2024 Wisherd Award Winner:
Outstanding Service to UNL -- Robert Diffendal
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
Previous Wisherd Awards
Outstanding Community Service
2023 -- Julie Johnson
2022 -- no award
2021 -- Alan Moeller
2020 -- David Forsythe
2019 -- Melinda Holcombe
2018 -- John Bernthal
Outstanding Service to UNL
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
2021-22 -- no award
2020 -- Daniel Shattil
2019 -- Thomas Carr, David Forsythe, Sylvia Wiegand
2018 -- Donald Johnson, Donald Weeks
2014-17 -- no award
2013 -- Robert Diffendal, Benjamin Rader, Alan Seagren, Rodney Soukup
2012 -- Benjamin Rader, Jane Ravnan