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Recipients MUST attend the awards ceremony to receive an award.
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The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2010 awards is
February 28, 2010.
- Shane Osborn Award
- Howard and Judy Vann Student Leadership Award
- Roy and Catherine Yaley Student Leadership Award
- Cather Circle Collegian of the Year (Cather members only)
Using the online form or printed form, be sure to select the award for which you are submitting this nomination. Printed nomination forms should be mailed to:
Alumni Awards Committee
Wick Alumni Center
1520 R Street
Lincoln, NE 68508-1651.
The Awards Committee will review nominations for all of the awards and recommend recipients.
Shane Osborn Award
Courage, integrity, honesty, humility and faith are all words that have been used to describe Lieutenant Shane J. Osborn, who on April 1, 2001 courageously piloted a U.S. reconnaissance plane to a safe crash landing after it was hit by two Chinese fighters. Subsequently, Lt. Osborn endured an aggressive interrogation and, along with the rest of his crew, eleven days of captivity by the Chinese Government. Shane Osborn was raised in Norfolk, Nebraska, and is a 1996 graduate of the University of Nebraska, which he attended on a Naval ROTC scholarship. The Nebraska Alumni Association is pleased to honor Lt. Osborn annually by recognizing a student who demonstrates similar characteristics in his or her daily life. The award is not limited to students with ROTC involvement. Nominations for this award may be made by current students, faculty, staff or alumni. The winner of the award will be honored at the May awards banquet and presented a $500 stipend.
Previous winners:
- 2002 - Dylan Beyer
- 2003 - Jason Thompson
- 2004 - Lindsay Hahn
- 2005 - Jared D. Wall
- 2006 - Amanda Ponce, Curtis R. Michael
- 2007 - Christopher Russell
- 2008 - Cuyler Gembol, Ashlee Majorek
- 2009 - Mary Eliizabeth Jacobson
Howard and Judy Vann Student Leadership Award
This award recognizes one undergraduate student leader each year who has shown exceptional leadership capabilities through energetic participation in student activities, commendable classroom performance, and the personal integrity, perseverance and sense of humor demonstrated by those who successfully lead their peers. Undergraduate students who have achieved junior standing or higher, with a minimum grade point average of 2.5, are eligible for consideration. Nominations for this award may be made by current students, faculty, staff or alumni. The winner of the award will be honored at the May awards banquet and presented a $250 stipend.
Previous winners:
- 1999 - Angie Klein
- 2000 - Eddie Brown
- 2001 - Natalya Shannon
- 2002 - Jessica Lopez
- 2003 - Merry Stackhouse
- 2004 - Tia Burleson
- 2005 - Meghan M. Lyons
- 2006 - Andrew Kousgaard
- 2007 - Candy Alexander
- 2008 - David Fast
- 2009 - Kyle Kellett
Roy and Catherine Yaley Student Leadership Award
The Roy and Catherine Yaley Student Leadership Award is named in memory of a former alumni association president and his wife. Given annually, the award recognizes a student who has made a significant contribution of his or her time, talent and leadership to the Nebraska Alumni Association through one of the association’s student programs or volunteer work at the association. Nominations are accepted from alumni association staff with the winner selected by the Yaley family.
Previous winners:
- 2004 - Dan England
- 2005 - Cindy Gottschalck
- 2006 - Jennifer Anne Green
- 2007 - Elizabeth Bowhay
- 2008 - Kinsey Hustad-Cole
- 2009 - Kori Underwood
Cather Circle Collegian of the Year
This award, established in 2005, is bestowed annually on an outstanding student who has shown exceptional dedication to Cather Circle. Nominations are accepted from the Cather Circle membership and the winner is selected by the Cather Circle Recognition Subcommittee. The physical award is a certificate and a Michael Forsberg photograph entitled “Cather Country” framed together. The winner is announced at the spring meeting of the Cather Circle and the award is formally presented at the Alumni Association’s awards banquet in May. For more information, please contact Shelley Zaborowski.
Previous winners:
- 2005 - Kristen Otterson
- 2006 - Cynthia Gottschalck
- 2007 - Laine Norton
- 2008 - Sarah Haskell
- 2009 - Michelle Lee
