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UNO is celebrating its 100th anniversary. This celebration recognizes the partnership among the City of Omaha, its citizens and UNO to build a vibrant and dynamic community. The centennial theme is “UNO: Central To Our City Since 1908.” This theme acknowledges the past contributions of UNO to the community and sets the stage for great things to come.

UNO, inaugurated in 1968, emerged from the Municipal University of Omaha, established in 1931, which grew out of the University of Omaha founded in 1908. For Centennial information, log on to www.uno100.org.

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The Office of Academic and Student Affairs (OASA), under the leadership of Senior Vice Chancellor Terry Hynes, assists and supports the UNO campus in providing students with a top quality education. This website is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource for students as well as faculty, staff and visitors. Here, we have provided a wealth of information about the Office of Academic and Student Affairs, who we are, and how we work to respond to the university's ever-changing needs for higher education in the 21st century.


For a comprehensive list of events, please see the appropriate calendar below.

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Campus Interviews for Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity Finalists

Four finalists for the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity will be on campus for interviews in late January and February. The person selected will have leadership and administrative responsibility for promoting and growing research and creative activity, helping to attract external funds, and serving as liaison for these activities with all UNO colleges/divisions and other research-partner institutions. Specific responsibilities include oversight of the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research, facilitation of connections with extramural sponsors, oversight of an internal seed-grant program, representation on University system and statewide research bodies, oversight and development of campus compliance and research and creative activity related policies, and stewardship of University intellectual property. Faculty, staff, and students are strongly encouraged to participate in the multiple forums provided and provide feedback.

Additional information on each candidate as well as the complete interview schedules will be available below by clicking on each finalist's name.

Click here for an Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity candidate feedback form.

Harmon Maher, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for research and Creative Activity is chair of the search committee. If you have questions, or wish to comment please contact him at harmon_maher@ unomaha.edu or 554-2250.

Candidates and dates for the campus visit are as follows:

Thursday and Friday, January 28 and 29, 2010
Scott E. Tarry, Ph.D.,Distinguished Professor & Director, Aviation Institute
Director, NASA Nebraska Space Grant and EPSCoR
University of Nebraska at Omaha
phone: 402-554-3190 fax: 402-554-3781
Interview Schedule

Thursday and Friday, February 4-5, 2010
Dr. Scott Snyder, Program Director, Division of Environmental Biology National Science Foundation Arlington, VA, and Professor, Department of Biology University of Nebraska at Omaha
Interview Schedule

Monday and Tuesday, February 8 and 9, 2010
Dr. Nicholas Stergiou, Professor, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences University of Nebraska Medical Center
Interview Schedule

Thursday and Friday, February 11-12, 2010
Dr. Lloyd Richardson, Director, Office of Research and External Funding, College of Education, Acting Director of Research, College of Nursing and Curator's Teaching Professor in Education and Mathematic, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Interview Schedule

Campus Interviews for Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Finalists

Four finalists for the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs will visit UNO for interviews in January and early February. The Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs is the Chief Student Affairs administrator for UNO. This position has leadership responsibility to develop, administer, and continuously improve a comprehensive mix of student-support programs and services, including but not limited to, Recruitment Services, Orientation, Admissions, Registration and Records, Financial Aid, Student Leadership Programs, Counseling, Housing, Health Services, Judicial Affairs, Campus Recreation, and Career Services. Currently, David Cicotello serves as Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs replacing Dr. Wade Robinson. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to participate in the interviews and provide feedback.

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a campus forum with Dr. Haehl on Monday, January 25 at 2:30 p.m. in the MBSC Gallery Room.

Additional information on each candidate is available below by clicking on each finalist's name.

Click here for an Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs candidate feedback form.

Deborah Smith-Howell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Dean for Graduate Studies, is chair of the search committee. If you have questions, please contact her at dsmith-howelll@unomaha.edu or 554-4849.

Candidates and dates for campus visit

Dr. Randy Hyman, Associate Professor for Higher Education and former Vice Chancellor for Academic Support and Student Life, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Thursday and Friday, January 14 and 15, 2010

Dr. Thomas Wallace, Assistant to the Provost and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Mississippi
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 19 and 20, 2010

Dr. Sherry Haehl, Dean of Students, Bluffton University
Monday and Tuesday, January 25 and 26, 2010

Dr. Blake Fry, Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Monday and Tuesday, February 1 and 2, 2010

gmav Student Email System

Gmav will become the standard e-mail system for UNO students beginning August 17, 2009. On that date, UNO will discontinue sending email to student Lotus Notes accounts and begin delivering it instead to their new gmav accounts (Google Apps for Education). Students should continue to check their Lotus Notes email UNTIL that date. For more information about the change to gmav, go to http://gmav.unomaha.edu

Dr. June Mecham Tribute

The Office of Academic and Student Affairs pays tribute to Dr. June L. Mecham of the UNO Department of History. Dr. Mecham's passing is a great loss not only to the university, but also to the academic world. Dr. Mecham was posthumously awarded the UNO Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award. Click here to view the tribute page.

UNO is First in U.S. for Value-Added Education

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) contributes more to the learning gains made by students than any other institution that participated in a recent national examination, including schools such as Duke University, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, University of North Carolina and Arizona State University.

The Council for Aid to Education in New York, which administers the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), recently reported that UNO does the best job among 176 participating colleges and universities in improving students' intellectual abilities from their freshman year to their senior year.

"The CLA results reflect our long-time strategic goal to make UNO a learner-centered university," said John Christensen, UNO's chancellor. 'These results show that a UNO education is an investment that pays a significant return to students and to the stakeholders who support the university."

The CLA is an essay test that measures a university's contribution, or value added, to skills such as critical thinking and communication. The CLA has tested 110,000 students at more than 370 higher-education institutions across the country.

"The CLA requires students to use higher-level critical thinking and analytical skills, the very skills most needed to succeed in today's world," said Terry Hynes, UNO's senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs. "These results are a tribute to UNO's extraordinary faculty who helped students develop these skills and to our students who invested the time and effort needed to benefit fully from their UNO education."

At UNO, the CLA was administered to 225 randomly selected freshmen during the fall 2007 semester and 98 randomly selected seniors during the spring 2008 semester. The exam, offered on a voluntary basis, took students between 90 minutes and three hours to complete.

UNO students from a number of disciplines participated in the CLA, which had no impact on student grades. Outside evaluators, who were mostly faculty members at other universities across the country, anonymously graded the 323 UNO exams.

UNO faculty will use the CLA results to improve the university's curriculum and better understand how students learn.

Editor's note: For more information on the CLA, visit www.cae.org/cla or contact Wendy Townley, UNO University Relations, at wtownley@unomaha.edu or (402) 554-2762.


Board of Regents Four-Year Graduation Resolution

UNO supports the Board of Regents Resolution that commits the university to providing each student all assistance necessary to help him or her graduate within four years of entering, provided the student has appropriate high school preparation, pursues a course of study that is intended for four-year completion, and adheres to prudent practices in pursuing a degree. For the complete resolution see:

Board of Regents Four-Year Graduation Resolution


Sponsored Programs and Research Report

The Sponsored Programs and Research (SPR) Report details the results of UNO's work to obtain external funding in support of its teaching, research, service and outreach efforts. The report is designed to keep the university community informed as to externally funded projects on campus and bring recognition to those faculty and staff who have worked to generate these resources.