Continuing Education Programs for Occupations and Professions
Instructional programs that are usually non-credit and that provide opportunities for individuals to receive information and/or training related to new developments in their chosen occupation or profession.
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| Name of Program: | Access to Collections |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Citizens of Nebraska | ||
| Services Offered: | The University Library makes its collections available to all citizens of Nebraska. Approximately 18% of the patrons served by Access Services are Nebraska resident community borrowers. These patrons may check out circulating material, place holds on materials that are currently checked out, ask for searches when they cannot locate an item, and request a recall on items with extended due dates. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Access Services staff assists community patrons with the use of equipment in the Copy Center. Privileges for community borrowers are essentially the same as those that are offered to university students. | ||
| Contact: | Dee A. Zeller, Head of Access Services 308-865-8597 Library University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 zeller@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Adult Basic Education
Central Community College |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Adults 16 and over, not currently enrolled in school | ||
| Services Offered: | English as a Second Language, Adult Basic
Education (including, but not limited to improving basic skills in
reading, math, spelling, writing), General Educational Development (GED)
diploma, citizenship classes
Services are offered in 25-30 communities and in local county jails |
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| Contact: | 1-800-652-9177 Extension 6446 (308) 389-6446 chagabe@cccadm.gi.cccneb.edu |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Adult Basic Education
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals 16 years and older | ||
| Services Offered: | Development, assessment and instruction in basic skills or reading, writing, listening, speaking and computation | ||
| Delivery Method: | Credit and non-credit classes, seminars and workshops day, evening and weekends | ||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2716 | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Adult Basic Education - Platte Campus |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | High school non-completers age 16 and above and people who wish to learn to speak English as a second language | ||
| Services Offered: | Assessment and instruction in basic skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, math, computation, social studies, science, as well as instruction in English as a second language and in basic life skills. | ||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Aditha McLaughlin (402) 564-5196 |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Ag Action Program
Western Nebraska Community College |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Farmers and ranchers | ||
| Services Offered: | Preparation for bank loan review | ||
| Delivery Method: | Individual meetings | ||
| Contact: | Randy DeBoer, Faculty 1-800-348-4435, Extension 6187 (308) 635-6187 |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Agriculture
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals 16 years and older | ||
| Services Offered: | Farm and ranch management, specialized training in livestock management | ||
| Delivery Method: | Credit and non-credit classes, seminars and workshops day, evening and weekends | ||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2514 | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | American Association of Physics Teachers Instructional Materials Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | High school, college, and university teachers across the nation | ||
| Services Offered: | The Center is a national center established to serve the physics teaching community by providing access to and information about all types of instructional materials. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Provides media such as computer software, film, videotapes, and videodiscs; consulting services. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Robert Fuller, Director 472-2790 Ferguson 110 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Arts Are Basic, College of Fine and Performing Arts, UNL |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | K-12 teachers, both generalists and specialists, and their students | ||
| Services Offered: | Service offered is a teacher training program in aesthetic education that has trained 200 + K-12 urban and rural teachers and served 120,000 students in 5 counties. Performing and visual art, architecture and poetry used as text for teaching across the curriculum. UNL or professional credit may be earned but is optional. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Delivery method is a two week annual workshop in June on the UNL campus followed by nine classroom visits in the subsequent school year which includes the presentation of the work of art or performance at the Lied Center, Kimball Hall or in the school. | ||
| Contact: | Kit Voorhees, Coordinator of Educational
Outreach and Director of Arts Are Basic (402) 472-9347 105 Architecture Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0144 E-Mail: voorhees@unl.edu Web: http://www.unl.edu/finearts/aab.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Association Assistance |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Teachers and other educators | ||
| Services Offered: | Development and coordinating of professional conferences, e.g., Regional Reading Conference and Diversity Conference | ||
| Delivery Method: | Conferences | ||
| Contact: | Ms. Julie Agard Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8556 / AGARDJ@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Avocational and Leisure Activities
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals 16 years and older | ||
| Services Offered: | Personal enrichment courses in the areas of recreation, art, music, foods, and floristry | ||
| Delivery Method: | Credit and non-credit classes, seminars and workshops day, evening and weekends | ||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2712 | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Basic Lab Methods for Health Professionals/Medical Technology |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Primary care practitioners who seek basic knowledge of laboratory test procedures and update of information on CLIA waivered testing. | ||
| Services Offered: | Course and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) module for independent study | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lecture, workshop, or CAI independent study; dependent on needs of practitioner. | ||
| Contact: | Phyllis Muellenberg, M.A.(ASCP), Program
Director (402) 559-8366 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 South 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3135 pmuellen@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Business Programs |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business professionals | ||
| Services Offered: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies offers professional management development and business programs to individuals and organizations focusing on practical techniques to improve the day-to-day business operations and skills necessary to keeping a management team on the cutting edge of success. Classes include programming in communication skills, human resource development, business management strategies and contemporary techniques, and up-to-date management principles. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Career Assessment
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Potential college students, secondary students, employees in business and industry | ||
| Services Offered: | Career assessment, testing, evaluation, advising, counseling and job profiling. Authorized Workkeys Center | ||
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| Contact: | Community Colleges | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Caring and Teaching School Communities Summer Institutes |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Schools and educators | ||
| Services Offered: | A series of activities for schools and educators which focus on improving the behavior of students in schools | ||
| Delivery Method: | 3-day workshops | ||
| Contact: | Reece Peterson 402/472-5480 UNL 202 Barkley Memorial Center Lincoln NE 68588-0732 rpeterso@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Center for Editing Excellence (part of the Dow Jones Newspaper Editing Internship Program) |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | College juniors, seniors and graduate students from universities throughout the U.S. who are interested in careers as newspaper editors. | ||
| Services Offered: | The UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications was selected as one of six sites for the Dow Jones Newspaper Editing Internship Program. Faculty members here conduct a two-week workshop in late spring that prepares interns for summer jobs in newsrooms around the country. Instruction is provided in newspaper editing, headline writing and page design. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Interns come to the UNL campus for the two-week workshop. The director of the program travels the country to visit the interns on the job. | ||
| Contact: | Professor Daryl Frazell, Program Director 472-3047 College of Journalism and Mass Communications 206 Avery Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0132 dfrazell@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Center for Instructional Technology |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Educators | ||
| Services Offered: | Instruction on educational media and instructional technology | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Scott Fredrickson, Director Center for Instructional Technology c/o Department of Professional Teacher Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8833 / FREDRICKSON@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Central Nebraska Math/Science Coalition |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Public school teachers of science and mathematics | ||
| Services Offered: | The Central Nebraska Math/Science Coalition was created as a result of a grant from the National Science Foundation to the Nebraska Math and Science Initiative to improve math and science education. Dr. Roger Carlson serves as the Central Coalition Director. The Coalition provides a statewide network for information, training, and for partnerships with members of the community. The Coalition sponsors a variety of summer workshops for teachers with a focus on new technological developments. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Members of the Board of Directors meet periodically to discuss implementation strategies to improve math/science teaching and to establish goals and objectives for the region. Workshop opportunities are made available in the summer. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Roger Carlson, Department of Physics and
Physical Science 308-865-8279 or 308-865-8277 Department of Physics and Physical Science University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 carlsonr@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Certificate in Training |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Trainers and facilitators | ||
