CAMPUS DIGEST
John Schraut,
admissions counselor, has been promoted to assistant director of
admissions.
Dr. Myrvin Christopherson
’61, president, has been re-elected as the Council
of Presidents representative for the Great Plains Athletic Conference
institutions of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Marta Walker ’04 was elected in March to serve as a 2003-04
officer of the Student Education Association of Nebraska.
Dr. Mark Sand,
associate professor of mathematics, is helping to organize volunteers
for the Region 5/6 Emergency Management Office in Fremont, Neb.,
in case of an accident at the Fort Calhoun, Neb., nuclear power
plant.
Patti (Meier ’76)
Nielsen, R.N., director of health services, had a short
piece published in the June issue of Nursing 2003, titled
“Stop the Chitchat.” It emphasized the need to address
a patient's needs before engaging in small talk.
Professor Richard
Potter, associate professor of social work, gave an
invited presentation at the Society for Spirituality and Social
Work’s annual conference in Austin, Texas, during the summer.
The title of his presentation was “A Spirituality of Consciousness:
Antidote to Religious Intolerance.”
Erik Nielsen ’04 presented a paper to the American Sociological
Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga., in August. His
paper was entitled “The Power Elite and Global Hegemony Entering
the 21st Century.”
Theresa Peterson ’04 presented a paper she co-wrote to the
2003 Policy Conference of the School of Social Work at the University
of South Carolina in August. Her paper was entitled “Empowerment
and Advocacy Through Service Learning: The Political Process and
LB 152.” LB 152 is proposed legislation in Nebraska that would
provide in-state tuition for graduating high school seniors who
are the children of undocumented immigrants.
Steve
Costanzo, head wrestling coach, was awarded the Bob
Bubb Coaching Excellence Award.
Dr. John Lyden,
professor of religion, presented a paper entitled, “The Culture
Wars: Can Progressives Win?” at the Fall Forum of REASON,
held at the University of Nebraska-Omaha on Sept. 27.
Dr. Sybille Bartels,
associate dean for student success, professor of German and director
of International Studies and English Language Institute, has been
invited to serve a three-year term on the national screening committee
of the Institute of International Education to review applications
for teaching assistantships in Germany.
Dr. John
Mark Nielsen ’73, professor of English, had his
article, “The Cups of Blood Are Emptied: Pietism and Cultural
Heritage in Two Danish Immigrant Schools on the Great Plains,”
published in Great Plains Quarterly. He also represented
Dana and the Danish Immigrant Museum at a conference on Danish literature
and culture sponsored by the Danish government Oct. 23-25 at the
University of Washington—Seattle.
Professor Laura LaMarr,
instructor of sociology, presented a workshop for the Nebraska Health
and Human Services Eastern Service Area Diversity Committee Oct.
7 in Lincoln, Neb. Her topic was “Diverse Family Relationships.”
Professor Jo Peterson,
assistant professor of social work, spoke as a member of the opening
plenary panel at the eighth annual Society for Spirituality and
Social Work Conference this summer in Austin, Texas. Her topic was
“Working for Peace in a Time of War.”
Jo Peterson
was co-chair of a conference committee for the SpeakOut at STRATCOM
event held at the University of Nebraksa—Omaha on Aug. 2.
The event was sponsored by numerous local and national peace organizations,
including Nebraskans for Peace and the Act to Stop War Coalition
in Nebraska.
Thomas Hansen, director of development, was elected to the Board
of the Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn, Iowa. He will serve
a three-year term.
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