World War I ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker spoke at OU’s three‑day Air Age Institute for teachers; as chairman of the board of Eastern Air Lines, he was credited with shooting down 26 enemy aircraft during the war.
Milo Bail starts as OU President
Air Force ROTC program begins
Omaha University merges with University of Nebraska system
Graduate and former football player Bob Danenhauer begins his term as UNO athletic director.
Dr. Joanne Li stepped into the leadership of UNO as the 16th Chancellor of the university.
World War I ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker spoke at OU’s three‑day Air Age Institute for teachers; as chairman of the board of Eastern Air Lines, he was credited with shooting down 26 enemy aircraft during the war.
Japanese pathologist Suguru Yonezawa of the Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine makes his American operatic debut in the Strauss Performing Arts Center.
E‑BRUNO debuts as the university’s computerized, web‑based registration system, replacing the telephone‑based BRUNO.
UNO’s switchboard, which had handled all incoming and outgoing university calls, was replaced by the Centrex system; the old system, nicknamed “Old Damit” in the switchboard offices, had handled up to 4,700 calls a day.
UNO first baseman‑outfielder Dave Poulicek plays for the U.S. team in a Japan–United States College World Series in Omaha. Other UNO baseball players compete with area amateur players in exhibition games against both the Japanese and U.S. All‑Stars.
English Professor Richard Lane presents a patriotic reading, highlighting the Orchestra on the Green concert in front of UNO Administration Building (now Arts & Sciences Hall)
UNO music professor and cellist performs with the Beijing Film Philharmonic Orchestra in China at the Beijing Music Hall.
The first of three free summer Orchestra on the Green concerts is held in front of the Administration Building (now Arts & Sciences Hall). Directed by Associate Professor of Music Kermit Peters, the 60‑member orchestra performs "Fireworks Music" by Handel and selections from "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mary Poppins."
UNO Campus Recreation hosts the Frisbee Free‑For‑All.
Five UNO wrestlers, led by Coach Mike Denney, begin a month‑long tryout camp for the U.S. World Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
Debut of a sidewalk art exhibit linking the Administration Building to the Student Center.
Ministers from Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Chile speak via tele‑lecture on campus.
OU President William Sealock dies by suicide after being ousted by the university’s regents.
The Koefud Trio — pianist Rachel Koefud, cellist Joan Brockway and violinist Barbara Long — performs on campus as one of seven summer convocations.
Olympia Soccer Club, featuring several members of UNO’s soccer club, defeats Vienna Fortuna, a top team from Austria, in a match at Al Caniglia Field.
Clyde Biggers is approved by the NU Regents as athletic director.
Barbara Coffey is approved by the NU Regents as the first Black administrator and one of the highest‑ranking Black administrators in the University of Nebraska system when she is hired as assistant dean of personnel, also known as the Dean of Women.
UNO senior Jim Pelowski leaves New York with 159 other college students participating in the “Experiment in International Living,” sponsored by the School for International Living near Brattleboro, VT. He is the first OU student to take part in the program and lives in Cairo. His trip is sponsored by the OU Alumni Association.
Nineteen international students at UNO are taken on an overnight camping trip, including horseback riding, at Platte River State Park.
UNO and Creighton University combine to offer the first Midlands Institute for Nonprofit Management, held at the Peter Kiewit Conference Center.
Groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Information Science and Technology building on the former Ak‑Sar‑Ben race track land near 66th and Pacific Streets.
Dr. Herbert Goldstein, chairman of the Department of Special Education at Yeshiva University, speaks on "Special Methods in Teaching the Retarded" as one of five guest lecturers in a series on retardation sponsored by the psychology and special education departments.
Lt. Col. Allen H. Wood takes command of OU’s new U.S. Air Force ROTC unit.
UNO announces that its hockey team will join the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
Nancy Belck, chancellor of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, is named UNO chancellor by NU President Dennis Smith. She begins her tenure Sept. 1.
Geography and Geology Department Chair Dr. Gordon Schilz leaves for Afghanistan on a one‑year Fulbright‑Hays Lectureship to teach at Kabul University.
