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Taking Sides

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CREDITS 6 Alumni Association

9 Partners

10 Philanthropy Matters

23 Get to Know

29 Critical Mass

Managing Editor

Anthony Flott

associatE Editors

Jennifer Arnold, Tim Kaldahl

art dirEction

Emspace Group

covEr illustration

Marta Cerdà/Debut Art

contributors Dave Ahlers, Bryce Bridges, Becky Bohan Brown, Nancy Castilow, Sonja Carberry, Andrea Ciurej, Erin Dyer, John Fey, Tim Fitzgerald, Amanda Hackwith, Colleen Kenney Fleischer, Eric Francis, Mary Kenny, Don Kohler, Greg Kozol, Tom McMahon, Nate Pohlen, Charley Reed, Lisa Renstrom, Ross Ridenoure, Bonnie Ryan, Megan Schmitz, Kalani Simpson, Scott Stewart, Wendy Townley, Les Valentine, Kevin Warneke, Jenna Zeorian.

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Letter from the Chancellor

Views expressed within this magazine do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the UNO Alumni Association or the NU Foundation.

The Colleges

Athletics

To help homeowners, UNO researchers are working on practical steps to reduce energy bills

58 Retrospect

Homing InOn SavingsGassing Up

FiNDiNG iT,

PRiCiNG iT,

CONSERViNG iT

AND MORE

49 Bookmarks

54 Century Club

Body Boost

The solar industry sees bright days ahead

Looking beyond food for an energy lift

PollutionHow it hurts

SolutionHow it helps

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FROM THE CHAnCELLOR

Dear Alumni and Friends:It seems toDAy thAt escalating energy costs have all of us looking for ways to reduce our consumption and limit our carbon footprint. Whether it involves exploring public transportation options, lowering thermostats, or engaging in recycling efforts, each of us, in ways large and small, can have an impact on energy usage and its associated effects on the environment.

At uNo, we acknowledge this important responsibility and have committed the campus to the goals of sustainability and going “green,” whenever and wherever possible.

many of those efforts are highlighted in this issue, and I’m proud of the way our campus is responding to the challenge. Led by uNo’s Green task Force on sustainability, the campus actively seeks ways to develop sustainability opportunities, to develop realistic action plans, and to integrate sustainable practices in campus operations, education and outreach efforts.

As stewards of finite resources, we must use energy wisely, conserve when possible, and investigate new ways of doing business more efficiently and effectively over the long term. And while there is still much that can, should and will be done, our efforts are beginning to pay dividends.

For example:

• In 2008, we implemented a single-stream recycling program, allowing all recyclable materials to be placed in one disposable bin, with no sorting needed. to date, the campus has recycled more than 195 tons of material, quadrupling our tonnage during the past three years.

• uNo recently was named a tree Campus usA university by the Arbor Day Foundation, recognizing our dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship.

• mammel hall, home to the College of Business Administration, became the first building in the Nu system to receive Gold LeeD Certification.

• Installation of occupancy sensors in many buildings reduce lighting loads when not needed. Adoption of a campus-wide building temperature policy further reduces peak electricity and chiller use.

• And, student Government partnered with metro Area transit to distribute free bus passes to 400 students during the spring semester under a $40,000 joint program. the plan was aimed at reducing traffic congestion and parking pressures by encouraging use of alternative transportation.

you’ll learn more about these and many more of uNo’s efforts to make a positive impact on energy usage and the environment in this issue of the magazine. As always, I hope you enjoy learning more about our efforts to embrace sustainability.

until next time,

Chancellor John e. Christensen

THE ROYAL TREATMEnTin your recent magazine article on law enforcement/criminal justice tours to London,

you had a photo of a man standing by the New Scotland Yard sign, but didn’t caption who it was. i went over on the first tour in 1972 with Jim Kane and was treated “royally” by Tony Moore. Since it’s been so many years i wasn’t sure if that man was him or Dr. Kane’s replacement. Great memories either way!

Patty (Hammer) Bolden (’77)Omaha

Editor’s note: The man pictured in the photo was Criminal Justice Professor Bill Wakefield.

DIGITAL KUDOSCongratulations for finally putting the magazine online. it’s a great read and very informative. it’s about time that the 21st century has happened here. i will be looking forward to reading the next issue.

Tom Shawhan (‘74)McAllen, Texas

i was reading through UNO Magazine and thought, “What a great issue to send to prospective students interested in Criminal Justice here at UNO. There are lot of great stories on professors and also interesting things going on involving students and professors that i didn’t even know about. is there an online version of this we could email?”

Lamarr Womble Assistant Director, Recruitment Services

Editor’s note: Online versions of UNO Magazine are available at www.unoalumni.org/unomag

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORReader feedback is key to making UNO Magazine among the best university publications in the country. Write us about the magazine, the university, or suggest a story. Letters must include the writer’s first and last names, address and phone number and may be edited for taste, accuracy, clarity and length. www.unoalumni.org/unomag-led

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FROM THE EDITOR

DoN’t Worry thAt We’LL Be showing up unannounced and knocking on your door, but we’re instituting something new this issue — UNO Magazine reader sweepstakes.

henceforth in each magazine we’ll offer prizes, most related to that issue’s theme. Prizes will be issued randomly among those readers who submit to us their name, city, state, email address and alumni code.

this issue we’re giving away 50 prizes tied to our energy and environment theme. eco-conscious friends with uNo and/or Nebraska ties donated some of the swag, including photo prints provided by world-renowned photographers and Nebraska natives thomas mangelsen and Joel sartore.

mangelsen, who attended then-omaha university for two years (winning a world goose-calling championship while a student), is famous for his stunning photographs and Images of Nature Galleries. he’s also dedicated to preservation as a co-founder of the Cougar Fund and representative for similar groups. see more on him at www.mangelsen.com.

sartore, a 1985 uNL graduate, has become a regular contributor to National Geographic and also has a conservationist bent (see www.joelsartore.com). he recently published Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species.

Also contributing was artist Bart Vargas, a 2007 uNo graduate who recently became one of the first two International Artists in residence at the shangyuan Art museum in China. Vargas works in trash — and turns it into treasure. his works often are made from discarded computer parts, plastic bottles and other throwaways. see more on him at www.bartvargas.com

the uNo Bookstore, uNo Alumni Association and Nebraska shakespeare also contributed prizes. thanks to all of them, and best of luck to contestants!

enjoy the read,

Anthony Flottmanaging editor

ROGER THATi enjoyed reading Lori Rice’s recent article in the Spring 2011 UNO Magazine on UNO alumni working in aviation in Omaha. i did think it was important, however, to point out a factual error in the article. The first line of the article states that Steve McCoy is not a pilot, when in fact he has had his Private Pilot certificate for just over 10 years. i bring this to light primarily because, as a former intern at Eppley Airfield who worked closely with both Joe and Steve, i saw first hand how Steve’s knowledge from his experience as a pilot provides him additional perspective as he works on the airfield. i realize that Ms. Rice’s intention may have been to indicate that Steve is not a commercial pilot, however i believe that including Steve’s flying experience in the article would have provided an added dimension to the reader’s understanding of the skills that Steve applies to his work.

Neil GabrielsonPresident, Collegiate Aviation industry Professionals (CAiP)Graduate Assistant, UNO Aviation institute

HIGH-FIVE FOR HOCKEYGreat article about college hockey (& decreased emphasis on fighting).

Bridget Weide Brooks (’96)Omaha

DRAwInG JULY 15

Prizes will be randomly awarded on July 15 beginning at 12 p.m. Central time. Prize recipients will be announced individually on the UNO Alumni Association Facebook page at www.facebook.com/UnOAlumni

All contestants who provide an email address will receive an email listing the winners. The UNO Alumni Association also will post the names of winners on its website at www.unoalumni.org/sweepstakeswinners

Reader SweepstakesPRIzES* Earth, Wind and Fire Greatest Hits CD (1-$9)

Peace, Love, UNO Sling Bags (2-$15)

UNO Tote Bags (9-$3); Nalgene water bottles (3-$9); lanyard made from recycled material (1-$5)

Pair of Pilot “Bottle 2” Pens made from recycled bottles (5-$4.29)

USB data stick made from recycled material ($17)

Peace Sign wall hooks made from recycled metals (2-$8)

Maverick Umbrellas (5-$15)

UNO Alumni Association Cooler bags (2-$20); stainless steel water bottles (5-$10); Stadium blanket (1-$20)

2 tickets to July 8 Shakespeare on the Green picnic ($24)

2011 Shakespeare on the Green t-shirts (3-$20)

Gas Cards (5-$25 each)

Joel Sartore-signed prints (Red Wolf; Least Tern) from Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species, 8” x 10” print size. ($40 each)

Thomas D. Mangelsen framed, signed and numbered limited edition print of the Platte River, Painted Sky, finished size 27” x 37” (1-$895)

Bart Vargas 2011 artwork, Expanded Field, print size 24” x 24” ($1,800)

* Values listed are per-item.

HOw TO EnTERTo enter the UNO Magazine Reader Sweepstakes:

1. Go to www.unoalumni.org/sweepstakes

2. Enter your name, email address, city, state and alumni code. The alumni code is found on the back of the magazine in the bottom right corner of your mailing label.

Entries also can be submitted by mail. Provide name, city, state and alumni code and send to: UNO Magazine Reader Sweepstakes, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 60th & Dodge, Omaha, NE 68182-0010. Entries must be received by July 14, 5 p.m. Central time. No purchase, payment or donation is necessary to enter. Odds of winning are based on the number of entries received.

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ALUMnI ASSOCIATIOnALUMnI ASSOCIATIOn

Citation issued to Children’s Hospital COO, U.S. Ambassador to Denmarkthe uNo ALumNI AssoCIAtIoN BestoWeD its Citation for Alumni Achievement upon uNo graduates Katherine L. english, chief operating officer for Children’s hospital & medical Center in omaha, and Laurie s. Fulton, u.s. Ambassador to Denmark. the association issued the citations during the university’s spring commencement may 6 at the omaha Civic Auditorium.

the citation, inaugurated in 1949, is the association’s highest honor, encompassing career achievement, community service, involvement in business and professional associations, and fidelity to the university. uNo Alumni Association President Lee

Denker presented the award to english, the 154th Citation recipient. uNo Chancellor John Christensen presented the Citation to Fulton during a special ceremony at the u.s. embassy in Copenhagen may 19. Christensen, who has Danish ancestors, was in europe in may to see the uNo Choir perform in Ghent, Belgium.

Katherine EnglishKathy english earned an mBA from uNo in 1995. she has been Coo of Children’s hospital & medical Center since 1993. Children’s is the only pediatric specialty center in Nebraska, providing treatment

and therapies across a spectrum of pediat-ric specialty and subspecialty services.

During english’s tenure Children’s opened its current hospital structure in 2000 and added a five-story, 135,000-square-foot specialty Pediatric Center for outpatient services in 2010. In 2006 Children’s was awarded the magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a distinction held by only 6.2 percent of all hospitals. In 2008 it was named by modern healthcare magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in health Care. It also has been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in omaha.

Ambassador Laurie S. FultonFulton earned a Bs from uNo in 1971, grad-uating magna cum laude. she was sworn in as u.s. Ambassador to Denmark on July 15, 2009. A native of sioux Falls, s.D., Fulton has long-standing ties to Denmark. her ma-ternal grandfather immigrated to the united states from Denmark and served in the u.s. armed forces during World War I. her great-grandfather served in the Danish parlia-ment from 1918 until 1940.

Prior to becoming ambassador, Fulton was a partner at Williams & Connolly LLP, where her practice included complex civil litigation, government investigations, and white-collar criminal defense. In 2004 she was named one of “Washington’s top Lawyers” by Washingtonian magazine.

see expanded bios of each recipient at http://unoalumni.org/awards-citation

Ambassador Laurie s. FultonKatherine english

Young alumni academy seeking applicantsthe uNo ALumNI AssoCIAtIoN seeks motivated, enthusiastic and proud young alumni to become part of the second class of the uNo young Alumni Academy.

the uNo young Alumni Academy is designed to facilitate networking and professional growth while delivering participants an insider’s view into what it takes to run one of the nation’s premier metropolitan universities. evening sessions will highlight the uNo hockey program, student life and other “inside glimpses” into areas that make uNo special.

Apply today at: http://unoalumni.org/unoyoungalumni Contact uNo Alumni Association President Lee Denker with questions: 402-554-2851 or ldenker@unoalumni.org

Among the highlights for 2010-11 UNO Young Alumni Academy participants was a tour of the Henningson Campanile.

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ALUMnI ASSOCIATIOn

Pictured: Sarah Edwards, teacher education, College of Education; Lee Denker, Alumni Association president; Kath Henebry, finance, banking and law, College of Business Administration; Roger Sash, computer, electronics engineering, College of Engineering; James Fawcett, biology, College of Arts & Sciences; Peter Madsen, music, College of Fine Arts, Media & Communication; Brian McKevitt, psychology, Arts & Sciences; Angela Eikenberry, public administration, College of Public Affairs and Community Service; Michael Matthews, mathematics, Arts & Sciences. Not pictured: Steve Nugen, informatics, College of information Science and Technology.

15th annual tEaching awards

ProteCtING our surrouNDINGs and the resources we use is vital to our survival. We strive to make changes in our own lives, and we want the institutions we support to do likewise.

uNo is committed to finding sustainability so that future gen-erations may enjoy our planet. And changes are taking place all over campus.

outside, many turfgrass locations have been replaced with or-namental grasses, rockscapes and perennial plantings. these landscapes don’t require mowing or as much watering. Inside, buildings are going through energy audits to determine the greatest area for energy improvement. Natural cooling, or fresh air, is being used more, and energy star appliances are being utilized.

Last year saw the completion of mammel hall, the new home of the College of Business Administration. It is the first building in the university system to earn a Leadership in energy and environmental Design gold certification, celebrating its energy-saving features.

In the fall of 2008 a single-stream recycling program was implemented, which allows all recyclable products to be placed in one disposable bin. more than 195 tons had been recycled through last year, saving uNo nearly $5,000.

students are getting involved, too, especially those in the environmental studies program. New leaders in the field are preparing to take on the environmental challenges of our day, and they are applying what they’ve learned at uNo first. students in the recently formed environmental Club, mean-while, are working hard to raise awareness of environmental issues on campus and to establish uNo as a leader in environ-mental integrity.

From the bottom up, uNo is dedicated to preserving our local and global resources and habitat. you can feel good about sup-porting uNo because you know it’s supporting the environ-ment. If you’re thinking about making an environmentally friendly charitable gift, please consider supporting the uNo Annual Fund online at unoalumni.org/give. you can give di-rectly online or download a form to mail. however you choose to make your gift, it will support alumni communications, fac-ulty development, and students who are learning new ways to solve our energy and environmental problems.

— By Erin Dyer

The UNO Alumni Association celebrated the 15th year of its Alumni Outstanding Teaching Awards program when it presented the honor to nine faculty members during the UNO Faculty Honors Convocation Breakfast April 7. The awards were established in 1997 to honor distinguished teaching in the classroom. Peer committees in each college choose recipients, each of whom receives a $1,000 award. The association has issued $131,000 in the teaching awards since the program’s start. Brief descriptions of recipient research interests and educational backgrounds are available at http://unoalumni.org/aota2011.

Mark your calendar for UnO Homecoming 2011 on Saturday, Oct. 1. Check www.unoalumni.org/homecoming for game and event information. Contact Elizabeth Kraemer with questions: 402-554-4802 or ekraemer@unoalumni.org

Homecoming2011

Sustainable Giving

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ALUMnI ASSOCIATIOn

UNO celebrated the largest commencement in university history May 6 with more than 1,700 students graduating. More than 102,000 students now have earned degrees since the university’s start in 1908.

MichaEl crabb (pictured), UNO’s student president/regent during 2010-11, was the student commencement speaker. He also was an active member of his fraternity, was a Peter Kiewit Institute Diplomat, took part in UNO’s Emerging Leaders Program, and performed with Head on Collision, an all-male acappella group. Last month Crabb received the Senior Vice Chancellor of Leadership Award for service to the university. He also has received the College of Engineering Dean’s Award and the 2010 Robert Bradford Newman Medal for Excellence in Architectural Acoustics.

31st Scholarship Swing set for Sept. 12the uNo Alumni Association will tee off for schol-arships on monday, sept. 12, with the 31st annual Chancellor’s scholarship swing at tiburon Golf Club. the uNo Alumni Association’s biggest single fundraiser each year, the swing last year raised $44,000, pushing the total to nearly $600,000 raised since the association began hosting the tournament 16 years ago.

the money raised supports various Association-sponsored student scholarships. Letters have been sent to business and individuals seeking their participation in the tournament as sponsors.

to participate, or for more information, contact elizabeth Kraemer at (402) 554-4802 or email ekraemer@unoalumni.org

Shakespeare on the Green picnic set for July 8Join fellow alumni July 8 for a picnic and performance at the 25th annual shakespeare on the Green. the annual event features dinner at the thompson Center followed by a performance of “A midsummer Night’s Dream.”

The picnic begins at 6 p.m. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” begins at 8 p.m..

Cost to attend is $12 per person, which includes a picnic buffet, reserved spot “down front” at the play, reserved parking near the Green, and a performance preview from Nebraska shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Alan Klem. Dinner features: Chicken, BBQ pork, potato salad, baked beans, coleslaw, cookie, beverages.

see more information and register at http://unoalumni.org/shakespeare, or contact elizabeth Kraemer at ekraemer@unoalumni.org or (402) 554-4802.

PartnErshiPsCreditThe UNO Alumni Association has partnered with Capital One to offer members a wide range of credit card choices. Please visit the UNO Alumni Association website at www.unoalumni.com/card for more information.

InsuranceAre you covered? if you have insurance needs, visit the association Web site at www.unoalumni.org/insurance to see the discounted offers available to UNO graduates for health, life, auto and long-term care insurance

TravelJoin fellow alumni aboard a “Legendary Danube” cruise Sept. 17-28 with stops in Prague, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Salzburg and elsewhere. For more information, visit www.unoalumni.org/travel. To receive a brochure, call the association toll-free at UNO-MAV-ALUM (866-628-2586).

Largest Commencement in UNO history

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PARTnERS

OPPD partnership brings new energy to STEM education

the CoLLABorAtIoN — between the College of education and the omaha Public Power District — should meet a set of over-lapping needs in a gorgeous state-of-the-art classroom in roskens hall, undergoing extensive renovation and addition prior to rededication as the college’s new home. the building’s stunning transformation is rife with innovation and imagination — traits that will help future educators learn how to incorporate energy conservation and sustainability into the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem). Classrooms will feature electronic “dashboard” screens displaying websites that could monitor energy intakes and out-puts of various devices, the entire College of education or campus, or even offsite wind turbines with which oPPD is involved.

the college gets to show its students how to make the teaching of stem real, and oPPD will have a unique, long-term outlet to help raise energy awareness.

“the facility at roskens is really going to be a showcase for new applications in stem education,” says Dr. Neal Grandgenett, an award-winning professor of teacher educa-tion who is the Dr. George and sally haddix

Community Chair for stem education. “It’s a teaching facility, but it is also a place where different contexts for teaching and learning related to stem come together.”

Grandgenett sees numerous ways future teachers can learn to engage K-12 students in mathematics, physics, electronics and more by highlighting energy.

“Algebra in particular is a very relevant tool for all sorts of stems disciplines, but students don’t connect with it that way be-cause it’s often taught very disconnected in just moving symbols around on a board,” he says.

But algebra can be a tool to show energy relationships. think of story problems relevant to today’s teens — like how long it takes for an iPod to use up all of its charge.

oPPD’s Dean mueller also gets excited about how the power district can get involved with the classroom. Beyond providing “dashboards” and other informational devices, oPPD experts could also make themselves available in the college. mueller, a 35-year oPPD employee, serves as the division manager for sustainable energy and environmental stewardship.

“In a carbon-constrained world, which we think is coming, we’re going to have to start making people aware, and trying to encour-age people to use less power is one way of meeting the power demands that are com-ing,” mueller says.

today, 1.5 percent of the electricity oPPD supplies comes from sustainable sources. the goal is to move that to 10 percent by 2020 while also encouraging conservation. Involvement in the stem Classroom, he says, is “basically like market research for us.”

“We hope to get as much information out of this as possible,” mueller says.

Grandgenett also sees the stem Classroom as a great way to break down traditional educational silos. For example, math and science methods courses should interact more. the glass-walled space on the fourth floor of roskens should also be a great un-dergraduate and graduate recruitment tool.

“this is going to be a place where teaching mathematics and science meets the real world and real life,” Grandgenett says.

— Tim Kaldahl, Associate Editor

Thanks to an

innovative partnership

with the Omaha

Public Power District,

a new kind of energy

is making its way to

campus this fall.

Neal Grandgenett and OPPD’s Dean Mueller in front of Roskens Hall.

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PHILAnTHROPY MATTERS

It’s too CooL For the snakes yet. they’re underground or hiding under rocks.

But all kinds of critters are running around, even if you can’t see them on this winter morning in march. you can hear the many birds, and overhead geese fly in V-formations against the pale sky.

soon, this prairie will burst into colors and life. Come summer, lizards, badgers and snakes will emerge, and sweeping the tall grass with a net will yield hundreds of species of insects. By fall, the grass here will grow taller than the head of the man standing here this morning with hopes of expanding this rare landscape.

this is uNo’s Allwine Prairie Preserve, a restored tallgrass prairie just northwest of omaha.

“the prairie itself is in the lowland, and we’re trying to acquire the high ground so that when people come here they can see only a prairie,” says tom Bragg, a uNo professor of biology.

If the money can’t be raised, the hilltop horizon soon will be dotted with houses. A developer who owns that adjoining land is willing to sell it to uNo for a fair price, Bragg says, about $4.6 million. the land would act as a buffer for the preserve and protect it against runoff from housing developments. the land also would expand the habitat to support a greater diversity of wildlife.

such a tallgrass prairie is difficult to find around omaha — or most anywhere else. only 1 percent of it remains in the nation. the horizon-to-horizon prairie view is a key part of what makes this particular prairie unusual, Bragg says, along with its proximity to a big city (no more than 40 minutes from anywhere in omaha).

with an opportunity to expand, UnO’s Allwine Prairie Preserve can become a one-of-a-kind outdoor classroom that looks as it did in the days of pioneersColleen Fleischer, University of Nebraska Foundation

Photos by Tim Fitzgerald

O Prairie!

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has established the Bouteloua scholarship for biology department grad students working on the prairie.

Bragg wants this view to stay as natural as possible for the uNo students he teaches. uNo has a “tremendously strong” environmental studies program, he says. one of the program’s strengths is that it has places like Allwine Prairie to use as outdoor classrooms. he wants to be able to say to people that this is close to what the pioneers used to see when they camped along the creek here years ago.

“the tallgrass prairie is our natural heritage. historically, there were no trees for miles in any direction from where we stand now.”

he wants this view to stay as natural as possible for all visitors and students, including those from other omaha area schools.

“some of the kids have never seen a prairie,” he says. “And when they just go walk in the tallgrass prairie, which is over their head — it’s over my head in some places — that is just one thing that amazes them, that it gets this tall.”

If you would like to support UNO’s Allwine Prairie Preserve, please contact Mary Bernier with the University of Nebraska Foundation at 402-502-4108 or mbernier@nufoundation.org.

