Achievements for May 2020
Ten international students in the College of Business earned Employment Readiness Certificates this spring, and Dr. J. Kalu Osiri, director of the International Business program and associate professor of practice in management, has been selected for the Reciprocal Exchange of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
Over hill, over dale, Wellnitz finds remote learning connections
On a bluff 30 miles northeast of Chadron, on the Wellnitz Ranch, senior agribusiness major Kane Wellnitz is completing the final stretch of his College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources education. The first-generation college student is set to receive his undergraduate degree in August, with minors in international business, the Center for Sales Excellence and the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program.
Hames named to National Academy of Sciences
Ray Hames, professor of anthropology, is the fourth Nebraska faculty to earn membership in the National Academy of Sciences. He is one of 120 U.S.-based researchers to earn the distinction this year.
46 students named Chancellor’s Scholars
Forty-six graduating seniors have been named Chancellor’s Scholars at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
New School of Global Integrative Studies focused on student opportunity
With an eye on expanding educational and research opportunities, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Anthropology, and programs in geography and global studies have formed the School of Global Integrative Studies. The new school, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, combines an array of faculty expertise and subject matter that complement one another.
Feedback sought on first sustainability, resilience master plan
A proposed master plan that links sustainability practices, teaching curricula, research expertise and wellbeing programming is charting new ground for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
The draft Environment, Sustainability and Resilience Master Plan — which is available online through May 29 for students, faculty and staff to review and provide feedback — melds themes from the university’s N2025 strategic vision with United Nations Foundation’s sustainable development goals into a multi-phased path intended to lead to greater integration of environmentally-friendly practices and resiliency programming across the entire campus community.
University to grant nearly 3,500 degrees
The university will confer nearly 3,500 degrees during a virtual graduation celebration on May 9.
Honors’ Global Dialogues course continues despite travel cancellations
Despite the university’s transition to remote learning, Nebraska Honors students in a spring seminar have gained real-world insights through virtual visitors.
Skill building: Learn a language
If there's one trait to surely make you stand out to potential employers, it's knowing a second language (or more). Now's a great time to start learning one before you enter the job search. It's not as though you have to be fluent in a few short weeks, but even knowing some basic vocabulary and simple conversation skills will put you on the right path.
Kiramba receives Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship
Lydiah Kiramba, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the 2020 recipient of the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship from the American Educational Research Association.