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OUS Newsletter 2005-2006
March 2006
 

Contents

Greetings from the Division of General Studies
OASIS Activities for March 2006
Undergraduate Research Conference - April 6

 
 

Special Announcement
 

Greetings from the Division of General Studies…

We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Nelson (General Studies Adviser) and Chris Timm (Associate Director of Career Services) are the recipients of an Initiative for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ITLE) grant entitled “The Power of Possibilities”. The funded project includes development of an attractive interactive website that prospective and current students can use to match their self-stated interests with UNL majors. We anticipate that the website will help improve both recruitment of prospective students and retention of current students by helping them become more knowledgeable about all the academic opportunities UNL has to offer.

This year General Studies also has been working closely with Admissions to intensify recruitment efforts. Together our offices created an aggressive marketing campaign that incorporates monthly email messages to prospective students, postcards, letters to high school counselors and a mailer that targets first-generation college students. These efforts, in combination with University Communications’ decision to implement marketing strategies designed to target the undeclared students, have contributed to a significant increase in admissions applications. In January 2006, Admissions Director Alan Cerveny reported that General Studies experienced a 14% increase in applications over last year’s figures. Of course we recognize that recruitment is a never-ending process, and our staff is already hard at work expanding the recruitment plan for next year to include a postcard campaign to high school juniors, updated publications and expansion of efforts to attract more community college transfer students.

 

Announcements & Events

 

OASIS Activities for March 2006

  • March 2 - Lecture Series III: Dr. Gonzalez-Kruger, 6:00 p.m., Culture Center
  • March 8 - Devoted Women's Project, time/place: TBA
  • March 9 - Women's Center Relationship Workshop, 6:00 p.m., Culture Center
  • March 23 - Students of Color Academic Recognition Reception, 6:00 p.m., Culture Center
  • March 29 - Coffee House: Celebration of Cesar Chavez, time/place: TBA
  • March 30 - Remedies for Test Anxiety: Marty Ramirez, 6:00 p.m., Culture Center

Contact the Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services (OASIS) for more information.
 

Undergraduate Research Conference - April 6

Registration for the Undergraduate Research Conference is available on-line; the deadline for registration is March 3. All undergraduates are welcome to present. The Undergraduate Research Conference will be held on Thursday, April 6 in coordination with the 2006 UNL Research Fair. The format will be the same as in the past.

To register and for additional information: http://www.unl.edu/ucare/events.shtml

Format:

Poster set up: 11:00 AM - 2:45 PM, City Campus Union (Centennial Room)

Oral/Paper Presentations: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, City Campus Union (Regency Suites A, B, C)

Plenary Address: 3:15 - 3:30 PM, Rita Kean, Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research, City Campus Union (Centennial Room)

Poster Session: 3:30 - 5:00 PM, Centennial Room (refreshments available)
 
 

Dr. Rita Kean, Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Textiles, Clothing and Design
Jamar Banks, Director of OASIS and Culture Center
Dr. Patrice Berger, Director of NU Honors Program and Professor of History
Dr. Laura Damuth, Director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowship Advisor
Dr. Donald Gregory, Director of General Studies and Associate Professor of English
Gail Hackwith, Administrative Assistant
Dr. Jessica Jonson, University-wide Assessment Coordinator
Jennifer Lantz, Staff Assistant
JoAnn Moseman, Academic Transfer Coordinator
Dr. Debra Mullen, Academic Learning Communities Coordinator

 

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