Goebel to retire from NU after 45 years
Jack Goebel will retire from the
University of Nebraska on
June 30, capping 45 years of service to
the College of Business
Administration and the university.
Since 1959, Goebel has been a professor of accountancy and
business law, and also served as chair of the accounting department
from 1977-1981. In 1981 he was selected to serve as vice chancellor
for business and finance. He took a two-year hiatus from that
position to serve as associate chancellor and interim chancellor,
returning to his business and finance position in 1993. He returned
to the College of Business Administration in 1995 as dean.
His legacy of leadership includes the building of the Campus
Recreation Center in 1987, and as interim chancellor, he opened
the
door to the establishment of new undergraduate admissions
standards.
James V. Griesen, vice chancellor for student
affairs, says
of Goebel, "Jack has exceptional leadership
abilities and
an unwavering dedication to the university. He
recruited and
helped develop the leadership styles of many of the
individuals
we still count on to manage the affairs of the
university."
Chancellor Harvey Perlman said this about
Jack Goebel, "During
Jack Goebel's 44 years of service to the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
he has exemplified the kind of
dedicated and talented service
that has made this university such a
powerful resource to its
students and, indeed, the citizens of
Nebraska. Jack has served
in so many of this university's key
administrative roles and
all have benefited from his insight and
experience. We will surely
miss his understanding of this
institution and his keen sense
of humor."
Goebel
is a member of the Nebraska, Iowa and American Bar
Associations,
the Institute of Management Accountants, and the
American
Accounting Association, among others. A winner of many
awards,
Goebel was presented with the Pound-Howard Award for
Exemplary
Service to the University in 2002.
 Art
department chair Ruffo to
retire
Joseph M. Ruffo,
chairman and professor of art in the Department
of Art and Art
History since 1984, is retiring effective Sept.
1.
"I've been doing this for nearly 20 years (at UNL),"
Ruffo said. "When I started my career in higher education
almost 30 years ago, except for the very early years, I have
been
an administrator. In a sense, I've put my true creative
research
career on hold for 30 years. It's time to devote more
time to my
research. Everybody always says that when they retire,
but it's
true, especially for artists."
His tenure at UNL is
filled with many accomplishments, including
rebuilding the art and
art history curriculum, receiving National
Association of Schools
of Art and Design accreditation, renovating
of Richards Hall and
bringing the faculty together to create
the visual literacy
program. He is also proud to have established
a departmental
gallery, now the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, to
house the
department's academic exhibitions.
Before coming to UNL,
Ruffo served as head and professor of
art in the department of art
at the University of Northern Iowa
from 1976-1984 and also worked
at Barry University in Miami,
where he was chairman of the division
of fine arts and chairman
of the department of art. He also worked
at Florida Memorial
College in Miami and the Memphis College of Art
in Memphis, Tenn.
He received his master of fine arts degree from
the Cranbrook
Academy of Art and his bachelor of fine arts degree
from the
Pratt Institute.
His work in printmaking,
book arts and graphic design has
been exhibited nationally and
internationally. It is now featured
at the Museum of Nebraska Art
in Kearney in an exhibition titled
"RSVP Contemporary Art
Group Invitational" through
July 27. His public collections
include the Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden; The
Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C.; The Memphis Brooks
Memorial Gallery; The Museum
of Modern Art of Bahia, Brazil; and
The Mint Museum in Charlotte,
N.C.
Hixson-Lied
College of Fine and Performing Arts Dean Giacomo
M. Oliva will name
an interim chair soon.
Benson to retire; Drees is interim IRP director
Lauren
Drees, assistant director of institutional research
and planning at
UNL, has been named interim director of institutional
research and
planning effective July 1. A national search is
under way to hire a
permanent director.
Drees will succeed John Benson, who
retires June 30 after
an NU career that began in 1962, including 15
years as director
of institutional research and planning.
