April 25, 1997
A Quartet of Honorees
Debbie Hendricks (left), Marilyn McDowell, Monica Wagner and Linda Cowdin
all were recently honored for exemplary service at the University of
Nebraska.
Hendricks, executive secretary for the vice chancellor for student
affairs,
received the Educational Office Professional of the Year Award from the
Nebraska Educational Office Professionals Association at their spring
conference
in Omaha on April 5. Hendricks also won NEOPA's Past Presidents Eva
Sheaff
Memorial Scholarship at the same meeting.
The recipient of the 1996/97 Floyd S. Oldt Outstanding Staff Award from
the University of Nebraska Office Personnel Association was Monica
Wagner.
She is a secretary specialist with the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
The recipients of UNOPA's 1996/97 Floyd S. Oldt Silver Pen Awards were
Linda
Cowdin from the Vice Chancellor for Business & Finance Office and
Marilyn
McDowell of the Adapt Program. The UNOPA awards were announced March 24.
(Photo/Wright)
Sheldon Curator Receives National Award
Daniel Siedell, Sheldon Gallery curator, has been chosen as the 1997
American
Association of Museums Fellow. Awarded annually to a museum curator who
is beginning a professional curatorial career with collections and
exhibitions
responsibilties, the fellowship provides financial support for the
curator
to attend the AAM annual meeting and serve as conference fellow. Siedell
will attend the annual meeting April 26-30 in Atlanta, where he will be
honored by the AAM Curator's Committee, which made the selection.
Engineers Garner Bridge Award
A College of Engineering and Technology bridge project won the Grand
Award
in the American Consulting Engineers Council of Nebraska's 1997
engineering
excellence awards competition.
The bridge, at 120th Street and Giles Road in Sarpy County, was completed
in June 1996 as the nation's first high-performance concrete bridge. The
three-span 225-foot structure uses concrete strengths of 8,000 pounds per
square inch for the deck and 12,000 pounds per square inch for the
prestressed
girders. These values are roughly double those of conventional concrete
bridges.
Professors Maher Tadros, Amin Einea and Atorod Azizinamini worked on the
research for the bridge. The research was sponsored by the Federal
Highway
Administration, the Nebraska Department of Roads and the UNL Center for
Infrastructure Research. Local industry participants included Wilson
Concrete,
Hawkins Construction, Ready Mixed Concrete and the Schemmer
Associates.
O'Hanlon to Receive Alumni Award
Twelve University of Nebraska alumni, including James O'Hanlon, dean of
Teachers
College, will receive Alumni Achievement Awards during an April 26
banquet
at the Nebraska Union. The banquet is in conjunction with the Nebraska
Alumni
Association reunions for the classes of 1947 and 1957.
O'Hanlon has served as dean since 1982, and formerly was director of the
School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. O'Hanlon received a
Distinguished Teaching Award in 1972 and was president of the faculty
senate
in 1981. This year he steps down as the university's institutional
representative
to the NCAA, a position he has held since 1983. A native of Blair,
O'Hanlon
serves on the boards of directors of the National Arbor Day Foundation
and
the Lincoln Orchestra Association and is a member of the Lincoln
Community
Concert Band.
Satellite Crew Earns Performance Award
The satellite operations center at Nebraska Educational
Telecommunications
has earned the prestigious "Uplinker of the Year Award" from
Skynet
Satellite Services, which operates communication satellites for AT&T
Corp.
The award recognized NET for a perfect record in accessing AT&T
satellites,
says Roger Bartlett, NET's assistant director of engineering for
satellite
operations. NET's record stands out because errors in accessing
satellites
can interfere with other satellite users. Members of the satellite
operations
center staff are Ray Abbruzzese, Kent Baker, Ron Ladd, Bill Mohler,
Darrell
Schweppe and David Stewart.
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