| Services Offered: | The University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Continuing Studies in cooperation with the Nebraska Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development offers a 96-hour certificate program. This series of intense seminars provides participants with the information to master both the fundamentals of adult instruction and the advanced skills necessary for working as an effective trainer. The certificate consists of a survey course, four core courses that provide a solid basis of training expertise, and selected elective courses that support the core curriculum and allow for customization of the learning package. The College also offers a Certificate in Measuring Training and Performance. Developed in cooperation with the national offices of ASTD, this comprehensive course is for experienced practitioners in the fields of training, human resource development, and performance technology. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Certificate in Management |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business professionals | ||
| Services Offered: | The University of Nebraska at Omaha's Colleges of Business Administration and Continuing Studies in cooperation with the American Management Association offers a 90 hour certificate program in management training. Each course provides important information on crucial management topics. As a practical approach to management, the emphasis is on ideas, information, and techniques that can be used in the workplace. To earn the certificate, participants must complete three cores and three elective courses. Participants may also earn an Advanced Certificate in Management by choosing four additional courses. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Certificate in Fund-Raising Management |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Profit and nonprofit fundraisers, department heads, and agency managers | ||
| Services Offered: | The University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Continuing Studies and the College of Public Affairs and Community Services offers a 90-hour certificate program to help nonprofit organizations meet the challenge of developing a systematic and cost-effective approach to seeking support. To earn the certificate, participants must complete a total of six programs. The certificate provides in-depth training in vital areas of fund raising. These areas include the annual campaign, planned giving, marketing and public relations, grant-writing, and strategic planning. The Colleges in cooperation with Creighton University also sponsor the Midlands Institute for Nonprofit Management--a week-long workshop for non-profit agencies. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Cherry County Initiative, College of Fine and Performing Arts, UNL |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Teachers who teach in the one and two room rural schools in Cherry County | ||
| Services Offered: | Annual workshop and artists-in-schools program for teachers in rural schools. Non-credit workshops in how to use architecture, dance, music, storytelling, theatre, visual art to teach across the curriculum with emphasis on reading and writing. Have worked with virtually all 27 rural schools in Cherry County and have expanded to teachers/students in Ogallala and Ainsworth. | ||
| Delivery Method: | A week-long workshop each May in the Valentine Rural High School and visits with artists and performers to rural schools during the academic year | ||
| Contact: | Kit Voorhees, Coordinator of Educational
Outreach and Director of Arts Are Basic (402) 472-9347 105 Architecture Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0144 E-Mail: voorhees@unl.edu Web: http://www.unl.edu/finearts/aab.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Child Maltreatment Implications for the Dental Team |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Dentists, dental hygienist, dental assistants and office personnel | ||
| Services Offered: | These educational materials present several different perspectives on the subject of child abuse and neglect. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Videotape | ||
| Contact: | James E. Van Arsdall Program Coordinator (402) 559-6235 Center for Continuing Education University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5651 jvanarsd@unmcvm.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Children's Academy, College of Fine and Performing Arts, UNL |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Students entering first grade through entering ninth grade | ||
| Services Offered: | A two week arts academy with hands on experiences in architecture, dance, music, poetry, theatre and visual arts. Local, regional and nationally known artists and performers interact with children daily. Children make art, see art, explore elements of art. Tuition charged | ||
| Delivery Method: | At the Wagon Train Loft and at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on the UNL campus | ||
| Contact: | Kit Voorhees, Coordinator of Educational
Outreach and Director of Arts Are Basic (402) 472-9347 105 Architecture Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0144 E-Mail: voorhees@unl.edu Web: http://www.unl.edu/finearts/aab.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Civil Clinic Law Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Services are targeted primarily to low income individuals unable to afford legal representation. Senior law students under the supervision of full-time faculty members provide legal representation to these individuals in a wide variety of matters. Potential clients are selected on income criteria and on whether their case represents a teaching opportunity for students. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Kevin Ruser, Director of Civil Clinic Law
Program (402)472-3271 Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Code It Right |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Clinic clerks, Physician assistants, Nurse practitioners, physicians | ||
| Services Offered: | Customized employee training | ||
| Delivery Method: | Classroom study | ||
| Contact: | Deborah Martinez (402) 559-5691 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 So. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3075 dmartine@mail.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Program in Emergency Medical Services |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Paramedics, and Other Emergency Health Care Providers | ||
| Services Offered: | Educational opportunities are available to review current information and procedures to manage the patient experiencing life-threatening emergencies. Courses are developed by the American Heart Association, American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Family Physicians, and Emergency Nurses Association and offered by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Participants attending these courses will review didactic material and practice lifesaving skills in simulated situations. These educational opportunities are available on a regular basis on campus. These courses are also presented throughout the state in cooperation with the surrounding communities. | ||
| Contact: | Lynn E. Fernau, RN, BSN EMS Program Coordinator (402) 559-4290 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5651 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Practicing Physicians, Nurses and Other Health Care Providers | ||
| Services Offered: | The College of Medicine offers a variety of educational opportunities for health care providers including courses required for maintenance of licensure, presentations on the latest advances in patient care and serial conferences and workshops to assist the health care provider improve the quality of services provided to the community. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Educational opportunities are made available on the campus and in surrounding communities in the form of conferences, seminars, workshops, video-conferences, videotapes and written materials. A number of self-study programs are also available for physicians and other health care providers to upgrade their knowledge and skills. | ||
| Contact: | Thomas W. Cockayne, Ph.D. Director, Center for Continuing Education (402) 559 6244 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5651 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | College of Pharmacy/Pharmacy Alumni Association Annual Fall Continuing Education Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Registered pharmacists | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing pharmacy education | ||
| Delivery Method: | Convention centers (e.g., UNL Continuing Education Center [East Campus]) and UNO Thompson Alumni House | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Jon Wagner (402) 559-5267 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-6000 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Community Development Block Grant Certification Training |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Block grant administrators from throughout the state of Nebraska, Community Development Division, Nebraska Department of Economic Development | ||
| Services Offered: | Led by faculty and staff from the UNO Department of Public Administration, block grant administrators from throughout the state participate in focused training activities designed to make them more effective in administrating CDBG funds and more competitive in attracting new funds for their communities. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Public Administration faculty and staff provide training in a classroom setting for block grant administrators to develop their expertise in grant management. Staff from the Department administer the program. | ||
| Contact: | Alice Schumaker Senior Research Associate Department of Public Administration College of Public Affairs and Community Service Annex 27 Omaha, NE 68182 (402) 554-2625 email: alice@fa-cpacs.unomaha.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Community Legal Education Project |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Services are targeted primarily to elementary schools although middle schools and high schools also participate. Law students provide instruction in the Bill of Rights and other legal issues to school children in their classrooms at the invitation of the teacher. Occasionally, students are invited to the Law College to engage in mock trial exercises. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Professor Alan Frank (402)472-1242 Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Computer Training/ Information Technology |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | General public and information technology professionals | ||
| Services Offered: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies (CCS) offers a variety of computer training and information technology courses to train, retrain, and enhance the computer skills of participants to stay competitive in the information race. Programs include Internet and Web training, use of e-mail, conducting business in cyberspace, research methods, computer programming language including HTML, Java, Perl, CGI, C++, OOD, UNIX, Ada 95, Visual Basics, UNIX, COBOL, FORTRAN as well as applications such as software project management, configuration management, capability maturity model (CMM), and testing methods. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses are a combination of lecture, reading, discussion, student and client-based projects, hands-on experience, theory, and application. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Conferences and Institutes |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Academic professionals and general public | ||