When this land originally was donated to the university in 1959, it was far from omaha’s outskirts. But now, the city encroaches.

raising money to buy the adjoining land is one of the top pri-orities for uNo’s College of Arts & sciences in the university of Nebraska’s Campaign for Nebraska: unlimited Possibilities. uNo and the university of Nebraska Foundation are trying to identify possible partners to help buy the property, including the Nebraska environmental trust and the Papio-missouri river Natural resources District. even with their help, however, only private phi-lanthropy will enable uNo to buy it.

If the land can be purchased, Allwine Prairie Preserve will span the entire Glacier Creek sub-watershed, stretch-ing from the headwater reaches of the drainage, eastward through springs and seeps feeding Glacier Creek until joining wetlands and swales along Big Papillion Creek.

Bragg grew up in California near the redwood forests. he moved to the midwest for school, re-ceiving his Ph.D. from Kansas state. he’s been at uNo since 1974.

Bragg’s wife, Barbi hayes, is equally involved in the efforts to improve and protect the preserve. A lifelong omahan, she once played on the very farmstead that’s now Allwine Prairie. today she’s a wetland consultant with hayes environmental and, says her husband, “is a critical part of this project and responsible for much of our success in getting funding and in working with the developer who is now willing to let us purchase additional land.” hayes also

— Tom Bragg

When you get to know something like this — and it takes time over the season to get to really know a prairie — you feel the connection to the prairie itself. You can see how the prairie is an ecosystem itself.

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All statistics as of March 31, 2011. The Campaign for Nebraska began in July 2005 and will conclude December 2014.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA

Creating Community Fellowships is a campaign priority for UNO.

Connecting to the communityThe University of Nebraska at Omaha is committed to building bridges between the campus and the community. To reinforce this commitment, UNO seeks to raise $5 million through the Campaign for Nebraska to create Community Fellowships. As the university’s highest ranking fellowships, Community Fellows will serve two-year appointments addressing the most pressing concerns of the community. UNO has already awarded one fellowship to a graduate student in the area of service learning, furthering the university’s goal of improving the quality of life found in our community. To learn more, contact Lori Byrne at 402-502-4920 or lbyrne@nufoundation.org.

$116,222,625$150 M$0

campaignfornebraska.org/uno

of UNO campaign gifts are from Nebraska households/organizations.

new funds have been established during the campaign to support UNO.

392UNO CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

• Building the educated workforce of tomorrow.

• Engaging our community.

• Enriching campus and community life.

The Campaign for Nebraska is a four-campus fundraising campaign benefiting the University of Nebraska.

8,531individuals have made donations to UNO during the campaign.

of UNO students apply for financial assistance.

80%46%of new funds to the UNO campaign support student scholarships.

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NeArLy 85 PerCeNt oF uNo students apply for financial as-sistance, but only 30 percent are eligible for a Pell Grant. Pell is the largest federal grant program, helping students from low-income families afford higher education.

young, a 1978 uNo graduate, worked several jobs to pay for his education, experiencing firsthand the challenges such students face.

“shirley and I have great respect for uNo and, in particular, its focus on students’ success,” Jim says. “For many, tuition funding is one among several supports needed to obtain a good education. this scholarship program will enable students to fully engage with their studies and the campus community in the face of their day- to-day and family responsibilities.”

About 10 young scholars annually will receive assistance for the cost of tuition, fees and books, and an academic mentor who will

supply resources and support throughout their college careers. Additionally, young scholars will receive funding for on-campus housing — at times a critical factor in student achievement.

Born, raised and educated in omaha, shirley and Jim recognize uNo’s role as a leader among metropolitan universities and a vital part of the community. young currently chairs the uNo campaign committee that is part of the university of Nebraska Foundation’s Campaign for Nebraska. more than $115 million has been raised for uNo under his leadership.

“throughout the years, shirley and Jim have displayed a deep commitment to uNo and the success of our university and, most importantly, our students,” uNo Chancellor John Christensen says. “this scholarship program will impact the lives of so many young people who may not have access to higher education without this tremendous support.”

— Jenna Zeorian, University of Nebraska Foundation

All statistics as of March 31, 2011. The Campaign for Nebraska began in July 2005 and will conclude December 2014.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA

Creating Community Fellowships is a campaign priority for UNO.

Connecting to the communityThe University of Nebraska at Omaha is committed to building bridges between the campus and the community. To reinforce this commitment, UNO seeks to raise $5 million through the Campaign for Nebraska to create Community Fellowships. As the university’s highest ranking fellowships, Community Fellows will serve two-year appointments addressing the most pressing concerns of the community. UNO has already awarded one fellowship to a graduate student in the area of service learning, furthering the university’s goal of improving the quality of life found in our community. To learn more, contact Lori Byrne at 402-502-4920 or lbyrne@nufoundation.org.

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392UNO CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

• Building the educated workforce of tomorrow.

• Engaging our community.

• Enriching campus and community life.

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8,531individuals have made donations to UNO during the campaign.

of UNO students apply for financial assistance.

80%46%of new funds to the UNO campaign support student scholarships.

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It’s BeeN NeArLy A yeAr since uNo’s College of Business Administration re-located to its stun-ning and state-of-the-art new home, mammel hall. the 120,000-square-foot facility opened to rave reviews,

and not just because it was easy on the eyes — it’s easy on the environment, too.

mammel hall, however, isn’t CBA’s only eco-friendly initiative. the college in various ways is trying to help businesses reduce their energy costs, while faculty and staff incorpo-rate green studies into assorted curricula.

“As nice as it is to be working in a great facility,” says rick yoder of CBA’s Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC), “it’s even nicer to have the collective efforts of campus and community working for future improvements.”

Granted, those efforts shine most brightly with mammel hall. In January it became

the first building within the university of Nebraska system to earn LeeD gold certifi-cation for its green and energy-saving fea-tures. Developed by the u.s. Green Building Council, LeeD (Leadership in energy and environmental Design) is an internationally recognized green building certification sys-tem. LeeD provides third-party verification on construction projects built using strate-gies aimed at energy savings, water effi-ciency, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Among the features earning mammel hall LeeD certification:

expansive windows that allow significant sunlight to stream in throughout the day.

97 percent of mammel hall’s construction waste was diverted from landfills.

Proximity to campus and city bus routes.

energy-efficient light fixtures that reduce overall energy consumption up to 30 percent.

Diversion of 20 percent of the rainwater that falls on and around mammel hall to

recharge the aquifer and reduce the de-mand on storm sewers.

“many businesses have and are making the change to be more green, and many busi-nesses are being created to provide green services and products,” says yoder, director of NBDC’s Pollution Prevention regional Information Center. “What I think most of us are happiest about is that mammel hall — and the evolving initiative in sustainability — is representative of what can be accom-plished through the great work of a team of many people from across the campus and the community.”

Local, globalCBA’s other eco-friendly strides are taking faculty and students through omaha and around the world.

In recent years the college has participated in a tour of homes with the best green prac-tices. yoder also points to an economic and marketing research project that the omaha Public Power District funded.

“oPPD has about 12 programs for businesses to help them reduce their energy costs,” yoder says. “our marketing professors

by example

leedingBy Wendy Townley, University Relations

Rick Yoder

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Considering it’s in the heart of the Great Plains, Nebraska surprisingly has little undisturbed tall grass prairie left — 99 percent of it has been altered for some other use.

“Most of it has been converted to some sort of farmland,” says UNO Biology Professor LaReesa Wolfenbarger.

That’s bad news for birds like the Eastern and Western Meadowlarks and Grasshopper Sparrows, which need tall grasses to survive. They’ve at least got a great advocate on their side — Wolfenbarger.

A researcher at UNO for 10 years, she studies how land use affects species that traditionally live in tall grass prairies. Her field research has brought her to a part of the country she loves after spending a couple of years carrying out policy work as a scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Understanding the impact of agriculture is important to everyone — from the farmer in the field to the consumer buying food for their family, Wolfenbarger says. Those impacts can range from the unknown effects of genetically engineered crops to the overuse of chemicals, damaging ground water.

“When humans degrade ecosystems there are cascading effects that affect humans

Prairie ProfessoruNo’s Lareesa Wolfenbarger explores man’s impact on native tall grasses and their inhabitants

sought to discover what language helped to moti-vate participation in these energy programs. our researchers are studying oPPD’s communication and marketing components and will share the re-sults with oPPD.”

CBA faculty Jonna holland and Phani tej Adidam, meanwhile, have added green components to their courses in the college’s executive mBA program.

holland and five students traveled to Costa rica for two weeks last fall to work alongside students at eArth university. A private, international, nonprofit entity, eArth university’s mission is to contribute to sustainable development in the tropics by seeking a balance be-tween agricultural produc-tion and environmental preservation.

holland says her students learned extensively about the university’s sustainability efforts and programs, such as how to deal with waste produced by banana plantations throughout Costa rica.

Adidam’s students visited major airports in madrid, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris last fall to examine how ground power units (GPus) in europe compare to those in the united states. Airlines use GPus as a temporary and alternative power source while pas-sengers deplane and board.

Planes can sit at gates from 30 minutes to two hours or more, emanating exhaust and wasting fuel. switching to a GPu at such times is a cleaner way to keep the plane on auxiliary power while on the ground.

For two weeks, Adidam and four students studied ways to display and store the green GPu hardware, varying from a dangling black cable (cost: around $3,000 per unit) to a glass-enclosed box ($14,000 per unit).

the trip provided Adidam’s students a global view of an initiative designed to make air travel slightly kinder to the environment.

Back home, that’s something the folks in CBA know more than a little about.

Phani Tej Adidam

Jonna Holland directly in those locations,” Wolfenbarger says. “We know that increasing the use of pesticide is something we want to avoid or minimize because those chemicals may impact humans in some way.

“We also put a lot of effort in agricultural policy to avoid soil erosion. Controlling soil erosion has benefits to wildlife as well as benefits to humans.”

One project she is particularly excited about is the compilation of a large agriculture/environment database that will look at farming practices over time, in some cases more than a century, and the resulting changes in environmental quality. While it will take years to assemble, the hope is once the information is in place computer modeling will provide accurate predictions about land use and its impacts.

Another project, sponsored by the state’s Game and Park Commission, has Wolfenbarger examining the environmental impact of wind power (see Page 24). Birds and bat populations can be negatively affected if the giant turbines are placed incorrectly.

“it’s got me really interested in how do we provide the right ecological information to agencies and developers so that wind power is a win-win,” she says.

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sINCe JANuAry 2010, uNo students have been visiting omaha fire stations, libraries, park pavilions and other city locales.

But not on field trips.

Lacking the manpower to carry out an energy assess-ment project funded by a federal stimulus grant, the City of omaha turned for help to uNo students and faculty in the College of Information, science and technology and the College of engineering. they’ve conducted audits on nearly 90 city buildings, including community centers, park caretaker residences, and more. Consultants from the Kiewit Building Group provided assistance.

“We did a complete interior and exterior inventory of the building envelope, including building footprint measure-ments and visual assessment of the mechanical and elec-trical equipment on the roof,” says terri Norton, acting coordinator and assistant professor of the Durham school of Architectural engineering and Construction. “We even-tually had two students who did the energy assessments and two others who worked on data analysis. Another stu-dent developed a database. each student had a minimum of 20 hours of work per week and on average they visited two to three facilities each week.”

Norton says the projects have allowed the students to ap-ply classroom theory in the real world.

“I think it also has developed a good relationship between the university and the city, and in the second phase we’re incorporating this project into a course where our students can have more interaction with the city.”

— Tim Fitzgerald, University Relations

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UNO’s campus-wide sustainability initiatives might be enough to turn other universities green with envy.

Across its 230 beautifully landscaped acres, colleges, departments and individuals are positively affecting UNO’s energy use and economic impact in a variety of innovative ways.

“To be sustainable, we must consider the triple bottom line — people, planet and prosperity,” says Patrick Wheeler, founder of GreenUNO, a task force that since 2008 has promoted sustainability at UNO. “Think of it as living well today, while preserving the ability of future generations to do the same.

“On campus, that means not only practicing good stewardship so that we may continue to enjoy good health, prosperity and a healthy planet, but instilling in our students the knowledge and duty to do the same.”

Students have noticed such stewardship firsthand in the Milo Bail Student Center, where UNO Food Services last year began using compostable and biodegradable PLA (polylactic acid) containers and serving utensils.

“This change in the UNO Food Services operation is a proactive and responsible step, and very much in keeping with UNO’s mission to be student-focused and community-engaged,” says Bill Conley, UNO vice chancellor for business and finance and a GreenUNO taskforce member. “This change had very strong support throughout campus with students, faculty and staff, and it demonstrates our campus concern for sustainability and the environment.”

Elsewhere on campus, Planning and Architectural Services in April began replacing 249 windows in the Eppley Administration Building and Allwine Hall. The project, aimed at increasing energy efficiency in the buildings, is being funded by Department of Energy grants totaling more than $640,000.

South of Elmwood Park, on UNO’s Pacific Street campus, the new College of Business Administration building, Mammel Hall, has garnered recognition for its green and energy saving features (see page 14).

Other recent green efforts at UNO:

SCHOOL OF HEALTH, Physical Education and Recreation faculty and students introduced a Bike Share Program to encourage physical activity and reduce carbon emissions.

ENViRONMENTAL SERViCES has instituted an active, campus-wide single stream recycling effort.

FACiLiTiES MANAGEMENT and Planning conducts ongoing building energy audits, initiates a campus-wide building temperature policy, and replaces incandescent light bulbs with more energy-efficient, compact florescent bulbs.

iNFORMATiON SERViCES put in place green technology polices (i.e. suggesting that equipment purchased is Energy Star-compliant).

THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT is planting perennials for outdoor landscape, reducing water consumption.

THE STUDENT-LED UNO ENViRONMENTAL CLUB continues to host an annual Earth Day celebration, guest speakers and a movie series on sustainability issues.

For information on other UNO’s Green UNO Task Force initiatives, visit http://www.unomaha.edu/green.

— Becky Bohan Brown, University Relations

Sustainability initiatives are taking place all over campus

UNO students carry out energy assessments of city buildings

Elmwood Park Pavilion

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the ArBor DAy FouNDAtIoN on Arbor Day bestowed tree Campus usA recognition upon uNo. It is the first time uNo has been so honored.

Nearly 100 schools have earned the designa-tion since 2008. In recognition of the honor uNo’s student Government on may 3 planted a gingko tree on the northwest corner of Arts and sciences hall.

uNo met tree Campus usA’s five core stan-dards of tree care and community engagement: establish a campus tree advisory committee; evidence of a campus tree-care plan; verification of dedicated annual expenditures on the campus tree-care plan; involvement in an Arbor Day ob-servance; and, institution of a service-learning project engaging the student body.

trees were among the university’s priority when it moved to its present site from the original campus at 24th and Pratt streets. ou in 1938 carried out a “campus beautification” project, using $110,000 in federal grant (Works Progress Administration) money to plant 170 trees and 2,600 shrubs.

today there are an estimated 1,500 trees on uNo’s Dodge, Pacific and Center street cam-puses. the university is conducting an official tree census through 2011.

uNo has at least one historical tie to the founda-tion. In 1945 sterling morton, grandson of Arbor Day founder J. sterling morton, made a $10,000 gift to then-omaha university as a memorial to his other grandfather, George Lake, a Nebraska pioneer, lawyer and state chief justice.

Arbor Day Foundation names UNO a Tree Campus USA University

Omaha University President Rowland Haynes, second from left, assists in an Arbor Day plant-ing on campus in 1938. Also pictured: Omaha

architect Frank Latenser, far left, student Harriet Salmon, Student Council President Edgar Howe

and Regent D.E. Emmett Bradshaw.

iT’S UNLiKELY MANY OMAHANS have heard of the T.L. Davis Prairie, a 23-acre plot hugging the Elkhorn River in southwest Omaha.

For more than a dozen years, though, this has been a second home of sorts to UNO Biology Professor Alan Kolok (pictured). From the prairie, Kolok has been able to access the Elkhorn, monitoring the river’s health as director of UNO’s Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory.

Now, with the construction of a $375,000, 200-square-foot research station on the river’s bank, Kolok and students can improve on that research.

Kolok’s interest in the Elkhorn River began in 1998 when he worked with University of Florida researchers to determine how nearby cattle feedlots contaminated the waterway. The research, published in 2004, showed that contaminants were causing female fish to lose their ability to reproduce.

But, says Kolok, the Florida group’s research left him wanting more.

“They … collected samples feverishly for a week, flew back and they’ve never been back,” Kolok says. “Well, we can do a lot better than that.”

The first step toward better data collection came when the University of Nebraska Foundation provided the T.L. Davis Prairie to UNO in 2005 via a perpetual lease. The land had been donated by an Omaha businessman and named in honor of his father.

Four years after UNO acquired the land, Kolok and others, including College of Arts and Sciences Dean David Boocker, began to obtain research funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Papio-Missouri River National Resources District. UNO’s College of Arts and Sciences and Academic and Student Affairs also contributed.

Construction of the research station began in October 2010. inside it includes 12 aquaria stocked with species from UNO’s fish colony. it is electronically connected to UNO for transfer of real-time water quality data and other information.

Kolok began collecting data in April. He’ll continue to do so each year from spring through November, determining how much contamination in the river is coming from rural runoff, pesticides, animal steroids and industrial waste. He’ll post his findings online.

And a River Runs By It

“i think it’s one of the most interesting and important kinds of projects that has legs in the college right now,” Boocker says. “it is not just a research station; it is a research station that has a strong educational mission and outreach into schools. That’s really what sells me more than anything else.”

The outreach programs include the proposal and operation of experiments by high school students from the Elkhorn River area. That could include stipends to carry out the work.

“if you have an experiment that you can design, you can come to our research station and run your experiment and we will pay you to do it,” Kolok says.

Students will produce short videos that take others through the scientific process, from the initial question to the results of the study. The videos would be posted online for other students to look at and use as starting points for future research at the station or in other areas.

“What we’re really looking at is the concept of students teaching other students,” Kolok says. “it’s kind of cool and innovative from that perspective.”

The importance of this kind of outreach, Kolok says, is that many students today have to deal with information overload.

“i don’t care whether we find contaminants or if we don’t — that’s irrelevant,” he says. “The point is that we’re going to have a mechanism by which we can ask the questions and then get those questions into information that’s useful.”

For Kolok and Boocker, the Elkhorn River is just the beginning of what they would like to see happen with the project.

“What we’re doing in the Elkhorn i think is a prototype for what could be done on any and every river,” Boocker says.

— Charles Reed, University Relations

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UNO Announces Plans for Community Engagement CenterAs A FroNt Door WeLComes guests into a home, uNo’s Community engagement Center will welcome the community to its campus.

through the university of Nebraska Foundation’s Campaign for Nebraska, uNo seeks to develop the Community engagement Center — a facility that will support expansion of university-community partnerships, enrich student and faculty engagement in the community, and extend campus resources to the nonprofit community.

the center will be located between the strauss Performing Arts Center and Criss Library. It will feature offices for nonprofit and university partners, collaborative work and meeting spaces, confer-ence rooms, distance-learning laboratories and more.

Funding for the $24 million project is more than half complete, but a need for financial support remains. one of the passionate leaders in the project, the Weitz Family Foundation, has issued a chal-lenge to inspire others to support the initiative. the Weitz Family Foundation will match additional gifts one-to-one, up to $3 million.

if big air-conditioning bills get you hot under the collar every summer, the work of a UNO faculty member and UNO graduate might one day help you chill out.

UNO engineering Professor Mingsheng Liu and 2010 UNO graduate Matt Kasprzak have helped develop the Digi-RTU (digital rooftop unit) Controller, a device that can be installed into an existing heating, ventilating and air conditioning unit to regulate its speed and reduce total energy consumption.

The device is being developed for DTL Controls, an Omaha-based development and manufacturing company that provides building automation solutions.

Liu is DTL president and CEO; Kasprzak (MS, architectural engineering) is a DTL product developer.

Kasprzak says tests last summer in small commercial buildings across metropolitan Omaha showed that the Digi-RTU reduced energy consumption by about 50 percent. That amounted to an average of $700 in savings.

“As of right now it appears we’re the only company in the market that has such technology to do that,” Kasprzak says.

Such a unit also can benefit power companies like the Omaha Public Power District. Kasparak says lowering

the rate of energy consumption can help OPPD “expand the life of their facilities.” OPPD is encouraging the unit’s development, helping DTL market he Digi-RTU and connect it with potential customers. Power company representatives also have presented information about the unit at conferences.

Kasprzrak says DTL is exploring expansion of the Digi-RTU into other states and possible conversion for use with residential systems.

“We’re constantly trying to evolve this project and expand,” he says.

— Charles Reed, University Relations

Professor, grad, helping Omaha businesses chill cooling expenses

“the Weitz Family Foundation is so excited about the possibilities that the Community engagement Center at uNo has for exponen-tially expanding the city’s agencies and government services’ ca-pacities to serve all of its citizens,” Barbara Weitz says. “We have seen the collaborations between university professors and stu-dents with community agencies and school systems unleash en-ergy and ideas that have brought immense value to all involved.”

By creating the center, uNo and community partners will have a defined area to develop new research, outreach and learning ini-tiatives and to expand and strengthen existing initiatives. A stu-dent/community resource center will connect individual students and student groups with local community service or volunteer opportunities, creating a single contact for potential volunteers and the organizations that seek them.

“Creating a space where the community and university can come together to build better infrastructures, nurture collaborations, and use the best resources of all seems likely to lead to out-comes beyond our dreams,” Weitz says. “We feel honored to be a part of this project.”

For information on supporting this project, contact Lori Byrne at 402-502-4920 or lbyrne@nufoundation.org.

— Jenna Zeorian, University of Nebraska Foundation

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There’s something strangely compelling about watching the Bag Monster shimmy and shake to Jack Johnson’s “3R’s” song about “reduce, reuse, recycle.” The Bag Monster — aka Health, Physical Education and Recreation Professor David Corbin — is created from more than 500 plastic bags, the average number that each American uses annually. Corbin has taken the Bag Monster around Omaha and across the United States, preaching about the hazards the non-biodegradable bags pose to the environment and to wildlife.

See the Bag Monster get down at www.unoalumni.org/bagmonster

— Becky Bohan Brown, University Relations

thE bag MonstEr coMEth

Students were taken for a ride earlier this year – in a good way – thanks to a new partnership between Omaha’s Metro (formerly Metro Area Transit) and UNO.

Upward of 400 students picked up free Metro bus passes during a special event on campus in February. The MavRide prepaid bus cards provided free public transit transportation to and from campus during the spring semester.

Metro and UNO Student Government jointly funded the $40,000 program, designed to ease campus parking congestion and make Omaha a greener city – one bus ride at a time.

“The MavRide program has been an invaluable resource that i hope we continue to utilize for many years to come,” said Megan Schmitz, Student Government public relations officer. “Student Government’s hard work on this project is a win-win for everyone, and i look forward to the program gaining steam as the semester progresses.”

— Wendy Townley, University Relations

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the WorLD’s LArGest INterNAtIoNAL service day — Global youth service Day — is beginning to make a world of difference in omaha.

thanks in large part to uNo’s service Learning Academy.

Focused on environmental stewardship, the one-day event attracted more than 500 service Learning Academy volunteers on April 15 — twice the number of 2010 participants. uNo has taken part in GysD, involving 90 countries, for four years.

“It’s a day about conservation and recycling and ecology,” says Kathy oleson Lyons, the academy’s assistant director.

uNo students and staff lead and organize betterment projects at locations like City sprouts, Fontenelle Park, Allwine Prairie and other local trails and city recreation areas. this year, GysD participants also collected funds (and new friends and supporters) for the local nonprofit agency hike to help refugees, which supports the hu-manitarian work of the united Nations refugee Agency.

tina Buda, a teacher at Western hills magnet Center, says it’s important for primary school pupils to get involved. About 15 Western hills students and a pair of staff mem-bers participated in uNo’s GysD efforts. others at the magnet center (which numbers 400 students and staff) worked on the school’s outdoor classroom and cleaned the neighborhood around 66th and Western streets.

