1998-99 UNOPA Awards Conferred

by Joan Frederick, UNOPA awards chair

The University of Nebraska Office Personnel Association presented four awards at its April meeting.

Honored were Dorothy Stoner, Linda Luedtke, Diane Sullivan and Rhonda Zugmier.

Stoner, (shown at right), an illustrator and graphic arts specialst in the INTSORMIL department, received the Floyd S. Oldt Outstanding Staff Award. She was nominated by Tom Crawford. She receives an engraved plaque, one-year membership in UNOPA and $1,000.

Other nominees were Luedtke, secretary for Industrial and Management Systems in the Engineering department, nominated by K.P. Rajurkar; and Sullivan, clerical assistant for Mail and Distribution Services, nominated by Judy Anderson.

Luedtke and Sullivan both received the Floyd S. Oldt Silver Pen Award. Both received a certificate, a one-year membership in UNOPA, an engraved A.T. Cross Silver Pen and $600.

Linda Luedtke, (shown at left), secretary for the Industrial and Management Systems in the Engineering department, nominated by Dr. K.P. Rajurkar.

Diane Sullivan, (shown at right), clerical assistant for Mail and Distribution Services Department, nominated by Judy Anderson.

Zugmier, (shown at left), administrative assistant for University Services, received the Rose Frolik Award. She was nominated by Daisy Brayton. Zugmier received the award, an engraved plaque, a one-year membership to UNOPA, and a cash award for $300.

Other nominees for the Frolik award were Sandy Lineberry, secretary for the Department of Forestry, nominated by Lola Young, and Kathy Bennetch, secretary for the Horticulture Department, nominated by Marcia Rowley.

These nominees and winners demonstrate leadership, professional and personal growth, and take pride in being a vital part of the support team that is necessary for the University to succeed. They are to be congratulated for their evidence of character, personal attributes and creative contributions beyond expectations of their work assignments.

Paquette Appointed to CASE Communications Group

Ed Paquette, executive director of the Nebraska Alumni Association, has been appointed to a three-year term, beginning July 1, on the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Commission on Communications.

Paquette was one of 24 professionals selected from a pool of more than 300 candidates nationwide to serve on one of three professional area commissions sponsored by CASE.

HRFS Bestows College Awards

The College of Human Resources and Family Sciences Alumni Association bestowed its New Achiever Award to Mary Korb, retail and public relations manager for the American Dairy Association of Nebraska in Omaha. The award is given to a recent graduate who has shown early accomplishment and promise for future contributions.

Korb has worked in the Lincoln and Omaha areas since graduating from NU in 1996. She also has served as the mentoring committee chair of the Nebraska Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, chair of Consumer Science Business Professionals Omaha chapter and a member of their national marketing committee.

Karen Craig, dean of the college, retires after 13 years of service to NU this spring. She was honored for her outstanding leadership at the college's reunion April 10.

Journalism Honors Alumni

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications Alumni Association presented four Awards of Excellence at the eighth annual Journalism Awards Luncheon April 9.

Winners of the 1999 Journalism Alumni Awards of Excellence are:

• J. Steve Davis, '67, Outstanding Advertising Alumnus, president and CEO of Qorvis Media Group.
• Jon Kelley, '88, Outstanding Broadcasting Alumnus, Fox Sports News anchor.
• Joe Starita, '78, '95, Outstanding News-Editorial Alumnus, Pulitzer prize nominee, city editor of the Lincoln Journal Star.
• Jack G. McBride, Service to the Profession honoree, general manager emeritus of the Nebraska Education Television Network and secretary to the Nebraska Educational Television Commission.

Sherwood Named 1999 Williams Award Recipient

James Sherwood has been named the 1999 recipient of the Noflett Williams Up-and-Coming Leadership award by the University Continuing Education Association.

Sherwood, associate dean of the Division of Continuing Studies and director of the department of Distance Education, received the award at the UCEA annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Named in honor of Noflett Williams, a pioneer in the use of educational technology, the annual UCEA award is given to educators who provide outstanding leadership and contributions to the field of educational telecommunications.

An active member of the University Continuing Education Association, Sherwood served as Region V chair from 1996-97 and as immediate past chair the next year. He was secretary of UCEA's Division of Independent Study 1995-97 and was chair of the Division of Educational Telecommunications. He is a member of the 1999 national conference planning committee.