"We are very indebted to John Benson who quietly, but
effectively, made significant contributions to the welfare of
the
university," said UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman.
Benson served as an associate professor of architecture, assistant
dean of the College of Architecture, assistant vice chancellor
for
academic affairs, and associate director of institutional
research
and planning. He was appointed interim director of institutional
research and planning in 1987 and director in 1988.
Drees
earned his bachelor of science in electrical engineering
from NU in
1969, master's degree in systems management from University
of
Southern California in 1974 and doctorate in education from
UNL in
1982. He served in the Navy from 1969 to 1975 and in the
U.S. Army
Reserve for 26 years. Drees joined NU in 1975, working
as a
management systems analyst. He became interim institutional
research specialist at NU central administration in 1977, an
institutional research officer in 1982 and UNL assistant director
of institutional research and planning in 1989. Drees holds a
courtesy appointment as assistant professor in the department
of
educational administration.
Additionally, Dave Peterson,
associate campus planner, has
been named interim campus planner as
part of the arrangement.
Peterson, earned his bachelor of
architecture degree from NU
in 1961. He joined NU central
administration in 1988 as facilities
planner and became UNL's first
facilities planner in 1991. He
joined the staff of institutional
research and planning in 1998.
"I am confident
both Lauren Drees and Dave Peterson will
provide excellent
leadership during this period of transition,"
Perlman said.
Institutional Research and Planning provides data and
analysis
to support academic management, evaluation and planning.
It also
is responsible for the campus physical master plan and
campus
space planning.
Kaul named interim at museum
Robert Kaul, professor
emeritus of biological sciences at
UNL, has agreed to assume the
duties of interim director of the
University of Nebraska State
Museum effective July 1, during
the completion of a search for a
permanent director.
"Bob Kaul has been involved with
the museum throughout
his career at the university and has an
excellent understanding
of its personnel and operations," said
Prem Paul, vice chancellor
for research and dean of graduate
studies, whose office oversees
the museum.
Kaul
succeeds William Splinter, George Holmes professor emeritus
of
biological systems engineering, who is stepping down from
the post
for personal reasons. Splinter has served as interim
director since
Sept. 1.
"In his tenure as the museum interim
director, Bill Splinter
has once again provided invaluable service
to the university,"
Paul said.
Kaul was a
professor in the School of Biological Sciences
for 37 years,
teaching and conducting research focusing on the
structure and
taxonomy of plants. He also served as vice director
of the School
of Biological Sciences from 1988 to 1991. Kaul
and his students
contributed thousands of specimens to the museum's
herbarium over
the course of his career. Although he retired
in 2000, Kaul has
continued his laboratory studies and his work
with the
herbarium.
 Naber, Straatmann receive kudos
Clyde
Naber and Michael Straatmann received the University
Kudos Award at
the April 26 meeting of the NU Regents.
Naber (shown at
right) is a manager with the animal science
department. He is
responsible for management of livestock operations
and animal
facilities in the Animal Science Complex.
"The manner
in which Clyde works with undergraduate students
who assist in
managing the facilities and in working with the
animals is truly an
excellent example of  the
quality of his daily work. Clyde is truly a mentor for these
undergraduate students and in many ways becomes a surrogate parent
while they are on the UNL campus. As a consequence of his rapport
with these students, he has built many lifelong relationships,"
his nominator said.
Straatmann (at left) is a library
assistant III at Love Library.
He is the stacks maintenance
supervisor and developed an online
stack directory that allows
users to view an animated way-finder
that directs them to the area
they need.
"Given his length of service and knowledge
of the building,
Mike's expertise is often called upon as a
resource," his
nominator said.
Engineering college announces award
winners
The UNL College of Engineering and Technology and
its alumni
board recently presented four awards for service to the
college,
its students and alumni. This year's recipients are John
Dunn,
the Peter Kiewit Cos., the late Bill Weins and John
Woollam.
