Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Dean candidate Landes public presentation today
Heather Landes
Heather Landes is on campus interviewing for dean of Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, and will give a public presentation today, 3:30-5 p.m. at the Sheldon Museum of Art auditorium. Landes is one of four candidates touring and presenting on campus.
Landes is associate dean for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. In that capacity, she oversees undergraduate curriculum development, undergraduate recruitment and admission, undergraduate enrollment and retention initiatives, undergraduate advisement, and career planning; and manages the Herberger Institute communications, online learning and student success groups. Dr. Landes teaches Creativity and Innovation in Design and the Arts for the cross-institute bachelor of arts degree programs, which is a course designed to get students thinking in a focused manner about creative practice and process, as well as several seminars to undergraduate and graduate students throughout the academic year. Read more about Landes and the FPA dean search on Today@UNL.
Combined Campaign near goal; turn in pledges before break
The updated pledge total for the 2012 Combined Campaign is $386,546 -- just shy of the goal of $403,000. Campaign co-chair Darin Erstad issued a final reminder message to get those pledges in, saying "It's not too late to make a Big Impact."
Erstad said: "Thanks to all who have turned in a pledge card and helped toward our Combined Campaign for Health and Human Services goal of $403,000. Our pledges so far total $386,546, leaving just $16,454 to make our goal. In that sense, our campaign is a success as we have more participants in this year's campaign than last. Read more about Combined Campaign on Today@UNL.
The UNL microgravity team includes (clockwise from top left): Jeremy Olson, Caleb Berggren, Shawn Schumacher, Dylan Horrocks, Matthew Manske, Ryan van Waes, Patrick Graeve, Eric Gutierrez, Team Adviser Carl Nelson (associate professor, mechanical and mate
UNL team chosen for NASA microgravity experiment
College of Engineering students are floating on news from NASA that their team was selected for the space agency's 2012 Microgravity University. This is the fifth consecutive year Nebraska Engineering will send students to conduct experiments for NASA on reduced gravity missions.
The NASA program engages selected college and university teams in scientific research that helps the U.S. space program refine its efforts. Projects are prepared by students with mentoring from NASA and industry representatives, and then conducted during "Flight Week" aboard a series of parabolic flights in specially-equipped NASA aircraft that reach 35,000 feet above Earth, April 20-27 from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read more about this honor on Today@UNL.
Stephen Ramsay, left; Brian Pytlik Zillig
Mellon grant will expand data and humanities research
New software under development by researchers in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities will vastly improve the ability of humanities researchers to use the growing number of digital archives and other digital projects.
Brian Pytlik Zillig, associate professor and digital initiatives librarian at UNL, is principal investigator of a $183,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund completion of the software project. His partners are Stephen Ramsay, associate professor of English at UNL and fellow in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities; and Martin Mueller, professor of classics at Northwestern University. Read more about this grant in Today@UNL.
Libraries extend hours through Dec. 13
Love Library on city campus and C.Y. Thompson Library on east campus have extended hours through Dec. 13 to provide a quiet atmosphere for studying and preparing for final exams. On Dec. 12 and 13, both libraries will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Praxis II deadline is Dec. 15 for Noyce Fellowship
Students wanting to qualify for the $74,000 Robert Noyce NSF Teaching Fellowship are required to take the Praxis II Math Content Exam. Dec. 15 is the registration deadline for the Jan. 14 exam date. Ten fellowships are available for individuals aspiring to be a high school mathematics teacher.
A review and practice session for the Jan. 14 Praxis exam begins at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 12 in 248 Avery Hall on city campus. Read more about this session in Next@Nebraska
