* Best
of Show and Award of Excellence: "Be the Missing Piece" campus
event to promote organ donation
* Award of Merit: Green Dot branding campaign
for bystanders to reduce power based violence
* Award of Merit: Santa Paws
fundraiser for Hearts United for Animals
*Award of Merit: La Notte Italiana fundraiser
One month
earlier, UNO PRSSA won the top chapter in the nation for the second time in
four years. UNO public relations students also work for the Maverick PR firm,
which handles about 15 clients per year. UNO School of Communication students
gain professional experience and provide a public service to the community.
Academic excellence. Associate Professor Dave Ogden
and Instructor Kevin Warneke
published, “The Right Call: Baseball Coaches’ Attempts to Influence Umpires,”
in the most recent edition of Great Plains
Research (Fall 2012). They examined influence tactics and types of social
power that baseball coaches use to get umpires to make calls in their favor. In
other news, Warneke’s journalism students published a series of 16 stories this
semester in the Gateway, and one
student also published work in the Suburban newspapers.
Marlina Davidson and Kate Rempfer, along with three other
presenters, won a 2012 Communication Centers Section Award for Top Panel at the
National Communication Association (NCA) meeting in Orlando. Davidson and
Rempfer presented, "Collaborating with International COMMunities: A
Partnership on Campus and Around the World" as part of the
"Celebrating COMMunication Centers’ Outreach Programs" panel. Davidson
was elected Vice-Chair Elect for the NCA Communication Centers Section. Rempfer
and Davidson (co-authored with Reilly Professor Karen Dwyer) also presented a Scholar to Scholar
"Collaborating COMMunity across Campus with Academic Centers" paper
at the convention, and Davidson (co-authored with Dwyer) presented, "Assessment
of E-textbook Usage in a Large Public Speaking Program" at the conference.
Isaacson Professor Bruce
E. Johansen contributed Chapter 19: “Native American
Democratic Traditions,” in Benjamin Isakhan; Stephen Stockwell,
eds., The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy. This is
a worldwide compilation of indigenous democratic traditions edited in Australia
and published in Scotland during November, 2012, by the Edinburgh
University Press.
Lecturer Holly Miller
was honored with the November “Teacher of the Month” award from the
Chi Omega Fraternity. They gave her a certificate, a letter and cookies to
share with colleagues. Miller is continuing her assignment coordinating
activities for the Center for Faculty Development (CFD). She recently accepted
an offer to continue as CFD Fellow in the 2013-14 academic year.
Retired
Communication Professor Mary Williamson
died Dec. 3 at age 88. She mentored many UNO alumni, including KETV News
Director Rose Ann Shannon and former
news anchor Carol Shrader. Williamson’s “legacy continues
through the hundreds of people she trained," Shannon said.
Maverick PR, LPE holiday drives help needy. MaverickPR, the UNO PRSSA
chapter firm, collected donations for Youth Emergency Services (YES) and Hearts
United for Animals. The backpack drive for homeless and at-risk teens ended
Dec. 7. Students collected new socks, underwear, hygiene products and
nonperishable food. Maverick PR also held their annual Santa
Paws event
Dec. 2 at the Bookworm in Countryside Village. Associate Professor Chris Allen and his wife, Elaine Allen, returned this year as
Santa and Mrs. Claus. Proceeds went to Hearts United for Animals, a no-kill
shelter and animal rescue. Meanwhile, Lambda Pi Eta (LPE), a School of
Communication honor society, collected donations for the third annual Warm Winter Drive Nov. 28 to Dec. 12. LPE collected coats, hats, gloves,
mittens, earmuffs, scarves, socks, blankets and other winter items.
Sports
broadcaster Mike'l Severe guest
lectured in Instructor Jodeane Brownlee’s
Radio Production course. He talked to students about careers in broadcasting
and sports media. Brownlee is advisor for Mav Radio, a station managed and
operated by UNO students from studios in the Milo Bail Student Center on the
UNO campus. Mav Radio is at full staff for spring semester and is working with
UNO PRSSA on promoting the station.
Alumni news. Alumnus Dick
Ulmer published, “Yorktown: Growing Up in Small-Town Iowa.” Ulmer began his
career at the UNO Gateway and the Omaha World-Herald. He later went to law
school at Stanford University. In Silicon Valley he represented Apple, Adobe
and other technology companies. In 2009, he was appointed a Superior Court
judge in San Francisco. The book is a memoir about growing up in Southwest
Iowa, where Ulmer’s father ran a two-room Lutheran school. The book is
published by alumnus Dave Krajicek’s
News Ink Books. It features original illustrations by Lynne Schneider, with design by Terry Bradshaw and Carlos
Valez. It is available on Amazon.com.
Distinguished
alumnus Larry Boersma recently
signed a book contract with the University Press of Florida. Florida Fauna: One photographer's
encounters with wildlife in the Sunshine State features
some of Boersma’s wildlife nature photography.
Alumnus Tom Elser has been
named vice president and director of communications for the Steier Group. He
has more than 20 years experience in fundraising, marketing and journalism.
Elser studied broadcast journalism at UNO and worked as a television news
reporter for KETV. Elser also is a veteran of the United States Air Force.
Videos and photos.
Calendar.
January
January
16
– High School Media Advisers’ Dinner, MBSC Chancellor’s Room, 6 p.m.
February
February
UNO Research and Creative Activity Fair, MBSC, TBA
March
March
25 – High School Media Conference,
MBSC Ballroom 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
April
12-14 – PRSSA Regional Conference, Mammel Hall, TBA.April
15-19 – Communication Week, TBA
May
May
2 – 58th Annual Communication Awards Banquet, Thompson Alumni Center, 5-9 p.m.
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