Monday, November 7, 2011
Photos courtesy of Carson Entertainment Group, Inc.
Carson Foundation donates $1 million for scholarships
The John W. Carson Foundation announced today a $1 million gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to create the Johnny Carson Opportunity Scholarship Fund. The permanently endowed scholarship fund will annually benefit students in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts who are graduates of high schools in Nebraska, with preference for students in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.
"Johnny Carson's ties to the University of Nebraska are long and deep," the John W. Carson Foundation said. "He was grateful for the education he received and the time he spent at the university. His gratitude was exemplified by the numerous gifts he made to the university during his lifetime. The John W. Carson Foundation is pleased to continue this tradition by establishing the Johnny Carson Opportunity Scholarship Fund to assist deserving students." Read more about this donation on Today@UNL.
'Money Smart' events start today
The UNL Student Money Management Center is hosting financial education events to help students manage money more wisely and confidently. Scheduled sessions include: Real Estate Market for College Students; Happy Hour/Happy Wallet; and Quiz Show. For more information, including a complete schedule, go to Student Money Management Center website.
UNL episode of 'Dining with the Dean' now available
During a break in filming, (from left) Christian Nelson, director of photography; David Manderscheid, dean of Arts and Sciences; and Daniel Patterson, senior producer; discuss how dinner service will work in the "Dining with the Dean" episode.
The university community can see for itself how two student organizations and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences fared on a recent episode of the reality television and university club cook-off series "Dining with the Dean."
The UNL-flavored episode has been posted online. It debuted Nov. 3 on BYU Television, a network that isn't carried by Lincoln's Time Warner Cable, but reaches some 62 million homes through other cable and satellite providers.
The culinary challenge pitted the National Agri-Marketing Association versus the Afrikan People's Union. Each team had three hours and $30 to prepare a three-course meal for David Manderscheid, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Teams also had to incorporate at least one ingredient in each course that they had on hand before the contest. Read more about this production on Today@UNL.
Provost Pratt to return to UNL English department
Linda Pratt
Executive Vice President and Provost Linda Ray Pratt will step down June 30, 2012, to return to her professional roots in the UNL Department of English, University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken announced.
"Linda Pratt has served this university in so many ways over more than four decades, and while I hate to lose her great skill in the provost's office, it is fitting that she is going to finish her career in the classroom," Milliken said. "Linda has been a great partner in helping lead many important initiatives over the last six years and she will be greatly missed." Read more about Pratt on Today@UNL.
ANDREWS HALL BAILEY LIBRARY, 3:30PM
Alumna to discuss how place shapes us, students
Jennifer Sinor
Jennifer Sinor, associate professor of English at Utah State University, will deliver "Don't Ask Me Where I'm From: Broadening our Understanding of How Place Shapes Us and the Students We Teach," at 3:30 p.m.,in the Andrews Hall Bailey Library. The lecture is free and open to faculty, staff and students.
Sinor specializes in creative nonfiction, specifically memoir, personal essay and place writing. She returns to UNL 20 years after earning a bachelor's degree in English and Russian. She went on to earn a doctorate from the University of Michigan, where she focused on autobiographical writing and women's diaries. Read more about this talk on Today@UNL.
