Monday, August 22, 2011
Bob Portnoy; Tricia Besett-Alesch
Portnoy receives Fulbright, will teach in China
Robert "Bob" Portnoy has received a Fulbright award to teach in China during the 2011-2012 academic year. Portnoy is director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University Health Center and professor of educational psychology.
Tricia Besett-Alesch is interim director of CAPS during Portnoy's Fulbright experience. Besett-Alesch, who assumes the interim roll today, is assistant director and training director for CAPS. For any issues pertaining to mental health concerns on campus, contact Besett-Alesch at (402) 472-7450. Read more about Portnoy's Fulbright on Today@UNL.
VAN BRUNT VISITORS CENTER | 3:30PM
Energy Center candidate's presentation is Today
William Worek
William Worek, candidate for the position of director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, is visiting campus to participate in interviews and make a public presentation 3:30 p.m. at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. Faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Worek is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2000 to 2009. Worek also was director of the university's Energy Resources Center from 1998 to 2009. Read more about Worek on Today@UNL
Rob Templeman
Michigan State's Templeman to lead statistics seminar
Rob Templeman, an animal science professor at Michigan State University, will lead a statistics seminar, 3 to 4:45 p.m., Aug. 22 in the East Union's Arbor Suite. Templeman will discuss "A Vision for Scholarships and Impacts across the Mission in Statistics at a Land Grant University.
The seminar is free and open to the public.
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Ryan Larson of Fullerton, NE, right, helps Taylor Walgren of Osceola, NE, pile her belongings onto a cart as she moves into the Harper Schramm Smith Residence Halls. Residence hall move in days, August 18, 2011. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Breanna Borenpohl talks with Ashley Hughes in the Schramm Residence Hall elevator Thursday. The two freshman from Tecumseh, NE, are roommates. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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It takes many hands to zip a futon mattress into its cover. Powers Schurrer, right, gets help arranging his residence hall room from his sister, Annah, mom, Colleen, and dad, Mike. Powers is a freshman. Annah is a third year architecture student. They are all from Yankton, SD. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Roommates Alex Carr, left, and Michael Cerone, both Millard South graduates, work to loft Carr's bed as part of moving in day. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Jordan Baumbachm, a junior from McCook, NE, helps her brother, Brad, make his bed during move in day. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Ashley Pieper, right, Kimberly Folk, center, and Ashley's mom, Michelle, find a comfortable place to talk in the hall while Ashley's brothers and dad try to assemble a futon frame in the room. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Shawn Erwin, a sophomore from Fort Calhoun, NE, assembles a futon with his dad, Tim. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Tyler Maguire, a freshman from Norfolk, NE, carries his clothes into Harper Residence Hall. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Miranda Benneman, a sophomore from Omaha, carries her belongings into her room in the Village, an apartment-style residence hall. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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From right, Aliza Brugger, Elizabeth Winans, Ethan Bonham and Mike Eversoll recite the Cornhusker Pledge at the New Student Convocation at the Devaney Center. The annual Big Red Welcome for thousands of new and returning Huskers starts today with New Student Convocation. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Thousands of freshman students return from the New Student Convocation at the Devaney Center. The annual Big Red Welcome for thousands of new and returning Huskers starts today with New Student Convocation. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Mellophone player Erica Ahlschwede flows with the rest of the Cornhusker Marching Band. The blur is caused by a slow shutter speed. The annual Big Red Welcome for thousands of new and returning Huskers starts today with New Student Convocation. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Andrew Nguyen, a senior from Lincoln, is held aloft by the other members of the trombone section after Nguyen won the march off contest held during the marching band concert. A full slate of welcome back events, including a celebration and festival, continue through Aug. 21. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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New students participating in the tunnel walk rush onto the Memorial Stadium field. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Caitlin Klosterman, left, and Abby Uecker hug after opening their bids Saturday afternoon. The two were both accepted into Kappa Kappa Gamma. Sorority Recruitment Bid Day 2011. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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New members of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority run toward their house along S Street. Sorority Recruitment Bid Day 2011. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Alpha Phi upperclassmen greet their new sorority sisters Saturday afternoon in a controlled collision of hugs and screams. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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New buildings, construction for semester
Four new buildings at or near completion greet UNL faculty, staff and students as the fall semester begins today.
They include the Nanoscience Metrology Facility at 16th and W streets at the north end of the Jorgensen Hall, the physics building that opened last year. The 32,000-square-foot building will provide state-of-the-art laboratories, shared research facilities and administrative space in a central location. Core facilities, equipment, labs and faculty currently are located in several buildings across campus. Half of its $13.8 million cost came from $6.9 million of federal stimulus funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The building is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in early December.
Two major practice facilities in Athletics are also scheduled to open this fall. The $18.7 million Hendricks Training Complex on the south side of the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Nebraska Innovation Campus will include a new men's and women's basketball practice facility and create space for a new wrestling facility. The complex has 71,420 square feet of new construction, plus 4,000 square feet of renovation in the Devaney Center. A $4.75 million indoor practice facility for baseball and softball is scheduled to be completed in September north of Haymarket Park and east of Bowlin Stadium. The 22,000-square foot building will feature a large indoor practice area, along with restrooms and storage facilities. Read more about campus updates on Today@UNL.
68 students return from Oxford program
Sixty-eight UNL students participated in the 22nd annual Nebraska at Oxford Program at England's University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Sponsored by the UNL College of Business Administration, the four-week program began July 17 and concluded Aug. 13.
Based at Oxford's Jesus College, the annual summer program is open to students of all academic majors. The group is a mix of undergraduate and graduate students.
"Traveling through London and leading the group was an experience that will also stay with me for the rest of my life. This group is so tight-knit as a whole and I have made friends that will last forever," said Martin Cunningham from Omaha, a junior business administration student. Read more about the Oxford program on Today@UNL.
NET to show documentary by McCoy, Mitchell
"They Could Really Play the Game," an award-winning documentary produced by journalism faculty Barney McCoy and Bruce Mitchell, airs at 9 p.m., on NET1 and NET-HD.
The documentary revisits one of the greatest stories in American sports history. In 1952, the Rio Grande Redmen's basketball team – a perennial loser – began defeating opposing colleges big and small, saving their college from closing and setting NCAA scoring records that stand today. Read more about the documentary on Today@UNL.
