Scholarship Recipients for 2007

NSEP Boren
Deanne Lickteig
Kevin Healy

Fulbright
Peter Gengler
Elizabeth Musil
Noushan Noureddini
Sean Golden

Udall
Aaron Price - Honorable Mention

Marshall
Aaron Eske (for 2006-07)

For more information on these and other scholarships, please click here.

UCARE Update

391 students were awarded UCARE funds for the 2007-08 academic year. The list of funded projects will be available on the UCARE website soon.

PEARL Retreat

The PEARL retreat was held on May 7th, at the Wilderness Ridge Golf Club (1800 Wilderness Woods Place). Program leaders participated from 8:30 - 3:00, department chairs participated from 10:30 - 1:30, and peer reviewers participated from 11:30 - 3:00. The retreat featured an address from Dr. Robert Gotshall on his program's approach to assessment at Colorado State University, recognition of PEARL best practices, and PEARL planning through conversations with program leaders and peer reviewers.

Recognition of PEARL best practices

Twelve programs were recognized on May 7th for having 2005-2006 Program Excellence through Assessment, Research and Learning (PEARL) best practices. The best practices were identified through a review performed by faculty peer reviewers and the PEARL steering committee.

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Program	Program leader	Department	Department chair	Best Practice area
Agricultural Economics	Rosalee Swartz	Agricultural Economics	Alan Baquet	• Student Learning Outcome #2 • Assessment Method #2
Agronomy and Horticulture	Dennis McCallister	Agronomy and Horticulture	Mark Lagrimini	• Student Learning Outcome #3
Biological Chemistry	John Markwell	Biochemistry	Donald P. Weeks	• Assessment Method #3 • Program Improvements #1
Food Science Technology	David Jackson	Food Science Technology	Rolando A. Flores	• Student Learning Outcome #1 • Assessment Method #2
Insect Science	Tiffany Heng-Moss	Entomology	Gary J. Brewer	• Student Learning Outcome #2
Mechanized Systems Management	Curtis Weller	Biological Systems Engineering	Ronald E. Yoder	• Student Learning Outcome #1 • Assessment Method #1
School of Natural Resources	David Gosselin	School of Natural Resources	Mark S. Kuzila, Director	• Student Learning Outcome #1 • Student Learning Outcome #2 • Question of Interest #1 • Question of Interest #2 • Assessment Method #1 • Assessment Method #2 • Data Summary and Evaluation #1

 

College of Education and Human Sciences
Program	Program leader	Department	Department chair	Best Practice area
Culinology TM	Fayrene Hamouz	Nutrition and Health Sciences	Marilynn Schnepf	• Student Learning Outcome #1 • Student Learning Outcome #2 • Student Learning Outcome #3
Athletic Training Education	Jeff Rudy	Nutrition and Health Sciences	Marilynn Schnepf	• Student Learning Outcome #2
Dietetics	Linda Young	Nutrition and Health Sciences	Marilynn Schnepf	• Student Learning Outcome #1 • Student Learning Outcome #2 • Student Learning Outcome #3 • Question of Interest #1 • Question of Interest #2 • Assessment Method #1 • Assessment Method #2 • Assessment Method #3 • Data Summary and Evaluation #2 • Program Improvements #1 • Holistic Outcome #1
Restaurant Management	Fayrene Hamouz	Nutrition and Health Sciences	Marilynn Schnepf	• Student Learning Outcome #3 • Question of Interest #1 • Question of Interest #3
Special Education and Communication Disorders	Marilyn Scheffler	Special Education and Communication Disorders	John E. Bernthal	• Question of Interest #4

 

Dr. Kim Bender, from Colorado State University, visits UNL

Dr. Kim Bender is the Director of Assessment at Colorado State University and will be at UNL on May 16-18, 2007. Dr. Bender developed the Plan for Researching Improvement and Supporting Mission (PRISM) system, which has been implemented at UNL as PEARL. Dr. Bender will be speaking at the USDA CSREES North Central Academic Program Section conference. The conference theme is "Student Learning...Strategies for Assessment, Outcomes, and Program Improvement", and will be hosted by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Dr. Bender will also be meeting with the PEARL steering committee, PEARL peer reviewers and program leaders and a number of other groups from across campus. Welcome, Dr. Bender!

 

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Dr. Rita Kean, Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Textiles, Clothing and Design
Jamar Banks, Director of OASIS
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, Administrative Technician I
JoAnn Moseman, Academic Transfer Coordinator
Jeremy Penn, Assessment Associate for PEARL
Marcia White, E.N. Thompson Coordinator and Political Science Advisor
AnnMarie Williams, Academic Learning Communities Coordinator

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