UNO Chancellor John Christensen presented Step UP Awards to Lee Denker, UNO Alumni Association President & CEO, and Lori Byrne, vice president and UNO campus director of development at the University of Nebraska Foundation.
The awards recognize individuals and groups of faculty, staff, students and community supporters who, in the last year, volunteered to take on and complete unexpected university-related work that went above and beyond the scope of their normal responsibilities. Denker and Byrne were honored for spearheading efforts that led to implementation of the UNO Integrated Advancement Agreement among the University, the UNO Alumni Association and the NU Foundation
The agreement is a systematic, integrated method of managing relationships in order to enhance UNO’s support from key outside constituents, including alumni, friends, members of the community and philanthropic entities. The new structure will utilize the strengths of all three entities as they work more collaboratively to support UNO’s mission, vision, values and priorities.
Other Step Up Awards recipients:
• The "You Look Mavelous"
Coordination Team (Mollie Anderson, David Daniels and Marcia Adler)
•
The Neighborhood Center Staff (Ron Abdouch, Crystal Rhodes, Jennifer
Bober, Ryan Willer, Liz Moldenhauer and Sol Kleinsmith)
• Robert
Goeman (College of Education, technology coordinator)
• Patty Adams
(College of Public Affairs and Community Service, director of the
Lifelong Learning Initiative)
• Sandra Walling and the UNO Surplus
Team
• The NESIS Implementation Team;
- Erik Christensen
(Service-Learning Academy, volunteer coordinator)
• Susan McWilliams
(College of Education, children's literature lecture series
coordinator)
• The H1N1 Coordinating Team;
- UNO Food Services; and
• Kathleen Oleson Lyons (Service-Learning Academy, assistant director).