Dunn, a 1970 graduate of chemical engineering,
received the
Outstanding Alumnus Award. The director of human
resources for
ExxonMobile, Dunn has served as secretary and
president of the
Chemical Engineering Advisory Board, is an active
member of the
Nebraska Alumni Association and is a member of the
American Institute
of Chemical Engineering.
The
Distinguished Corporate Service Award went to the Peter
Kiewit
Cos., based in Omaha. The construction company supplies
resources
for capital, program support and equipment needs; supports
scholarships, internships and cooperative education experiences
on
both the Lincoln and Omaha campuses; sponsors research and
senior
capstone projects; and gives students access to project
sites to
enhance their understanding and knowledge of the many
aspects of
the construction industry.
The Distinguished Service Award
was awarded posthumously to
William "Bill" Weins. An
associate professor of mechanical
engineering, Weins joined the UNL
faculty in 1979. He died Nov.
3, 2001, of cancer at age 48. He
gained national exposure through
his involvement with the study of
corrosion on the USS Arizona
Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and
worked on many other consulting
projects. He earned many
departmental, university and national
awards for teaching
excellence.
John Woollam, George Holmes distinguished
professor of electrical
engineering, was honored with an Honorary
Lifetime Membership
to the Alumni Association for his dedication to
professional
excellence and the association. Woollam, who began his
UNL teaching
career in 1979 after 13 years with NASA, has
maintained his ties
to the agency, enabling students to become
involved with the
space program. On three occasions student
experiments have gone
into space on shuttle flights. In 1987, he
founded the J.A. Woollam
Co., which manufactures ellipsometers.
 New UNOPA officers are, from left,
Jerry
Schluckebier, treasurer; Amy Stewart, corresponding secretary;
Carol Bom, president; and Sandy Watmore, president-elect. Not
pictured is Joan Frederick, recording secretary. Photo
courtesy of UNOPA.
UNOPA officers installed
The new executive officers of the University of Nebraska Office
Personnel Association were installed at the group's annual meeting
on May 13. The new officers begin their terms July 1. They are:
- President: Carol Bom, staff assistant in Landscape
Services;
- President-elect: Sandy Watmore, clerical assistant
III in
Vending Services and Transportation Services;
- Recording Secretary: Joan Frederick, administrative technician,
INTSORMIL;
- Corresponding Secretary: Amy Stewart, staff
secretary III,
Nebraska Union;
- Treasurer: Jerry
Schluckebier, accounting clerk III, Natural
Resources Business
Center.
Alumnae
leave gifts for UNL Libraries
Two University of Nebraska
alumnae have provided estate gifts
to the University of Nebraska
Foundation totaling nearly $4 million
for unrestricted support of
UNL Libraries.
The two separate bequests, from Mildred
Othmer Peterson of
Illinois and Mariana Loeber Witt of California,
were announced
May 30. The individual amounts of the estate gifts
are undisclosed.
Joan Giesecke, dean of libraries, said the
university is grateful
these women had the foresight to help
support students and that
the unrestricted gifts increase the
endowment for the libraries.
The university commemorates the women
and their support, she
said, by naming two resource areas of Love
Library. The library
instruction room was named the Mildred Othmer
Peterson and Howard
R. Peterson Library Instruction Room, and the
electronic scholarship
area was named the Mariana Witt Electronic
Scholarship Center.
According to library records, about 9,000
students use these
resources during the school year.
"Students use these resources to receive instruction
on how
to use library resources, including both print materials
and
electronic databases," Giesecke said. "This instruction
gives them the tools they need to produce better research projects
and is a vital part of the Libraries' mission."
Witt
grew up in Beatrice and graduated with a bachelor's degree
from the
University of Nebraska in 1941. She died Jan. 30, 2002,
in
Oceanside, Calif.
