We are pleased to welcome four new staff members to the CEHS community. Ben Lennander and Jonathan Carlson have joined the CEHS Business Center while Ben Bannon and Eric Einspahr are new advisors in Student Services.
Ben Lennander grew up in Altoona, Wis., and received an accounting degree from Iowa State in 2001. He owned a small furniture cleaning and maintenance company in Lincoln before working in several accounting and finance capacities with the HAPPI Business Center at UNL. Ben is the City Campus budget/business coordinator where he will be responsible for the City Campus Business Team and in charge of financial database reporting for the entire college. When he’s not doing house projects with his wife of 10 years or chasing after four children from ages eight to two, you might find him playing the guitar or harmonica.
Jonathan Carlson graduated from Augustana College in 2001 with a degree in Business Administration. After graduation he spent time in Indonesia working for a non-governmental organization before returning to Nebraska in 2010. Jonathan joined NU as part of the Greater Nebraska Business Center in Scottsbluff serving the West Central and Panhandle districts where he coordinated grants and promoted financial literacy. In CEHS, Jonathan will be responsible for grants with Nutrition and Health Sciences and Educational Administration, in addition to other duties. He is married with three children under age five and likes to spend time reading, running and being with his family.
Ben Bannon most recently worked at Iowa Western Community College. He is originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Northern Iowa. Ben is currently working on his master’s degree in education from Iowa State. He is advising students pursing degrees in elementary education or nutrition, exercise and health science. Everyone in his immediate family is engaged in education from K-12 to higher ed. Ben is single and loves sports. He considers himself an avid runner and golfer and enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Eric Einspahr returns to CEHS where he worked as a student while completing his bachelor’s degree in English. He recently completed his master’s degree in higher education administration. Eric is advising students who are pursuing degrees in secondary education foreign language, family science, nutrition exercise and health science, and elementary/special education. Eric most recently was an advisor in UNL’s College of Business Administration. He’s a native of Hildreth, Neb. and is married with a three-year-old daughter. Google his fly fishing blog—“Flies Over Nebraska.”