“this has become such a big deal for us,” Buda says. “We’re doing such a better job of embedding this into the curriculum.”

Volunteer activities in uNo’s closest park — elmwood Park — included cleanup efforts and several information stations uNo students created about clean water, local plants and animals, and recycling.

GysD is among numerous green outreach and service projects the service Learning Academy sponsors. Participants in seven Days of service in the spring and three Days of service in the fall try to minimize waste on projects.

“If we can recycle it, we do,” Lyons says. “If we can do things in areas we are working on that are energy-con-serving we do that, too.”

students making a world of difference through global Youth service day

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there’s A NeW strIKeout king at uNo.

Junior right-handed pitcher Joe holtmeyer in march got 12 batters to whiff during a 5-2 win over then-No. 1 emporia state, giving him 279 career strikeouts. that eclipsed the mark of former maverick tim huber, who had 277 strikeouts in four seasons.

holtmeyer padded that total during a season that ended in an mIAA tourna-ment championship game loss to Central missouri. he finished with 94 strikeouts, giving him 323 for his career. he also had an 8-2 record and was named to the 2011 Daktronics All-south Central region team.

As a sophomore the omaha native and Creighton Prep graduate was Division II’s national strikeout leader. he tossed a team-high 87.1 innings, fanning 152 batters en route to a 9-2 record and 2.89 earned-run average. the strikeouts were a uNo single-season record.

holtmeyer was named mIAA Pitcher of the year, south Central region Pitcher of the year, and a first-team All-American. he also was nominated for the tino martinez Award given to the top player in Division II baseball.

Last summer, holtmeyer pitched for the harwich mariners in the prestigious Cape Cod League. he was among that league’s top 15 strikeout leaders with 37 and held op-posing hitters to a .184 batting average.

more summer ball could be in his future. the 6-foot-4, 230-pound holtmeyer is gar-nering the attention of professional scouts, who considered him a top prospect for June’s major League Baseball draft.

“Joe is easily one of the top pitching pros-pects in the midwest,” maverick Coach Bob herold says.

— Bonnie Ryan, UNO Athletic Media Relations

throwing strikes Pro prospect holtmeyer keeps opposing batters whiffing

uNo’s Loss to West texAs A&m in the re-gional finals put an end to one of the best — and most versatile — careers in maverick history.

Lindsey slocum, one of three seniors on the 2011 maverick softball squad, was a corner-stone to the team’s success with her arm and her bat the past four years, ranking among the top 10 career leaders in 48 different categories.

A graduate of marian high school, slocum this year was named an NFCA Division II All-American as a utility player after batting .299 with eight home runs, 38 rBI and a team-leading 14 doubles. she also had a 15-5 record on the mound with a 1.84 erA.

teammate Beth haley also was named an NFCA All-American (second team) as a pitcher. uNo finished 47-11.

slocum was named a Daktronics First-team All-American last year, too. she went 21-3 as a pitcher with a 1.95 erA and a perfect game.

slocum started all 63 games for the mavs as a junior, either as a pitcher or an outfielder. In 2010 she ranked second on the team with a .371 batting average, adding 12 home runs. uNo went 50-13 last year, falling a game short of the south Central regional final.

For her career slocum started 221 of 226 games and finished with a .318 batting aver-age, 145 runs scored, 218 hits, 27 home runs and 153 rBI. her 54 doubles are second most in uNo history. she also pitched 444.2 in-nings in 83 appearances, posting a 52-12 record and 2.03 erA.

on the mound and at the plate lindsey slocum was among the most

versatile players in Maverick softball history

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The UNO Athletic Department took a bold step forward in March, one designed to secure the future of Maverick athletics for decades to come.

On March 25, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a proposal by Chancellor John Christensen and Director of Athletics Trev Alberts to reclassify as a Division i program and accept a membership invitation from the Summit League, a Midwestern-based association of schools that closely resemble UNO in mission, enrollment and academics. The Board approved the proposal, 8-0.

“We look forward to an exciting level of competition with institutions who mirror our commitment to their students, academic excellence and their communities,” Christensen said.

The vote was the culmination of a process begun a year ago by the Christensen, Alberts and a committee of local community leaders to determine the direction for the UNO campus both academically and athletically.

“Our reclassification will ensure the success of Maverick athletics for many years to come,” Alberts said.

The move was not made solely to bring the Mavericks to a higher level of competition. At its core, UNO’s move to Division i is designed to bring financial stability to an athletic department that had become more dependent on state subsidies, subsides that were increasingly difficult to justify during a state-wide budget crunch.

The proposal set into motion by the Regents’ vote was not without painful decisions. As part of the reclassification, UNO no longer will field a football or wrestling team.

Football is being dropped because of the cost of sponsoring the program at the Division i level. UNO football had consistently run deficits of more than $1 million as a Division ii program, and the additional cost of scholarships needed to compete as a Division i program made its continuation prohibitive.

Also, the Athletic Department would have had to add more women’s teams and scholarships, thereby assuming more costs, to comply with Title iX, the law requiring gender equity for males and females in every educational program that receives federal funding.

Wrestling is being discontinued because it is not a sport sponsored by the Summit League. On April 28 Maryville

University in St. Louis announced that it had hired former UNO Wrestling Coach Mike Denney to lead its start-up Division ii wrestling program. Many of his former Maverick wrestlers were expected to enroll at Maryville and wrestle for Denney.

in the place of football and wrestling, UNO will add men’s soccer and golf, two sports that are sponsored by UNO’s new conference.

While acknowledging the many challenges and difficult decisions made during the transition, UNO’s coaches were enthusiastic about the move to Division i.

“This is an exciting time to move our program to Division i status and to the Summit League,” said Derrin Hansen,

UNO’s head men’s basketball coach. “Our current and future student-athletes will

be able to compete with Division i programs that we’ve never had the opportunity to play before in regular-season competition.

Those sentiments were echoed by Jeanne Scarpello, head coach of the UNO softball team.

“We’ve played teams in the fall and in the past from the Summit League and have played right with them,” Scarpello said. “We can compete for the local talent in this area, and those student-athletes will have more opportunities to play Division i softball close to home. it’s just a great opportunity to keep local talent here in good, competitive programs.”

UNO’s membership in the Summit League becomes official July 1, although it will not begin competition in the new conference until the 2012-13 season, playing a collection of games against Division i and ii schools in that first year. During its four-year transition to Division i status, the Mavericks will not be permitted to compete for any league or NCAA championships, except in hockey where they already field a Division i team. in 2015-16, UNO will be eligible for all regular season and tournament championships when approved by the NCAA for active Division i membership.

UNO Charts New Course For Athletics

By Dave Ahlers, Director of Athletic Media Relations

Joining The Summit League and Division I is the next step in UnO’s continuing transformation and forward momentum.

—Chancellor John Christensen

The UNO athletic

department rolled out a new look for its teams at the third annual Night with the Mavericks fundraiser at the Embassy Suites. UNO unveiled new primary and secondary logos that will be worn by all of its teams as the department begins its reclassification to Division I next fall.

The new primary logo will be an “O” with intertwined red and black elements. The secondary logo is a reimagining of the famil-iar Maverick bull head that has been a staple of UNO hockey

jerseys since the team

came into being in 1997.

A third logo, “UNO Graphic,” is an alter-

nate to the “O” logo.

The Night with the Mavericks crowd of almost 400 people also heard from former Nebraska volleyball coach Terry Pettit, who was the keynote speaker. Pettit, a national cham-pion coach with the Huskers, spoke to UNO’s future chal-lenges during its reclassification to Division I and encouraged athletic staff members and boosters to work together as a team to ensure the success of the program moving forward.

For more on the Summit League, visit www.thesummitleague.org

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ATHLETICS

Chance Lindley Women’s BasketballCHANCE LiNDLEY, PREViOUSLY ASSiSTANT WOMEN’S coach at the University of Arizona, is the seventh head coach in school history and the first male to lead the 40-year-old women’s program. He replaces Patty Patton Shearer, who resigned March 2 for personal reasons.

A Wichita, Kan., native, Lindley posted a 148-33 record during eight years as a head coach in the high school and junior college ranks in Kansas. He became an assistant at Arizona under Niya Butts in 2008.

With the Wildcats, Lindley was in charge of all defensive game planning and in-game offensive and defensive strategy. He worked with post players in practices and assisted with recruiting.

“i am very grateful and fortunate to be a part of the UNO family,” Lindley said. “This is an exciting time for the athletic department as it moves to Division i, and i’m looking forward to contributing to a new era for Maverick athletics.

“We are going to bring in outstanding student-athletes who will work hard and eventually compete for championships in the Summit League. This will be a team fans will enjoy watching and be proud to call Omaha’s Team.”

Lindley, 35, helped the Wildcats to a 21-12 record in 2010-11, the most wins for the program since 2004. Arizona finished fourth in the Pac-10, its highest

conference finish since 2004, and appeared in the postseason for the first time since 2005.

Prior to his stint at Arizona, Lindley led Barton County Community College to a school-record 34-4 mark and a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Tournament in 2007-08. The Cougars won the Region iV Championship, and Lindley received several coach-of-the-year honors.

Lindley also has coached at Wichita independent High School and Wichita Collegiate High School. The latter school went 26-0 and won a state championship in 2006.

Lindley graduated cum laude from Wichita State in 2000. He and his wife, Melissa, have a 4-year-old daughter, Brookelyn.

UNO was in a hiring mode in April, taking

on two new coaches in sports transitioning to

Division I athletics.

The Mavs on April 16 announced that Chance

Lindley was named the school’s new

head women’s basket-ball coach.

Six days later Jason Mims was introduced as

the first men’s soccer coach in school history.

Jason Mims Men’s Soccer

UnO women’s Head Basketball Coaches1971-73 Joyce Morris1973-76 Dee Grindle1976-98 Cherri Mankenberg1998-00 Paula Buscher2000-04 Lisa Carlsen2004-11 Patty Patton Shearer2011 Chance Lindley

UNO ATHLETiCS NAMED JASON MiMS the first head men’s soccer coach in

school history. He had been the first assistant for the men’s soccer team at Penn State University.

Mims had spent 10 years as an assistant coach at Creighton University, helping then-head coach Bob Warming, now the head coach at Penn State, create the Bluejays’ program from the ground up. Mims helped lead Creighton to eight straight NCAA tournament appearances and six Missouri Valley Conference Championships. He was a two-time finalist for the AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year award, the 2008 MVC Assistant Coach of the Year, and the 2008 NSCAA Central Regional Assistant Coach of the Year.

“i am extremely grateful to Trev, Mike and the rest of the UNO staff for this wonderful opportunity,” said Mims. “i am very excited to be coming back to Omaha and to be a part of something special at UNO. i look

forward to creating more opportunities for Nebraska kids to play Division i soccer here in the state.”

Mims recruited 10 All-Americans, eight conference players of the year, 21 all-region honorees and 50 all-conference picks at Creighton.

Mims also coached club soccer for six years while in Omaha, winning the Nebraska state tournament each season and qualifying for the national tournament. in 2007 he was a NSCAA National Youth Coach of the Year finalist and the regional coach of the year.

The native of Memphis, Tenn., played soccer at Saint Louis University, where he was a two-time All-Conference USA selection and an NSCAA All-Midwest Region pick in 1997. Mims also played professionally for one season with Cincinnati of the A-League. He graduated from Saint Louis in 1999.

The Mavericks begin play in men’s soccer this fall.

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GET TO KnOw

My greatest resource is the players on my team. Omaha is a great city, UNO is a great academic institution, we have great facilities, tradition, coaches — but it’s the players that make the difference in whether our team is successful.

The greatest resource of energy is wind energy. i am doing my research in real-time power monitoring and energy conservation, yet i am still convinced that we would not need to worry too much about how much energy we spend if we had more energy provided from green sources such as wind and solar energy.

answered

Dean BlaisUNO Hockey Coach

answered

wisam naderGraduate student and iSave project leader (see page 38)

The greatest resource i have is my landscape crew. When i get that call at 2 a.m. for snow removal, it’s always nice to call in my crew, as well to enjoy re-moving the snow and ice in the middle of the night.

answered

Lowell neuhausManager, UNO Environmental Services

My greatest resource is definitely my husband, Bill. Not only is he my closest friend and most trusted advisor, but he’s also my own personal iT guy and he cooks dinner for me every night.

answered

Denise MacMillan (’85)Team leader, Environmental Protection Agency

we asked

My greatest resource is the sun and my two sons. The sun because its pho-tons brighten my day and excite the electrons in the photovoltaic solar cells to generate renewable en-ergy; my sons — because of them i am driving a hybrid car to reduce my carbon footprint.

answered

Mahmoud AlahmadProfessor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction

we asked

wHAT IS YOUR GREATEST RESOURCE?

BInG CHEnProfessor/Chair,

Computer Electronics & Engineering

wHAT IS YOUR GREATEST RESOURCE AnD wHY? Treating the opinions of others with a zone of tolerance by looking through their eyes and trying to see the big picture.

wHAT wAS YOUR FIRST JOB Summer counselor for the Boys Club of NYC at Camp Carey, Long island, 1960.

YOUR FAVORITE wEEKEnD HAnGOUT Sitting on the rim of the Grand Canyon or watching the koi swim around in the pond while listening to the sounds of falling water.

THE SECRET TO HAPPInESS IS: To enjoy every possible moment, to discard negative thoughts and to connect with those you come into contact with.

I HATE TO wASTE The human potential of our young throughout the world.

he answered

Text, photos by Jenna Zeorian

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Wind power is gaining in

popularity, but not

everyone is setting sail

Photo and text by Don Kohler

Nearly halfway between Omaha and iowa’s capital city of Des Moines rests a small town that oozes history. Established in 1871 and coined iowa’s Antique City, Walnut, iowa, and its 877 residents annually welcome more than 80,000 tourists to its historic, brick-lined main street of specialty shops and restaurants.

it is, as its website notes, “A Town that Measures in Yesterday’s Treasures.”

But winds of change have altered the landscape of this tradition-rich rural community. Walnut is home to one of MidAmerican Energy Co.’s awe-inspir-ing wind technology projects — 102 General Electric turbines that stretch for miles across surrounding farm fields in east Pottawattamie County. They generate enough electricity to power approximately 52,000 homes.

The turbines, which tower 263 feet from ground to hub, give motorists bustling along interstate 80 another reason to take a look at Walnut. But these are not your great-grandfather’s picturesque windmills.

And not everyone is pleased with the change.

“As you drive by they are somewhat pretty interesting,” Walnut Mayor Gene Larsen says. “Environmentalists smile a lot when they drive by, most of our residents, not so much. The power companies are only building these towers to meet some perceived government green requirement down the road. in my opinion, it will undoubtedly increase everyone’s electric bill.

“As to the effect on our community, the land owners like the fees they receive, the farmers don’t like the disrupted farming process, and the unfortunate folks that live close to the towers are constantly bothered by the noise they create.”

Answers to energy demands might be blowin’ in the wind, but questions about its use also are swirling. For instance, how do turbines impact the scenic landscape and wildlife? And how can wind be harvested at the residential level? UNO researchers are exploring these and other issues.

“There are tradeoffs,” notes LaReesa Wolfenbarger, UNO associate profes-sor of biology.

Wonders & Worries

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wind in the Corn Beltiowa is among the leading states reaping the benefits of those tradeoffs. The state ranks first in the production of electricity from wind and second in the number of installed megawatts (3,675), says Dr. Harold Prior, executive director of the iowa Wind Energy Association. “iowa also has more major component manufacturers than any other state,” Prior adds. According to the American Wind Energy Association, a nation-best 14.2 percent of all iowa power comes from wind, generating enough power for 900,000 homes.

MidAmerican, No. 1 in the nation in ownership of wind-powered electric generation among rate-regulated utilities, currently has wind energy facili-ties at nine sites across iowa. it has received approval by the iowa Utilities Board to add up to 1,001 megawatts of wind generation prior to 2013.

Nebraska lags far behind its bordering neighbor. Nebraska had 213 in-stalled megawatts at the close of 2010, enough to power 60,000 homes.

The lower numbers are due in part to the influence of public utilities in Ne-braska, says Graham Christensen, public affairs director for the Nebraska Farmer’s Union, which advocates wind energy production. His organization is under contract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to educate Nebraskans about the benefits of wind energy.

Other factors he says limits the development of wind power in Nebraska include the lack of a “super grid” of transmission lines to carry the energy, limited export opportunities for that energy, and an ample supply of exist-ing coal and nuclear energy. With more megawatts of energy scheduled to go online in 2011, Christensen is optimistic about the future of wind energy in Nebraska.

“Wind energy has such a huge economic potential, we need to stay focused,” Christensen says. “However, being a 100-percent public power state created some challenges because the No. 1 incentive, the production tax credit, only can be used by private utilities. Public utility incentives are hard to come by and typically unreliable.”

The National Renewable Energy Lab ranks Nebraska’s wind “resource” as fourth most in the nation, as measured by annual average wind speed (iowa is seventh). The AWEA notes that such resource “could provide the state’s current electricity needs 120 times over.”

That’s the kind of potential Christensen might like.

“Wind technology gives our state a chance to create jobs through wind technology manufacturing,” Christensen says, “and this could be a big boom for Nebraska. We are very strategically located to be a leader in wind and most other forms of renewable energy production.”

wind and wildlifeThe environmental impact such a boom in wind power might have in Nebraska is driving the research of Wolfenbarger. The UNO professor is collecting data from the United States and Europe on the impact of wind farms on wildlife and the environment. She says she understands the

concerns of Walnut’s mayor, but her focus is on the presence of large wind farms in non-farmland areas in Nebraska.

“An agriculture mosaic has its own set of wildlife that can co-exist with farmland,” she says. “The higher degree of concern is when you start modifying habitat that isn’t farmland.”

One area of concern in Nebraska, Wolfenbarger says, is the bird migration habitat in the state.

“The special concern in Nebraska is that we have this world-class, spec-tacular migration event of wonderful cranes, waterfowl and shore birds occurring between February and May,” Wolfenbarger says. “You have mil-lions of individuals coming through a region of Nebraska. You have 600,000 people that converge on central Nebraska to watch the migration, and that brings large revenue to those municipalities. The challenge is that we’ve got the potential for incompatible goals in those areas.”

Wolfenbarger says she hopes to develop a synthesis on the impact of wind farms on wildlife that can be used in future decision-making by government and industry leaders. “Definitely, renewable energy sources are something this country needs. But, there will be noticeable effects of large wind pro-duction operations on wildlife and the environment. it is going to take some working together between agencies to figure out how to operate wind farms in a way that they are compatible to the wildlife in the area.”

wind on RoofsWhile building commercial wind capacity has its own set of challenges, UNO students are carrying out hands-on research on the viability of introducing turbines into the residential landscape. More than 200 students have been involved in research and construction of the ZNETH (Zero Net Energy Test House) in Omaha (see Page 36). Avery Schwer, professor at the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, says the college received a special use permit from city officials to include a wind turbine atop their test home.

“i am an advocate of commercial wind, but the jury is still out on residential wind because there are a lot of issues to still address,” he says. “We are doing this because it is a test house. We want to see how these perform, and how much energy is actually produced by these wind turbines. A residential wind turbine is like a new frontier because it is not very widely applied.”

Schwer says that prior to the erection of the Honeywell WindTronics turbine on the ZNETH House, students must consider issues such as site orientation, ventilation into the home and the effects of inclement weather on the structure.

“These are issues to look at and to be concerned with, because we want to do it right and make sure this is installed properly,” Schwer says. “Would i tell a homeowner to go out and do this? Not yet. We’ve got our homework to do.”

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Solar energy was all the rage in

the 1970s.

But after cooling off in the following decade, the

solar industry sees bright days ahead once again

By Sonja Carberry

A solar panel for every split-level, ranch and two-story? Not quite. But optimism was high in the 1970s.

“I think that solar heating should be very common for residential and commercial use within 10 years,” prophesied UNO Professor Bing Chen in a 1977 UNO alumni publication.

By 1987, though, dark days had descended upon the solar scene.

What happened?

“Early euphoria came to a halt with the administration change in the 1980s,” says Chen, housed at the Peter Kiewit Institute and chair of the computer and electronics engineering department administered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “The funding dried up. The attitude was: ‘This is not important to the future of the country.’”

Emphasis went to fossil fuels, and funding was cut drastically for researchers, including those at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. The commercial market was likewise scorched.

SUNNY SIDE UP

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often, one of the questions the solar-curi-ous ask is, “where’s the money?”

uNo’s Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) points people in the right direction for solar loans and tax credits.

“there are a lot of incentives available,” says Jean Waters, NBDC senior community service associate. “People don’t take advantage of the incentives like they should.”

small business owners willing to do the legwork can reap long-term benefits.

Waters pointed to Laundromat operators on the Winnebago Indian reservation who found a loan for a solar water heater. “they save a lot of money from that,” Waters says. “When you have a business that uses a lot of hot water, it’s definitely something you should look into.”

Another winning scenario?

“Farmers will install a solar panel to run a pump or a small piece of equipment that’s not near the power grid,” Waters says. “In that case, it’s economically viable.”

the NBDC website (http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/energy) lists incentives by state and utility company. the usDA, u.s. Department of energy and Irs, for instance, offer incentives for investments in solar water heat, solar thermal electric, photovoltaics and other technologies. the Nebraska energy office, meanwhile, offers commercial loans for solar installa-tions at an interest rate of 2.5 percent, plus tax credits.

Need help figuring it all out? the NBDC offers assistance locating financing for energy improvements, plus energy efficiency screening.

DollarsSunseand

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SUNNY SIDE UP

Bill Hillman had launched Southwest Iowa Solar in 1979. Early success installing residential solar collectors fell away when Hillman lost a key selling point — a 30-percent federal tax credit and a 40-percent state tax credit.

“The first thing Ronald Reagan did was get rid of the tax credit,” Hillman says. “The business just dropped off.”

Reagan took office in 1981. By 1983, Hillman’s solar business in Shenandoah, Iowa, was toast.

Fast-forward to 2011. Interest in renewables is on the rise. Will the sun shine again on solar?

“The movement has recovered in part, but not completely,” Chen says.

Points of optimism include price decreases. China, once seen as staunchly anti-environmental, has begun tapping solar on a large scale.

“The Chinese technologies have in essence forced the prices of various renewables downward,” Chen says. “It’s been a free-fall drop in the cost of materials.”

Increasing demand as a generation grows up greener is another, and President Barrack Obama has voiced support for renewable energy forms. Chen isn’t ready to grade the current administration on action, but he says politics indeed play a role.

That can be seen in Germany. Buoyed by the environmentally friendly Green Party, residents there installed 3,800 megawatts of photovoltaic solar in 2009, compared to 500 megawatts in the United States the same year, according to a report by Renewable Energy World.

What makes that figure particularly ironic, according to solar advocate Richard Komp, is that Germany isn’t nearly as sunny as the United States.

“Nebraska has a physical climate which is ideal for solar,” he says.

Komp, dubbed the “Pied Piper of Solar,” by Chen, teaches solar techniques everywhere from Nicaragua to New York.

The reason a place like South America has more solar power than the United States, he says, is that push simply hasn’t come to shove here.

“We have it too good,” Komp says. “Our electricity rarely goes off for very long.”

In other countries, electricity simply isn’t plentiful — never mind the cost.

