Education professor dies
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community to these concepts
“before diversity was a popular
word,” said Helen Long Soldier,
American Indian consultant in the
Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Robbins came to the University
of Nebraska at Omaha in 1970 to
pursue his master’s degree. In 1976,
after receiving his doctorate in edu
cation and joining the UNL faculty,
• he quickly extended his teaching
efforts well past the university’s
doors.
The next year, he was elected
president of Lincoln’s Indian Center,
where he later served as chairman of
the board until he resigned in 1982,
when the center faced serious finan
cial strains and staff turnover.
This fall, he continued to teach
three courses as a faculty member in
two university departments: the
Center for Curriculum and |
Instruction and the Institute for
Ethnic Studies.
Miguel Carranza, director of eth
nic studies, said Robbins taught stu
dents not only to be sensitive, but to
understand and appreciate cultural
differences.
His philosophy was based on
inclusiveness, and his focus on edu
cating teachers on inclusiveness
from a minority perspective often
remains a missihg dimension in
many universities’ curricula nation
wide, Carranza said.
Funeral services for Robbins will
be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Lutheran
Student Center, 535 N. 16th St.
Other faculty members will teach
the rest of his three fall courses:
Introduction to Ethnic Studies,
Multicultural Education and Cultural
Foundations of Education.
Correction
The year Nebraska began its Every Woman Matters program was incor
rectly stated in Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Nebraskan. The program start
ed in 1992.
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