$32 million gift will establish
innovative program of study
■ Selected students will
live in same residence, learn
together for four years.
By Jessica Fargen
Staff writer
Thanks to a $32 million gift
from a Denver couple, students in
computer science and business will
have a place to live and learn
together.
Carole and C. Edward
McVaney, both UNL alumni,
announced the donation in May.
The gift, which is in the form of a
five-year commitment, will estab
lish an on-campus residence for
140 undergraduate students and 30
graduate students.
The tentative plan is for stu
dents with an interest in business
administration and computer sci
ence to live together for four years,
take similar classes and receive
mentoring from the private sector,
said Steve Dunbar, a UNL mathe
matics professor and the program’s
director.
The residential living center is
tentatively scheduled for comple
tion in spring of 2001. The pro
gram, which will require no addi
tional tax money, is called the J.D.
Edwards Honors Program.
“It creates the intellectual level
of the honors program and the
camaraderie of a group living
experience and combines the best
of the both of them,” Dunbar said.
The program is in its initial
stages, but work on a curriculum is
under way, Dunbar said. A new
degree program will not be creat
ed.
“It’s going to be a lot like the
existing honors program. That pro
gram sets a higher tone and sort of
raises the level of expectation
across the university,” Dunbar said.
If the program is successful
after five years, the family may
continue to give $4.6 million a year
to keep it going.
According to a UNL statement,
the McVaneys chose to donate to
UNL because Edward McVaney’s
interest in computer science start
ed here.
The gift is a thank-you to UNL,
as well as a way for present stu
dents to take education to another
level, the statement said.
Edward McVaney graduated
from UNL in 1964 with a bache
lor’s degree in mechanical engi
neering. Carole McVaney graduat
ed in 1963 with an education
degree.
Edward McVaney established
J.D. Edwards in 1977 in Denver. He
is chairman, president and chief
executive officer of the company,
which develops, markets and sup
ports multinational, integrated
enterprise software.
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Residence halls offer
welcoming activities
By Jessica Fargen
Staff writer
Orientation Teams for UNL’s resi
dence halls will have activities today
aimed at making new residents feel m
welcome and connected to their new
homes.
Disco Inferno - “Staying Alive” -
is the theme for activities including a
disco dance, game shows, barbecues
and an all-campus dance.
Residence Hall Association
President Ben Wallace said an all
campus dance has not been held for
several years.
“It’s a chance for people from dif
ferent halls to get together and have
fun,” Wallace said.
The dance is at 8 p.m. Saturday in
the Centennial Room at the Nebraska ^
Union.
Tanya Neill, Residence Director
for Sandoz Hall, said the activities
make the transition to college a little
easier.
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other,” Neill said. “Thursday and n
Friday, those are the first experiences
new students are going to have at col
lege.”
Neill said each hall has different
welcoming activities sponsored by
Hall Orientation Teams.
At Abel and Sandoz residence
halls, HOTS has hospitality tables in
the lobbies and has planned a walking
campus tour.
“It helps them start to feel a little
bit more connected to their complex or
hall where they are living,” Neill said.
Students who want to get involved
in the Residence Hall Association can
attend the first meeting Aug. 30 at
6:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
SCHEDULE
Times and events may change
Harper/Schramm/Smith
Thursday
7 p.m. Movies and pizza
Friday
2 p.m. Scavenger hunt
8 p.m. Disco dance
Saturday
9 a.m. Pancake feed
2 p.m. Water games and snow
cones c
Sunday
9 am. Breakfast
9 p.m. Social
Neihardt
Thursday
8 p.m. Ice cream social and
Dvies
Friday
3 p.m. Scavenger hunt
8 p.m. Game night
Saturday
1 p.m. Water Olympics
4 p.m. Barbecue
Sunday
6:30 p.m. Family Feud
Selleck
Friday
5 p.m. Pizza party and dance
Saturday
1 p.m. Watermelon and water
imes
Sunday
1 p.m. Scavenger hunt
Cather/Pound
Thursday
6:30 p.m. Game show
8 p.m. ice cream social and
ovies
Friday
5 p.m. Subs and Game Night
Saturday
11 a.m. Mud volleyball
1 p.m. Wacky Olympics
4 p.m. Barbecue
Sunday
11 a.m. Mud volleyball
2 p.m. Jerry Springer
Abel/Sandoz
Thursday
7 p.m. Ice cream and karaoke
9:30 p.m. Movies
Friday
6 p.m. Subs
7 p.m. Sports
10 p.m. Movies
Saturday
11 a.m. Volleyball
Burr/Fedde
Thursday
7 p.m. Movies and Doritos
Friday
7 p.m. Pizza and movies
Saturday
11 a.m. Volleyball
Sunday
7 p.m. Karaoke, dance and ice
ream
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* A source for programs and
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experiences of women.
Support groups, discussion
groups and workshops starting
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* Eating Issues
* Students with Children
* Sexual Assault Survivors
* Assertiveness Training
* Improving Body Image
* Anger Management
* Women’s Creativity
* Lesbian, Bisexual, Questioning
* A Sister Circle (for African
American women of all ages)
* Graduate Student Women
Call 472-2597 for information or
stop by the Center at 340
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Plan speakers, workshops,
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hflp others use the Center library
and other resources
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UNL welcomes
new students
to the Big Red
From staff reports
New students will get a taste of
what UNL has to offer both academi
cally and socially during Sunday’s Big
Red Welcome.
Freshmen who want to get to know
their way around campus can meet tour
guides on the front steps of the
Nebraska Union at 1:30 p.m. for a map
ping of the grounds.
Commuter students will answer
new students’ questions at 2:30 p.m. at
the Wick Alumni Center on R Street
New students can gather to meet
university leaders at the Lied Center for
Performing Arts at 4 p.m. where they
will be greeted by Chancellor James
Moeser, student government president
Sara Russell and Bill McLaughlin,
recipient of the Outstanding Educator
Award.
The Comhusker Marching Band
will introduce new students to school
songs during the welcome.
The day won’t be all work and no
play, though. A free welcome festival
begins at 5 p.m. on R Street between
12th and 14th streets.
The festival includes food and soft
drinks, performances by the NU Yell
Squad, the Scarlets and Lil’ Red.
Rap pioneers Sugarhill Gang top
off the evening with a free concert
sponsored by the University Program
Council.