Noren named university provost
Jay Noren has been named executive vice president and provost
of
the University of Nebraska effective on or about July 1.
Noren has been director of the Health Workforce Project for
the
National Institute of Health Policy in Minneapolis since
January
2001. He is a professor in the Bush School of Government
and Public
Service at Texas A&M University and a professor
of family and
community medicine in the College of Medicine in
the Texas A&M
University System. He had previously been president
of the Health
Sciences Center and vice chancellor for health
affairs for the
Texas A&M System, vice chancellor for health
sciences at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and chancellor
of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities. His Nebraska
appointment is
subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
"We are
very pleased that Jay Noren will join the senior
leadership team of
the University of Nebraska," said University
of Nebraska
President L. Dennis Smith. "He has demonstrated
distinguished
leadership across a broad spectrum of roles in
the health sciences,
at land-grant institutions, and at state
universities. He has
intimate knowledge of the research enterprise
nationally, and he
clearly recognizes the enormous potential
of our university for the
future of Nebraska and its citizens."
Noren said he is
enthusiastic about taking on his new duties.
"This
opportunity is exciting for many reasons because
of the individual
strengths of the University of Nebraska campuses
and because the
relationships among the campuses are obviously
very collaborative -
and that bodes well for the future,"
he said. "All of the
campuses seem to have strong upward
trend-lines in pursuing their
respective missions. That includes
the intensified emphasis on and
increasing success in research
at UNL and the Medical Center, the
power of the metropolitan
focus at UNO, and the pursuit of a
premiere undergraduate experience
at UNK."
Noren, 57, earned two bachelor's degrees and his M.D. from
the
University of Minnesota, and his Master of Public Health
degree
from Harvard University.
The executive vice president and
provost is the second highest-ranking
administrator of the
University of Nebraska, after the president.
The post carries broad
responsibilities for both academic and
budgetary aspects of
university operations. Noren's salary will
be $200,000. He will
succeed Lee B. Jones, who retires at the
end of this academic
year.
UNOPA awards presented
Three UNL employees were
honored by the University of Nebraska
Office Personnel Association
at the April meeting.
Sandy Watmore received the Rose
Frolik Award. Nancy Knapp
and Sandy Lineberry were the winners of
the two Floyd S. Oldt
Silver Pen Awards. The Floyd S. Oldt
Outstanding Staff Award
was presented to Sandy Lineberry.
The Rose Frolik Award honors an employee who best exemplifies
the characteristics of Frolik, UNOPA's founder. These include
leadership, professional growth and personal attributes. Watmore
is
a clerical assistant III in Vending and Transportation Services.
She has been a member of UNOPA and NEOPA (the state association)
for many years and has served on many committees for both organizations.
She is also a longtime member of the University Sertoma Club.
She
has earned her professional certification and is a certified
educational office employee. As winner of the Rose Frolik Award,
Watmore received an engraved plaque, a year membership to UNOPA,
and a $300 award.
The Silver Pen Award was created to
recognize an employee
engaged in secretarial, clerical or business
work at UNL. The
first recipient of the Silver Pen Award was Nancy
Knapp, who
is a staff secretary III for the Institute of Ethnic
Studies.
She is described as an employee that consistently performs
beyond
expectations, is extremely good-natured, socially skilled
and
patient. Because the interdisciplinary unit involves faculty
members from multiple academic units, Knapp interacts with faculty,
staff, and students from all over UNL.
The second recipient
of the Silver Pen Award was Sandy Lineberry,
a staff assistant for
the Nebraska Forest Service. Lineberry's
nominators said her
commitment and responsiveness provide a strong
example to others as
to just what "service" means.
Knapp and Lineberry
received an engraved Cross pen, a framed
certificate, next year's
membership to UNOPA, and a $600 award.
The Floyd S. Oldt
Outstanding Staff Award, also given to Lineberry,
is given to an
employee that demonstrates distinguished service
and contributions
to the university community. As recipient,
Lineberry received an
engraved plaque and a $1,000 award.
