Daily Nebraskan Editor Gibson Selected for Fulbright to South Korea

Jenna Gibson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Jenna Gibson, 2010-11 editor-in-chief of the Daily Nebraskan, UNL's student newspaper, will travel to South Korea to work as an English teaching assistant on a Fulbright Scholarship. She also plans to write for an English-language newspaper during her trip.

"I'm excited for the opportunity because I love language, gaining new perspectives and teaching others about my background," Gibson said, of Stillwater, Minn. She graduated May 7 with majors in news-editorial journalism, French and international studies, and a minor in Japanese. Gibson became interested in South Korea and its culture last year when she was a Lincoln International Networking Community mentor. Her partner was from Seoul, South Korea. Read more...

Incident volunteers run from a classroom as police clear Oldfather Hall during the TERREX11 simulation at UNL. Greg Nathan/University Communications

Emergency Exercise Provides Valuable Training Opportunity

A few seconds separated the fates of Paul Erickson and Sunil Narumalani during the May 11 terrorism exercise at UNL.

Playing professors in neighboring classrooms on the second floor of Oldfather Hall, both Erickson and Narumalani were leading lectures to keep volunteer "students" distracted.

"We didn't hear a thing. Then the door opened, a guy walked in and he started shooting," said Erickson, academic technology and middleware coordinator for Information Services. At the same moment, out in the hallway, a second gunman started firing a simulated shotgun. The sound of gunfire put Narumalani and a couple of his students into motion. Read more on Today@UNL.