This Week, August 13 - 17, 2012
$3.5M grant to aid special-needs teens
Teenage kids "kind of get lost in the system." They're almost adults, and not really needing to be protected like babies or young children — or so it may seem.
Special education researcher Alexandra Trout of UNL disagrees with this conventional attitude and wants to take a fledgling program nationwide. A $3.5 million grant from the Department of Education's Institute for Education Sciences will help her and a team of researchers, educators and family service workers from UNL, Boys Town, and surrounding Lincoln and Omaha agencies intervene to help special-needs teenagers and their parents be successful at home and school. Read more about this grant in Today@UNL.
Free classroom technology classes offered to faculty
Information Services is offering a series of free technology training sessions designed for UNL faculty. The one-hour Power Classroom workshop topics include My.UNL/Blackboard, i>Clicker, PowerPoint, Adobe Connect and Maple T.A.
For more information, or to register for a workshop, go to the Information Services website.
'Brand Summit 2012' is Aug. 15
University Communications will review new communications campaigns during the "Brand Summit 2012," 1 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 15. The session, which is open to all staff and faculty who have a role in communications, is in the Gaughan Multicultural Center, room 202 (Ubuntu room).
The update will feature recent communications campaigns designed to help UNL meet goals in the areas of recruitment, retention and alumni engagement.
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Degrees granted to 800 at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will grant degrees to some 800 students at commencement exercises Aug. 10 and 11 in separate ceremonies for baccalaureate and postgraduate degrees. The graduates are from 33 states and 31 countries.
Chancellor Harvey Perlman presided at both ceremonies. Carolyn Pope Edwards, Willa Cather Professor of Psychology and a professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies at UNL, gave the address at the postgraduate ceremony on Aug. 10. Dennis Molfese, Chancellor's Professor and professor of special education and communications disorders at UNL, addressed the baccalaureate ceremony on Aug. 11. Read a list of Aug. 10-12, 2012 UNL graduates.
Associate VC for Research finalist’s presentation is Aug. 13
Kurt Preston, a candidate for associate vice chancellor for research focusing on defense–fundable projects, will make a public presentation at 3 p.m. Aug. 13 in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, room 202 (Ubuntu room). The event is open to faculty, staff and students.
Since 2005, Preston has been division chief of the U.S. Army Research Office in Durham, N.C., where he oversees the University Research Initiative Program and directs the Environmental Science Basic Research Program. As a program manager from 2002 to 2005, he led the office's review process for funding basic research proposals in engineering, physical, information and life sciences. Earlier, Preston held several U.S. Army leadership roles related to environment, safety and health. Read more about Preston in Today@UNL.
UNL launches Nebraska App
UNL has launched the Nebraska App, a suite of mobile applications that makes essential university resources available on mobile devices. Students can check grades, access course content and browse the course catalog. They can access the public directory and get in touch instantly, keep tabs on Husker sports, find places on the campus map, stay informed with the latest campus news, watch videos, and even listen to podcasts of popular lectures in iTunesU.
"UNL is moving services to the where the students are in terms of devices and network access"," said Mark Askren, Chief Information Officer. "Students now have a much more powerful connection to UNL via their mobile device." Read more about Nebraska App in Today@UNL.