They’ve already figured out what many in the United States are waking up to.

“Mechanical cooling is not a good use of energy,” says Chen.

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PassivE solar Sit back and soak it in. Passive solar applies simple-to-complex design techniques to capture and store heat. Some approaches:

SOUTHERn ExPOSURE: Homes designed with copious windows facing south generate warmth. The Greeks positioned their homes to maximize heat intake from the winter sun 2,500 years ago.

SOLAR CHIMnEYS: As a black-painted chimney heats up in the sun, hot air inside the chimney creates an updraft. Suction at the chimney’s

base pulls hot air out of the building, creating ventilation. This technique is prevalent in the Middle East.

SOLAR wATER HEATInG: A storage tank is mounted above a rooftop solar collector panel. As the water gets hot, it rises (the thermosiphon effect) and is collected in a tank, which is gravity-fed via tubing into the home for use. This approach becomes active if a pump is added.

activE solarGet it moving. Active solar techniques require electrical or mechanical equipment to move heat energy. There are two main categories — solar thermal and Photovoltaics (PV).

SOLAR THERMAL: Rooftop solar panels are active if a pump or motor is used to move hot air or liquid through tubes from the panel to a collector. Solar thermal systems can heat swimming pools, homes and buildings. On a larger scale, solar thermal mirrors, lenses and troughs produce electricity on solar farms in California and Spain.

PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV): These solar panels convert solar rays into direct current (DC) electricity using semiconductors. it’s the same technology that makes calculators work without batteries. The secret is the photovoltaic effect, in which electricity is created when photons of light knock electrons into a higher state of energy. Photovoltaics have become more popular as raw material costs have dropped in recent years. One PV solar panel can power an emergency phone. An array of multiple panels is needed to power a house.

Sources: Bill Hillman; “Practical Voltaics,” by Richard Komp; “Path to Passive” by Bing Chen et al; “A Golden Thread” by Ken Butti and John Perlin; www.energysavers.gov

wide-ranging solar options and terminology can generate confusion. here are a few basics. solar vocab 101

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UNO Professor Bing Chen took on the naysayers. He put a group of UNO students to work building and monitoring three toolshed-sized structures on the west side of campus (top photo). They were testing the trombe wall approach — a passive solar technique that lets the sun heat a south-facing masonry wall through a transparent cover, warming the air inside. As the temperature increases, convection draws cooler air out of the structure through low-lying vents.

The sheds weren’t attractive — but they were effective, as Chen’s team discovered after analyzing two years of data.

“We proved that it worked — that it worked very well,” Chen says.

Today, UNO’s Passive Solar Research Group — led by Chen and including UNO researchers and students — furthers study in solar techniques, such as the cool roof concept. it applies “insanely simple technology,” Chen says, with dramatic results.

Scientist Harold Hay pioneered the first cool roof during the 1950s in india. He placed large bags of water on rooftops, opening them at night to radiate heat energy into the night sky and thus cool the building below.

Chen and colleague Richard Bourne collaborated on a new approach called the Nebraska Modified Roof Pond. instead of bags of water they lined a flat roof with rubber, then topped it with water and a layer of insulation. During summer nights, a submersible pump sprayed water above the roof. That water cooled in the night sky and migrated back down to the liner, cooling the surface below.

“What this does is reduce cooling needs in the summer,” Chen says.

Bourne built a home in California using the technique. it works so well that he has no A/C backup. “He’s laughing all the way to the bank,” Chen says.

UNO’s Allwine Prairie is home to the Passive Solar Research Group’s “cool tube” research model. “it’s one of the few full-scale test setups in the U.S,” Chen says.

The one-story structure features a tall chimney and a pipe that runs 10 feet into the ground, where air temperatures are around 50 degrees. On hot days, the solar chimney acts like a giant straw, sucking heat from the building and

pulling cooler air into the building from the pipe. “You can feel cool air coming up,” Chen says.

The Chinese employed this technique after World War ii, chilling buildings by drawing cold air from tunnels dug as shelters during the war.

Also being studied at UNO are applications for photovoltaics (PV) — solar panels that produce energy. One project has solar doing double duty as a pump and water desalinator. A PV solar collector powers a pump, which brings in dirty water. As the sun-heated water evaporates in the collector, clean water droplets are piped away for use.

“The collector is its own power source,” Chen says. “You stick one end into brackish water, and out the other end comes pure water.”

He sees applications of this technology in tsunami-stricken areas and in places like Bangladesh, where loss of ice cover on the nearby Himalaya Mountains and deforestation from overcutting of trees has led to flooding.

Such solar becomes not only an energy conserver, but also a problem-solver.

Better to conserve now, Chen says, wherever possible.

“We as a species have the gift of far sight and it seems like recently we’ve decided to abandon that farsightedness,” he says.

He challenges his students to think about their roles as stewards for all life on planet earth.

“Can we think beyond our own self-interest?” Chen says. “Energy is one aspect of that.”

testing ground

Going off the Gridgoing solar can save serious coin. Just ask richard Komp, whose off-the-grid house in northeastern Maine is electric-bill free. Komp authored the solar go-to book Practical Photovoltaics in 1984. since then he’s taught workshops everywhere from nicaragua to Mali to nebraska (stopping at uno in 2009 for two-days of interac-tive classes).

Kemp’s first step is demystifying the tech-nology for new users. there’s no magic to it, he says: “Every single part is something you can buy in a hardware supply store.”

and cost shouldn’t be a hindrance — for the farsighted. “the cheapest way that you can heat your water, anywhere in the u.s., is with a solar water heater,” Komp says.

deciding what solar components to get — panels just to heat water or a full system to go off the grid — requires study. Komp’s “Practical Photovoltaics” covers everything from calculating wattage and sizing solar arrays to assembling a panel diY-style.

For information on passive solar approach-es there’s Path to Passive: nebraska’s Passive solar Primer. the book is avail-able for download at the nebraska Energy office website at http://www.neo.ne.gov/publications/pathtopassive.htm.

Komp also wrote the Maine solar Primer, available at www.mainesolar.org/MEsEastore.html. it includes plans for so-lar air heaters, cookers, water heaters and greenhouses, plus details on photovoltaic techniques.

while applications evolve, Komp says solar’s basic principles remain constant — and the materials are equally durable.

a typical solar panel will last 20 years and beyond, offsetting manufacturing costs.

bill hillman, former owner of southwest iowa solar, says each solar approach re-quires different skill sets.

“if you chose water systems you need to know a lot about plumbing,” hillman says. “Photovoltaic systems require knowledge in electricity. Passive systems require knowledge in building and design.”

subcontractors can help, or the adept can go the do-it-yourself route.

Materials for hillman’s first solar panel in-cluded salvaged storm door glass and cop-per tubing. his home in shenandoah, iowa, currently is warmed with solar panels left over from his business.

“i have 14 collectors which heat my indoor pool and about half my house when it’s around 30 degrees,” hillman says. that swimming pool closes the solar loop by holding heat in liquid form, “and it’s more fun than a storage tank,” hillman says.

Yes, solar investments take time to pay-back. but the payback could come sooner than you think.

“the cost of energy is climbing at a fast rate, and future utilities may be disrupted or very expensive,” hillman says. “solar in most cases is there to reduce your energy used.”

I haven’t paid an electric bill in 23 years. That’s usually more impressive to people than my Ph.D.

— Richard Komp

how much sun is enough? that was the question in the 1970s. skeptics assumed solar wouldn’t work in harsh-wintered Nebraska.

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Cr tical Mass

Richard Lomneth, UNO biochemistry associate professor

That drum-beating bunny might energize plenty that’s critical, but even he has his limits.

For instance, says Richard Lomneth, UNO biochemistry associate professor, “i can’t imagine airplanes flying on batteries anytime that i can foresee.”

Corn or some other biomass, however, might come in handy.

“if you can replace the jet fuel and have a good, viable biofuel,” Lomneth says, “that would be a market that would be there.”

Farm waste and other biomass — biological materials such as wood, waste, gas and alcohol fuels — are among alternative energy sources that can leave a greener footprint. And as technology improves, biofuels have the potential to become a less-expensive component of that which powers our engines, Lomneth says.

The use of biofuels is nothing new. Cultures around the world, for instance, have used cow manure to cook with and generate heat.

Today, however, biofuels are put to more powerful uses. Cow manure now can be can be transformed into electricity to power farms. Using an anaerobic digester, bacteria convert farm waste into methane gas, which can fuel an electric generator to create electricity. That’s a lot of cow power considering one bovine can produce more than 30 gallons of manure a day.

“You can basically take that waste, convert it into something useful and eliminate all of these other problems,” Lomneth says. “Not only to make fuel, but also limit the release of greenhouse gasses.”

BiofuelMore such ingenuity is expected. By 2050, according to the international Energy Agency, biofuels could provide 27 percent of all transport fuel and contribute to the replacement of diesel, kerosene and jet fuel.

There are many types of biofuels, says Dave Neubauer, vice president and general manager of Tenaska BioFuels, a marketing affiliate of Omaha’s Tenaska inc. its founder and chairman is 1971 UNO graduate Howard Hawks.

“Some biofuels are used to generate power, while others are used as trans-portation fuels or for fuel blending,” says Neubauer, whose company helps ethanol, biodiesel and food processors find markets for their products.

With approximately 14 billion gallons produced annually in the United States, corn ethanol — intended for gasoline-powered engines — is the most common type, he says.

“Most gas stations in Omaha have ethanol-blended fuels,” Neubauer says. “There are some E85 stations, which carry 85-percent ethanol blends.”

Ethanol can be derived from corn using industrial fermentation, the use of microorganisms to make products useful to humans. Chemical processing and distillation also are part of the process.

Burning corn ethanol can cut greenhouse-gas emissions by about 20 percent compared to non-blended gasoline, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s website. Over time, the reduction could be as great as 52 percent.

“The ethanol … gives something to help the gasoline burn cleaner,” Lomneth says. “So there is another impact people don’t think of when people buy the 10-percent ethanol gasoline.”

BiodieselBiodiesel is the most widely produced biofuel, Neubauer says.

Depending on the source (vegetable oils, animal fats), biodiesel can reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by 60 to 80 percent, according to the Biodiesel National Board’s website, making it the best carbon-reduction tool of any liquid fuel commercially available.

Lomneth is interested in biodiesel beyond the classroom. He and Alan Gift, an assistant professor of analytical and general chemistry at UNO, are part of a venture constructing the first integrated cellulose ethanol and biodiesel production facility in Nebraska. it involves Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems and Tighe Biodiesel of Springfield, Neb.

A spectroscopist (one who measures the response of matter as it interacts with energy), Gift is developing a cost-effective technique to analyze the methanol content in biodiesel using near-infra red light. That helps determine how clean and effective the biodiesel is.

“This technique is a faster, less-expensive way of determining methanol concentration than the traditional ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] tests,” Gift says.

There are drawbacks to biofuels. Despite having a greener footprint, they require a relatively large land footprint.

“There’s not a good infrastructure for handling the material,” Lomneth says. “They also take a fair amount of water for growing the feedstock and making the fuel.”

Biofuels also have a higher price point.

“i think they offer a segment of liquid fuels market,” Lomneth says. “They will not replace petroleum fuels at the current scale we use them, but they offer alternative material that is domestically produced, so it doesn’t have quite the great price point as we see in petroleum.”

By Andrea Ciurej

— Richard Komp

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By Kevin Warneke

*according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Everyone, it seems, has a story to tell about gas prices “back in the day.”From 1949 to 1952, OU grad Don Hansen worked summers at the Sears & Roebuck service station at 30th and Farnam. He’d fill cars at 23.9 cents per gallon for regular, 25.9 for leaded. “Along with that we checked the oil, washed the windshield and aired the tires if the customer asked,” he says.

“Pretty girls,” he adds, “didn’t have to ask.”

Fellow grad Arthur Croft also pumped gas, working for Hamilton Brothers Oil in Ralston in the late 1950s. “Most customers would come in and ask for $2 worth of regular gasoline, which was 10 gallons,” Croft recalls.

Come the 1970s, though, the recollections aren’t so fond. OU grad Howard Munshaw

was working in Cleveland then and had a long commute. “The 75 cents or more [per gallon] was a big shock to the budget,” he says. “The company I worked for went to a four-day work week, working the same 40 hours, to conserve energy.”

Today’s rise leaves less for other spending,

notes Dr. Christopher Decker, a UNO associate professor of economics. In 1990,

he reports, gas accounted for 2.09 percent of consumer expenditures. By May of this year he estimated it was as high as 4.75 percent.

A bit more than a century ago, folks were seeking fuel of a different sort for their transportation — oats. In 1900, notes Ira Rosofsky in “The History of the Gas Station,” there were 20 million horses in the United States and just 4,000 cars. The oil industry then mostly produced kerosene — gasoline was just a byproduct of the process and typically was thrown away. Those with cars went to their local general store or kerosene refinery and left with gasoline in a bucket. “Not exactly convenient or safe,” Rosofsky wrote.

Filling up is a lot easier these days — and gas is guzzled globally.

“At present,” says Dr. Robert Schuster, UNO associate professor of geology, “fuel is what is driving our energy picture now and for the future.”

Finding it, Pricing it, consErving it and MorE

By Kevin Warneke

These days, there’s been plenty of shock to go around as gas

prices have gone up. In May the national average for a gallon of

gasoline was$3.83.

*That compares $1.68 per gallon in December 2008 and $.98 a

gallon in December 1998.

*according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Fill ’er up!That could have become a common request on the UnO campus.

in 1970, with gas prices at a national average of .36 cents per gallon, UNO Student President Steve Wild began plans to construct a student-owned and -operated cooperative gas station. One suggestion put the station in front of the Eppley Library (now the Administration Building).

in a 1971 presentation to the UNO Student Senate, “Report on the Feasibility of a Student Gas Co-op,” Wild estimated gas could be sold for . 26 cents a gallons, saving students $50 to $150 a year. Student Senator Cliff Herd mentioned the possibility of an accompanying “grease rack” and student-issued credit cards.

it was not so far-fetched of an idea. Gas co-ops were operating then at the University of Texas, the University of California at Berkeley and Wisconsin University. UNO administrators nixed the plan, though, citing campus space limitations. Purchase of an existing gas station or construction of a new one off campus also was explored, but no cooperative ever was instituted.

Wild, though, never lost his flair for big ideas — or for cooperation. The UNO graduate later became a successful businessman and in 2006 funded the UNO Center for Collaboration Science. The interdisciplinary initiative involves about 25 faculty members from all six UNO colleges, “bringing their diversity of knowledge to bear on improving collaboration for organizations in Omaha and the nation at large.”

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A uNo graduate stakes her

claim in the oil industry

drill baby

OU farmland way out in Kimball, Nebraska, once had the university

dreaming of striking it rich.

BLACK GoLD FeVer CAN Be hard to shake, so when oil was discovered in Nebraska’s Kimball County in the 1950s, even the university of omaha had dreams of cashing in on “bubblin’ crude.”

ou had owned 160 acres of Kimball farmland since 1934, acquiring it via foreclosure from defendant Alfred Watson. “It looks like ou loaned some of its endowment funds for a farm mortgage,” says uNo Archivist Les Valentine. “When the loan defaulted, ou got the farm.”

the quarter section of land, lo-cated just south of the town of Kimball, was worth $1,700 then. the university leased it for 20 years for wheat farming.

rights to lease the property from ou and drill again. ou would receive one-eighth royalties on oil and gas.

once more, drilling came up bust.

In september 1961 the land was sold to Fern A. Jones for $5,760. university regents recommended that proceeds fund the “Kimball County Greenhouse” on campus. the deed mentions the university retains one-half interest in oil, gas and min-eral rights.

Kimball would become known as the “oil Capital of Nebraska,” producing the most barrels in the state in 1960. today, state highway 71 borders ou’s former Kimball Farm to the east. to the north is Interstate 80 and an aban-doned Burger King.

— Anthony Flott, editor

Beginning in 1950, though, Kimball landowners discovered oil-bearing sands thousands of feet beneath their crops — including farms neighboring ou’s spread.

university officials got to drilling. In July 1954 ou contracted rogers oil to explore its property. By August the company had gone 6,440 feet deep. telegraphs reporting moist earth, “aroused a flurry of excitement at the university,” reported the Alumni Newsletter.

But no oil was found. the drilling was abandoned and wheat farming resumed. the 1957 crop brought $700 to ou coffers.

In 1958, Kimball resident L.L. Nickle thought the land could yield even more. At public auction he won the

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You may have noticed — gas prices tend to rise

faster than they fall.Spikes in gasoline prices typically are tied to world

events of historic proportions, says Dr. Christopher

Decker, a UNO economics professor. Like when

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990.

Decker was fresh out of college then, working as

a global insight analyst for an energy group in

Massachusetts.“it threw the markets into chaos,” Decker says.

He rattles off other price-spiking crises, including the

OPEC embargo that led to long lines at the pump in

the early 1970s, and the iran-iraq war at the end of

that decade.“in all of these examples,’ Decker says, “you see a

spike in prices and then a slower return.”

And while natural disasters also can affect the

market, more often political unrest causes the

hikes. The jumps in gas prices earlier this spring, for

instance, had more to do with civil unrest in Libya

than with the earthquake in Japan.

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Price spikes today, however, are different from those of a previous

generation, From the 1970s through the 1990s, price jumps mostly

were tied to supply shocks, Decker says. Today, prices are demand-

driven, due especially to the increased need for gas in China, india

and other developing countries.

Prices also are affected by the time of year, says Brian Youngberg,

a senior analyst covering energy and utilities for Edward Jones and

a UNO graduate. State law requires one blend of gasoline to be sold

in the summer and another to be sold during the winter months,

Youngberg says. As a change of season approaches, a marketer may

have to lower costs to avoid being left with a surplus, he says.

So what goes into the price at the pump?

According to the U.S. Energy information Administration, 68 percent

is the cost of finding, extracting and producing crude oil. Refining

accounts for 13 percent, taxes for 12 percent and distribution/

marketing 7 percent.Decker and Youngberg cautioned that higher gas prices don’t mean

the owner of the local convenience store is cashing in. Gasoline sales

often are a loss-leader, they say. While the retailer ultimately sets the

price at the pump, Youngberg says, competition drives the price.

“People will chase two cents a gallon,” Youngberg says. “Their

revenue comes from the things they sell inside.”

erin young isn’t afraid to admit it: she actually read her college geology textbook.

“Because I was interested, not because I had to,” the 2007 uNo graduate says.

that revelation was part of young’s transformation from aspiring high school science teacher to real-world geologist now employed in the oil industry.

Dr. robert shuster remembers the day young stepped into his office at uNo to discuss a change in majors and a career in geology.

“she knew she wanted to be a professional geologist from our first conversation and she pursued that goal,” says shuster, associate professor of geology.

young handled the change in coursework, including the more difficult calculus classes. she enjoyed her summer spent in southwestern Colorado mapping the region’s geologic qualities with students from a variety of colleges and universities. Next came a master’s program at the university of Kansas and more field work.

these days, young is an operations geologist (she describes herself as a newbie) for Anadarko Petroleum Co., one of the world’s largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. young’s job is to make sure the drill rigs keep running and operating at top efficiency.

technology means young isn’t working in the field, but from behind a computer in Anadarko’s offices in Denver. the Bellevue, Neb., native interprets data captured from geophysical sensors sent down to well bores at drilling sites in northeast Colorado. the captured data includes information about such geologic features as rock porosity and permeability.

young’s duties also include drill site selections. she makes her predictions based on sub-surface maps based on well logs. With hundreds of potential drill sites in the Anadarko inventory, young is still waiting for her first well to come in.

“that will be so rewarding to know you picked a good spot for getting oil and natural gas.”

drill baby

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Memories of long lines at the pumps during the 1970s prompted Barbara ihle to take action when talk of gas shortages resurfaced.

At first, ihle’s natural gas 2009 Honda Civic GX meant her husband, an orthopedic surgeon, would always have a way to work in Fremont, Neb. Now, the vehicle is providing a return on the ihles’ investment.

While a CNG (compressed natural gas) Honda Civic GX costs about $5,000 more than a standard Honda Civic, savings come through tax incentives and lower prices at the “pump.” For the ihles, that means refueling through a device installed in their garage — at about $1.30 per gallon.

Doug Clark, president of the Metropolitan Utilities District, doesn’t hesitate to cheerlead for natural gas vehicles. Over its lifetime, Clark says, a natural gas-powered vehicle will provide savings while having a positive impact on America’s air quality and environment. Natural gas vehicles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 to 30 percent and carbon monoxide emissions by 70 to 90 percent.

Clark says he was sold on natural gas vehicles while driving one on his many trips to the Nebraska Unicameral. MUD’s fleet of work vehicles, by the end of 2011, will include 130 natural gas vehicles. Before beginning to convert its fleet of vehicles to natural gas, MUD did the math to ensure the savings would follow. “You can’t spend money wastefully,” he says. “There has to be a payback.”

The utility district also plans to make Omaha more inviting for out-of-town guests who bring their natural gas vehicles to town. MUD plans to open two public refueling stations in Omaha this summer. The price of a gas-equivalent gallon of natural gas will run about $1.93 —well below standard gas prices.

Clark’s devotion has become personal — he’s having his own vehicles converted to run on natural gas. “At some point, it’s time to stop talking. You have to put up or shut up,” he says.

ihle, a self-employed business owner and a 2007 UNO graduate, charts her CNG savings on a spreadsheet.

“We’re so pleased, we’ve actually talked about a second one,” she says.

there’s somethING ABout the threAt of $4 gallons of gasoline that people notice.

so pay attention, because they’re coming, says Brian youngberg, a senior analyst covering en-

ergy and utilities for edward Jones.

“We’re moving into the peak driving time of the year, and there’s nothing out there to push prices

down,” says youngberg, a 1986 uNo graduate.

“Nothing out there,” youngberg says, means tur-moil in the middle east is not likely to dissipate,

demand for gasoline in the united states is not likely to slacken, and the u.s. dollar is likely to

remain weak.

Demand traditionally drives prices up, youngberg notes, and demand for gasoline in the united

states remains higher in 2011 than in 2010. In addition, the u.s. dollar and gas prices typically move in opposite directions, he says. Last year,

when Greece and Ireland faced economic crises, the u.s. dollar strengthened.

“oil prices fell $15 a barrel,” youngberg says.

the question youngberg poses is whether motor-ists will begin to drive less in the face of $4 or

more for one gallon of gas.

“It’s a mental barrier,” he says. “It’s psychological.”

Dr. Christopher Decker, a uNo economics profes-sor, also sees gas prices reaching the $4 threshold

and beyond this summer.

“the days of $2 gas prices are pretty much gone,” Decker says.

going naturalSavings can add up with a

Compressed Natural Gas vehicle

ON ThE RIGhT TRack

Union Pacific Railroad describes its fleet of locomotives as the greenest in the industry.

“Our employees understand that protecting the environment is part of every job, and they are creating and implementing world-class energy conservation techniques that are helping us to move more freight with less fuel,” says 1978 UNO graduate Jim Young, UP’s chairman and chief executive officer.

According to the railroad, freight trains are almost four times more fuel-efficient than over-the-road trucks and have less impact on greenhouse gas

emissions than trucks. in 2010, UP reduced its fuel consumption by 3 percent compared to 2009. That reduction, according to the railroad, translates into 27 million less gallons of diesel fuel used.

To aid its energy-savings efforts, Union Pacific has turned to the Genset Switcher and the Green Goat.

UP’s low-emissions switch locomotive, the Genset Switcher, uses modified, low-emissions EPA-certified “off-road” diesel engines. it is projected to reduce emissions of

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susAN BreNNAN KNoWs she’s PArt of something special. make that part of two special things.

