Building a Legacy of Excellence
 Did you know that more than 50
percent of the professional educators in the Omaha-metropolitan area have one
or more degrees from UNO's College of Education?
Measuring
the overall impact these professionals have had on the lives of students—and
subsequently on the community itself—would be impossible.
"It
certainly highlights the challenge for us in the College of Education to
continue to prepare outstanding educators" says Dr. John Langan, who in late
August was named dean of the college pending approval by the NU Board of
Regents. "The college is taking this challenge seriously, and that's why
we're beginning a 10-year campaign to muster the needed support to continue
this legacy of excellence for our community."
The
campaign, designated as "Building a Legacy of Excellence," will be officially
launched at a dinner and silent auction on Oct. 1, 2004, and will have two
primary objectives:
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Funding student scholarships; and
•
Establishing endowed chairs.
"Both
of these goals help the college attract diverse students and faculty members
who demonstrate outstanding academic quality and who are able to maintain and
even strengthen the excellence of our programs," says Dr. Nancy Edick, the
campaign's coordinator.
Scholarship
possibilities place students at the very center of the campaign, and the
potential to establish endowed chairs continues the college's focus on
academic excellence. These goals, combined with the ongoing partnerships the
college has with the metropolitan community, establish objectives for the
College of Education that are parallel to the three major objectives of the
university: student focus; academic excellence; and community engagement.
Such
coordination of mission and effort will create a positive educational
environment for the university, the college and the metropolitan Omaha
community. For more information regarding the campaign, contact the Dean's
Office at (402) 554-2719 or email crewert@mail.unomaha.edu
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