Wisherd Awards

2025 Wisherd Awards:

Outstanding Service to UNL -- Dr. Larry Dlugosh, Professor of Educational Administration Emeriti. The award was bestowed in honor of his substantial contributions to the communities in which he has lived and worked throughout his retirement. 

Outstanding National/International Humanitarian Service -- Dr. Tom McGowan, Professor of Teaching Learning and Teacher Education Emeriti.  The award recognizes the substantial contributions he has made to the international community throughout his retirement. 

2025 Wisherd Grant:

Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant -- Dr. Allison G. Stewart, Professor of Art History Emerita. It is intended to support her ongoing research and preparation of a book manuscript that is entitled Sebald Beham, Book Illustrations, and the Early Protestant Reformation. Dürer’s Privilege and Beham’s Horse.

The UNL Emeriti and Retirees Association funds the following:

Wisherd Service Awards 
   Outstanding Community Service
   Outstanding Service to UNL
   Outstanding National/International Humanitarian Service

Wisherd Grants 
    Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Application

More on the Wisherd family, responsible for the funds that provide these awards

Members of Awards Committee

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Previous Wisherd Awards

Outstanding Community Service
  2023 -- Julie Johnson 
  2021 -- Alan Moeller
  2020 -- David Forsythe
  2019 -- Melinda Holcombe
  2018 -- John Bernthal

Outstanding Service to UNL
 2024 -- Robert Diffendal 
 2023 -- Jake Kirkland 
 2022 -- James Griesen
 2021 -- Charlyne Berens
 2020 -- Priscilla Grew
 2019 -- Douglas Zatechka
 2018 -- Richard (Dick) Dienstbier

Outstanding International Humanitarian Service
2020 -- Kay Rockwell

Previous Wisherd Research, Scholarly, Creative Activity Grants
  2023 -- Alison Stewart and Julie Thomas
  2020 -- Daniel Shattil
  2019 -- Thomas Carr, David Forsythe, Sylvia Wiegand
  2018 -- Donald Johnson, Donald Weeks
  2013 -- Robert Diffendal, Benjamin Rader, Alan Seagren, Rodney Soukup
  2012 -- Benjamin Rader, Jane Ravnan