Sherwood joined Nebraska in 1980 in the department of History. In 1989, he joined the Division of Continuing Studies as coordinator of college instruction. He was named assistant director of Distance Education in 1991, associate director in 1993 and director in 1997. He was appointed associate dean of the Division in 1998.

UCEA, the principal professional association for continuing higher education in the United States, assists institutions of higher learning in expanding access to higher education and provides national leadership in support of policies that advance workforce and professional development.

CBA Addition Lauded by Preservationists

The Preservation Association of Lincoln recently presented an award to the College of Business Administration for its "exemplary integration of new construction with a historic structure or district."

The CBA addition and renovation project, completed in 1995, was one of eight annual awards announced by the Preservation Association, which praised the university and CBA for their commitment to historic preservation, revitalization of the community's historic origins and investment in the community's future.

The architects for the project were Sinclair Hille & Associates of Lincoln.

Thompson Librarian Eula Mae Adams Remembered

Eula Mae Adams, who was assistant librarian at C.Y. Thompson Library from 1958 to 1973, died April 12 in Lincoln. She was 92.

Adams was a member of the American Association of University Women, UNL Faculty Women's Club and the IANR Ceres Club.

A native of Oxford, Kan., she graduated from Oxford High School in 1925 and Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia in 1933. She also attended Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg (cq), the University of Colorado and the University of Washington. She taught in rural Kansas elementary schools for seven years and Manhattan, Kan., elementary schools for 10 years. She was a member of Kappa Mu Epsilon mathematics fraternity.

During World War II, she was employed by the Boeing Airplane Co. in Wichita, Kan., and Clarkson and Startz Aircraft Co. in Wellington, Kan. She also worked as a clerk-typist for eight years in the NU Experiment Station editor's and ag finance offices and one year in ag economics department at Michigan State University.

Survivors include her husband, Charles H. Adams, professor emeritus of animal science at NU.

Klucas Named to Two NU Posts

Robert V. Klucas has been named director of the Center for Biological Chemistry and head of the biochemistry department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after serving in those roles on an interim basis.

Klucas, 58, is a professor of biochemistry. He will provide administrative leadership for the multi-disciplinary center, which includes faculty and students from the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Headquartering the Center for Biological Chemistry in the Beadle Center has made "a big difference in recruiting faculty and students," Klucas said.

His appointments became effective April 1 at an annual salary of $105,000. There are 75 students, faculty and staff members in biochemistry.

Klucas had been interim director of the Center for Biological Chemistry and interim head of biochemistry since July 1, 1996.

Klucas received his bachelor's degree from South Dakota State University and his master's and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a research associate at Oregon State University before joining NU in 1969 as an assistant professor.

Klucas has spent much of his career researching biological nitrogen fixation, a process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into usable forms in legumes such as soybeans, a major Nebraska crop. In time, his research may show that farmers can use less nitrogen as a fertilizer on such crops, which would lower their costs and be better for the environment.

Klucas has been a visiting professor at Oregon State University and a visiting scientist in Canberra, Australia.

He belongs to the American Society of Plant Physiologists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among other professional groups.

Sigma Xi Awards Presented

The University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi, the national scientific research society, held its annual spring banquet on April 14. The Chapter awarded its 1999 Sigma Xi Outstanding Scientist Award to James L. Van Etten, William Allington Distinguished Professor of plant pathology.

Van Etten delighted the Sigma Xi audience with a brief lecture that highlighted his long-running research on the unique giant algal viruses.

Other Sigma Xi awardees included the awards of Outstanding Young Scientist to Roch E. Gaussoin, assistant professor of horticulture; Outstanding Graduate Student to Diane E. Moody, animal science; Support of Research to Brian S. Farleigh, physics and astronomy; and Outstanding Science Librarian to Kate E. Adams and Elaine A. Nowick, UNL Libraries. The chapter also inducted 27 new and promoted members at the banquet.

ETV's Doleman Voted State Sportscaster of the Year

Bill Doleman, play-by-play announcer for the Nebraska ETV Network and host of BIG RED WRAP-UP, has been selected as 1998 Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year by his fellow Nebraska sportscasters and sportswriters. The 1998 state and national awards were announced recently by the National Sportscaster and Sportswriters Association.

