We spent the weekend and Monday and Tuesday exploring Lincoln and the university. The University of Nebraska has two campuses: the main campus and the east campus. Of the 13 instructors I have visited, 10 of them are on the main campus and three of them are on the east campus. The east campus is about three miles from the main campus, and we can get on Vine Street on the main campus and go directly to the east campus. So, it is a quick and easy trip between the two campuses. With all the expansion of the University, one day the two campuses might touch!
The east campus is considered the "agriculture" part of the university since it incorporates all the forestry and farm-related components, such as the arboretum, the cheese- and ice-cream-making facility,and the poultry buildings. The faculty members I went to see there are not farm-related, however. Two of them (Dr. King and Dr. Matkin) teach in a leadership group that includes Introduction to Distance Education and Leadership courses. The third one, Dr. Kemp, teaches in the special education department. Although the rest of the education department is on the main campus, the whole special education department is on the east campus. The dental school and law school are also on the east campus. So, the east campus is clearly more than agriculture classes at this point in time! Both campuses have dorms, however the main campus has many more dorms.
The pictures on this page show me with Dr. King and the dairy store (both on the east campus) and me with a reading sculpture and Roger with a football sculpture (both on the main campus). I had two classes with Dr. King, and he also participated in my dissertation study. On three different days, Roger and I had ice cream at the dairy store. The faculty and students make the ice cream right there behind viewer windows. The ice cream is both delicious and cheap. It's a good thing we are leaving Lincoln early tomorrow morning--we can't keep eating huge ice cream cones every day!
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