” Pierce said. “When I helped Clete Fischer

tions for the right cause, Pierce has discovered that taking

so, Venango, Verdon, Wabash, Waco,

recruit walk-ons across the state, we went everywhere – to

autographed Osborne posters in a cornfield to places across

Wahoo, Wallace, Walton, Wauneta,

the insurance companies, the banks, the implement deal-

the state is winning friends, influencing people and creat-

Waverly, Weeping Water, Weston,

ers, the car dealers and the best cafes, restaurants and steak

ing credibility. “I’ve never seen so much interest in a simple

Wilber and York.

houses in town. In this job, I go to the elevators, the

poster,” Pierce said. “Once people know that Tom Osborne Jack Pierce

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Some of the Huskers in the 2012 Olympics

Athletics – 2012 Olympics

All Burroughs and Larson See is Gold in London

Chelsea Aubry

By Randy York, ’71 Jordan Burroughs and Jordan Larson have been dreaming about gold medal dates (Aug. 10 for Burroughs and Aug. 11 for Larson) since ... well, since what seems like forever. As this publicaJan Bidrman

tion went to press, both Husker athletes were expected to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the 2012 Summer Games in London.

We know that all Burroughs sees is gold because that’s the name of his website – alliseeisgold.com – and Nebraska’s first two-time NCAA champion wrestler (157 pounds in 2009 and 165 pounds in 2011) has done nothing to make anyone believe otherwise. He went unbeaten in both seasons and has lost to no one in three years. Burroughs, the 2011 Hodge Trophy winner (the

Jordan Burroughs

Ade Dagunduro

Heisman of NCAA wrestling) and the 2011 world champion is an ultra-confident athlete.

According to his Nebraska coach, Mark Manning, who was

nothing is impossible because she’s done everything humanly possible to achieve her dreams,” Nebraska Volleyball Coach John

at Burroughs’ side throughout the London Olympic experience,

Cook said. “Jordan Hooper is a great example of what we teach and

Jordan Burroughs is wrestling’s version of Ndamukong Suh. “Suh

believe at Nebraska.”

came to Nebraska from the West Coast (Portland, Ore.) and took

While Burroughs used Lincoln as his primary home base to

college football by storm,” Manning said. “Burroughs came to

train for the Olympics, Larson did something that tracks with her

Nebraska from the East Coast (Sicklerville, N.J.) and took college

motto to “Dream Big” and “Never Settle” for anything less than

wrestling by storm.”

gold. Cook said sacrifice is a benevolent word for what Larson has

Now, however, Burroughs has moved to the world stage and

been willing to go through to achieve her Olympic dream, a

is, in fact, the new face of USA Wrestling. All summer long, he’s

goal she set for herself when she was just 12 years old and living in

been saying “Hello, America, how are ‘ya” as the feature attraction

Hooper, Neb.

on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, Sports Illustrated, Time, Ebony, and even The Wall Street Journal.

As the most decorated defensive player in college football his-

cow and Siberia,” Cook said. “You really have to be tough to do that. I mean, I hear NBA players and major league baseball players complaining about being on the road. Well, these women have

seized that same aggressive mindset in his move to the top of world

been playing more and training longer than anyone in the world,

wrestling competition – an ascent accelerated by his training habits,

and they’re doing that in all kinds of different time zones. Jordan’s

his competitive hunger and his genuine humility.

league in Russia is as professional as you can get. There’s a lot of

“Ndamukong and Jordan are both game-changers,” Manning

pressure to win over there, and coaches get fired when they don’t.

said. “They used Nebraska’s environment to grow, and in the pro-

When you play every day against the best players in the world, it

cess, they developed such great discipline and accountability that

prepares you to be one of the best players on a USA team that’s

they went straight to the highest levels of their sport. To perform

now ranked as the No. 1 team in the world.” in a gold medal match on an Aug. 11, about 24 hours after Bur-

They train to be the best. They think that way, and they compete

roughs’ gold medal wrestling match in the 74kg weight class in

that way – every day of the year.”