First, as one of the highest-ranking women in the auto indus-try, Brennan, a 1991 uNo graduate, is part of the Nissan motor Co.’s rollout of the Nissan Leaf. the Leaf, which was named the 2011 european Car of the year, features zero tailpipe emis-sions and is 100 percent electric-powered. the Leaf can travel up to 100 miles between charges and can reach speeds up to 90 mph.

And, she says enthusiastically, it can accommodate five pas-sengers and has a trunk.

the second something special — which Brennan hopes is her other legacy — is her efforts to open doors for more women in the auto industry. to do so, she serves as president and is a founding member of the southern Automotive Women’s Forum, a professional organization that aims to promote the advancement of women in the auto industry in the southern united states. the nonprofit’s efforts are geared toward mid-dle-school-age girls to turn them on to science and math, while helping them realize anything is possible when they choose a career.

Just ask the future auto executive who got turned on to science as a fourth-grader attending an ecology class in the summer.

“that’s what you got for being smart,” Brennan says. “you got to go to summer school.”

Brennan says science became her passion as a youngster, partly as a response to her father’s death of congenital heart disease when she was 5. she wanted to know how the body works. the summer school class later helped spark an interest in the environment.

helping Nissan produce a vehicle that will impact the environ-ment would come later.

Brennan first embarked on a career in the health sciences as a medical researcher. While living in emerson, Iowa, Brennan earned her master’s degree in business administration at uNo. the program was outstanding, she says, but the commute for classes wasn’t as enjoyable. still, she walked away with a strong foundation of business principles and fond memories of learning from Drs. Louis Pol and Lynn harland. the college’s dean and associate dean, respectively, were faculty members during Brennan’s time at uNo.

she spent five years as a chemical and biological researcher and conducted a breast cancer epidemiological study at m.D. Anderson hospital in houston at a time before “race for a Cure” was an everyday phrase. tracing genetic links in breast cancer patients — before genealogy software and when women were reluctant to seek treatment — made her work challenging.

the research was rewarding, but Brennan says it also was isolating — the result of working in a lab without much interac-tion with others. she later spent 16 years working for Douglas & Lomason Co. and Ford motor Co. before joining Nissan motor Co. In 2005, she was named by Automotive News as one of the top 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry.

she now serves as vice president, manufacturing—smyrna and Decherd for Nissan North America, and is responsible for operations at Nissan’s two tennessee-based plants. safety, quality and environmental compliance fall under her domain.

Brennan says she’s excited about the Leaf and the potential impact she expects it to have on the auto industry and the en-vironment. she admits that the vehicle won’t singlehandedly lessen America’s reliance on oil, but it will have a huge impact.

she says skeptics who question the viability of vehicles that operate on alternative energy sources don’t discourage her.

“I want to be on the front end of change.”

the Front End of change

UNO graduate Susan Brennan is

leading the auto industry’s charge

into sustainable vehicles — and the

charge of women into the industry

oxides of nitrogen by 80 percent and particulate matter by 90 percent. All while using as much as 37 percent less fuel compared to current older switching locomotives.

To reduce emissions in rail yards, Union Pacific in 2002 tested the Green Goat — the world’s first diesel-battery hybrid switch locomotive. The Green Goat is similar in concept to the Toyota Prius automobile, which relies on a gasoline engine and a battery-powered electric motor.

The Green Goat, however, depends entirely on its small, diesel-powered engine to charge onboard

storage batteries to provide all propulsion power. it is estimated to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter by up to 80 percent, and reduce fuel consumption by at least 16 percent, compared to a conventional switch locomotive.

A Fortune 200 company, Union Pacific is the largest employer of UNO interns. About 80 percent of the company’s new hires previously were interns.

Photo by Kyle Thigpen, Nissan North America

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UNO’s Patrick Wheeler and Dr. Avery Schwer.

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As temperatures rise, so will energy bills. And the need

for power throughout the year doesn’t look as if it will cool down any time soon — the U.S. Energy Information

Administration forecasts a 14-percent increase in U.S. primary energy consumption by 2035.

To help homeowners, UNO researchers are working on both the feasible —

practical steps to reduce energy bills — and what seems like fantasy — a

home that completely eliminates energy costs.

Technological advancements are key.

But as two current UNO projects illustrate, the

biggest factor in energy savings is … you.

Homing InOn SavingsStories by Amanda Hackwith

building a better home: ZnEthuNo stuDeNts Are CreAtING a house that they hope doesn’t just save energy, but that eliminates energy bills altogether.

that’s the ambitious goal of ZNeth, the Zero Net energy test house. uNo graduate students, led by Dr. Avery schwer, are building the test house in omaha, just east of the Peter Kiewit Institute, one of the project’s collaborators. others include the university of Nebraska-Lincoln Colleges of engineering and Architecture, the u.s. Green Building Flatwater Chapter and the Green omaha Coalition.

uNo graduate student Brad Cory is one of the researchers on the project. Cory says his passion for the outdoors and interest in the environment fueled his participation in ZNeth. he’s seen the impact energy use has on human life and knows that home en-ergy savings can free up family pocketbooks, helping the economy.

Increasing home energy savings, he says, is the “responsible way to help the next gen-eration have enough fuel to heat and cool their homes.”

ZNeth can do just that. the 2,000-square-foot home demonstrates the potential of sus-tainability through an array of technology:

• roof-based solar panels as thin as laminate stickers that convert the sun’s rays to electricity.

• A geothermal system that captures the earth’s temperature to heat and cool the home.

• Cisterns buried in the lawn to collect rainwater to be used for a garden and plants.

• A wind turbine that converts those frequently blustery days into energy (see more on page 24).

• radiant floor heating, bamboo flooring, paperless drywall, a real-time energy management system, countertops made from recycled materials, and more.

the results can be dramatic. the geothermal system alone could lower energy bills up to 60 percent. Combined, the technology is meant to produce more energy than the home consumes.

the ZNeth home is nearing completion and the research team doesn’t intend to stop there.

“We are looking to build a second ZNeth house,” Cory says. “We eventually want to build an entire sustainable community with multiple zero-net homes.

And what they learn can be applied to existing homes.

“I can see wind turbines, geothermal and PVL strips as standard additions to any new home in the future,” Cory says.

When completed, students will be living in the home to verify results. researchers will share findings to further similar projects worldwide, and ZNeth staff will offer tours of the home to the community.

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oNCe homeoWNers see how they spend their energy dollars, the energy — and dollars — often begin to flow elsewhere. especially when they discover that up to 40 percent of home energy use is wasted.

“When consumers are presented with feedback on their own energy usage they are more likely to change energy usage behavior,” says Dr. mahmoud Alahmad, a uNo assistant professor in the Durham school of Architectural engineering and Construction.

Alahmad and uNo students are hoping to facilitate such change through the I-save project. students include Wisam Nader, hosen hasna, evans sordiashie, xueyi Wang, tim Wisnieski, Adam Brumbaugh, Caitlin Brow, and sean Bergstedt. It was developed in part with a $10,000 grant is-sued through the environmental Protection Agency’s P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) college competition program.

I-save was inspired by an earlier energy-saving project conducted at uNo in 2008, the energy saving Potential Program. that program’s goals were to influence energy consumption behavior using real-time mon-itors in participant homes. the effectiveness of the devices varied, however, due to inef-fective interface design.

Alahmad saw the need for a comprehensive way “to not just monitor but also control” energy use in an easy and convenient way to the user. thus was born I-save.

the new device alleviates information over-load and guesswork about energy waste for the user. I-save is a centralized, wireless, real-time monitor that can control an entire home’s energy use with the push of a but-ton. It communicates with sensors plugged into outlets and can suggest what devices to turn off. A simple “go green” button would turn off all non-essential devices when a homeowner leaves.

All that can have a considerable impact. Alahmad says that homes using such a system can expect an average energy con-sumption savings of 20 percent. existing monitors provide reductions of 2 to 11 per-cent. For the average homeowner, a 15 to 30 percent reduction in energy use can mean a pocket savings of up $450 annually. I-sAVe also would reduce carbon emissions.

such changes have people talking. Alahmad, in march was featured on the PBs show “Nightly Business report.” It’s possible, the show reported, that I-sAVe could reach the market in two to three years. In April, the I-sAVe project received an honorable mention during the ePA’s P3 Award competition at the National sustainable Design expo in Washington D.C. (team pictured).

A 4-minute video about the I-sAVe project, including interviews with Alahmad and student team members, can be viewed at www.engineering.unl.edu/movies/i-save.

i-save. You-save. we all-save.

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Lower Your Bills NowZNETH and i-SAVE paint a bright future, but Brad Cory and Dr. Mahmoud Allahabad both emphasize that homeowners can lower energy bills now outside of such projects.

“The first step is to get educated,” Cory says. “For most people, the state of their home is highly inefficient and they are not aware of simple steps to save money and make their lives better.”

Cory recommends homeowners first get an energy audit (typically offered by a utility such as Omaha Public Power District). This will specifically identify areas most needing energy improvements and help homeowners focus their efforts.

The ZNETH project identifies simple improvements, including:

• Installing low-flow aerators for faucets and showers.

• Utilizing high-efficiency toilets and appliances, such as those labeled with Energy Star or Water Sense ratings.

• Changing furnace filters every one to three months with filters having a MERV Rating of 8 or higher.

• Insulating exposed joists, especially in unfinished areas like an attic or basement.

Alahmad encourages homeowners to change their behavior in order to lower their bills. Get your family to turn off lights when leaving a room, even if only for a moment, Alahmad says. He concedes that’s not so easy to do. “My kids always say, ‘But i’m only leaving for a short time!’”

Other recommendations:

• Use area lighting to avoid lighting an entire room.

• Use compact fluorescent light bulbs; CFLs save energy and money.

• Check air registers. Make sure furniture and drapes do not restrict airflow.

• Unplug equipment that is using energy while in stand-by mode.

UNO can help, too. The university’s Neighborhood Center is dedicated to community outreach to lower home energy costs. in 2009 it partnered with OPPD to offer the Neighborhood Energy Saving Program (no longer offered). For homeowners looking to learn more, Neighborhood Center Director Ronald Abdouch recommends visiting OPPD’s website to learn about energy-saving techniques and about up-coming energy-saving workshops.

Abdouch emphasizes that even a single step at home can help.

“Don’t just think big,” Abdouch says. “Small can make a big difference.”

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employers also are able to better attract and retain employees who seek progressive work environments.

“We have push and pull factors going on at the same time,” says Samantha Ammons, an assistant professor of sociology at UNO whose research focuses on the intersection of work and family. “it (telecommuting) is a cheap and easy benefit for employers to offer … and workers want the benefits and arrangements.”

Cutting the daily commute is not only environmentally friendly but it also saves employees resources and money, an especially important factor considering rising fuel costs. it saves time, too — time that can be used on other important tasks, Ammons says.

“Working remotely is appealing to those who have family or personal demands that do not fit well with the standard workday,” she says. “Not everyone wants to take their work home with them, but many people like the flexibility that this affords.”

Generation wFHFlexibility, it seems, is a key incentive. Hackwith conducted a massive survey of freelance workers for her recently published book, Freelance Confidential. She found there is a new generation of workers who value flexibility in their work over all other traditional job rewards.

“Flexibility is something that’s really valued by my generation of professionals that was not so important before,” Hackwith says. “More than money, more than status, more than perks — we want to have flexibility and control over our work.”

Hackwith knows the benefits of WFH flexibility firsthand. From her La Vista, Neb., home Hackwith is managing editor for Rockable Press, a publishing house owned by an Australian company headquartered in Melbourne. She has been with the company for more than two years and enjoys the freedom that telecommuting provides.

“Freedom means i’m able to work a little later one day in order to take a break in the middle of the afternoon; i can work on weekends to free up some time for later in the week,” she says. “Plus, my job isn’t tied down to a specific location or local economy.”

Hackwith admits that telecommuting is “certainly not everyone’s cup of tea,” nor is every role or job fit for remote working. But for jobs that deal mainly in information and for workers who want a flexible lifestyle, she believes telecommuting makes perfect sense.

“As a telecommuter, i get to entirely dictate what tools i use, what hours i keep — every aspect of my work.”

As Dolly might say, what a way to make a livin.’

More and more companies are sending

their employees home — to work

the FYI on WFh

By Jenna Zeorian

Dolly Parton may need to write a new workweek anthem.

As telecommuting gains popularity, working “9 to 5” could be on its way out the door — taking offices, cubicles and commutes along with it. Put another way, more people and more people are “WFH” — working from home.

“You’ve got to wonder why we have hung on to cubicles for so long,” says UNO graduate Amanda Hackwith, a work-from-homer. “Some roles complete all their work via computers anyway — why do we insist on driving to little cubicles across town to work on this computer rather than that computer?”

Telecommuting — using computers and other telecommunications equipment to work from home — is far from the norm. According to the 2005-2009 American Community Survey issued by the U.S. Census Bureau, 4 percent of Americans who are active in the workforce work from home — 4.8 percent in Nebraska.

Though not everyone who works from home is a telecommuter, the statistics do indicate that a portion of the population is putting the kibosh on commute. An uncertain economy, rising energy costs and environmental concerns are some of the reasons for the trend. So is improved technology. Desktop-to-desktop video, for instance, is greatly improved from its infancy, allowing better employee and customer interaction across any distance.

in a recent survey by Skype, a company offering online phone and video connections, 62 percent of

the companies questioned have remote workers. Of those companies, 34

percent of their workforce occasionally works remotely, and of that 34 percent, WFH employees

say they spend around 40 percent of their work hours at home.

Saving some greenJean Waters, energy and environmental engineer at the Nebraska Business Development

Center (NBDC), says the center recommends telecommuting to business owners.

“it can be a positive thing for both the employee and the business,” she says.

Adopting such a business model allows owners to cut business costs

by lowering or eliminating overhead for real estate, office space, workstations, utilities,

maintenance, parking and more. With the demand for more environmentally sustainable business practices,

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GrEEN. it seems, is the busiest buzzword around these days. But can businesses really get some green, or save some green, by going green? The short answer: Yes.

Whether through increased efficiency, incentives offered by the government or power companies, or increased business driven by green marketing, it can pay to go green.

But getting there isn’t as simple as rolling out a slogan or slapping a logo onto a website, say business owners, academics and power experts. Getting green to go green often requires a large upfront investment in capital, thorough and sometimes exhaustive research, and commitment.

“We actually got more involved in the design than we wanted to,” says Signs & Shapes international co-owner Scott Bowen of his company’s implementation of energy-saving features.

For two years now, UNO’s Nebraska Business Development Center has been putting special emphasis on helping businesses go green by assisting them with energy and sustainability initiatives. A center of the College of Business Administration, NBDC can help clients obtain green-related grants, financing, employee training and more.

NBDC executives say they’re seeing a definite rise in green business demands and an increase in hiring for environmental/energy jobs. There are enough sustainability managers in Omaha, they say, that they hope to gather them for a conference at UNO this fall.

Blowing up BusinessAmong NBDC clients is Signs & Shapes international, an Omaha company that makes inflatable mascots for college and pro teams (like UNO’s inflatable Durango and UNL’s Lil’ Red). NBDC has helped the company, which boasts customers in 63 countries, adopt sophisticated software packages, train its personnel and provide employment for adults with autism.

The company had leased plant and office space for 18 years. in 2009 it completed construction of its own building, doing so with a major commitment to energy efficiency. Features include skylights, revolutionary “sandwich” wall panels for enhanced insulation, and a geothermal well that draws heat from the Earth’s core.

The results have been incredible. Getting there, however, was not stress-free, simple or quick.

Signs & Shapes didn’t go green just to get a gold-star rating or insignificant tax break. it wanted its changes to have a meaningful, bottom-line impact on its energy use — and expenses.

That proved difficult. Bowen says most information and infrastructure available is geared toward getting those ratings and breaks, rather than toward what his company was trying to achieve. He grew frustrated by a lack of available expertise and chafed at government restrictions. it wasn’t his plan to do so, but Owen found himself becoming an expert on this stuff.

The company dug into research, consulting with experts from across the country. Owen and others interviewed people at 40 to 50 different green buildings to talk about what they were doing and how it was working. Sometimes, they’d talk to the janitors to get the real story.

getting green green

There are months when some employees have home electric

bills nearly as big as those for the 20,000-square-foot

industrial workspace.

Scott Bowen co-owner Signs & Shapes international

UnO’s nebraska Business Development

Center helps companies cash in

by greening out, but making money

is no guarantee.

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Their findings?“The majority of people who are doing geothermal are doing a poor job and don’t understand the technology they’re working with,” Bowen says. They’d gotten the incentives and tax breaks — but sometimes the janitor said it didn’t really work.

Signs & Shapes set out to find what did work. Trouble was, what the company was trying to do —with geothermal and skylighting — didn’t always jive with government code. Eventually, Signs & Shapes got the City of Omaha to grant the necessary exemptions.

That paved the way to real results. Payback on the energy-efficient investments was to have been six to seven years. That’s been accelerated. “Our utility bills have so far been a third of what (had been) estimated,” Bowen says.

Cleaning UpAnother NBDC client, ServiceMaster PBM of Lincoln, also has seen mixed results in its green initiatives.

Jon and Angela Paolini bought ServiceMaster in 2009 after Jon spent 15 years as its general manager. NBDC helped them secure the purchasing loan.

One of the Paolinis’ goals was to continue ServiceMaster’s commitment to green practices. Today the full-service janitorial and commercial cleaning business is the only company in Nebraska certified by Green Seal under its GS-42 certification. Getting that distinction, Angela Paolini says, was “a rigorous process.”

Understandably so. ServiceMaster’s green cleaning system is crucial for buildings that are LEED-certified (such as UNO’s Mammel Hall) or on the road toward LEED certification. LEED — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — is the U.S.

Green Building Council’s certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

The Green Seal-certified cleaning service is a great marketing tool, Paolini says, and offered to customers for the same price as its standard service. Granted, ServiceMaster has not yet seen a marked increase in business as a

result, but with LEED certification and the green movement becoming more important, a bump in business is expected.

ServiceMaster has seen, however, an improvement in its bottom line. its green service uses less water and uses a more efficient microfiber broom, speeding the cleaning process.

“in (cleaning) a bigger facility, we have seen a cost reduction,” Paolini says.

Marketing the MoveServiceMaster’s approach fits the model that most likely will appeal to companies, says UNO marketing Professor Phani Tej Adidam. if something makes sound business sense, if it can be delivered at a comparable cost, without too much extra effort, companies will be happy to go green. Otherwise, slapping a “green” label on something isn’t enough to attract customers.

“That might sway 1 or 2 percent of the population,” Adidam says.

Adidam also is director of CBA’s international initiatives and is on the faculty at the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. There, he and one of his students once decided to study “green marketing,” picking sales of hybrid vehicles as a test subject. Yet even in the Nordic region, quasi-world headquarters of the green movement, they could not find enough people who had bought hybrid cars to do a proper study.

“After that,” Adidam says, “i’ve been taking (green marketing) with a big pinch of salt.”

He’s also unsure as to the sustainability of the green market. The government is doing what it can to drive the market in that + =direction — and that’s one reason Adidam is leery. if going green is so great, why are incentives needed?

He admits such thinking goes against the grain, but adds, “That’s the advantage of being an academic.”

Others sound more optimistic of where things are headed.

“This is where new jobs will come from,” says Rick Yoder, CBA’s sustainability coordinator and director of NBDC’s Pollution Prevention Regional information Center. “This is where the economy will thrive.”

For an economy bleeding so much red, green like that sounds promising.

See more of what NBDC offers and how it can help your company at http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/energy

Paying Now, Saving LaterWhy would a company that sells power give its customers incentives to use less of it?Two things, OPPD officials say. First, one of the “Ps” in OPPD stands for “public,” not “profit.”

Second, says Bill Lenagh, OPPD division manager of customer sales and service, lessening demand can help the utility avoid the cost of building a new base-load power plant.

“There is a tremendous incentive for what you would call a megawatt saved,” Lenagh says. “You can afford to incent customers to reduce load.”

OPPD offers a number of incentives for businesses looking to reduce energy usage — retrofit lighting,

heat pumps and the like. it also is working on a pilot program for energy-efficient rooftops.

The payoffs can be substantial. OPPD’s Energy Commissioning and Optimization (ECO 24/7) program has participating business customers typically saving 15 to 50 percent in heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) costs. One client, Peter Kiewit Sons, saw its Kiewit Plaza expenses drop 66 percent for HVAC electricity and 50 percent for gas consumption — an annual savings of $190,000.

Granted, large companies often have more flexibility to make the kind of upfront commitment/capital needed

for savings that come down the road.

“One of the challenges for our customers is having a payback,” says Chad Ballain, OPPD product and services marketing engineer. “in the private sector, a payback of seven years is sometimes difficult to sell.”

But, he adds, “incentive programs drive that payback down.”

UNO’s Nebraska Business Development Center can help businesses identify and secure such energy-efficient incentives.

See more at http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/energy — Kalani Simpson

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Forget about wind turbines, solar panels, biofuels and other alternative energy sources. Finding a power boost sometimes can be as simple as lowering the thermostat or putting on some tunes.

At least that’s what UNO Professors Dustin Slivka and Melissa Berke might tell you. While so many others focus on use of the earth’s energy sources and how that affects the environment, Slivka and Berke look at how environment affects individual energy levels.

Slivka (left), an assistant professor in UNO’s School of Health, Physical Educa-tion and Recreation, ex-plores the impact of heat and cold. Berke, professor and chair of UNO’s music department, plumbs the power of music.

And what they’ve learned can mean much more

than just finding a way to shake off the morning blahs or get through a grinding workout.

“We usually think of someone jogging down the street with an iPod,” Berke says of music’s energy boost. “But it can be rehabilitating a stroke victim by using a steady musical beat to propel the person.”

Calories In, Energy OutTo understand how energy is impacted, it helps to understand what energy is. Slivka’s physiological definition of energy is the human body’s ability to work. He does not differentiate between physical and mental energy. “The body works as a sys-tem,” Slivka says. “You can’t separate the two.”

Human energy, Slivka says, comes from food sources, primarily carbohydrates and fats.

body boost

By Tom McMahon

The energy in food is measured in calories, a calorie being the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree. Calories — food energy — are transferred to do the energy of work in a chemical process called metabolism.

Carbohydrates are the human body’s key energy source, providing four calories of energy per gram. Slivka says that when the body breaks down car-bohydrates, glucose is produced. Glucose is critical to helping maintain tissue protein, metabolize fat, and fuel the central nervous system.

Some glucose is stored in our bodies as glycogen or sent to fat cells where it is stored as fat. Glycogen is the body’s auxiliary energy source, tapped into when we need more energy, Slivka says.

“People’s ability to change food sources to energy varies, he says. “Exercise is the No. 1 way by far to convert these food sources into energy.”

Chilling OutBut it’s not just food that affects energy. Slivka has studied how temperature and altitude also impact energy production.

in one study, Slivka’s research subjects rode stationary bicycles for one hour in a temperature-controlled lab chilled to 44 degrees. Preliminary data indicates that riding in colder environments stimulated energy production capacity, as mea-sured by mitochondria.

Heat may repress that process. in another of his studies, Slivka found that subjects who entered a 91-degree room following exercise did not respond favorably in terms of energy production capacity as those who exercised at room temperature.

Slivka’s findings are significant beyond the gym. The UNO researcher says the temperature studies

have the potential to help in the treatment of diabetes, the aging process and a host other disorders associated with metabolic dysfunction.

