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
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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