| Services Offered: | The College of Continuing Studies offers a number of academic and public conferences and institutes on a variety of topics to attract local, regional, national and international audiences. Conferences are developed in cooperation with other UNO colleges, professional organizations, and community organizations. The European Studies Conference brings together individuals from many disciplines in the area between the Atlantic and the Urals. Third World Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary conference addressing a wide range of topics including Third World women, international medicine and health, cultures, nationalism, and more. The Enduring Spirit Conference celebrates the gifts of women of all generations. Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference is a social justice conference for educators, theater artists, and community activists. Today's Office Professional is designed for the support staff professional. New conferences and institutes are developed on a regular basis. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Conferences incorporate academic and non-academic lecture, discussion, participation, panel discussion, role play, performance, and demonstration. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Continuing Professional Development of Counselors and School Psychologists |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Community Counselors, school counselors, and school psychologist. | ||
| Services Offered: | Assist counselors and school psychologists keep up-to-date on contemporary professional issues, e.g., violence and youth | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops and consultation | ||
| Contact: | Marlene Kuskie and Max McFarland Department of Counseling and School Psychology College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8361, 8318 / KUSKIEM@platte.unk.edu MCFARLANDM@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Continuing Education Programs for Occupations and Professions (individual) - Hastings Campus, CCC |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | All ages with emphasis on adult student, usually part-time in vocational training, both generic and customized for industry | ||
| Services Offered: | New Directions Workshops: A series of
workshops focused primarily on women who are seeking information on
career opportunities
Basic, specialized and update vocational classes both on and off campus (not part of a full-time vocational program perse), customized vocational classes for business and industry |
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| Delivery Method: | Use of facilities for meetings, conferences or programs for public schools, industrial groups, professional organizations, governmental agencies | ||
| Contact: | 1-800-742-7872 (402) 461-2430 bakhced@cccadm.gi.cccneb.edu (402) 461-2431 murhced@cccadm.gi.cccneb.edu |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Continuing Education Seminar and Career Opportunities Fair Physical Therapy Education |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Practicing physical therapists. | ||
| Services Offered: | Seminars and inservice activities are offered during a one-day retreat. Current issues and new techniques are presented for those practicing physical therapists wishing to advance their knowledge of the profession and improve their skills. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshop and seminar format at off-campus sites | ||
| Contact: | Patricia Hageman, Ph.D., PT, Program Director (402) 559-4259 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 South 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-4420 phageman@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Curriculum Development with ESU #9, Holdrege |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Educational Services Unit's School Districts | ||
| Services Offered: | Curriculum development--researching and implementing | ||
| Delivery Method: | Consultation | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Glen Powell, Professor Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8364 / POWELLG@Platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Customer Service and Marketing |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business, industry and service employers and employees | ||
| Services Offered: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies (CCS) offers a variety of marketing and customer service programs designed to help individuals and organizations identify marketing problems and build a solid plan of action to build a successful chain of customers. Courses include information on creating and maintaining an effective customer service program and marketing strategies. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops are a combination of reading, lecture, participation, group exercise, out-of-class assignments, testing, and discussion. Courses are available as public programs as well as on-site client-based training. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Customized Training, Retraining and Professional Development |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business, industry and service employers and employees | ||
| Services Offered: | The College of Continuing Studies provides specialized education and professional development programs to area businesses and organizations. Programs use university resources and instructors through the Division of Conferences and Community Programs. Workshops are presented at a time and location most convenient to the organization. Topic areas include Management & Supervisory Skills, Business Communication, Sales & Marketing, Industrial Operations, Information Technology, ISO, and Total Quality. | ||
| Delivery Method: | The college offers more than 100 on-site programs each year for all levels of an organization--from front-line workers to managers and executives. These practical programs are designed to incorporate lecture, participation, exercises, case studies, readings, demonstrations, and discussion to meet the specific needs of the college's clients. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Dental Continuing Education |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and health care workers | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing education programs offered by the College of Dentistry are designed to provide dental health care providers with educational experiences to improve their knowledge and ability to deliver dental care. Programs are offered several times a year at locations across the State of Nebraska. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Faculty from the College are involved in organizing and delivering about 20 programs each year. Approximately 1,000 dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and health care workers attend these courses annually. | ||
| Contact: | Myron L. Pudwill, D.D.S., M.S. (402) 472-1272 University of Nebraska Medical Center Dent 102B Lincoln, NE 68583-0740 mpudwill@unmcvm.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Diversity Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Students, School Districts and Community | ||
| Services Offered: | Multicultural curriculum development | ||
| Delivery Method: | Resource center and consultation; conference coordination, e.g., Nebraska Department of Education Diversity Conference during 1997. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Julie Dinsmore, Director Diversity Center c/o Department of Counseling and School Psychology College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8316 DINSMOREJA@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | DNA Testing for the Molecularly Challenged |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Pathologists, physicians, residents, Medical students and medical technologists | ||
| Services Offered: | This is a half-day workshop presented each year at the American Society of Clinical Pathology to provide background information as well as the information on the latest methodology for performing molecular diagnostic studies in the clinical laboratory. | ||
| Delivery Method: | This information is provided in a one-half day classroom workshop in conjunction with the national pathology meeting. It is offered in various locations including Orlando, Florida; San Diego, California; and this coming fall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | ||
| Contact: | James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D. (402) 559-4618 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3135 jwisecar@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Domestic Violence Clinic |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Services are targeted to victims of domestic violence unable to afford legal representation. Senior law students under the supervision of full-time faculty members provide legal representation to these individuals in civil matters resulting from their domestic violence experience. Potential clients are selected on income criteria and on whether their case represents a teaching opportunity for students. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Kevin Ruser, Director of Civil Clinic Law
Program (402)472-3271 Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Economic Development and Customized Training
Services
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Employees in business, industry or any variety of work settings | ||
| Services Offered: | Classes, seminars, workshops customized to train, update or re-train employees in all types of work environments. Workkeys assessments and profiles | ||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2714 | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Education Outreach Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Educators across the region. Served over 2000 educators during 1996-1997. | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing professional development for teachers, administrators and student services personnel. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops and consultation | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Tom Contine, Outreach Director Continuing Education Division University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8211 / CONTINET@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Educational Training, College of Fine and Performing Arts, UNL |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Professional artists who practice the disciplines of architecture, dance music, poetry, theatre, and visual arts | ||
| Services Offered: | Artist training program in how to team teach with classroom teachers, how to identify specific elements of art that are integral to work under study and how to develop comprehensive lesson plans. Have placed artists in K-12 urban and rural schools and assisted them in creating comprehensive, cross-curricular lesson plans | ||
| Delivery Method: | One two-week workshop annually in aesthetic education on the UNL campus and two half-day sessions in lesson planning techniques and the study of repertory in Lincoln or Omaha | ||
| Contact: | Kit Voorhees, Coordinator of Educational