London. All Burroughs and Larson could see was gold – the most

elite category. Even though she does not command the same kind

golden moments in all of sport.

Burroughs and Larson weren’t the only former Husker

of name recognition as Burroughs, she is a starting outside hitter

student-athletes wearing USA colors at the 2012 Olympic Games,

on the USA Volleyball Team, the No. 1-ranked team in the world.

however. California native Amber Neben competed in cycling and (Continued on page 32)

“Jordan’s journey to London is just like the adidas slogan. For her,

Aleks Maric

Chantae McMillan

Larson’s quest for gold began on July 28 and hopefully ended

Ndamukong and those of us who are fortunate to be around them.

Well, guess what? Jordan Larson belongs in that same ultra-

Mark Manning

“She’s been playing in Russia – about halfway between Mos-

tory, Suh redefined the mindset of the NFL rookie, and Burroughs

to the absolute max like they have shocks everyone but Jordan and

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GOLD IN LONDON (Continued from page 31) Chantae McMillan in track and field. Neben attended Nebraska on a track and field scholarship from 1993-95. Having represented the United States in Beijing in 2008, she’s a two-time Olympian.

McMillan finished third in the U.S. Olympic Trials and competed in the heptathlon in London. The five-time Husker All-American from Rolla, Mo., is the Nebraska school record-holder in the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon.

Joining Burroughs in London was Mark Manning, his head wrestling coach at Nebraska and the man who recruited him. Manning made his third appearance as a USA Olympic coach. Serving as a volunteer coach for the U.S. freestyle squad, Manning led Nebraska to its first Big 12 championship in 2009. He’s coached 30 All-Americans and four individual NCAA champions.

Nebraska’s next biggest London contribution was a three women student-athlete and one coach contingent to the Canadian Olympic team. London was the first Olympic Games experience for Nebraska women’s basketball player Chelsea Aubry (2004-07).

She joined two Huskers making their second Olympic appearance – soccer players Karina Leblanc (1997-2000) and Brittany Timko (2003-06). Joining them on the Canadian team was Jan Bidrman,

Jordan Larson

who was a swimmer at Nebraska in 1990, a Husker coach from 1992-96 and is now an assistant swimming coach for the Canadian

Summer Games: 1) Three-time NCAA champion and five-time

Olympic team.

All-American shot putter/discus thrower Carl Myerscough (2000-

Two former Huskers represented Australia in the 2012 Sum-

04), who competed for Great Britain in both events; 2) Hungary’s

mer games. Aleks Maric (2005-08) made his first Olympic appear-

Gyorgyi Farkas (2007), who competed in the pentathlon;

ance in men’s basketball. Peggy Liddick, the Huskers’ first-ever Big

3) Latvia’s Ineta Radevica (2003-04), who competed in her second

Eight Conference women’s gymnastics champion (1978), made her

Olympic Games in the long jump; and 4) Nigeria’s Ade Dagun-

fourth appearance as Australia’s head women’s Olympic gymnastics

duro (2008-09), the popular Husker who helped lead his native

coach. Liddick was a USA assistant women’s Olympic coach who

country to its first Olympic appearance in men’s basketball.

coached Shannon Miller to Olympic greatness in 1992 and ’96.

Liddick is now an Australian citizen.

The most decorated Olympian among the current Husker con-

In addition to 13 former Husker student-athletes competing in the 2012 Summer Games, one future Husker also competed.

Track and field recruit Janis Leitis joined ex-Husker Radevica on

tingent is former swimmer Therese Alshammar, who appeared in

the Latvian Olympic team and ran the 400 meters. Nebraska has

her fifth Olympic Games as a member of Sweden’s Olympic swim

a solid history competing in the Olympic Games. In all, Husker

team. She’s a three-time Olympic medalist, winning two silvers

athletes have won 36 medals in Olympic competition, including

and a bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Other former Husker

10 gold medals.

student-athletes who represented their native countries in the 2012