Peterson, a native of Omaha, was a
librarian, photographer,
lecturer, writer and civic leader who
traveled the world. She
died Jan. 30, 2001, in Chicago. She
attended NU in the mid-1920s
and is the only person to receive both
the Alumni Achievement
Award and the Distinguished Service Award
from the Nebraska Alumni
Association.
Teachers College earns accreditation
UNL's Teachers College achieved accreditation this spring
under
the performance-oriented standards of the National Council
for
Accreditation of Teacher Education, the organization responsible
for professional accreditation of teacher education.
NCATE
accredits 554 institutions, which produce two-thirds
of the
nation's new teacher graduates each year. More than 100
institutions are candidates or pre-candidates for accreditation.
NCATE-accredited schools must meet rigorous standards set
by the
profession and members of the public. Teacher candidates
must have
in-depth knowledge of the subject matter they plan
to teach as well
as the skills necessary to convey it so that
students learn. The
college or university must assess this knowledge
and skill to
determine that candidates may graduate. The institution
must have
partnerships with P-12 schools that enable candidates
to develop
the skills necessary to help students learn. Candidates
must be
prepared to understand and work with diverse student
populations.
College and university faculty must model effective
teaching
practices. And the school, college or department of
education must
have the resources, including information technology
resources,
necessary to prepare candidates to meet new standards.
Teachers College is a charter member of the NCATE organization,
having been fully accredited since 1954.
"We are
pleased to receive re-accreditation from NCATE
and to join with
other NCATE institutions that are committed
to the highest quality
in teacher preparation," said James
O'Hanlon, dean of Teachers
College.
The U.S. Department of Education recognizes NCATE
as the professional
accrediting body for schools, departments and
colleges of education.
On-site visits, document review and
accreditation decisions are
all carried out by professionals from
the education community,
including teachers, school specialists and
teacher educators,
as well as members of the public and education
policymakers.
AFROTC donates
to budget fund
A fund to help employees affected by recent
budget cuts at
UNL received a $500 boost from students in UNL's Air
Force ROTC
program. The donation brought the fund's balance to
$17,150.
Chancellor Harvey Perlman created the UNL Faculty
and Staff
Budget Reduction Impact Fund to assist employees whose
job status
is adversely affected by budget reductions. A campus
committee
will review requests and appropriate money in the form of
grants,
loans or reimbursement of expenses.
AFROTC
Cadet Kerry Sheridan, a UNL senior exercise science
major from
Sutton, presented Perlman with a $500 check during
the May 1 AFROTC
spring awards ceremony.
Sheridan said the cadets raised the
money by providing security
at the recent Red-White football
game.
The AFROTC cadets work throughout the year to raise
funds,
typically for such things as computers and office supplies
for
their student lounge. This year, however, they donated the
funds
to the impact fund.
NET gives awards of recognition
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications acknowledged the contributions
of three individuals and a business at the 2003 NET Recognition
Awards April 11.
Virginia Wright of Lincoln received the
Volunteer Partner
of the Year Award. Wright has been a volunteer
for NET for more
than 20 years, assisting with membership pledge
drives, helping
the development office with administrative
reorganization and
advocating on NET's behalf.
Marval Hornady of Grand Island received the Individual Partner
of the Year Award. In addition to her financial support, Hornady
served on the Nebraska Public Television board from 1984-1990.
Nebraska ETV producer Sue Maryott of Lincoln received the
A.
James Ebel Outstanding Employee Award. Maryott joined NET
as a crew
member in 1995 and was promoted to producer in 1996.
BryanLGH Medical Center received the Business Partner of the
Year Award in recognition of its underwriting support of the
Nebraska ETV Network's statewide high school sports championships.
Leiter book receives
bibliographical award
The fourth edition of Richard
Leiter's book, The National
Survey of State Laws, has won the 2003
Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical
Award. This award is given to one
book on legal research a year
and is awarded to an author of a
significant work of legal bibliography.
The award will be presented
at the AALL's annual meeting this
summer in Seattle.