Outreach and Director of Arts Are Basic (402) 472-9347 105 Architecture Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0144 voorhees@unl.edu http://www.unl.edu/finearts/aab.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Electronic access to the catalog of resources of the Calvin T. Ryan Library |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | A catalog of the resources of the Calvin T. Ryan Library can be accessed by any member of the general public, including other institutions, businesses, etc. who have access to the Internet, the WWW, or a personal computer with a modem. | ||
| Services Offered: | The catalog contains listings of books, journals, video recordings, kits, art prints, slides, tape cassettes, and numerous other types of audio-visual materials. Links to non-restricted electronic resources are also available to the general public through the catalog. | ||
| Delivery Method: | The catalog is available in either a text format or a Web version. The Internet address is rosi.unk.edu or 144.216.1.5. Access to the Web version is rosi.unk.edu. Kearney users may place a local call to ROSI without incurring a telephone charge. Non-Kearney users may direct-dial a long distance call to ROSI. To access ROSI dial 865-8121 or for long distance 308-865-8121. | ||
| Contact: | Sharon L. Mason, Head, Cataloging Dept. 308/865-8585 University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 mason@platte.unk.edu fax: 308-865-8722 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Emergency Procedures--A Violent Crisis Simulation |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | School staff and law enforcement personnel | ||
| Services Offered: | 2 day workshop to prepare school staff and law enforcement for emergency situations which could develop in schools. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Various sites around Nebraska via interactive television | ||
| Contact: | Reece Peterson 402/472-5480 UNL 202 Barkley Memorial Center Lincoln NE 68588-0732 rpeterso@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | English as a Second Language (PTE, English and Foreign Languages) |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Teachers | ||
| Services Offered: | To provide teachers with specialized information and skills to better serve students whose native language is not English. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Courses and programs | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Lynn Johnson or Dr. Jerry Fox Department of Professional Teacher Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8834 / JOHNSONLY@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Family Medicine Grand Rounds |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Continuing education to residents, medical, nursing, PA students | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | Lecture delivered both on site and via video conferencing | ||
| Contact: | Chief resident (changes every 3 years) (402) 559-7249 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 So. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3075 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Family Practice Review Course |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | |||
| Services Offered: | Continuing medical education to practicing physicians from Nebraska and across the U.S. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lectures delivered on site and available on Video tapes and CD-ROM | ||
| Contact: | Mike Sitorius, MD (402) 559-5279 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 So. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3075 masitori@mail.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Family and Consumer Science
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals 16 years and older | ||
| Services Offered: | Instruction in child care development, food service management, families and children, horticulture, and personal development | ||
| Delivery Method: | Credit and non-credit classes, seminars and workshops day, evening and weekends | ||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2712 | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Field Inspection and Plan Review |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals seeking certification as building inspectors | ||
| Services Offered: | The Department of Distance Education offers, in cooperation with the International Conference of Building Officials, a print-based independent study course entitled "Field Inspection and Plan Review," which may be used by individuals seeking certification as building inspectors. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Print-based independent study | ||
| Contact: | James E. Sherwood, Ph.D. Director Department of Distance Education 336 NCCE University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583-9800 Phone (402) 472-4342 Fax (402) 472-4317 email sherwood@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Forensic DNA Testing |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | County attorneys, public defenders and other legal practitioners and law enforcement officials. | ||
| Services Offered: | To provide background information and explanations for the various types of DNA tests that are used in forensic case work and to develop strategies for presenting this information in the courtroom. | ||
| Delivery Method: | This is a one hour classroom lecture that was presented this past Spring in Kearney, Nebraska, as part of the Nebraska County Attorneys Meeting. | ||
| Contact: | James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D. (402) 559-4618 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3135 jwisecar@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Geriatric Education Series |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Health Care Professionals | ||
| Services Offered: | Quarterly Professional development workshop (4 hours) | ||
| Delivery Method: | Classroom study | ||
| Contact: | Carol Smith, Service Line (402) 559-5046 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 South 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5620 csmith@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Health
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals 16 years and older | ||
| Services Offered: | Instruction in health occupations; emergency services; beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of nursing; childbirth education; EMTB; forensic science; and general aspects of healthy living | ||
| Delivery Method: | Credit and non-credit classes, seminars and workshops day, evening and weekends | ||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2706 (402) 437-2506 |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Henry Weeth Lectureship |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Dentists, dental hygienist, dental assistants and officer personnel | ||
| Services Offered: | This program annually offers a one-day presentation on a current concept in aesthetic dentistry. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lecture | ||
| Contact: | James E. Van Arsdall Program Coordinator (402) 559-6235 Center for Continuing Education University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5651 jvanarsd@unmcvm.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Income Tax Institute |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Tax practitioners, CPAs and accountants | ||
| Services Offered: | This professional development program is designed to help tax preparers receive information related to current tax laws and enables tax preparers to give clients better advice in the readying of income tax returns. The program has been offered for the past 43 years. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Nearly 1,150 people are served each year through 2-day face-to-face workshops offered throughout Nebraska. Eight sessions are offered in six cities. | ||
| Contact: | Director Academic Conferences and Professional Programs 156 NCCE University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 68583-9600 E-Mail: acpp@unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Industrial Operations and Production Control |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business, industry and service employers and employees | ||
| Services Offered: | To respond to the need for on-going education in production control and industrial operations, the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Continuing Studies (CCS) offers a variety of programs including courses in Benchmarking, Business Process Re-Engineering, Forecasting, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Just-In-Time Manufacturing (JIT), Preventive Maintenance, and Purchasing Policies and Practices. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | International Business (ISO) |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business, industry and service employers and employees | ||
| Services Offered: | As the demand for excellence and quality grows, it becomes imperative to understand how international standards are affecting Nebraska organizations. UNO's College of Continuing Studies (CCS) provides training to help individuals and organizations master the international quality standard system (ISO). To this end, CCS offers training, retraining and professional development workshops in ISO 9000 Overview, QS 9000 Overview, ISO 14000 Overview, ISO/QS Documentation, and ISO 9000 Internal Lead Assessor Training. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops are a combination of reading, lecture, participation, group exercise, out-of-class assignments, testing, and discussion. Courses are available as public programs as well as on-site client-based training. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Law Related Education UNK/ Nebraska Bar Association |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Teachers | ||
| Services Offered: | Law related education, curriculum development and services | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Tom Walsh Department of Professional Teacher Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8835 / WALSHT@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Law College Educational Services |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Non-credit continuing legal education programs are targeted to practicing lawyers in Nebraska and surrounding states. The offerings include a wide variety of programs that qualify for continuing legal education credit in states requiring lawyers to participate in continuing legal education programs. Most programs are a day or day and one-half in length featuring live lecturers and distributed materials. The College also is a designated receiving site for satellite-based continuing legal education programs from national providers. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Mari Crispin, Director (402)472-1258 Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Leadership, Management and Supervisory Skills |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business, industry and service employers and employees | ||
| Services Offered: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies provides skills training, retraining, and professional development workshops for leaders, managers and supervisors in communication, planning, budgetary, problem-solving, and motivation. Courses include leadership development, empowerment, basic supervisory skills, management development, and active listening. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops are a combination of reading, lecture, participation, group exercise, out-of-class assignments, testing, and discussion. Courses are available as public programs as well as on-site client-based training. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Library Instruction for Regional K-12 Schools and Community Groups |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Youth, children and adults | ||