Transportation Services wins excellence award
The
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Transportation Services
Department
has earned, for the third year in a row, the Blue
Seal of
Excellence Recognition as prescribed by the National
Institute for
Automotive Service Excellence.
ASE is a non-profit
organization dedicated to improving the
quality of vehicle repair
and service through voluntary testing
and certification for
automotive repair and service professionals.
To be eligible
for this recognition, a company must have 75
percent of its
automotive professionals ASE certified. To remain
in the program, a
business must renew each year and confirm their
professionals'
certification status.
The UNL Transportation Services
Department maintains a full-service
repair facility for the support
of more than 900 university vehicles
including sedans, vans, light
and heavy-duty trucks and shuttle
buses. They are also responsible
for the purchasing, licensing,
titling and disposal of all
university vehicles.
NU
College of Law Announces Alumni Council Awards
Three
individuals and one couple will be honored by the University
of
Nebraska College of Law at the Law College Alumni Council
awards
banquet May 10 at the Country Club of Lincoln.
Duane W.
Acklie of Lincoln will receive the Distinguished
Alumni Award to
recognize rare distinction in professional achievement.
Acklie is
president and CEO of Crete Carrier Corp. and a 1955
graduate of the
College of Law.
Richard C. and Catherine Stuart Schmoker of
Minneapolis will
receive the Outstanding Service Award for loyalty,
leadership
and service to the college. The Schmokers have
contributed greatly
to the college both financially and in service.
Richard Schmoker
is a 1964 graduate of the college.
Robert Denicola of Lincoln will receive the Distinguished
Faculty Award. Denicola is widely known for his writing on intellectual
property law. He has been a professor at the college since 1976.
Paula S. Lyon of Newman Grove will receive the Woods and Aitken
Outstanding Service Award for loyalty, service and achievement
as a
student. Lyon will graduate with highest distinction this
spring.
She was managing editor of the Nebraska Law Review. She
will join
the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Chicago.
UNL student second at business plan
competition
UNL student Bill Frost won second place in the
Donald Duncan-Duncan
Aviation Undergraduate Business Plan
Competition at the Heartland
Free Enterprise Conference and
Competitions sponsored by the
Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship
recently at the Cornhusker
Hotel and Convention Center.
Frost, of "Datavix," a company that manufactures
a
device that enables industrial and scientific equipment to
be
controlled and monitored via a Web browser, received a $1,500
prize
toward the implementation of his business plan.
Eighteen
universities from across North America competed in
the
International Business Plan Competitions on March 1 and 2
at the
conference. The competitions were open to all full- and
part-time
graduate and undergraduate students during the academic
calendar
year 2001-2002. The plans for the seed, start-up or
early-stage
ventures had to address the entire business concept,
from idea to
implementation. The businesses could not have generated
any
revenues or have raised any outside equity before Jan. 1,
2001.
Winning teams were awarded monetary prizes totaling $25,000.
More than 500 individuals including speakers, participants,
competitors and honorees participated in the free-enterprise
conference and competitions.
'Reading Rainbow' nominated for 7 Emmys
The national
public television series "Reading Rainbow,"
co-produced
by GPN/Nebraska ETV Network, has again been recognized
by the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with
seven Daytime
Emmy Award nominations.
This year's nominations include
Outstanding Children's Series,
Outstanding Performer in a
Children's Series, Outstanding Directing
in a Children's Series,
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series,
Outstanding Achievement
in Single Camera Photography, Outstanding
Achievement in Single
Camera Editing, and Outstanding Achievement
in Live & Direct to
Tape Sound Mixing
Reading Rainbow has received 16 Daytime
Emmy Awards including
six for Outstanding Children's Series since
1991. The series,
which is hosted by actor LeVar Burton, is
broadcast nationally
by the Public Broadcast Service. Children's
series appearing
on PBS were honored with more children's
nominations than any
other broadcast or cable network. A complete
list of all the
nominations can be found at
<www.emmyonline.org> in the
National Awards area. The 29th
Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will
be announced on May 17.
The series concept behind "Reading Rainbow" originated
in Nebraska. It airs at 4 p.m. weekdays on Nebraska ETV and at
7:30
p.m. Thursdays on NETV2.
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