The book is widely held in libraries, statehouses and newsrooms
around the country. It covers 45 topics that are often the subject
of comparative state research and briefly explains the laws of
each
state and provides citations to relevant code sections.
It has been
cited several times by the U.S. Supreme Court. The
first edition
was noted by the New York Public Library as one
of the Year's
Outstanding Reference Resources.
Leiter is director of the
Schmid Law Library and a professor
at the UNL College of Law.
Economics article by May published
A recent article by
Ann Mari May, UNL associate professor
of economics, described
"The Feminist Challenge to Economics"
in Challenge, a
magazine of current economic affairs. The journal
provides a wide
range of views on national and international
economic affairs and
promotes more effective public policy.
Jeff Madrick, editor
of the publication, said May "makes
clear what feminist
economics is all about and why it is crucial,
even central, to a
full understanding of our world."
In the narrative,
May challenges the status quo and asserts
that mainstream economic
theory has often ignored the roles of
women in the workforce and
women economists in the development
of economic theory.
" Feminist economics represents a challenge to the existing
social order that mainstream economics has so subtly and carefully
helped to construct and legitimate, " May wrote.
Press gets grants for translations
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the University
of Nebraska Press $50,000 to support publication of international
fiction and literary nonfiction. Scheduled translations include
Macadam Dreams by Gisèle Pineau, Des Anges Mineurs by
Antoine Volodine, Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel, From Africa:
New Francophone Stories edited by Adele King, Street of Lost
Footsteps by Lyonel Trouillot, and Hot Chocolate at Hanselmann's
by
Rosetta Loy. The acclaimed translation program at the University
of
Nebraska Press focuses on European authors including French,
German, Spanish and Italian, and also features Latin American
and
Caribbean writers.
The University of Nebraska Press also
received a Hemingway
grant for $5,000 from the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in
the United
States to support translations of works from French.
IANR faculty, staff earn service
awards
The UNL Cow-Calf and Forage Systems in the Nebraska
Sandhills
Team received the IANR's 2003 Team Award from the NU
Institute
of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Daniel Schaaf, ag
research
technician at the West Central Research and Extension
Center
at North Platte, received the 2003 IANR Exemplary Service
Award.
The IANR Team Award recognizes the importance of
interdisciplinary
team efforts with consistent results in research,
teaching, extension
or any combination of these.
The
Cow-Calf and Forage Systems Project leadership team consists
of Don
Adams and Terry Klopfenstein in animal science, Dick Clark
in
agricultural economics and Jerry Volesky, Pat Reece and Walt
Schacht in agronomy and horticulture.
This team provides
research and education in cow-calf forage
production systems that
will improve economic efficiency while
sustaining the area's
natural resources. Their research concept
was developed from a
survey of ranchers that emphasized improving
profitability in
cow-calf production systems. The team generated
ideas, developed a
plan for grant support and recruited graduate
students to conduct
research in conjunction with faculty and
the support staff at NU's
Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory near
Whitman.
The
IANR Exemplary Service Award recognizes employees for
continued
outstanding service to the university through performance,
commitment to quality work and inspiring teamwork.
Schaaf
joined the NU staff in 1972 and also serves as curator
of the Glenn
Viehmeyer Arboretum.
Adams
wins SHEsteem Award
Stephanie Adams, assistant professor
of industrial and management
systems engineering, was honored May 1
with a SHEsteem Award
at the Self-Esteem and Higher Education
Conference sponsored
by the University of Nebraska. She and seven
other women were
recognized for being role models for girls and
demonstrating
accomplishment in their professional fields.
Lahey publishes
book
Stephen Lahey, a visiting assistant professor of
classics
and religious studies, has published a book, Philosophy
and Politics
in the Thought of John Wyclif. It was published in
April by Cambridge
University Press.
For more
information about the book, visit <http:
//us.cambridge.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=052163346X>.
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