Doleman, who recently celebrated his 10-year anniversary as an announcer for Nebraska ETV, calls the play-by-play for baseball, basketball, football, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, hockey and other sports.

Doleman also provides commentary for ABC Sports and ESPN.

A 1984 graduate of Fairbury High School, Doleman earned his bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Nebraska in 1989.

NU Honors Young Alumni

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Alumni Association will recognize two outstanding young alumni during its annual awards banquet April 24 at the Nebraska Union. Young Alumnus Awards are presented annually to NU alumni who have provided exceptional service to the university through volunteer efforts or have distinguished themselves in their career or community.

This year's recipients are Shawn Ilg of Omaha and Amy Stephens of Kearney.

Ilg is a partner in the law firm Downing Alexander Wood & Ilg. A 1988 graduate of the College of Business Administration, Ilg worked at Norwest Bank in Minneapolis before accepting a teaching and research position at Drake University while he completed an MBA there. He later earned a law degree at Creighton University. Ilg's law firm, which he helped found in 1995, is nationally known for work with farm bankruptcies.

Stephens, '91, is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. A former All-Big Eight selection and team captain of the women's basketball team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Alliance native played professional basketball in Germany before returning to Omaha to teach and coach at South High School. Stephens also was adjunct instructor and assistant women's basketball coach at Iowa State University before accepting the position at UNK in 1994.

IANR Team Awards Presented

A children's environmental education project and an Internet training program for rural Nebraskans won team awards from the University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The Earth Wellness Festival earned IANR's 1998 Team Effort Award. The team will receive $10,000 to continue teaching southeastern Nebraska kids innovative ways to understand and improve the environment.

The Center for Rural Community Revitalization and Development won the IANR Initiative Team Effort Award for its Internet training, the Master Navigator program. This team will receive $2,500 to continue training rural Nebraskans in cutting-edge communications techniques.

The awards honor IANR faculty and staff teams that produce results in research, teaching, extension, service, or international programs.

The awards were presented April 15.

Earth Wellness Festival team members include Bob Kuzelka, assistant to the director, NU Water Center and Environmental Programs; DeLynn Hay, NU Cooperative Extension water resources extension specialist; and Arlene Hanna, extension associate, and Soni Cochran, extension assistant, both with NU Extension in Lancaster County. More than 80 area educators, environmentalists and public and private sector representatives collaborate on the festival.

Lead team committee members for the Master Navigator Program include John C. Allen, program director for the Center for Rural Community Revitalization and Development, and Anne Byers, program coordinator, instructor and workshop presenter. Other IANR team members represent NU Cooperative Extension and IANR's Communication and Information Technology unit. Local partners include community information technology committees, librarians, local chambers of commerce members and persons working on community viability.

DCS Wins Seven National Awards

The Division of Continuing Studies has won seven national development and excellence in marketing awards.

The awards were presented April 10 at the University Continuing Education Association annual conference in Washington, D.C. UCEA, the principal professional association for continuing higher education in the United States, assists institutions of higher learning in expanding access to higher education and provides national leadership in support of policies that advance workforce and professional development.

The Division of Continuing Studies departments honored are:

Marketing (three marketing and promotion awards): Gold Award, for a three or more color poster; Gold Award, for miscellaneous public relation pieces; and Bronze Award, for most improved publication design.

Distance Education (three awards): Meritorious Course Award for Outstanding Course Development, for an on-line American history course; Distinguished Course Catalog Award, for the Independent Study High School course catalog; and Distinguished Course Catalog Award, for the Independent Study College course catalog.

The Division of Continuing Studies has received 52 national awards for course excellence from UCEA, making it the highest decorated institution for course development excellence in the nation. The Division has received at least one course award every year since 1976. The Division has also been awarded 14 distinguished course catalog awards, receiving an award every year since the competition's inception in 1992.

SIFE Team Wins Regional Awards

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Students in Free Enterprise team matched its educational outreach projects with those of colleges and universities in the Southeast April 16 and came away with a first-place finish in the SIFE Regional Exposition and Career Opportunity Fair in Atlanta.

In addition, the team's adviser, Dixie Doughty of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship at NU, was named a Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow in recognition of her leadership and support of the university's SIFE program, along with center director Terry Sebora.

The win qualifies the NU team (listed below) for the SIFE International Competition May 16-18 at the Hallmark Cards/SIFE International Exposition and Career Opportunity Fair at Kansas City, Mo. The international competition will match Nebraska against 15 other regional winners in the United States, plus teams from Central Asia and Brazil.

