An early staged publicity photo for UNL Centennial College...and what emerged :) We will be holding a reunion in October. I have been working on this press release about the event: Celebration of Centennial College Education Program It is been 45 years since the inception of the first innovative learning community established at the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus. In 1969, the Centennial College Education Program emerged in celebration of the University’s 100-year anniversary. Centennial alumni will gather to celebrate the careers of some of its most notable graduates. Beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 11, the public is invited to attend a seminar being presented by professionals whose careers were incubated within this unique community of “free learners “. The seminars will be held at the Nebraska Champions Club, 707 Stadium Drive in Lincoln. There is no admission charge for the event. Speakers will include Dr. Robin West, Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida, received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt and completed postdoctoral work at Washington University in St. Louis. At UF, she served as director of the Center for Gerontological Studies and the Developmental Psychology program, and associate director of the Institute on Aging. Dr. West’s Centennial talk – Maintaining Maximum Memory Power - is based on her extensive research on everyday memory, memory beliefs, and aging. Since graduating from Centennial College, Curt Micka has worked as an attorney, mediator, conflict coach, trainer and organizational consultant. Currently he helps individuals and organizations find ways to more creatively, constructively, and compassionately transform (and sometimes just manage!) conflict. He’s trained staff from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. The title of Mr. Micka’s talk is Transforming Conflict: The Inner and Outer Work. Alexandra McClanahan graduated from UNL in 1975. She worked for newspapers in Nebraska, including the Omaha World-Herald, before moving to Alaska in 1982. After covering Alaska Native issues as a journalist, she became the historian for Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation. She is the author of six books published by The CIRI Foundation, including Growing Up Native in Alaska, an oral history of young Alaska Native leaders. Ms. McClanahan’s husband and colleague, John Shively, will participate in the presentation. Their talk is entitled The Impact of Native Land Claims in Alaska. An award-winning investigative reporter, Howard L. Rosenberg is currently a Washington-based producer for CBS News 60 Minutes. His recent credits include “The Yakuza,” a probe into the hidden underworld of Japanese organized crime; “Out of the Shadows,” an examination of the CIA’s secret operations in Afghanistan; “The Man Behind Wikileaks,” a two-part look at the elusive Julian Assange; “Attack in Algeria;” and for SHOWTIME’s 60 Minutes Sports, “Team PRESS RELEASE continued Alumni, former faculty and friends of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Centennial College Education Program September 29, 2014 USA,” a profile of the U.S. mens national soccer team. Mr. Rosenberg’s talk is entitled Field to field. History of Centennial College Education Program In 1966 an eight member University committee headed by Wallace C Peterson proposed the idea of the Centennial education program in recognition of the University’s 100th year. It became known as the “living learning experience”. Participants who were selected received six credit hours in humanities for their participation. For the remainder of their work, they joined with the rest of the University. Students lived and studied together in a facility located in the former Love and Heppner women’s residence hall on 16th Street on City Campus in Lincoln. Initially, Dr. Robert E Knoll, professor of English, headed a team of professors known as fellows who guided students in interdisciplinary study defined by student interest. Four full time and 10 part-time professors agreed to participate. Two adjacent residence halls housed men and women in close proximity. A variety of classrooms meeting rooms and a large “commons” room provided opportunities for living, learning, study and recreation under the loose guidance of these teachers. Dr. Ted Beck, who later served in this directorship role, will be an honored guest at the planned reunion. According to the philosophy expounded at the time, the purpose of education was to develop strategies for independent investigation which could follow one throughout a lifetime…learning how to learn was a goal in itself. This environment provided a hotbed of progressive thinking during this era. The Vietnam War was raging, issues of race and religion were under question as well as traditional institutions including the University itself. The Centennial College Education Program became a channel for these energies within the University. On October 10 and 11, its graduates, former faculty and friends plan to reunite, share and celebrate their life experiences, as “free learners”.
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