“Further stimulating these functions (using the temperature results) may improve therapeutic interventions,” he says.

Moving to the BeatLike temperature, music also impacts energy.

“it definitely can have an impact on a person’s energy,” Berke says. “And different types of music af-fect people differently. Some may respond positively to classi-cal, while others prefer a lively beat.”

And, as noted previously, music can help heal. Berke says music has proven useful in the recov-ery of motor skills — studies have shown music in combination with traditional gait therapy improved the ability of stroke patients to walk.

Others use music to increase activity in de-pressed patients. Neonatal nurses, meanwhile, use music to help premature newborns learn the sucking reflex.

“Music also evokes feelings,” Berke says, “and is often used to help those with eating disorders, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and other issues get in touch with their emotions.”

That might not be what most of us are after when we turn the dial — on our radio or thermostat. But doing so might just put some extra pep in our step.

Looking beyond

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One look at the muscles bulging under his shirt and it’s clear that UNO senior Jess Bethel is a HPER regular.

Sometimes, though, the 21-year-old exercise science major needs a bit of helping getting into the gym — or class. That’s when the Maverick senior

might gulp down a Red Bull. He first tried energy drinks in high school, and he says they help him feel more alert.

“it’s either that or fall asleep in class,” Bethel says. “i might as well not go.”

He admits that hitting the sack earlier might help. Without it, though, he is among a growing number of people who put pep in their step with energy drinks or shots, according to market research firms Mintel and SymphonyiRi Group. Mintel reported a 136-percent increase in energy drink sales from 2005 to 2009 and had forecast $10 billion in sales for 2010. SymphonyiRi reported a 13.3 percent sales increase last year, thanks in part to a “significant boost” from energy shot sales at convenience stores.

Bethel says the majority of his college friends consume energy drinks, noting that they can be purchased on campus for about $2.50 a can.

Drinks like Monster Energy, Rockstar, 5-Hour Energy, FeelGood 7 and Bawls promise better energy, performance, alertness and endurance. They usually contain caffeine, vitamin B, amino acids such as taurine, and herbs. Some have a healthier fruit com-ponent; most have a large sugar content (though diet versions are available).

HPER Assistant Professor Dustin Slivka says the drinks are more likely to give a perception of energy rather than real energy.

“They work through stimulants,” Slivka says. “it is similar to coffee or soda. The caf-feine gives you a boost then wears off.”

Real energy, he says, comes from the body converting food, primarily carbohydrates and fats (see main story). Sugars are a form of carbohydrate and can be converted to energy through exercise, but too much is unhealthy, Slivka says.

“Some of the stimulants have been reported to have adverse side effects, includ-ing cardiac dysfunction,” Slivka says. “But, some positive health benefits are also reported, such as taurine having a positive effect on cholesterol.”

Some countries have banned energy drinks. Others require warning labels. According to a new study published in the March issue of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics journal, energy drinks may pose a risk for serious adverse health effects in some children, especially those with diabetes, seizures, cardiac abnormalities or mood and behavior disorders. The AAP reported that youth account for half of the energy drink market, and that according to surveys, 30 to 50 percent of adolescents report consuming energy drinks.

The Food and Drug Administration has not put restrictions on such drinks. it did, how-ever, issue letters to four companies which produced caffeinated alcoholic drinks last November saying they were “unsafe.” Several states have banned energy-alcohol drinks.

Slivka says it’s a dangerous mix.

“You lose the perception of how drunk you are and that can lead to more drinking,” he says. “it’s like your body is getting two different messages — the alcohol is saying you’re drunk, but the energy drink is saying you’re fine.”

Bethel agrees.

“A lot of students drink vodka or Jägermeister with Red Bull or Monster,” he says. When he tried such a combo, Bethel noticed his heart racing.

“i don’t recommend it,” he says.

— Tom McMahon

LIGHTnInG In A BOTTLE

Energy drinks promise plenty of pep. what’s the downside?

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Pollution

Solution

Stories by Greg Kozol

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Pollution

Solution

iT’S NOT THE MUSiC or the multiple conversations in the room that makes it hard to hear. it’s the concrete floor, the brick walls and the tin ceiling. They look great, but they reflect sound back and forth like a pinball.

“it’s real simple,” the UNO physics instructor says. “Hang tapestry. Hang towels in the ceiling. it’s a lot quieter.”

Kriegler isn’t unique in knowing that sounds, from rustling leaves to a jet engine, are different. But he understands the physics of sound and why its power should be respected.

“i don’t think anyone would believe going to a loud rock concert on a daily basis is healthy,” he says.

The average person won’t encounter a rock concert or jet engine on a daily basis. But experts like Kriegler and Joel Edwards, a clinical audiologist at Boys Town National Research Hospital, worry about the impact of iPods or MP3 players as the personal listening devices become a common feature in libraries, gyms, offices — seemingly everywhere.

THE UNO PROFESSOR LEARNED the value of sound while researching one of the most basic human movements: walking.

His findings suggest that certain types of sound will improve a walker’s gait. That may seem … pedestrian, but such research has the potential of improving the mobility of the elderly and those with Parkinson’s disease.

“it shows great promise,” says Stergiou, director of the Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility at UNO. “it is possible that some of this will benefit people who have movement disabilities.”

Stergiou and researchers in UNO’s School of Health,

Physical Education and Recreation studied the movements of people listening to Beethoven’s “Für Elise” while walking on a treadmill. in the study, a walker would hear music with different underlying beats: a rhythmic metronome version, a jumbled

David Kriegler can walk into a bar and tell you why it’s so hard to hear yourself talking.

For Nick Stergiou, silence is not always golden.

rhythm that was harder to follow and a “white noise” version with no structure.

initial findings suggest that the jumbled version, called chaos, was the most beneficial to improving gait. Stergiou says this indicates that humans need structured music, rather than white noise or silence, to stimulate effective movement.

“For sure, auditory stimulation has an effect with gait,” Stergiou says. “i believe that everything around us is chaos. Chaos is the spice of life, in other words. So we as part of nature prefer chaotic behavior.”

Other research experimented with sounds in a person’s right and left ears to improve balance. “We can use that to train them so they will not fall,” he says.

Stergiou is a fan of music, but his passion is more motion than sound. His research found a way to combine the two.

Growing up in Greece, Stergiou spent hours on the basketball court, where his thoughts would stray to a future that led to academia rather than professional basketball. He would ask himself why he couldn’t make the same shot, using the same perfect form, over and over again.

“i practiced a lot,” he says. “i was always fascinated by the fact that you could never do it the exact same way.”

Stergiou has entered into some initial discussions with sports officials in Australia to further explore that concept.

For now, though, his research is geared toward helping people with disabilities regain mobility and independence.

“Our research points to the direction where auditory stimulation can be useful,” he says. “The good thing about the field i’m in, it’s so unique. it explains human movement.”

Edwards, who received his undergraduate degree from UNO and teaches a course in hearing science at the university, has witnessed the impact of listening to loud music at concerts. The popularity of iPods and similar devices creates another danger, he says.

“There are many sad cases of hearing loss that could have been prevented,” he says. “We usually don’t evaluate a person with hearing loss until the damage has been done.”

Understanding the limits of the human ear, and the way that sound intensity is measured, could go a long way to preventing hearing loss. individuals with normal hearing can listen to continuous loud noise at 85 decibels for eight hours or 90 decibels for four hours, Edwards says. The standard output on most iPods or similar devices is 100 decibels at maximum volume, so he suggests setting the volume at 50 to 70 percent, which corresponds to 70 to 80 decibels. The maximum setting would be safe for one hour.

“Be a smart consumer and know your volume control,” Edwards says.

The difference between 50 and 100 decibels is significant. The decibel scale is logarithmic and uses multiples of 10. A reading of 10 is 10 times greater

than the lowest threshold of what a person can hear.

Some examples of decibel levels include 10 for rustling leaves, 30 for hushed library conversation, 65 for a normal conversation, 70 for city traffic, 85 for factory noise, 120 for a power saw or a rock concert and 140 for a jet engine.

“Sometimes it only takes one time in a very loud environment to affect your hearing,” Edwards says.

The problem with portable music players, Kriegler says, is that sound is directed into a small enclosure. That becomes a bigger problem with earbuds that are inserted into the ear.

“You’re generating a super small compartment that the air has to go through,” Kriegler says. “When you shove it in you have this resonance going back and forth. You create a very intense pressure vibration.”

The loud noise can damage the tiny hair cells in the cochlea, which is the organ of hearing. The damage can be permanent, so Edward is eager to get the word out before another patient shows up in his office, unable to enjoy the music.

“We try to pick up the pieces and do the best we can,” he says. “i think educating the public about noise exposure is extremely important.”

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TAKInG SIDES

What side do you take?

As the crisis in Japan exposes some of nuclear energy’s enormous dangers, we should recognize a central truth: nuclear energy can’t compete with smarter energy choices because of its manifold risks and inauspicious realities. Following is an outline of some of these risks, realities and failures to compete.

1. HAzARDOUS TO HEALTH: Nuclear energy is an inherently dangerous and uniquely toxic technology that creates plutonium and other highly radioactive materials simply to boil water. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has determined that there’s no safe level of radiation exposure; every exposure increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and other disease.

2. A THREAT TO SECURITY: Nuclear is the only energy source where one miscalculation, calamity or malicious act can cause catastrophic damage. it’s the sole energy source that presents a security threat because of this vulnerability.

3. LARGE CARBOn FOOTPRInT: Nuclear can’t compete as a “clean” energy source. its carbon footprint is substantially higher than other energy sources. While nuclear reactors are low carbon-emitters, they’re carbon-intensive to build and the nuclear fuel chain supporting reactor operations results in substantial carbon emissions. Mining uranium for reactor fuel is both carbon-intensive and dirty, producing extremely harmful environmental effects.

4. TOxIC wASTE: Unlike other energy sources, nuclear creates waste that remains toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. While waste storage in deep

geological repositories is considered the best plan, no such repositories operate anywhere globally. Reprocessing spent fuel isn’t a solution. it’s uneconomical, creates high waste volumes, and aggravates proliferation by producing weapons-usable plutonium.

5. wATER wASTE: Nuclear reactors, which require huge amounts of water throughout their lifecycles, divert increasingly scarce water supplies and harm marine environments.

6. ExPEnSIVE TO BUILD: Nuclear energy is spectacularly expensive and so economically risky that Wall Street won’t finance nuclear plants. Current capital cost estimates are $8 billion to $10 billion per reactor. These sky-high costs are magnified by the industry’s history of 250-percent cost overruns and tendency to run behind schedule. Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Peter Bradford observed that harnessing nuclear power to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is like using “caviar to fight world hunger.”

7. COSTS nOT ALL CALCULATED: Most of nuclear energy’s risks (e.g., waste storage, accidents, nuclear weapons proliferation, terrorism) aren’t integrated into economic assessments and, therefore, not fully reflected in the technology’s costs. if they were, costs would be even higher.

8. HEAVILY SUBSIDIzED: Nuclear energy can’t compete financially on a level playing field with other energy sources. For more than 50 years the U.S. nuclear industry has been propped up by a generous assortment of taxpayer subsidies supporting every nuclear fuel cycle stage. Added together, these subsidies often have exceeded the average market price of the power

produced, according to a Union of Concerned Scientists report. Subsidies include tax breaks, accident liability caps, direct payments, and loan guarantees. A Rocky Mountain institute study concluded, “After more than half a century of devoted effort and a half-trillion dollars of public subsidies, nuclear power still can’t make its way in the market.”

9. SLOw RESPOnSE TO CLIMATE CHAnGE: The nuclear industry can’t deliver a worldwide nuclear “renaissance” to address climate change. Since nuclear plants require long lead times for design, permitting, and construction, new nuclear is too slow to contribute meaningfully. Moreover, the specialized workforce required for manufacturing reactors has deteriorated globally, along with the infrastructure for designing, building, managing and operating reactors.

10. nOT A SMART CHOICE: Smarter choices, including efficient use of electricity, cogeneration (making heat and power together in factories or buildings), and renewable energy, are “sweeping the global energy market,” according to the Rocky Mountain institute’s Amory Lovins. He noted, “Each dollar spent on a new reactor buys about 2-10 times less carbon savings, 20-40 times slower, than spending that dollar on [these] cheaper, faster, safer solutions …”

Lynn Moorer of Lincoln is an environmental advocate and attorney who practices primarily environmental law. A footnoted version of this article may be requested by contacting the author atlmoorer@windstream.net.

Nuclear Energy Can’t Competelynn E. Moorer, attorney at law

What’s your position on the use of nuclear power? Send us a Letter to the Editor at www.unoalumni.org/unomag-led

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TAKInG SIDES

Nuclear Power: Keeping America runningross ridenoure

There’s only one current technology that can keep America running and keep America growing in the future — clean, cost-effective, reliable nuclear power. Here’s why nuclear works for our energy future:

1. zERO EMISSIOnS: America’s 104 nuclear power plants produce 20 percent of our electrical power but represent more than 73 percent of our carbon-free electricity today. Wind and solar supply only 2 percent of America’s electricity and only 6 percent of carbon-free electricity. Nuclear power plants emit none of the air pollution produced when burning any fossil fuel — coal, natural gas or oil.

2. COST EFFECTIVE: Nuclear power plants produce electricity at or below the cost of wind, solar and coal. We think wind and solar is cheap (i’ve heard the word “free” more times than i can count) but people that think this way fail to factor in the huge government subsidies that keep prices for wind and solar artificially low. Without these subsidies, wind and solar power plants would be much more expensive to operate than any nuclear plant in operation today. This additional expense would result in you paying more — much more — for electricity.

3. RELIABLE: America’s nuclear reactors operate, on average, more than 91 percent of the time, which makes nuclear power our most reliable source of electricity. By comparison, wind and solar farms are classified as “intermittent power” and make

electricity about 33 percent of the time. Given that our economy and even our way of life is directly linked to the availability of cost-effective, reliable electricity, we simply cannot continue to enjoy our current standard of living if we have to rely upon power sources that supply electricity about one-third of the time.

4. wIDESPREAD SUPPORT: Widely recognized environmentalists like Patrick Moore (Greenpeace co-founder), James Lovelock (credited with the “Gaia” Theory), and Stewart Brand of the Whole Earth Catalog, all used to be strongly against nuclear power but have independently converted to supporting nuclear power. The reason? Each has concluded that if we continue to burn fossil fuels to supply our energy needs then we put our planet’s wellbeing in jeopardy from global warming. Of all of the technologies available today, only clean, reliable, zero-emissions nuclear power can supply our future energy needs.

5. JOBS: Nuclear power plants put people to work. During construction, an average nuclear plant will employ 3,000 to 4,000 personnel at the construction site with even more people employed when you look across the entire supply chain. in operation, an average two-unit nuclear power plant employs between 1,000 to 1,200 people for at least 60 years with high-paying, highly skilled jobs.

6. SAFETY: Nuclear power plants are one of the safest — if not the safest — technologies in the world. in more than 3,100 reactor-years of operation, there has never been a death from a nuclear accident at an American commercial reactor. Neither has there ever been a nuclear-related fatality on an American nuclear Navy vessel in more than 5,500 reactor-years of operation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that working in the nuclear industry is safer than working in the finance, insurance and real estate sectors.

7. COnTInUInG wIDESPREAD PUBLIC SUPPORT: According to a Gallup poll in March 2011, 58 percent of Americans feel U.S. nuclear plants are safe even with the continuing, highly visible problems at the Fukashima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. in communities that already have reactors, this support runs even higher.

9. wHAT ABOUT FUKASHIMA? While it will take months or even years to fully assess the damage to the nuclear plants at Fukashima and develop the “lessons learned” from this tragic event, once we do, the world’s nuclear power plants will be even safer than they already are. [Note: the Fukashima reactors withstood an earthquake seven times greater than they were designed for and the tsunami, not the earthquake, did most of the damage. The plants were designed for an 18-foot tsunami and the tsunami is now estimated at 45 feet at the plant site].

Nuclear power is a clean, reliable, and cost-effective solution to our future energy needs but is not THE solution. We need nuclear, we need coal (at least for the foreseeable future), we need wind, we need solar and we need hydro. They ALL are part of the solution. Renewables do have a role — an important role — in meeting our future energy needs, but some see them as a silver bullet that will solve all of our energy problems. in fact, they won’t.

i just hope that in the future we don’t wake up on a cold, cloudy, windless day wondering why the lights aren’t on and asking ourselves why we didn’t we make the choice — the smart choice — to build more nuclear power plants when we had the chance.

ross ridenoure is vice president of nuclear energy initiatives for Parsons, an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm. He is a 2002 (MBA) UNO graduate.

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JUST FOR YOU

While this column is intended to provide practical advice on energy and the

environment, you might be pleased to know that it will not be about light bulbs. IF thAt’s WhAt you’re AFter, there are

hundreds of websites that offer energy efficiency

tips, including the Nebraska Public Power District

(www.nppd.com) and omaha Public Power

District (www.oppd.com).

the practical advice I’m offering requires collec-

tive consent for significant progress to be made.

But when Americans are motivated, they can

move mountains.

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to make our country more secure, more energy independent, more economically robust and healthier we can and should:

Include all the costs of energy systems in our market system so that they can work effectively.

Avoid building anything, anywhere that a private company will not insure — i.e., avoid nuclear power plants in earthquake zones and homes in flood planes.

Avoid burning outside what you wouldn’t burn inside your own house or high school gym — i.e., avoid creating deadly waste and burning things that let off toxic gasses.

Measure genuine progress, wellbeing and hap-piness not just by money spent on material possessions — GDP includes your cancer treat-ment, cleaning up the BP oil spill etc.

Support innovation and energy sources that are unlimited and forever renewable rather then

subsidizing outmoded legacy interests. Or at least keep them on an equal footing at a per-kilowatt basis so that the market can work.

Do not go to war for oil.

Buy as much food grown locally as possible, sup-port local businesses and belong to a bank that invests in your community.

Avoid burning money — make your home, office, world energy efficient.

Don’t let corporations take precedence over the health and welfare of people.

Finally, elect people who understand man’s connection to nature and who will care for God’s creation.

A collaborative effort is needed. If you have any thoughts or ideas I’d love to hear them at renstrom@earthlik.net.

Lisa Renstrom is a 1982 UNO graduate and is an active advocate of the environment. She was president of the Sierra Club from 2005 to 2007. She currently serves on the boards of ecoAmerica, Earth Justice and Interfaith Power and Light. She and her husband, Bob Perkowtiz, created Bonwood Social investments, investing in organizations that engage the public in environmental and climate solutions.

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BOOKMARKS

Cooperating with CubaA UNO Professor explores the country’s energy future — and how it might help the United States

By Scott Stewart

author brian bogdanoFF, CLASS OF 1987

booK Three Bodies Burning: The Anatomy of an Investigation into Murder, Money, and Mexican Marijuana, 1161 Press, LLC, 357 Pages.

sYnoPsis A one-time undercover narcotics officer with the omaha Police Department, Bogdanoff presents a real-life look at a drug cartel, gangs and killings that led him and other investigators on a cross-country chase for cold-blooded murderers.

author dErEK FEY, CLASS OF 1987

booK We Were Born to Run: Taking the Road Less Traveled, self-published, 140 Pages.

sYnoPsis An avid marathoner and now the head boys cross country coach at omaha Westside high school, Fey celebrates run-ning just for the thrill of it, or as an exercise regimen. he provides helpful techniques, coaching strategies and other tips for success.

author John KalKowsKi, CLASS OF 2001

booK Red Cell, iuniverse, 164 pages.

sYnoPsis Will Conlan discovers a connection between a tV ad and a terrorist plot. Now he’s on a mission to find the next target — and be-coming a target himself.

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Cuba once upon a time imported its energy from the United States. But its energy imports switched to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Some energy produc-tion did begin on the island in the 1990s, but Cuba remains energy dependent. it currently imports nearly 100,000 barrels of oil daily from Venezuela — worth about $2 billion annually. in exchange Cuba deploys nearly 20,000 physicans to the South American socialist state. Spain, Brazil and Russa have leased offshore areas for exploration, and China also is heavily invested in Cuba.

Benjamin-Alvarado says the ideal shift on the part of the United States would be stra-tegic cooperation — including technology transfer and narrowly targeted investments — in mutally beneficial projects. Such projects may not have an immediate affect on U.S. citizens’ pocketbooks, but cooperation would provide some stability for oil prices here — tempering jumps like those experienced this spring.

Benjamin-Alvarado says U.S. policy-makers must understand three important premises related to establishing an energy partnership with Cuba:

• U.S. energy independence is unobtainable; • Policy instruments for oil production disruptions are inadequate; and,• The United States needs a new vision to manage international energy interdependency.

Considering Cuba’s increasing leadership role in the region, Benjamin-Alvarado says cooperation also would serve as a confidence-buider in a region where many are weary of U.S. interventionalism. Cuba, with the highest ratio of enegineers and Ph.D.s in Latin America, also is an underused resource for solving regional challenges.

“The United States’ oil problems will not be solved by Cuba,” Benjamin-Alvarado says. “What i am hoping it does is that it engenders some positive confidence building and trust between the two countries that perhaps may lead to other cooperation.”

APART FROM CiGARS AND communist ideology, Cuba isn’t exactly known for its exports. But that could change — along with the country’s economic fortunes — if Cuba can capitalize on massive oil fields resting beneath deep water off its northwestern shores.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates Cuba sits on 4.6 billion barrels of oil — half the amount estimated beneath Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge. Exporting that find, says UNO Professor Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, would “significantly alter everyday life in Cuba.”

“it’s not going to make it a rich country,” Benjamin-Alvarado says, “but it’s going to allow it to invest in areas where it hasn’t in the past.”

A leading expert on Cuba, Benjamin-Alvarado discussed Cuba and its current energy situation during a March appearance in the Old Market’s New BLK Gallery. He was there signing copies of his book, Cuba’s Energy Future: Strategic Approaches to Cooperation (2010, Brookings institution Press).

Assistant director for research and outreach in UNO’s Office of Latino and Latin American Studies, Benjamin-Alvarado has explored the topic in depth. in 2000 he published Power to the People: Energy and the Cuban Nuclear Program. That book and other research has led to appearances on NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and elsewhere to discuss Cuban affairs. He’s visited there several times, including a 2006 trip during which he had dinner with Cuban president Fidel Castro.

This spring, Benjamin-Alvarado brought leading Cuban experts and dignitaries together for a one-day seminar in Omaha on Cuba’s energy future. Participants included Cuban expatriate Arturo Lopez-Levy of the University of Denver and fellow Cuba’s Energy Future author Jorge Piñón of Florida international University (Juan A. B. Belt, Chemonics interna-tional, and Ronald Soligo, Amy Myers Jaffe, Rice University, also contributed to the book).

Benjamin-Alvarado says he is hoping to inform the conversation about Cuba’s energy situa-tion to help U.S. leaders have alternative considerations for policy-making decisions.

Know of a recently published book you’d like to see featured in Bookmarks? Tell us about it at www.unoalumni.org/bookmarkssubmit.

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49wEntworth clarKE (Bs; 1953, ms) was vice president of his graduating class and taught history at

Omaha Central from 1949 to 1961. He received his doctorate at UNL in 1964 then taught social science education in England. He later taught at the University of Central Florida in Orlando until retiring in 1988. Wentworth now has vacation homes in Georgia and Maine and engages in much world travel. UNO Magazine, he writes, is “really worth reading.” wentworthclarke@yahoo.com

57FrEdEricK r. waltErs (BA) recently was elected national president of the Association of

Army Counter intelligence Corps Veterans (ACiCV). He has served as an operations officer with the Central intelligence Agency in Europe and the Far East. Walters has been retired for 25 years. frbewalters@aol.com

58rEv. rodnEY MurraY (BA) just started his fifth interim pastorate at Presbyterian Church in

Worthington, Pa. rod-gerri@hotmail.com

69JiM McMahon (Bs; 1969, ms, 1972) was inducted into the NAiA Track and Field Hall of Fame in May.

