2008 Woodie Awards
Spring semester marks big changes for UNL
Adam Ziegler
Issue date: 5/5/08 Section: News
As students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln head home for the summer, administrators are wrapping up what Chancellor Harvey Perlman called one of UNL's busiest semesters in recent years.
One of the most significant things to happen this semester, Perlman said, was the approval of Innovation Park, a new research park to be built on land currently occupied by State Fair Park.
The Nebraska Legislature voted in April to move the Nebraska State Fair to Grand Island and allow UNL to acquire State Fair Park for the construction of Innovation Park, which will promote research partnerships between public and private institutions.
"It's clearly one (issue) with the largest impact on the future of the university and Nebraska," Perlman said.
This semester also saw the opening of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, a $12 million, 37,000-square-foot facility on East Campus designed to promote the study of quilts and display the museum's diverse collection.
"It's an extraordinary facility," Perlman said.
UNL was also able to recruit a number of high-profile faculty and staff members, including a new director for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Jorge Daniel Veneciano.
"We're able to get good people here even though we're not in the top half of salaries for peer institutions," said Regent Charles Wilson of Lincoln.
UNL also adopted the Achievement-Centered Education program, a remodeled general education program designed to simplify undergraduate education by focusing on student learning outcomes.
"It will certainly change the educational experience of undergraduate students," Perlman said.
The semester proved to be more eventful than he anticipated, Perlman said, and he hopes UNL can carry the positive momentum it gained this year into the future.
"It was an extraordinarily busy semester, and a lot of good things happened," Perlman said.
adamziegler@dailynebraskan.com
One of the most significant things to happen this semester, Perlman said, was the approval of Innovation Park, a new research park to be built on land currently occupied by State Fair Park.
The Nebraska Legislature voted in April to move the Nebraska State Fair to Grand Island and allow UNL to acquire State Fair Park for the construction of Innovation Park, which will promote research partnerships between public and private institutions.
"It's clearly one (issue) with the largest impact on the future of the university and Nebraska," Perlman said.
This semester also saw the opening of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, a $12 million, 37,000-square-foot facility on East Campus designed to promote the study of quilts and display the museum's diverse collection.
"It's an extraordinary facility," Perlman said.
UNL was also able to recruit a number of high-profile faculty and staff members, including a new director for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Jorge Daniel Veneciano.
"We're able to get good people here even though we're not in the top half of salaries for peer institutions," said Regent Charles Wilson of Lincoln.
UNL also adopted the Achievement-Centered Education program, a remodeled general education program designed to simplify undergraduate education by focusing on student learning outcomes.
"It will certainly change the educational experience of undergraduate students," Perlman said.
The semester proved to be more eventful than he anticipated, Perlman said, and he hopes UNL can carry the positive momentum it gained this year into the future.
"It was an extraordinarily busy semester, and a lot of good things happened," Perlman said.
adamziegler@dailynebraskan.com
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