| Services Offered: | Instruction about the use of the University Library's resources is available to school groups, particularly high school classes, and other community groups. An average of 15 school groups per year have been served in this way in the last four years. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Since many of the library's resources require some training to use them effectively, university librarians will tailor instruction to the research needs of the group. This service will ordinarily be provided in a classroom setting with the ability to demonstrate electronic resources when appropriate. | ||
| Contact: | Mary Ann Barton, Head of Reference 308-865-8592 Calvin T. Ryan Library University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 E-mail : bartonm@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Limited Radiography Program/Medical Technology |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Allied health practitioners in rural communities who wish to complete formal preparation for limited radiography licensure | ||
| Services Offered: | An Add-A-Competency Learning Module provided to prepare participants to pass licensing examination and perform Limited Radiography Procedures. | ||
| Delivery Method: | A two-week concentrated course in Limited Radiography at the Rural Health Education Distance Learning Research Center located in Kearney, NE. Lectures, demonstrations, computer-assisted instructional technology and follow-up clinical practice and independent study materials are included in this course. | ||
| Contact: | Phyllis Muellenberg, M.A.(ASCP), Program
Director (402) 559-8366 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 South 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3135 pmuellen@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Logotherapy Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Student and experienced counselors, nurses, ministers and other human service professionals | ||
| Services Offered: | Provide ongoing education on the study and use of logotherapy, i.e., the psychotherapy program that recognizes the dimension of the human spirit as a major source in the healing process. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Sequenced workshops that lead towards professional certificate | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Kent Estes Department of Counseling and School Psychology College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8343 / ESTES@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | "Lunches at Gallup," Gallup Research Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Survey professionals and Gallup employees | ||
| Services Offered: | Instruction in a coordinated lecture series format | ||
| Delivery Method: | Classroom instruction and seminar discussion | ||
| Contact: | Allan McCutcheon, Director Gallup Research Center 723 Oldfather Lincoln, NE 68588-0324 402/472-6071 e-mail: amccutch@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Math/Science Coalition |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Teachers | ||
| Services Offered: | Update educators on new math/science content and instructional methodology | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs and courses | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Roger Carlson c/o Department of Elementary Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8279 / CARLSONR@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Meeting Room Available to Public Groups |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Adult and Student Groups, citizens of Nebraska | ||
| Services Offered: | The UNK Library makes available the Jennings Room, a meeting room with television downlink capability to community groups on a space available basis. The room will seat up to sixty persons. | ||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Michael R. Herbison, Director of Libraries 308-865-8595 Calvin T. Ryan Library University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 herbison@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Microsoft Skill Certification Courses |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | General public and information technology professionals | ||
| Services Offered: | The University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Continuing Studies offers three certificate programs in Microsoft technical skills. The Certificate in Computer Software Applications (MCSA) is designed for end-users wishing to develop or hone their skills in office procedure software. The Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) Certificate is designed to teach proprietary applications in the most current software packages. The Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Certificate program is designed for the system engineer emphasizing supporting technologies and networking essentials. Microsoft certification accompanies each certificate. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Midlands Institute for Non-Profit Management |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Executives and staff of non-profit agencies | ||
| Services Offered: | The Midlands Institute provides education and training opportunities for non-profit executives, managers, staff, board members and volunteers from throughout the upper Midlands. Completion of the institute leads to a Certificate of Non-Profit Management awarded by UNO and Creighton University. The corporate partners provide financial support in the form of scholarships, travel stipends, and operating costs. | ||
| Delivery Method: | UNO staff co-administrate the institute with staff from UNO's College of Continuing Studies and Creighton University. Faculty from the UNO Department of Public Administration lead workshops and seminars in a classroom setting. | ||
| Contact: | Professor BJ Reed, Chairman UNO Department of Public Administration Annex 27 Omaha NE 68182 (402) 554-2625 breed@fa-cpacs.unomaha.edu URL: http://cid.unomaha.edu/~wwwpa/pacthome.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Safety Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | It is the goal of the Nebraska Safety Center to reach all the citizens of Nebraska. Specific audiences are identified through contact with industry, government agencies, educational institutions, and the Center's advisory Council. | ||
| Services Offered: | Services include Beginning Driver Education for age fourteen and above; Driver Improvement for experienced drivers; Driver Evaluation and training; Mine Safety & Health education and consultation; Coordination of academic Driver Education teacher endorsement; supervision of UNK students taking safety independent study; Research in safety; and providing of safety information for the media. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Delivery methods include formal classroom, distance learning, individual study, on-site consultation, clinical evaluation, simulation, and use of mainstream media. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Darrel Jensen, Director, Nebraska Safety
Center 308-865-8256 Nebraska Safety Center West Center University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 jensen@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Middle Level Academy |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Educators and general public | ||
| Services Offered: | Major speakers, local classroom teacher presentations and discussion groups | ||
| Delivery Method: | Offered as a summer workshop | ||
| Contact: | Al Arth 402/472-2013 UNL 215 Henzlik Hall Lincoln NE 68588-0355 aarth@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Municipal Clerks School and Academy |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Municipal clerks from throughout the state of Nebraska, the Nebraska Municipal Clerks Association League of Nebraska Municipalities, Nebraska Department of Economic Development | ||
| Services Offered: | The UNO Department of Public Administration offers the Nebraska Municipal Clerks School and Academy each summer in a designated site in the state. The week-long school provides educational credit toward certification by the International Association of Municipal Clerks -- in public administration, legal aspects of public administration, and community development. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Faculty from the Department of Public Administration develop curricula and lead classes; staff from the department administer the school. | ||
| Contact: | Alice Schumaker Senior Research Associate Department of Public Administration College of Public Affairs and Community Service Annex 27 Omaha, NE 68182 (402) 554-2625 email: alice@fa-cpacs.unomaha.edu url: http://cid.unomaha.edu/~wwwpa/clerks.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Network for Educational Renewal |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | 10 College and Universities and their partnership schools across Nebraska. The representatives are teachers, school administrators, education faculty, arts and science faculty, and college/university administrators. | ||
| Services Offered: | Consultation from National Network for Educational Renewal with a focus on leadership development, partnership development, continuing professional development (e.g., school based research, portfolio development) and other renewal activities between college/universities and partner K-12 schools. | ||
| Delivery Method: | One of 16 sites across the country to focus on meeting the changing needs of K-12 and college/university through targeted activities, e.g., leadership institutes, conferences, and workshops. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Marilyn Hadley, Executive Director Nebraska Network for Educational Renewal c/o College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 865-8810 / HADLEYM@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Drug Information Network |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Registered pharmacists and licensed rural Nebraska pharmacies | ||
| Services Offered: | Drug and health care information | ||
| Delivery Method: | Synapse, i.e., computer technology | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Warren Narducci (402) 559-5267 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-6045 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) Computer Training Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | The mission of the NBDC Computer Training Program is to provide individuals with the skills to use computer software and computer languages in a business applications environment. In addition to individual registrations, NBDC works with major employers to develop work force training programs. | ||
| Services Offered: | A wide range of courses in computer applications are provided by NBDC. These include the nation's most extensive training program in Internet applications with courses in HTML language, Java programming, Cold Fusion, FrontPage, and web graphics and page design. Courses are also provided in Windows 95 and related applications programs, Windows 3.1 and related applications programs, Visual Basic, Lotus Notes, Windows NT, Novell administration and engineering, Oracle 7, and Macintosh programs. A series of certificates are offered for completion of programs. Language instruction on COBOL, C/;C++, and Java is also provided in cooperation with the UNO College of Information Science and Technology. Students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha can earn a computer language proficiency endorsment through the NBDC Computer Training Program. | ||