Among the projects presented by the Nebraska team were its Entrepreneurs of the Future Camp, Success 101 and Dinosaurs, Etc.

SIFE was founded in 1975 and is active on more than 600 college campuses internationally. SIFE is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with business and higher education to provide college students the opportunity to make a difference and develop leadership, teamwork and communications skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise.

Adams and Nowick Recipients of Librarian Award

Kate E. Adams and Elaine A. Nowick were recently selected as recipients of the 1999 Nebraska Sigma Xi Outstanding Science Librarian (Team) Award. The Award was presented at the Nebraska Chapter's annual Spring Banquet on April 14.

Outstanding Student Leaders Announced

Two students received the 1999 Outstanding Student Leader Awards.

They are Rachelle Winkle, Chadron, who is a music and communications studies major, and Juan Izaguirre, Lincoln, who is a social science education major.

The award is given annually to one male and one female student based on their overwhelming contributions toward the development of leadership qualities in themselves and in other students students as exhibited in academic, co- curricular and extracurricular activities and other involvement opportunities.

Students who have completed at least 53 credit hours are eligible to apply for the award, which pays full resident tuition and fees for the student's final undergraduate year.

Shades of Leadership Ceremony Honors 4

Three students and one faculty member received awards at the recent "Shades of Leadership 1999" ceremony.

The award recognizes students and faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the university in improving the area of minority education.

Wendy Weiss, associate professor of textile, clothing and design, was the honored faculty member. The students are LaTonya Floyd, a senior from Papillion majoring in marketing and finance; Scottsbluff: Stephan Reyes, a sophomore from Scottsbluff majoring in mechanical engineering; and Earl Wright, a doctoral candidate in sociology from Memphis, Tenn.

University Recycling Program Honored by City

The UNL Recycling Program was honored on Earth Day (April 22) with a Waste Reduction and Recycling Environmental Award from the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County.

In 1998, the program, coordinated by Dale Ekart, recycled 187 tons of cardboard, 106 tons of newspaper, 450 tons of office paper, 12 tons of steel cans, three tons of aluminum cans and more than 35 tons of plastic bottles, wood pallets, florescent light bulbs and other material.

In its first five years, the program increased its amount of recycled materials from 370 tons to 790 tons and reduced the amount waste taken to the landfill from 2,600 tons in 1993 to 2,300 tons in 1998.

The citation also applauded the university's policy of buying recycled content products wherever feasible and its hosting of a recycling drop-off center on City Campus.

A&S Honors Alumni Award Winners

The College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association recognized outstanding alumni, patrons and student leaders April 22.

Recipients of Alumni Achievement Awards are:

• Amy Bouska, '69, principal and manager of the North America Western Region for Tillinghast-Towers Perrin in Minneapolis.
• Darryl J. Gless, '68, professor of English and associate dean for the humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Charles Keyes, '59, professor of anthropology at the University of Washington.
• Wallace C. Peterson, '47, '48, '53, George Holmes professor of economics emeritus, UNL.
• Richard Whitman, '71, dean of the College of Arts & Letters at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.
• Rick Williams, '75, of Denver, executive director of the American Indian College Fund, the Native American equivalent of the United Negro College Fund.

Student Leadership Award winners are:

• Travis Fisher, a senior math and statistics major from Gering
• Bridget Hoffart, a senior biology and English major from Lincoln.
• Sara Russell, senior math and statistics major from Omaha.
• Lisa Schkade, senior math and statistics major from Lincoln.

2 Added to Chancellor's Scholars List

Two more seniors have been named Chancellor's Scholars at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Their qualification for the honor was not discovered until after NU's All-university Honors Convocation April 9. Twenty-four Chancellor's Scholars were honored at that ceremony.

Chancellor's Scholars are students who earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during their college careers.

The added Chancellor's Scholars are Kirsten Marie McGown of Lincoln and Jennifer Marie Alexander of Columbus.

McGowan is the daughter of John and Margaret McGowan of Lincoln. She is an exercise science major in Teachers College and a 1995 graduate of Lincoln Southeast High School.

Alexander is the daughter of Linda Alexander of Columbus. She is a biochemistry and chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a 1995 graduate of Columbus High School.