Faculty Perspective: Dr. Cody Hollist

 This past year I worked with Corey Minchow, who did an incredible job on a very difficult project. Corey was responsible for obtaining and cleaning a nationally-available data set that is difficult to use. The data set is the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth that began data collection in 1997. We were particularly interested in [...]

New Scholar Orientation

 
On Oct. 6, the 2007-2009 McNair scholars gathered at Wilderness Ridge Lodge for the annual New Scholars Retreat. Dr. Laurie Bellows welcomed the new cohort, noting that they were joining a select community of Scholars from across the country. She described the retreat as “an initiation into the life of a scholar and an opportunity [...]

Scholar Spotlight on Juan Cangas

Juan Cangas grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska where he attended Grand Island Senior High. Juan’s uncle gave him a CD from the motivational speaker Anthony Robbins that got him interested in what drives human behavior. He knew then that a career in the social sciences was right for him.
After high school, Juan pursued [...]

Armenta Awarded Fling Fellowship

Brian Armenta (left), a doctoral student in psychology, was awarded a 2007-08 Maud Hammond Fling Fellowship by the Office of Graduate Studies. The Fling Fellowship — one of UNL’s two major competitive fellowships — provides full support for students to work on their own research for one year without the burden of outside [...]

Abby Presents Research at Plenary Session of Symposium

When she was first invited to present her research in a plenary session at the California McNair Symposium, Abby Visty says she felt “shocked and honored.” The idea of presenting to such a large group seemed “intimidating,” but Abby was up to the challenge.
Says Visty, “We learned a lot on how to present during [...]

Reflections on the McNair Scholars Symposium

In August 2007, after an intensive ten-week summer research experience with the McNair Scholars Program, I attended the annual California McNair Symposium at the University of California, Berkeley. What an incredible experience!
As we approached Dwinelle Hall on the first day, we were greeted with a bright blue banner that read “Through These Doors [...]