| Delivery Method: | NBDC is a unit of the College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha. It employs full-time staff of 10 instructors and part-time instructors to deliver courses at its classrooms at the Peter Kiewit Conference Center at 1313 Farnam-on-the-Mall in downtown Omaha and the NFM Mega Mart at 7311 Jones St. in Omaha in addition to providing on-site instruction at major corporations in Omaha and Lincoln. Each student has an individual computer in NBDC classrooms and no class exceeds 14 students. Approximately 600 courses are scheduled annually and additional courses are provided by contract with major employers. | ||
| Contact: | Craig Hergott, Associate State Director Nebraska Business Development Center University of Nebraska at Omaha 1313 Farnam-on-the-Mall, Suite 132 Omaha, NE 68182-0164 phone: (402) 595-2900 e-mail: craig@nbdcoffice.unomaha.edu URL: http://nbdc.unomaha.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Vocational Curriculum Resource Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | The Nebraska Vocational curriculum resource Center serves as a centralized reference-resource bank of vocational curriculum materials available for examination and/or use by vocational educators in Nebraska, secondary through postsecondary, and includes postsecondary vocational education students. | ||
| Services Offered: | The NVCRC provides a focal point for the collection, acquisition, dissemination, and diffusion of revised and new vocational education curriculum materials for Nebraska's vocational educators. Materials are made available for examination, adoption, or adaptation by vocational educators. The NVCRC assists the State Department of Education in coordination of curriculum dissemination for secondary and postsecondary vocational programs, and provides materials to secondary schools, technical community colleges, state colleges and universities for developing curriculum in vocational and technical education. A searchable on-line catalog Web site is under construction. Presentations are made to various groups to promote the use of the NVCRC, such as conferences and methods courses. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Vocational education curriculum materials are disseminated on a loan basis as requested by mail, electronic mail, telephone, or on-site visitation. A periodic listing of new curriculum materials distributed by the NVCRC in the form of a newsletter from which orders may be placed. | ||
| Contact: | Mary Jo Kulp, Coordinator 308-865-8462 University of Nebraska - Kearney West Center, W 209 Kearney, NE 68849 kulpmj@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Institute for Technology in the Practice of Law -- Schmid Law Library |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Services are targeted to practicing attorneys in Nebraska. The staff of the Schmid Law library assist practicing lawyers on issues relating to technology in the practice of law, through instructional articles, seminar programs, and individual consultation. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Sally Wise, Director (402) 472-5737 Schmid Law Library Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Human Services Association |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Members of the Nebraska Human Services Association | ||
| Services Offered: | The UNO School of Social Work is an institutional member of this association and hosts its monthly meetings. The School of Social Work oversees the association's continuing education efforts and awards CEUs to participating members. Through this affiliation, the school maintains an ongoing relationship with members of the association and their agencies. | ||
| Delivery Method: | School of Social Work faculty design and deliver the continuing education component in classroom setting. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Sunny Andrews Director School of Social Work College of Public Affairs and Community Service UNO Annex 40 Omaha, NE 68182 (402) 554-2791 email: sandrews@unomaha.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Nebraska Math and Science Initiative Resources (NMSI) for K-12 Math and Science Teachers |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | K-12 math and science teachers | ||
| Services Offered: | Videotapes on cooperative learning and using calculators. Action research books. Energy education materials. Mathvantage: A videotape series with print material for middle level mathematics. Practical Pre-College Mathematics: A series of videotape lessons and written materials for a senior level math course. Individual units are suitable for a variety of algebra and above courses. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Through Educational Service Units, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) Technology Center or by mail from NMSI. | ||
| Contact: | Your ESU or the NDE Technology Center or NMSI. http://www.nde.state.ne.us/NMSI/ |
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| Sector: University | |||
| Name of Program: | Pen and Inc. (Perspectives Enrich News and Ideas Need Communication) |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Middle and high school minority students enrolled in the Omaha Public Schools system who have been identified by their teachers as having talents and abilities that might lead to a college degree and career in journalism and mass communications. Five to eight students are selected to participate from the middle schools and approximately 10 from each senior high school are invited to take part in the program. | ||
| Services Offered: | Students in the program are invited to attend a summer workshop on the UNL campus where they are introduced to the writing, editing, interviewing and reporting skills needed in the profession. | ||
| Delivery Method: | The students come to the UNL campus for the workshop, work with the college computer and our instructed by various members of the college faculty. | ||
| Contact: | Sheila Perry, Coordinator Pen and Inc. 472-3045 College of Journalism and Mass Communications 206 Avery Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0127 sperry@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Pesticide Applicator Training, Water Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Certified pesticide applicators | ||
| Services Offered: | Training manuals, seminars | ||
| Delivery Method: | Direct contact, mail, electronic media | ||
| Contact: | Larry Schulze Water Center/Environmental Programs 103 Natural Resources Hall Lincoln, NE 68583-084 e-mail: evpr003@unlvm.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Area biomedical and pharmaceutical scientists | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing pharmaceutical science education | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lecture hall | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Paul Stemmer (402) 559-5320 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-6025 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Area biomedical and pharmaceutical scientists | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing pharmaceutical science education | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lecture hall | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Paul Stemmer (402) 559-5320 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-6025 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Preceptor Education Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Pharmacists who serve as preceptors for College of Pharmacy professional degree program | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing pharmacy education | ||
| Delivery Method: | On-site (e.g., hotels and motels) in select cities in western (e.g., Scottsbluff, Alliance) and mid-central (e.g., Kearney) Nebraska and Omaha. More recently, distance learning technology has been tried. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Warren Narducci (402) 559-5267 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42ndStreet Omaha, NE 68198-6045 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Promoting Excellence in Education Regionally and Statewide (PEERS) Academy |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | K-12 teachers of science and mathematics | ||
| Services Offered: | Professional development workshops | ||
| Delivery Method: | Off Campus Sites (ESUs, school buildings, college campuses) | ||
| Contact: | Marilyn Lammers, PEERS Academy Coordinator 126 Morrill Hall Lincoln, NE 68588 402/472-9305 e-mail: mlammers@unlinfo.unl.edu http://www.nde.state.ne.us/NMSI/ |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Put Prevention into Nebraska Practices |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Eight medical practices in Nebraska which expressed an interest in improving the delivery of preventive medicine | ||
| Services Offered: | Consultation service to aid practicing primary care physicians in implementing Put Prevention into Practice (PPIP) program. A researcher makes recommendations to the physicians on how they can improve the delivery of selected preventive services. We then provide ongoing support to the practices in implementing the plan devised for their practice. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Direct contact with the physicians and their staff through site visits and phone conversations. | ||
| Contact: | Jim D. Medder, MD, MPH (402) 559-6271 University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 So. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-3075 jmedder@unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Radiological Health & Right Angle X-Ray Technique for Dental Assistants |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Dental Assistants | ||
| Services Offered: | This course is offered to provide training for dental assistants in radiological health and technique. The course complies with Statutes, Rules and Regulations approved by the Nebraska State Board of Dental Examiners. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lectures and Labs | ||
| Contact: | James E. Van Arsdall Program Coordinator (402) 559-6235 Center for Continuing Education University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5651 jvanarsd@unmcvm.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Reading Recovery Program, Midlands Learning Consortium |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Teachers and teacher leaders | ||
| Services Offered: | Specialized training to enhance the reading of first graders | ||
| Delivery Method: | One year program with specialized training for teachers and teacher leaders | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Charlene Hildebrand and Dr. Jean Ramage c/o Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8362 / HILDEBRANDC@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Real Estate Courses |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals seeking to acquire a real estate license or appraiser's certification | ||
| Services Offered: | The Department of Distance Education, in
cooperation with the Nebraska Real Estate Commission and the Nebraska
Real Estate Appraiser Board offers nine print-based independent study
courses which may be used by individuals seeking to acquire a real
estate license or appraiser's certification.