He has coached track and field, and cross country at Midland University in Fremont, Neb., for 32 years. track@mlc.edu

70barbara grabowsKi colEMan (BA) was awarded the 2011 United Way Volunteer Business Award.

She is founder and CEO of the nonprofit Fund Fighting Fibromyaglia (FFF). Fibromyaglia (fibro) is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain that can result in greatly diminishing a person’s quality of life. Coleman notes that some 10 million individuals nationwide, an estimated 56,000 in Nebraska, suffer from this disease, mostly women.

72richard d. brown (Bs; 1975, ms) was one of 22 high school speech and debate coaches nationally to

receive the Third Diamond Key Coaching Award of the National Forensic League (NFL). Brown became speech and debate coach at Creighton Prep in 2009. He previously taught for 36 years at Millard South while coaching speech and congres- sional debate there. Brown also teaches history and political science for Metropolitan Community College and is a senior contributing writer to the Midlands Business Journal. rdanfordbrown@aol.com

74shErrY wright (Bs; 1981, ms) published “Lonnie’s Book of Song” (if My Soul Could Speak).

75caPt. gEorgE b. MEEgan (BsG) retired as a U.S. Marine Corps officer in 1978. Meegan is a past

president of the Mesa Dobson Ranch Kiwanis Club in Arizona, a board member of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Superstition Mountain Chapter, as well as a retired security consultant and property manager of a home owner’s association. He volunteers as a reading and math tutor at an elementary school, and is the commanding officer of the Chandler

Mustangs Young Marines, formerly serving as the state commander. captaingeorgemeegan@cox.net

80dr. bill grishaM (mA) has been developing digital teaching tools at UCLA and offers those tools for free at

his website: http://mdcune.psych.ucla.edu. “i am delighted Dr. Jeff French of the UNO Psychology Department is employing one of these modules to teach students in his Advanced Neuroscience Lab course,” Grisham writes. “it’s a great feeling to give back to UNO where i received such a great education.” Dr.BillGrisham@gmail.com

80MichaEl Piccolo (BA) was appointed by Gov. Dave Heineman to serve as a county court judge for the

11th Judicial District of Nebraska. in 2007, Piccolo founded a law practice in North Platte, his practice emphasizing domestic relations, custody, complex property matters, family law and mediation for civil cases. His legal experience includes court of appeals cases and Nebraska Supreme Court appeals. He graduated from Creighton University School of Law in 1984. He and wife, Teresa, have four children.

81MarZia Puccioni shiElds (BA) recently was promoted to area vice president of the Arthritis

Foundation and now oversees the Nebraska, iowa and illinois Arthritis Foundation offices.

82robErt E. MathiasEn (mA) was named to Who’s Who in College and University Professionals and Continuing

Education, 2010-11. He has been with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1987, and currently is the assistant director of distance/online undergraduate programs.

83JaMEs E. strEEt (mBA) is vice president of human resources and administration for Kinder Morgan, Kinder

Morgan Energy Partners and Kinder Morgan Management. He oversees benefits, compensation, training and payroll for the company’s 9,000 employees. He previously was employed with Tejas Energy.

84KathY KriEglEr (ms) has spent 25 years in the counseling field. She recently was promoted to clinical

supervisor of mental health and substance abuse programs at the Richmond Center, Community and Family Resources in Ames, iowa. kakriegl@mchsi.com

robErt daislEY (BFA) was recently promoted to President of Broadview CTL Capital, a leading source of private

placement capital for credit tenant loan financing nationwide since 1996. Daisley has more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience in asset management, commercial mortgage loan servicing, corporate real estate administration and legal counsel. He previously was on Mutual of Omaha’s lead team developing, managing and leasing space for Midtown Crossing, a $350 million mixed-use development project.

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85dEnisE FandEl (ms) was inducted into the Mid-America Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in

honor of her dedication, character and leadership. She has spent her entire professional career serving MAATA while shaping the athletic training profession with the establishment of the Board of Certification (BOC). Fandel is executive director of the BOC. She formerly was UNO’s head athletic trainer.

86KEn archEr (Bs) lives in Summerfield, Fla., and writes that, “After 5-years as communication academy

instructor at the Villages High School, accepted the position of director of multi-media Productions at the Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.” veinert@yahoo.com

87JaMEs hoing (BGs) is a vice president for WhettStone Business Solutions in Omaha.

jhoing@whettstone.com

88ross Els (Bs) was named linebackers coach for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, leaving a similar post

at Ohio University.

grEg gundErson (Bs) was made vice president and chief financial officer of Webster University in St. Louis. He previously was assistant vice chancellor for business and operations in the Office of Academic Affairs at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also has worked for ConAgra Foods, Cray Research and Arthur Anderson & Co. He earned a master’s in business administration from the University of St. Thomas and a doctorate in philosophy in education studies from UNL. published “Lonnie’s Book of Song” (if My Soul Could Speak).

89ivan gilrEath (mBA) was named president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of

the Midlands. He serves on the national advisory board of UNO’s College of Business and with the board of counselors at UNMC. “i am a

product of my club and my community,” Gilreath says. “i hope my story and my experiences will inspire the youth of our clubs to dream bigger and expect more of themselves and their futures.”

92williaM bEnton whisEnhunt (mA) is a history professor at the College of DuPage in illinois.

He has published three books on Russian history and often leads groups of students to Russia. He lives in Sycamore, ill., with his wife and two children. whisen@cod.edu

93robErt PolaK (BA) was named midwest account manager for innovacyn, a

healthcare company based in Southern California. He will oversee sales of the company’s Vetericyn and Puracyn products in Nebraska, iowa,

Missouri and Kansas. Polak also will be responsible for sales training, providing dealer support, attending trade shows and distributor sales meetings.

94KEvin warnEKE (mA) was named campaign manager of the Steier Group of

Omaha. He previously worked as the chief executive officer of the Omaha Ronald McDonald House Charities for the past 11 years. He is a longtime

contributor to UNO Magazine.

96daniEl Morris (BA) is an online search marketing expert, mainly working with small businesses. He lives in

Tennessee but his clientele come from around the country. His company, Dan Morris Marketing, also does pro bono work for charities to help improve the flow of charitable contributions. tri4time@gmail.com

MichEllE wEiss broZEK (Bs) is president OF WhettStone Business Solutions in Omaha.

99dEE droZd (ms) was one of seven new associates welcomed to Talent Plus of

Lincoln, Neb., joining the research and leadership consulting teams. She previously worked for Gallup and Mutual of Omaha.

MarK MccorMacK (BA) is owner of Proforma identity Marketing Group in Omaha, and recently was named the Sales Professional of the

Year by Advertising Specialty institute’s Advantages Magazine.

In MEMORIAM1948 Julia rumery1953 Charles “Luke” Phillips1954 Angelo L. Amato edward e. stallcup1956 Paul Phillip Blaufuss William W. Kratville1957 John W. Adams1958 rev. ronald Claussen Joyce s. Wright Vernon1963 James Lee Gammon Philip Alan howland henry e. simpson, Jr. Col. Lewis Weldon Wright III1964 Buford e. Collings1965 Jonathan L. miller Louisa N. oberg1967 John A. “Jack” hippe, Jr. Lt. Col. richard B. “Dick” Noonan1968 Douglas Arthur Carley1969 mary Jean hammerstrom Vincent Pontani1971 Fred W. hover Kenneth e. Wertz1972 Col. usAF (ret) Barry m. teitler1974 Bessie Quantella Watson ellington1977 Cindy m. Goff1983 terry Jo smith1985 rev. Barbara (yazowski) Bauer1988 James m. Gaughan2000 Janet A. Dimon

To learn more or to contribute, visit unoalumni.org/give. Or contact Mary Kenny, mkenny@nufoundation.org, 402-502-4924.

When the Century Club began 38 years ago, Herb Sklenar said “Yes.”And he’s still saying yes to the University of Nebraska at Omaha today.

Omaha University graduate Herb Sklenar, ’52, has been a member of the UNO Annual Fund Century Club since its creation in 1973. Today, he’s one of its two longest-standing members.

“Education is vital for individuals to pursue whatever they might accomplish and we’re fortunate to live in a society like the United States where you have that opportunity. It’s something I’ve been fortunate to have and I try to help.”

If you share Herb’s commitment to education, please join him in becoming a Century Club member.

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Friendly FiretracY bEnning

it was love at first sight. Tracy Benning’s zeal for fire ecology was ignited when taking her first ecology class with UNO biology Professor Tom Bragg.

“in a nutshell, i owe my interest and a lot of my success to Dr. Bragg,” Benning says. “He was a fantastic teacher and very committed to his work in grassland prairies.

“it was from his knowledge and enthusiasm for the field that i decided to become an ecologist.”

Benning earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from UNO, then a doctorate in Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Today she uses her pyro-proficiency to teach University of San Francisco students as an associate professor in the environmental science department.

Her work in the field often involves … work in the fields. That sometimes involves “prescribed burns” a Benning focus that helps relieve “physiologically stressed” forests. Without prescribed burns, such forests can harbor disease — and go up in mega-fires. The approach is controversial, especially because of the amount of smoke prescribed burns produce.

“Unfortunately,” says Benning, “if you’re not willing to put up with the inconvenience of smoke from a controlled burn, you may later face a forest fire that destroys your home.”

Benning’s research also addresses climate change, the functioning of ecosystems and controllable parameters to mitigate human environmental impact. Early this spring she was preparing to study rainforest developments and vegetation change in Hawaii. She also hopes to join the fire ecology efforts in the Tahoe Basin of northern California.

A graduate of Omaha Central High School, she lives in San Rafael, Calif., with partner, Debra, and sons Jordan, 5, and Jace, 2.

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The UnO College of Education honored seven alumni at its 23rd annual Hollie Bethel Distinguished Alumni Luncheon April 13 at the Thompson Alumni Center. Awards and recipients:

distinguishEd sErvicE awardThomas L. Harvey (1973, MS), assistant super- intendent of Student and Community Relations with the Omaha Public Schools. Rebecca Vinton Dorn (1995, MA), associate director and Well Workplace Nebraska manager of WELCOM.

ProMising ProFEssional awardAntje S. Mefferd (2004, MS), assistant professor at Wichita State University.

liFEtiME achiEvEMEnt awardKathy Solomon (1982, MS; 1986, Ed.S.), school counseling specialist, Omaha Public Schools.Bob Lykke (1976, MA), retired; former principal at Andersen Middle School, Millard Public Schools.Mary Lykke (1983, MS) retired teacher, Millard Public Schools.

award oF distinctionJohn T. Langan (1968, BS; 1969, MS), former dean of College of Education, president and member of Omaha Public Schools Board of Education. Presented posthumously.

00Paul r. coatE (BA; 2007, MA) was named director of education and audience development for the

Bloomington, Minn., Theatre and Art Center, one of the largest art centers in the Twin Cities. “i have put my theatre degrees from UNO to good use on multiple fronts, and my current successes are

due in no small part to the guidance and experience i had from the faculty of the UNO Theatre Department,” Coate writes. His most recent performance was as ‘Monostatos’ in “The Magic Flute” with the Minnesota Orchestra.

07MarK bEss (Bs) and co-entrepreneur ZACH WiGGiNTON (BGS), class of 2008, started Zotwave.com, specializing in Extraordinary Car Care

Products. Their longtime friendship began at UNO’s Scott Village as roommates, and continued to grow to partners in their online endeavor, beginning in 2009.

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Analyzing EnergyFew knew it then, but in 2001, the largest bank- ruptcy in U.S. history was just around the corner.

Enron was spiraling out of control.

Financial analyst brian YoungbErg was ahead of the game, though. The 1986 UNO graduate was on the frontline advising investors to sell their stock in the energy company.

As a result, Wall Street Journal ranked Youngberg No. 1 in its “Best on the Street” stock analyst awards. He hasn’t rested on those laurels, either. Last year, Forbes Magazine placed him among the “Best Energy Analysts” in the industry. He’s been quoted in Time, Businessweek, the Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle and appeared on CNN, NBC Nightly News, PBS’ Nightly Business Report and elsewhere.

Now a senior area analyst with Edward Jones Energy and Utilities, Youngberg’s specialty is equity research — analyzing a company’s fundamentals, forecasting future prospects, determining the worth of stocks and providing recommendations to investors if they should buy, hold or sell.

“The energy industry is interesting to follow on a daily basis as it impacts our economy and all of our lives,” Youngberg

bEnJaMin MarK vlcEK, son of Kristine (Graff, ’02) and Ron (’00) Vlcek of Bennington, Neb.

Ellian olivE bass, daughter of Andrea Erin (Longfield, ’06; ’10) zach (’02) Bass of Omaha.

gracE lEE shoEMaKEr, daughter of Jennifer and John (’02) Shoemaker of Omaha.

chYlEr gracE McintYrE, daughter of Corey and Jennifer (Fuller, ’98) Mcintyre of Omaha.

cloiE ann clarK, daughter of Kerry (Baumgart, ’01) and Tim (’01) Clark of Bennington, Neb., and granddaughter of Roger Baumgart (’77) of Omaha.

JacKson dEan allEn, son of Halicia (’07) and Lance (’07) Allen of Papillion, Neb.

williaM robErt locKEn, son of Vicky and Robert (’06) Locken Jr. of Omaha.

calEb Julius schabEn, son of Amber (Scheffler, ’01) and David (’95) Schaben of Omaha and grandson of Randy Scheffler (’65) of Papillion.

gunnEr JaMEs sEElY, grandson of william Seely (’75) of Monticello, ind.

sEbastian t. hErnandEZ, son of Traci (Grindle, ’01) and Cesar (’01) Hernandez of LaVista and grandson of Patrick Grindle (’76) of Ellensburg, Wash.

PEtEr thoMas FinK, son of Mary (Schaffart, ’98; ’01) and Edward (’98) Fink III of Omaha and grandson of Edward Fink Jr. (’74) of Council Bluffs, iowa.

lucas lEE vanwinKlE, son of Ryan and Jackie (Kaup, ’04) Vanwinkle of Omaha.

MallorY Mandl gracE bEEthE, daughter of Greg and Terra (Schmidt, ’04) Beethe of Louisville, Neb.

MaKEnna lou MillEr, daughter of Molly (nelson, ’05) and Mike (’05) Miller of Tekamah, Neb.

Submit a birth announcement (within 1 year of birth) and we’ll send you a certificate and an Ador-A-Bull T-shirt.

Include baby’s name, date of birth, parents’or

grandparents’ names and graduation year(s).

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gEorgia Jo ann Johnson, daughter of Jordan and Heidi (Hanna, ’08) Johnson of Tekamah, Neb.

audrEY MichEllE PhilliPPi, daughter of Daniel and Michelle (Carlson (’10) Phillippi of Bellevue, Neb.

KaYn MaE FlaMig, daughter of Grant and Tiffany (Petrzilka, ’07) Flamig of Kearney, Neb.

PEYtEn JEan hansEn, daughter of Teresa (Ford, ’05) and Jeff (’03) Hansen of Omaha.

JosEPh JaMEs PoolE, son of Colleen (Fransiscus, ’01) and Christopher (’04) Poole of Ralston, Neb.

ZacharY andrEw KlEin, son of Meredith (Castilow, ’09) and Andrew Klein of Elkhorn, Neb., and grandson of nancy (’78) and Dave (’73) Castilow of Elkhorn.

noah Jacob Prow, son of Steve and Barb (Bremer, ’06) Prow of Omaha.

grahaM david hEinauEr, son of Michael and Stephanie (Ohlsson, ’05) Heinauer of Gretna, Neb.

charolEttE bEllE ZEiglEr, granddaughter of Todd Stoney (’82) of Chandler, Ariz., and great-granddaughter of Larry Stoney (’64) of Phoenix.

Ethan lEvi sMolinsKi, son of George and Amy (Barron, ’01) Smolinski.

andrEw Jason laPortE, son of Leonard and Amy (Dush (‘98) LaPorte of Rome, New York.

trYstEn John Krings, son of Kelly and Melanie (Schreiber, ’08) Krings of Omaha.

gianna anastasia ZaK, daughter of John and Christina (nixon, ’05) zak of Omaha.

EvElYn clairE vacEK, daughter of Cam (Doan ’09) and Tommy (’08) Vacek of Elkhorn.

brooKE EliZabEth ann rYba, daughter of Brittney (Haak, ’04) and Jeff (’03) Ryba of Omaha and granddaughter of Robert Ryba (’3) of Omaha.

brYson alEc tEvis, son of Kris (Hess, ’02) and Shaun (’04) Tevis of Omaha.

86says. “Utilities are usually thought of as not exciting, but seeking to differentiate companies and stocks that tend not to be significantly different is a great challenge.”

Youngberg relies on his 15 years of experience in the field to educate investors on what’s happening in the energy sector. He predicts an expansion of resource use.

“Twenty-five years from now we will use more oil, natural gas and coal than we’re using today, despite strong growth in usage of alternative fuels, including wind, solar and biofuels,” Youngberg says. “Traditional fossil fuels are plentiful and relatively cheap compared to new alternatives.”

An Omaha Burke High School graduate, Youngberg and his wife, Michele, have four daughters ages 12 to 20.

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the following list includes donors to the uno annual Fund from January 1, 2010, through december 31, 2010.

2010 unocEnturY

the uNo Century Club is vital to uNo’s continued growth as one of the region’s finest metropolitan universities.

today, almost 40 years after its inception, Century Club gifts account for more than 80 percent of all uNo Annual Fund contributions.

on behalf of the university, its students and faculty, the uNo Alumni Association and the university of Nebraska Foundation recognize the generosity of the uNo Century Club members who believe strongly in the university’s mission and support its ongoing success.

In 1973, the uNo Alumni Association created its premier giving society — the uNo Century Club — asking graduates to contribute $100 or more. the first 44 members of the Century Club contributed $5,250.

We’ve come a long way since then. today, the Century Club includes 1,615 members, who each year give nearly $225,000. through their leadership, Century Club members support traditional alumni programs, including UNO Magazine, events, student scholarships, and new, innovative programs.

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PlatinuM club ($2,500+)Mr. & Ms. Richard FosterMr. and Mrs. Steven M. FryeMr. and Mrs. Mark E. GriebGeorge F. Haddix, Ph.D.Mr. Richard D. HollandMr. and Mrs. R. William JohnstonMr. David G. LangevinMr. Jim L. LeslieMs. Louise A. RinnMr. and Mrs. Herbert A. SklenarMr. & Mrs. David L. SokolMr. Robert C. Stedman

diaMond club ($1,000-2,499)Mrs. Arinda AdamsMr. & Mrs. Ray D. BarrMr. and Mrs. Fred J. Beschorner iiiMr. William R. BoersChancellor & Mrs. John E. ChristensenMr. and Mrs. Henry L. ClureMr. James E. CzyzMr. and Mrs. Michael T. DeFreeceMrs. Peggy L. DotyMr. Donald L. FjellinMrs. Cherianne JacquartMr. & Mrs. John A. JeterMr. & Mrs. Daniel KoraleskiMr. and Mrs. Harold B. KosowskyMr. & Mrs. Scott R. KubieMr. Steven S. Martin & Dr. Amy M. HaddadMr. Dennis J. McMillenMr. & Mrs. Kevin D. MunroMr. & Mrs. Leonard A. NoackMr. & Mrs. Gary PenistenMr. Jack PetersenMr. Terry StoffersonLt. Col. & Mrs. Donald E. TreasterMr. & Mrs. Kevin L. WarnekeMr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. WiesmanMr. and Mrs. Jack W. Williams

goldEn club ($500-999)Mr. David W. AndersenMr. and Mrs. Brian D. AsmusMr. Robert CarpenterMr. & Mrs. Michael R. Cochrane

Mr. Robert E. CostelloMr. and Mrs. David H. CraftMs. J. Richelle Crow-JohnsonMr. & Mrs. James CullisonLt. Gen. Russell DavisMs. Kathy L. DivisJohn W. & Nancy C. EstabrookMr. Nathan FrinkMrs. James L. GammonDr. & Mrs. Patrick M. GerbusMr. & Mrs. Joseph GoldsteinMr. Francis R. GregurasMr. and Mrs. John W. Hancock Jr.Mr. Darrald HarshMr. & Mrs. Timothy D. HartMr. David M. JuenemannMr. & Mrs. Robert E. JulianMr. and Mrs. Gerald E. KarlinMr. John L. KeiserDr. & Mrs. Paul R. KenneyMr. and Mrs. Albert W. KernenMr. & Mrs. Albert LuedtkeLt. Col. Louis A. Mallia, Retd. Mr. Gerald F. McDonaldMr. and Mrs. Michael J. McLarneyMs. Margo L. MetzgerMarlene R. Meyer, M.D.Mr. Charles MonicoMs. Deena MurphyRev. Donald NesheimMr. and Mrs. Walter C. NodeanMr. and Mrs. William M. Ojile Jr.Sondra S. Peters and Kermit C. PetersMr. William R. PetersCmdr. Gary L. Pritchard, Retd. Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Rotella Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. SagehornMr. George B. SeligaMr. Gregory C. SnyderMr. Richard C. StouferMr. & Mrs. Daniel P. StrompMr. Scott L. StrubleMr. & Mrs. Daniel J. ThieleMs. Ginny M. TworekMr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Withem

silvEr club ($250-499)Mr. Larry L. AdamsMr. and Mrs. Nathanael J. AdamsonMr. and Mrs. J. Patrick AndersonMrs. Marlene K. AndersonMr. and Ms. William M. AndersonMr. & Mrs. Richard J. AndrewsMr. Charles C. BarberaMr. & Mrs. Robin O. BatesMr. and Mrs. Gary BaumannMr. & Mrs. Michael F. BaumertMr. and Mrs. Harry L. BianchiMrs. Sarah E. BirdwellMs. Marcia BlackerDr. Ramakrishna R. Boppana, Ph.D.Mr. Dwayne BurgessCol. Wallace A. Burkett, Retd.Mr. & Mrs. Melvin R. CernyMr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Clendenin Jr.Pastor Frank ConiglioLaban C. Conner, Ph.D.Mr. & Mrs. Rodney and Annette ConserLt. Col. Robert E. Courneen, Retd. Rev. and Mrs. Norman A. CrewsMr. and Mrs. Gary L. CrouchMr. and Mrs. Michael E. CubaMr. and Mrs. Richard G. CummingsMr. Donald L. DarlingMr. & Mrs. Lee Denker Jr.Ms. Dianne DeslerDr. & Mrs. James R. DolanMr. and Mrs. Delaine R. DonohueMr. and Mrs. Guy O. DuncanMr. and Mrs. James L. EastonMr. and Mrs. Todd L. EngleDr. Charles W. EriksenMs. Syntha E. EssexMrs. Kathleen A. FennMr. and Mrs. Terry G. ForsbergMr. and Mrs. Alfred J. FransenMr. Alan F. FriebeMr. & Mrs. Richard H. GoldsteinMrs. Connie D. GoreMr. and Mrs. Robert M. GrimailaMr. & Mrs. Cliff GrosskopfMr. Ernie J. GubbelsMr. & Mrs. Robert C. Gustafson