UNO coaches launch the Omaha Road Show, visiting cities and Omaha‑area locations to promote the idea of the Mavericks as “Omaha’s team.”
The Offutt Air Force Base Band performs on campus.
Twenty‑six students from Shizuoka University begin a month‑long stay in Nebraska under the sponsorship of UNO International Studies. The university is located in Shizuoka, Omaha’s sister city in Japan.
The Student Senate votes 14–3 to remove four student senators from office for lack of attendance.
Summer theater opens with "Lena Rivers," a “gay nineties” production featuring a style of acting reminiscent of the melodramatic 1890s. Peanuts and popcorn are sold between acts, “and the hero will be cheered and the villain, booed.”
Folk singer Dylan Todd performs on campus as one of seven summer convocations.
Associate Professor of Music Kermit Peters leads the second of three Orchestra on the Green concerts in front of the UNO Administration Building (now Arts & Sciences Hall). The concert features highlights from the musicals "Bye, Bye Birdie" and "Gypsy," as well as the "Sabre Dance."
Vice President Walter Mondale speaks to a crowd of 900 people at the UNO‑sponsored Academic, Business and Community Breakfast. He speaks primarily in support of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), which the U.S. Senate is considering.
UNO connects to “System 85,” a new $3 million phone system. The change requires the removal of nearly 1,500 leased phones, which are taken away by American Telephone and Telegraph. The university purchases its new phones.
Rear Admiral Craig R. Quigley, the Pentagon’s deputy assistant secretary of defense, visits UNO. He briefs faculty and staff of UNO’s Center for Afghanistan Studies, along with other university officials, on the military situation in Afghanistan.
OU Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Virgil Yelkin, a major in the U.S. Army, reports for 21 months of active duty with the Tenth Infantry Reserve at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Embassy ministers from Pakistan, Japan, the Philippines and Afghanistan speak via tele‑lecture.
Campus Recreation hosts “Track It and Craft It” Day.
UNO freshman Brian Cullin begins competition in the 2001 Deaf World Games in Rome, competing in Greco-Roman wrestling. He finished eighth.
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents vote to rename the Pacific Campus of UNO the Scott Campus in honor of Walter Scott.
OU Regents hire Leland Traywick to replace Milo Bail as president.
UNO communications instructor Karen Dwyer appears on “Attitudes,” airing on the Lifetime Cable Network, where she discusses her recipes for microwave ice‑cream sundae toppings.
Start of the Pan American Games baseball tournament at the University of Minnesota, with OU Baseball Coach Virgil Yelkin serving as one of three coaches for the U.S. team.
Robert Davis presents films on Iceland—where he had recently traveled—during one of eight summer convocations.
The Air Force Band performs as one of seven summer convocations.
The HPER pool reopens after nearly two months of construction to add a crawl space around the perimeter of the pool and beneath the deck.
Season finale of Orchestra on the Green, featuring a 60-piece orchestra directed by Music Professor Kermit Peters and showcasing songs from "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Mame."
Fontenelle Forest offers a for-credit summer day camp for adults, featuring study of prairie ecology, wildlife art, outdoor cooking and more.
UNO announces that its hockey team will join the Western Collegiate Hockey Association beginning with the 2010–11 season.
Baritone William Bowers, known for his role as Porgy in “Porgy and Bess,” performs in the OU auditorium.
The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band, formed in 1939, performs in a concert sponsored by the Student Programming Organization in collaboration with the College of Business Management.
UNO hosts the swimming events of the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, held at various venues across Omaha. More than 500 athletes from the United States and the United Kingdom compete in the games.
Humor columnist Art Buchwald speaks to university theatre students.
Don Leahy is selected to serve as UNO’s athletic director.
First KVNO Lawn Sale hosted. Donated items sold to benefit the UNO radio station.
UNO University Bands sponsors a four-day Flag Corps Summer Camp for high school students, offering instruction in flag and marching fundamentals, precision routines, group formations, and more.
Participants in UNO Opera Theatre’s Summer Opera Workshop stage the first of two opera productions.
Ground is broken for new library construction.