These courses may be also used to meet the continuing education requirements for those already holding such licensure or certification. |
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| Delivery Method: | Print-based independent study | ||
| Contact: | James E. Sherwood, Ph.D. Director Department of Distance Education 336 NCCE University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583-9800 Phone (402) 472-4342 Fax (402) 472-4317 email sherwood@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Reference Services for the Citizens of Nebraska |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Citizens of Nebraska | ||
| Services Offered: | The expertise of the staff who service the Reference Desk is available to members of the general public needing assistance with their personal research, within the bounds of our collection. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Both on-site assistance and limited phone assistance will be provided to the citizens of Nebraska in the use of the print and electronic resources available at the UNK library. A special collection of materials pertaining to Nebraska is available for use in the building as is a limited collection of legal resources. | ||
| Contact: | Mary Ann Barton, Head of Reference 308-865-8592 Calvin T. Ryan Library University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 bartonm@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Regional Coalitions of the Nebraska Math and Science Initiative |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Educators, business, government, higher edudation and community leaders interested in math and science education | ||
| Services Offered: | Coordination, resource identification, advocacy for math and science education activities. Each region maintains a resource directory for its service areas. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Organized around a director and policy board and housed at ESUs or on college campuses. | ||
| Contact: | Sandy Scofield, Director Nebraska Math and Science Initiative 126 Morrill Hall Lincoln, NE 68588 402/472-8965 e-mail: sscofield@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | RIMRC (Regional Instructional Materials Review Center) |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Children and Adults, Students and Educators | ||
| Services Offered: | The RIMRC provides pre-K through 12th grade educators in the central Nebraska area with the opportunity to review and evaluate the latest in a wide variety of emerging resources available for instructional use. It also provides the materials necessary for curriculum planning, development and implementation. Emphasis is on textbooks with over 260 series available; teaching support materials; and multicultural education resources. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Collections are located in Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. Primary clientele for the collection include over 3,500 educators in a 21 county area in central Nebraska as well as all residents of the state. Individual teachers and curriculum review and textbook selection committees may arrange with RIMRC staff for a tour of the facility and may review resources on site. In some situations teachers may take materials back to a school for review. Questions may be directed to RIMRC staff via e-mail. Current information on collections and services is maintained on a www site. | ||
| Contact: | Janet Stoeger Wilke, Associate Professor 308-865-8546 Library University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 wilke@platte.unk.edu http://www.unk.edu/buildings/library/rimrc.html |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Rural Schools Consortium, UNK/ESU 11 |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Six small schools in central Nebraska | ||
| Services Offered: | Assistance and collaboration on improving instruction in the six school districts | ||
| Delivery Method: | Consultation with superintendents | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Lynn Johnson Department of Professional Teacher Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8834 / JOHNSONLY@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Schmid Law Library Public Services |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Services are available to practicing attorneys and the public-at-large. The Schmid Law library is the largest collection of legal materials in the State of Nebraska and is used regularly by practicing attorneys and by members of the public who are interested in legal issues or who are representing themselves in legal matters. Reference services are provided. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Sally Wise, Director (402) 472-5737 Schmid Law Library Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | School Foodservice Certification Course |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | The program serves foodservice supervisors, primarily in public schools, by providing hands-on quantity food preparation | ||
| Services Offered: | The course, offered each year since 1967 in
collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Education during a 2-week
summer workshop. The requirements for American School Food Service
Association foodservice certification can be met by completion of all
courses in three 2-week workshops.