Mr. & Mrs. Myrton L. HallMr. and Mrs. Brian C. HamiltonTerry & Judy HaneyMr. Kenneth L. HansenMr. and Mrs. Willie L. HarperLt. Col. Charles M., Retd., and Col. Janet R. HarrisMr. & Ms. Clifford S. HayesDr. & Mrs. Theodore W. HeiseMr. and Mrs. Roger H. HinderliterMr. Neil M. HopkinsDr. & Mrs. Robert E. HoustonCol. Delbert C. Huddleston, Retd. Mr. Connor A. isgett Jr.Christine M. Jeffrey, M.D.Mrs. Mary M. JettonMr. John W. JohnetteMr. and Mrs. Mike D. JonesDr. and Mrs. Barry J. JoseMr. & Mrs. Philip KaldahlLt. Col. and Mrs. James C. KasperbauerMr. and Mrs. Donald G. Kathol, P.E.Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. KatholMr. Timothy M. KerriganMr. & Mrs. Robert J. KillionMr. John P. KirkDr. and Mr. Mark KlaasMrs. Mary Guin KnollMr. & Mrs. Thomas D. KnoxMr. and Mrs. Curtis L. KoehlmoosMr. and Mrs. Jarold L. KohllMr. and Mrs. Daniel L. KonopatzkeMr. David J. KrieglerMr. & Mrs. Robert D. LembkeMaj. Daniel M. Littley Jr., Retd. Mrs. Ann M. MactierMr. & Mrs. John A. MascarelloMr. A. Edward Gottesman & Ms. Patricia MatsonLt. Col. Robert L. McKaigMr. Joseph McTaggartMr. & Mrs. Hugh H. MentonMr. and Mrs. Dennis M. MeredithMrs. Farah MessaMr. & Mrs. Dwight L. MorganMr. Jack A. Nelson and Mrs. D. Lori Welch NelsonMr. & Mrs. Michael D. Nelson

Mr. Michael J. NolanMr. Grant P. NovakDr. and Mrs. Joel M. PadmoreDr. and Mrs. Louis George Pol, Ph.D.Mr. Edward L. PowersMr. & Mrs. William L. PowersMr. and Mrs. John A. PrescottThomas L. and Joan QuinlinMr. & Mrs. Edwin D. RasmussenMr. and Mrs. George M. ReidCol. and Mrs. Michael E. Richardson, Retd.Mr. Ted L. RidgwayMrs. Margaret A. RinghoferMr. Lloyd RoitsteinMr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Ruge, iiMr. Dennis & Dr. Beverly SchafferMr. & Mrs. Elroy J. SchroerMr. Richard ScottMrs. Marcia J. ShirkDr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Shuey Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. SmithMr. Thomas SmithMr. and Mrs. Leonard M. SommerMr. & Mrs. Leonard M. SommerMr. Roger L. SorensonMr. and Mrs. Robert S. StewartMr. and Mrs. Mark L. StokesLt. Col. Jarvis A. Strong Jr.Ms. Maureen R. SvageraMr. David C. TeerMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. TewsMr. and Mrs. Robert S. ThompsonCol. and Mrs. Loren E. Timm, Retd.Drs. Dan E. and Suzanne Nelson TolmanDr. & Mrs. Kynan C. TrailMr. Jeffrey L. WackerMr. and Mrs. Clark H. WardMr. and Mrs. Thomas H. WarrenMs. Nancy J. WatsonMr. John J. & Dr. Elizabeth Wickstrom Jr.Mr. Marshall A. WidmanMr. Bernard A. WiegerDr. Delmar C. WilcoxDr. and Mrs. Robert L. Willice, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. James Winship Jr.Lt. Col. Wilson A. Younge Jr., Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Zuckweiler

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bronZE club ($100-249)Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth AbelLt. Col. Pascal Adamo, Retd. Mr. Frederick W. AdamsMr. & Mrs. Robert C. AdamsMr. Steven R. AdamsMr. & Mrs. Joel AdamsonMr. & Mrs. William AdcockLt. Col. Philip J. AdelmanMr. and Mrs. John L. Adler, P.E.Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. AdlerMr. Chris W. AlbersLt. Gen. Donald O. Aldridge, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Joel AlexanderCM Sgt. and Mrs. James L. Alf, Retd. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. AllmanMr. Park O. AmesMr. & Mrs. Lee A. AnderberyMs. Jean M. AndersenMr. and Mrs. Louis M. AndersenMr. and Mrs. Dale A. AndersonMr. David M. AndersonMr. & Mrs. Frank E. AndersonMr. Garrett G. AndersonLt. Col. and Mrs. John H. Anderson, Retd.Ms. Marcia K. AndersonCol. and Mrs. Steven L. AndraschkoMr. and Mrs. Raymond S. AngeliMr. Milan E. AnichMs. Sharon E. ApplebyMr. John F. ArkwrightMr. Raymond D. ArmstrongMr. William G. ArnoldMrs. Kimberly A. AshLt. Col. and Mrs. Eugene T. Atkinson, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Babic Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. BaduraMr. Keith O. BaileyDr. Ronald J. BakenMr. & Mrs. Ronald B. BaldwinMr. & Mrs. Roland E. BallowMrs. Beverly J. BanksMs. Udoxie BarbeeCapt. and Mrs. James F. Bard Jr.Mrs. and Mr. Julie K. BarrientosMrs. Cecelia R. BarringtonDrs. Sean G. and Stephanie L. BarryMr. Howard W. BartonMr. and Mrs. Eben S. BattagliaMr. & Mrs. Roger BaumgartMr. and Mrs. Peter K. BaumhefnerDr. and Mrs. David A. Baxter iiiMr. Leonard BecickaMr. and Mrs. Ken C. BeckmanMr. Michael F. Bednarz Jr.Mr. Steven BeinsDr. and Mrs. David L. BeldenMr. & Mrs. Thomas M. BelfordDr. Edward G. Belzer and Mrs. Phyllis BelzerCol. and Mrs. Lyle D. BenderPatti and John BenkerMr. and Mrs. Wilbert E. BeranMr. and Mrs. Chris D. BerensLt. Col. Loyd D. Berger, Retd.Col. Paul A. Bergerot, Retd.

Mr. & Ms. Lonnie BernthJohn H. Besancon, LMHPMr. and Mrs. Jerry F. BextenMr. and Mrs. George J. Bighia Sr.Maj. Gen. Edward C. BinderMr. John S. Binderup and Mrs. Patricia L. CarrellMr. & Mrs. Robert D. BinderupMr. Gary G. BirgeDr. Thomas A. Birk and Mrs. Constance J. Sorensen-BirkMr. Paul C. BirneyMr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Bizzarri Sr.Mr. and Mrs. David P. BlairMr. and Mrs. Steven BlochMr. and Mrs. Wayne H. BloebaumMr. Carl BloomerMr. and Mrs. Leslie L. BlouinCol. and Mrs. Fred M. Blum, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. John Boatwright Jr.Mr. Larry J. BockelmanMr. and Mrs. Philip BoehmMrs. Nancy Jones BoersmaMr. Gary BoettcherMr. and Mrs. Brian F. BollichMr. Bobby G. BomgardnerMr. Richard L. BooneMr. & Mrs. David R. BorcykLt. Col. and Mrs. Marvin L. BorgmanMs. Linda J. BorsMr. & Mrs. Leo Boston Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David H. Bowman Jr.Ms. Linda G. BoyerMr. Tom C. BoyerMr. James M. BoyleMr. and Mrs. Andy BradleyMs. Mary Ann BraggMr. & Mrs. David N. BrandtMr. and Mrs. Arthur J. BraunMr. and Mrs. Lewis S. G. Braxton Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. BrenMrs. Terrill A. BresetteMr. and Mrs. Dennis G. BrewsterMrs. Patricia i. BrinkmanCW3 (Retd.) Billy BroadwayMr. James BrochtrupMrs. Cynthia L. BrodhagenMr. & Mrs. Gregory BrokkeMr. Kenneth R. BrownMr. Richard D. BrownDrs. Robert E. & M. Martha BrucknerMr. James R. Brunson Jr.Mr. Douglas J. BuchananMr. and Mrs. Garold W. BurkholderMr. and Mrs. Roger A. BurmeisterMr. and Mrs. Richard T. BurressMrs. Patricia L. BurtonMr. and Mrs. Donald P. Bush, CPAMr. Dennis E. BussomMr. Daniel H. ByeMr. and Mrs. Norman V. Cadorette Jr.Lt. Col. and Mrs. Richard J. Callahan, Retd.Lt. Col.and Mrs. Bennie E. Callis, Retd.Richard A. Callis and Nancy A. CallisMr. and Mrs. Robert CalvertCol. David A. CamachoMr. Robert E. Campbell and

Rev. April M. Davis CampbellMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. CampbellMr. Gary J. CampisiMr. Eduardo CanasDr. Ruben A. CandiaHon. D. Nick CaporaleMrs. Desiree C. Carbonell-JacobsenMr. and Mrs. Jarrod T. CarleyLt. Col. & Mrs. Virgil V. Carlsen, Retd.Mrs. Debra R. CarlsonMs. Patricia M. CarlsonMr. & Mrs. Thomas D. CarneyMr. & Mrs. Cody F. CarseMr. & Mrs. Steven R. CaswellMr. William D. Ceely Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Cerillo Jr.Mr. Robert F. ChandlerDr. and Mrs. Dale A. ChapmanMr. John A. ChericaMr. Jerald ChesnutMr. & Mrs. Raymond D. ChristensenMr. & Mrs. Wayne E. ChristensenMr. & Mrs. William L. ChristensenMr. & Mrs. Rodney E. ChristensonMr. & Mrs. Gary A. ChristiansenMr. Mike CihalCapt. and Mrs. David ClarkMs. Karen N. ClarkMr. Paul M. ClarkMrs. Susan M. ClarkMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. ClassenMr. Craig S. ClawsonMs. Linda M. ClawsonMr. Robert R. ClayMr. Bruce ClureMr. and Mrs. James CobbsMr. George CockleMr. Oscar ColemanDr. and Mrs. Richard E. CollinsMr. & Mrs. Michael L. CombsMrs. Mary G. ConleyWilliam & Silvia ConleyMr. & Mrs. John B. ConwayMr. Everett L. CookMr. and Mrs. Samuel W. CooperMr. and Mrs. Michael W. CoppessMr. Kevin R. CornettMr. Herbert CossanoDr. and Mrs. Richard T. CottonMr. David J. CoultonMr. Herbert Cousins Jr.Dr. Hugh P. CowdinMarilyn L. Cowger, M.D.CM Sgt. Will N. Cox, Retd. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. CramerMr. and Mrs. A. Mort CrimMr. and Mrs. John S. Crookham Jr.Lt. Col. Richard E. CrottyMrs. Tracy L. CrowellMr. Francis J. CubaMr. Clyde E. CummingsMr. Paul M. Curry Jr.Mr. Dennis M. CurtisMr. and Mrs. Richard M. CurtisMr. & Mrs. James G. CzerankoDr. and Mrs. Mark L. D’AgostinoMr. T. Eugene DahlgrenRev. Sandra Daily

Dr. & Mrs. Harl A. DalstromMr. Scott W. DardenMrs. Rita J. DargaczewskiMr. and Mrs. Scott J. DarlingMs. Linnea A. DavidsonMr. Richard DavisMr. & Mrs. Melvin S. DeckerRev. and Mrs. Terry L. DeffenbaughMr. John P. DevriesMr. Dennis S. DickinsonDrs. Roger W. & Colleen W. DilleyMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. DinzoleMrs. Elma i. DodderMr. & Mrs. N. Phillips Dodge Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. DonaldsonMr. and Mrs. Douglas A. DoughertyMr. James DouglasMr. & Ms. Patrick DowlingMr. Robert C. & Dr. Diana L. DoyleMr. and Mrs. Robert C. DrakeMr. and Mrs. Darrel W. DraperDr. & Mrs. Charles S. DresherMr. and Mrs. Richard T. DrewMr. & Mrs. Michael C. DreyMr. and Mrs. David J. DuCharmeDr. & Mrs. Timothy M. DurhamMr. & Mrs. David A. DwornickiMr. Paul F. EbischMr. James EckerMr. and Mrs. Craig L. EdmundsonMr. Blake T. EdwardsMr. & Mrs. Lennie O. Edwards Jr.Col. and Mrs. James C. Egan Jr., Retd. Mr. Ralph G. EgenmaierDr. Steven EggersMr. & Mrs. Ronald EisslerLt. Col. Arthur R. Ellisen, Retd.Lt. Col. Robert L. Elsasser, Retd.Mr. & Mrs. David A. EmryMr. & Mrs. Steve R. EpsteinMr. and Mrs. Abbott E. EricksonMr. & Ms. Brian EricksonMr. & Mrs. James ErixonMichael W. Erwin, Pharm.D.Mr. Ronald EulerDr. & Mrs. Frank J. EvansMs. Monica M. EvansCol. & Mrs. Richard J. EvansMr. and Mrs. Douglas A. EwaldJohn W. & Viv L. EwingChief Terry L. FeeneyMs. Jill M. FeilmeierMr. and Mrs. Eugene D. FeitMs. Laura A. Feld-MushawCol. & Mrs. Lorenzo E. Fesler Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John M. FeyMr. & Mrs. Walter FichterMr. and Mrs. John A. FiscusMr. Don FitchMr. & Mrs. Thomas C. FlecktenMr. Daniel B. FloodMr. and Mrs. Gerald J. FloodMr. Anthony W. FlottMr. Harland T. FogleDr. & Mrs. Robert J. FondaMr. William A. ForseeDrs. Edward T. and Mary L. Foster

Mr. Bruce FowlerMr. & Mrs. Don C. FoxMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. FoxMr. John FrancavillaMr. Stephen R. FrantzCapt. and Mrs. Robert P. Frizzell, Retd.Mr. Jack A. FrostLt. Col. William H. Frye, Retd.Mr. & Mrs. Gary G. FunkhouserMr. and Ms. Steve FurbushMr. & Mrs. John C. FurstenbergLt. Col. Robert C. Gaddi, Retd.Mr. & Mrs. James GarbinaMr. and Mrs. Dante H. Garrido Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James C. GathmannMr. and Mrs. Charles H. GauckMr. and Mrs. David GaulMs. Anne B. GeeMr. and Mrs. John S. GeleckiMr. & Mrs. Barry L. GerkenLt. Col. & Mrs. Stephen C. GibsonMr. & Mrs. Robert L. Giles Jr.Mr. & Mrs. G. P. GillaspyMr. Michael J. Glaser and Mrs. Joyce A. GlaserMr. and Mrs. Morton L. GlassMr. & Mrs. James T. GleasonMr. William S. GlickfieldMr. & Mrs. William H. GoberMr. and Mrs. Frank N. GoldbergLt. Col. and Mrs. Norman Goldberg, Retd.Dr. & Mrs. Raymond B. GoldsteinMr. Eugene M. GollehonMr. and Mrs. Dan K. GomezMr. & Mrs. Larry M. GomezMr. and Mrs. P. J. GoodmanMr. & Mrs. Michael J. GordonMr. & Mrs. James M. GouldCol. and Mrs. Judd H. Grace, Retd.Col. Edward S. Graham, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. GrahamMr. Mark D. GraybillMr. & Ms. Patrick GredysDr. and Mrs. James P. GregoryMr. Richard GregoryMr. and Mrs. Fred M. Greguras Jr.Mr. Robert GriesMr. and Mrs. John J. GriffithMrs. Marilyn A. GriffithMr. Charles B. GruenigMr. and Mrs. Larry R. GuentherMr. Stephen P. GuentherMr. and Mrs. Anthony A. GumMr. and Mrs. Mark H. GurleyMr. Thomas GurtnerMrs. Mary B. GustMr. John R. GustafsonMr. & Mrs. Bryan P. GuyMs. Jo Ann HaafkeMr. Richard A. HagueM Sgt. and Mrs. Paul N. Hall, Retd.Mr. Richard HallMr. & Mrs. Scott E. HalsteadMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. HamburgerMaj. and Mrs. Jesse Hamilton, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. HammerMr. and Mrs. James R. Hannibal

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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. HansenCol. and Mrs. Donald C. Hansen, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. HansenMr. and Mrs. Michael F. HansenMr. and Mrs. Terry E. HansenMaj. & Mrs. Marvin C. HardinLt. Col. and Mrs. Kurt C. HariparMr. and Mrs. Robert A. HarlingMr. & Mrs. Charles W. HarmonDr. and Mrs. Roger K. HarnedMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. HarperMr. Jack R. HarperMrs. Linda M. HarrMr. and Mrs. James R. HarringtonMr. Melvin H. HarringtonMr. Jeffrey S. HarrisonMrs. Judith S. HarveyMr. Robert M. HarveyMr. John HarvoyMr. and Mrs. Louis G. HatchMr. and Mrs. David P. HawkMrs. Betty J. HawkinsMr. Gerald L. HawleyMartin D. Haykin, M.D.Mr. Terrence HealeyMr. Robert HearronMr. and Mrs. Lars Hedstrom Jr.Jack Heidel, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. HeinMr. and Mrs. Richard F. Hekl Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Floyd G. HellyerMr. Roger C. HendersonMaj. Gen. and Mrs. Clyde A. Hennies, Retd.Col. George A. Henry Jr., Retd. and Mrs. Jane i. Teixeira-HenryMr. and Mrs. Gary D. HensonMr. and Mrs. H. Robert Herold, iiMr. & Ms. Robert G. HerreraMr. Gary HicksonMr. and Mrs. Michael J. Higgins Jr.Dr. John W. Hill and Ms. Tommie C. ParkerMr. Robert C. HillMr. Frank W. HochDr. & Ms. William L. HoevetMs. Tammy J. HoffmanMr. & Mrs. Daniel R. HoffmannShari R. HofschireMr. & Mrs. Paul R. HoganCol. and Mrs. Robert L. Hohman, Retd.Dr. Peter J. Hohnstein & Ms. Deborah ScharkCol. Charles W. Holderness, Retd.Brig. Gen. Robert A. Holloman iii, Retd.Mr. & Mrs. Frank i. Holmes iiiMr. & Mrs. Richard E. HoodMr. and Mrs. Robert J. HorakLt. Col.and Mrs. Guenther O. Horn, Retd.Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. HornerMr. John HortonMrs. Jeanette HosekMr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hotz Jr.Mrs. Helen L. HoustonMr. and Mrs. Wally Houts

Mr. and Mrs. Roman L. Hruska Jr.Mr. Henry G. HudsonLt. Col. Hans G. Huettig, Retd.Ms. Marilyn A. HughesMr. and Mrs. Donald E. iburgMrs. Arline M. ireyMrs. Mary L. irwinMr. Charles E. iversonMr. Azar A. JacksonMr. Leo JacksonMr. and Mrs. Thaddeus E. Jackson Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. JacobaMr. & Mrs. Dean G. JacobsenMr. & Mrs. Larry R. JacobsenMr. Roger JacobsenMr. Allen F. JacobsonMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. JamiesonMr. & Mrs. Mark R. JeffersonMr. & Mrs. Dennis J. JenkinsMr. & Mrs. Stefan G. JenkinsMr. & Mrs. Gene JensenMr. & Mrs. Norman K. JensenMr. Thomas Jensen & Ms. Theresa Tworek-JensenMr. Timothy J. JensenCol. and Mrs. Wendell W. JerniganMr. and Mrs. John J. Jesse iiiMr. and Mrs. Dennis O. JettMr. William O. JohnsMr. & Mrs. Carl A. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. David M. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Dwight E. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. William A. JohnsonMr. Richard A. JohnsonMr. Michael A. JonesMr. Dennis D. JorgensenMs. Nancy L. JorgensenMr. Larry C. JuulMr. William F. KabourekMr. Hugo KahnMr. & Mrs. Jerome J. KaimanMr. & Mrs. Dennis KaiserMr. & Mrs. Kurtis K. KammererMr. and Mrs. George W. KaneMr. & Mrs. Christopher J. KankouskyMr. and Ms. Gary KaplanMr. & Ms. Stanley KapustkaMr. & Mrs. Herbert KarrerMr. John E. KasunMr. Timothy J. KasunMs. Micaela R. KeetonMrs. Eileen L. KegleyMr. William J. KeiderlingDr. & Mrs. Ralph H. Keill Jr.Mr.& Mrs. Lawrence KelbergMr. Richard KellemsMr. Timothy KelleyMs. Rolee KellyMs. Kathleen KerseyMaj. & Mrs. Richard R. KeskinenMr. and Mrs. Robert A. KetchumMr. Clyde W. KetelsenMs. Ann T. KiefferMr. Franklin KillebrewLt. Col. Edward L. KingMr. and Mrs. Gerald F. KingMr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kingery

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be common so soon, but added, “it may be that an experimental model will be developed by then.”

1952 Classes canceled for a week as 1,000 OU students contribute 60,000 man hours of labor fighting flooding along Missouri River.

1959 Antoinette and Arthur Allwine deed to the university their 160-acre farm (now Allwine Prairie).

1961 Omaha University receives an $11,371 grant from the Atomic Energy Commission, the monies to be used in nuclear science and engineering programs. Physics department Chair John McMillian, says grant to be used for “everything from lead bricks to radiation protection survey meters.”

1970 Students and faculty participate in the first Earth Day with Environmental “Teach-in” featuring 13 speakers.

1972 UNO Student Government negotiates a 2-cent-per-gallon student discount for gas at Townhouse Sinclair Service station.

1972 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Norman E. Borlaug speaks on “Problems of Population — Food, Production, Ecology.”

1973 The UNO Biology Club hosts “The Last Great Recycling Marathon,” collecting 18,000 pounds of newspaper, 2,500 pounds of tin and “oodles and oodles” of recyclable glass.

1975 University establishes special carpool parking permits — $3.50 per vehicle for one semester.

1978 Amory Lovins, physicist and world renown energy expert, speaks at Performing Arts Center on ways to reduce nation’s use of energy.

1978 Alaska Gas Line Services in Anchorage ran an advertisement in the Gateway promoting summer jobs working on the Alaska Oil Pipeline “with salaries of $2,000 a week.”

2006 UNO’s Criss Library displays “The Nest,” a sculpture by graduate Bart Vargas composed of keyboards, cables and miscellaneous other discarded computer parts. Vargas’ works mostly are made from trash.

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1941 OU basketball team loses 36-19 to the Phillips 66 Oilers, No. 1-ranked and defending AAU National Champions. The Phillips 66 Oil Corporation sponsored the team.

1944 OU’s basketball game with Dana postponed in part due to the “lack of gasoline to make the trip.”

1945 OU Chemistry Professor William Noyce at the student council-sponsored “Coffee Hour” discusses “the nature and probable uses of atomic energy.” Noyce had spent the previous year on iowa State’s campus as part of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb. iowa State produced one-third of the uranium metal used in the first atomic bomb. in an article discussing Royce’s work, the Gateway discussed one prediction that within two years atomic power will be used for automobiles. Noyce doubted such cars would

1930s University of Omaha receives donation of $438.38 in Standard Oil Company Stock for endowment purposes.

1935 OU bans smoking in all university buildings.

1938 To cool the new Administration Building (now Arts & Sciences Hall) the university sinks three artesian wells 70 feet to tap the springs beneath campus. The water is pumped into a 200,000-gallon tank in the building’s basement, cooled further and then used to chill the air. “The equivalent of 305 tons of free air conditioning,” reported the Gateway in a 1962 overview of the system. The system’s air intake was located in the cupola atop the building. The wells later cool the library (now Eppley Administration Building) and are used to water campus lawns. The wells were taken out of service in 1975 when the university constructed its Central Power Plant.

From its start, UNO’s campus has been the scene of numerous energy- and environmental-related initiatives and experiences. A few instances:

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