UAAD News

Food Bank of Lincoln BackPack Program

Please join UAAD Community Outreach in their “Peanut Butter” drive for the Food Bank of Lincoln BackPack Program. Please bring a jar of peanut butter to the next UAAD meeting on October 16th.

The BackPack Program began during the 2004-05 school year at Clinton Elementary School, sending home food-filled backpacks on Friday afternoons with 50 kids. The program quickly took off. Today, this program has grown and serves nearly 3,000 children and their families.

The program seeks to help students who qualify for their school’s Free or Reduced Lunch Programs by providing a food-filled backpack to the child and family over the weekend or during a school break. The BackPack Program is a way to help these students, and their families, until students return to school where they know they can have breakfast or lunch.

 

UAAD seeks nominees for Donaldson, Oldt awards

The University Association for Administrative Development (UAAD) is accepting nominations for the 2020 Carl A. Donaldson Award for Excellence in Management and the 2020 Floyd S. Oldt Award for Exceptional Service to the University. Nominations for both awards are due Friday, December 20, 2019.

The Carl A. Donaldson Award for Excellence in Management recognizes campus managers in non-faculty positions. The award has been presented since 1972 and honors Donaldson, a University of Nebraska graduate who worked for the university for 43 years. Donaldson founded UAAD in 1961.

The Floyd S. Oldt Award for Exceptional Service to the University honors a UNL employee in a managerial/professional position. The award was created in 1992 from a bequest by Oldt, a 1920 University of Nebraska graduate. Oldt was a superintendent of Abel Construction Company in Lincoln before moving to Dallas. Oldt was a contributor to many humanitarian and civic organizations.
For more information, please visit https://uaad.unl.edu/awards or e-mail uaad@unl.edu.

 

Save the date for emPOWERment

Campus professional organizations are excited to announce a one-day, campus-wide learning and networking opportunity for University staff. On May 13, 2020, you’ll empower yourself by exploring Purpose, Ownership, Well-Being, Engagement and Relationships.

Get ready for an unprecedented opportunity to share knowledge and insights, grow, network, and celebrate success. Campus staff have a powerful capacity to move the university forward on its core aspirations. Come be part of this first-time experience of learning, inspiration, sharing and connecting across the university.

This event is brought to you jointly by University Association for Administrative Development, University of Nebraska Office Professionals Association, Academic Advising Association and Young Professionals Network.

Watch this space for more information coming soon!

 
Originally published September 25, 2019 - Submit an Item