Approximately one-half of the workshop time is spent in classroom activities in the areas of food safety, food handling, costing/inventory control, and personnel relations and one-half working with food preparation. |
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| Delivery Method: | The workshop is offered on the UNL East Campus using the East Campus Union foodservice facilities as the instructional setting. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Beverly Benes Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics 202 Ruth Leverton Hall University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583-0806 Phone: 402/472-3716 Email: hnfm081@unlvm.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | School-to-Work
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Secondary students and faculty, business and industry | ||
| Services Offered: | Assessment including testing, evaluations and advising. Workkeys assessments. | ||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Community Colleges | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Speech Pathology Continuing Professional Development |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Speech pathologists, school psychologists, school nurses, social workers, counselors, administrators, program directors, direct care providers, special educators, and parents/foster parents. | ||
| Services Offered: | Continuing professional development about speech/language hearing issues. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops and conferences, e.g., Pervasive developmental disorders. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Lil Larson, Chair Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8302 / LARSON@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | "Spring Symposium," Gallup Research Center |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Survey professionals and Gallup employees | ||
| Services Offered: | Series of speakers during a three-day symposium concerning survey research issues | ||
| Delivery Method: | Classroom instruction and seminar discussion | ||
| Contact: | Allan McCutcheon, Director Gallup Research Center 723 Oldfather Lincoln, NE 68588-0324 402/472-6071 e-mail: amccutch@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Statewide Coordination for Improvement of Vocational Teacher Education Program |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Vocational teacher educators | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Steve Eggland 402/472-2241 UNL 513 Nebraska Hall Lincoln NE 68588-0515 seggland@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Tech-Prep Articulation
Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Secondary students and faculty | ||
| Services Offered: | Articulation with public schools in relation to applied academics for vocational application and articulation by competencies with vocational technical programs | ||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | (402) 475-2750 Extension 320 | ||
| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | The Center for Science, Math, and Computer Education/Nebraska Math/Science Initiative [NMSI] |
Classification: |
6, 7 |
| Target Audience: | K-12 teachers and students | ||
| Services Offered: | Formerly an NSF-funded state-wide systemic initiative, the NMSI is now a university program which reports to both the College of Arts and Sciences and Teachers College; it provides a wide range of K-12 teacher in-service programs and other continuing education programs. | ||
| Delivery Method: | In-service programs, conferences and workshops, publications, consultation. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Sandy Scofield, Director 472-7247 115 Morrill Hall |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Total Quality |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Business, industry and service employers and employees | ||
| Services Offered: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies (CCS) offers a complete array of Total Quality programs designed to help individuals and organizations create and maintain highly efficient quality initiatives. Courses include Quality overviews for executives and employees, implementation processes, coaching and mentoring programs, employee involvement and team training, facilitator training, consulting services, and a team certification program. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Workshops are a combination of reading, lecture, participation, group exercise, out-of-class assignments, testing, and discussion. Courses are available as public programs as well as on-site client-based training. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Trades and Industry Southeast Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Individuals 16 years and older | ||
| Services Offered: | Instruction in professional services to include but not limited to construction, electronics, manufacturing, and transportation | ||
| Delivery Method: | Credit and non-credit classes, seminars and workshops day, evening and weekends | ||
| Contact: | (402) 437-2710 (402) 437-2508 |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Travel Career Certificate |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Potential travel agents, general public | ||
| Services Offered: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies in cooperation with Primum Travel Company offers a certificate program in the skills necessary to take advantage of the growing industry of travel. To earn the certificate, participants must complete two cores and one elective. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Programs are available as public courses as well as on-site client-based training, retraining and professional development. Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Troubled Children and Youth Conference |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Mental health practitioners, teachers, law enforcement, social workers, counselors, medicine, juvenile justice, and parents. | ||
| Services Offered: | To help professionals to acquire tools to work with children and youth. | ||
| Delivery Method: | State Conference | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Larry Bettermann Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8614 / BETTERMANNL@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | UNK/KPS Partnership |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | University/school district partnership | ||
| Services Offered: | Mutual continuing professional development | ||
| Delivery Method: | Ongoing meetings and consultation. | ||
| Contact: | Dr. Tom Walsh & Dr. Jane Ziebarth Department of Professional Teacher Education College of Education University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849-4240 (308) 865-8835 / WALSHT@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Vocational Student Outreach Division -- Platte Campus |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Adult student, usually part-time in vocational training, both generic and customized for business/industry | ||
| Services Offered: | Curricular and specialized classes on- and off-campus, customized training for specific businesses and industries including welding certification. Apprenticeship programs, Alternative Fuels Maintenance Training, 2 + 2 Program in Machine Shop Technology (high school courses offered in campus machine tool lab and classroom), Industrial Management Certificate Program (including accelerated program in conjunction with Bachelor's program at Concordia College) | ||
| Delivery Method: | Meetings, conferences, teleconferences, community service clubs, performing groups, state high school music contest site and agriculture contest site | ||
| Contact: | 1-800-642-1083 (402) 562-1265 borpins@cccadm.gi.cccneb.edu |
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| Sector:Community Colleges | |||
| Name of Program: | Vocational Student Outreach Division
Mid-Plains Community College Area |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | All ages with emphasis on adult student, usually part-time in vocational training, both generic and customized for industry | ||
| Services Offered: | Basic, specialized and update vocational classes both on and off campus (not part of a vull-time vocational program perse), customized vocational classes for business and industry. Mobile Metals Van for Welding and Machine Shop (rotates throughout the public schools in the area providing instruction to both secondary and adult students, it has also been used for industrial training when available. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Use of facilities for meetings, conferences or programs for public schools, industrial groups, professional organizations, governmental agencies | ||
| Contact: | 1-800-658-4308 (308) 532-8740 gbdowse@ziggy.mpcc.cc.ne.us |
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| Sector:Community College | |||
| Name of Program: | Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Project |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Services are targeted to low income individuals unable to afford legal representation. Law students under the general supervision of a faculty member provides assistance to individuals in completing tax returns. | ||
| Services Offered: | |||
| Delivery Method: | |||
| Contact: | Professor William Lyons (402) 472-1246 Law College University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Water Seminar Series |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Anyone interested in Nebraska's water resources | ||
| Services Offered: | Lectures presented by faculty, staff, and guest speakers. Publications and other materials are available. | ||
| Delivery Method: | One hour lecture with satellite downlink locations across the state. | ||
| Contact: | Bob Kuzelka 402/472-3305 Water Center/Environmental Programs 103 Natural Resources Hall Lincoln, NE 68583-0844 bkuzelka@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | What's New in Dentistry |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and office personnel | ||
| Services Offered: | This program annually offers an update from selected dental faculty on their current research | ||
| Delivery Method: | Lecture | ||
| Contact: | James E. Van Arsdall Program Coordinator (402) 559-6235 Center for Continuing Education University of Nebraska Medical Center 600 S. 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198-5651 jvanarsd@unmcvm.unmc.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Labor Unions | ||
| Services Offered: | The William Brennan Institute has been serving the Nebraska labor movement since 1980. It's mission is to provide the relevant information, new knowledge, and skill training necessary to foster creative and critical thinking among labor leaders, potential leaders, and interested members so that they may successfully participate in a changing economy and workplace. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Wonderworkshops |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Professionals in the newspaper industry throughout Nebraska who are beginning journalists or have no formal journalism education, people considering a career switch to newspaper work or those looking for an update on the profession. | ||
| Services Offered: | Workshops offering instruction in writing, reporting, editing, photography, and newspaper design. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Sometimes offered on the UNL campus. Other times faculty travel to a central location for the participants. Other times faculty travel to a particular newspaper site. | ||
| Contact: | Professor Charlyne Berens, workshop
coordinator 472-8241 College of Journalism and Mass Communications 206 Avery Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0132 cberens@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | World Wide Web access for Community and Regional UNK Library Users |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | Students and Adults, particularly high school classes and community groups | ||
| Services Offered: | The UNK Library offers WWW access to all users of the library. WWW capable computers with printers are available all hours the library is open and basic instruction is provided to users by library staff. Priority is given to University students and faculty members. | ||
| Delivery Method: | The library staff provides assistance as needed. | ||
| Contact: | Mary Ann Barton, Head of Reference 308-865-8592 Calvin T. Ryan Library University of Nebraska - Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 bartonm@platte.unk.edu |
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| Sector:University | |||
| Name of Program: | Writers' Success Series |
Classification: |
6 |
| Target Audience: | General public | ||
| Services Offered: | The College of Continuing Studies offers a series of writing workshops including topics on how to start writing, how to become published, letting ideas flow, and a 52-week game plan for becoming an author. Programs take participants beyond theory into practical application and techniques necessary for successful publishing. | ||
| Delivery Method: | Courses integrate case studies, practical application, lecture, discussion, group projects, out-of-class exercises, and reading materials. | ||
| Contact: | UNO's College of Continuing Studies phone: 402/595-2372 |
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| Sector:University | |||