Bantam to speak on ‘the business of art’

Nationally known artist Wendy Jane Bantam will speak at Bellevue University on Wednesday, Feb. 4, about how to think creatively and critically when managing a small business. Bantam’s talk, “The Business of Art: Making Something out of Nothing,” begins at noon inside Hitchcock Humanities Center’s Criss Auditorium.
Bantam will offer guidelines on how to survive as [...]

Bellevue University celebrates winter commencement

Nearly 600 people will participate in Bellevue University’s winter commencement this Saturday, Jan. 31. The ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Of those participating, 211 are earning their master’s degrees; 363 are earning their bachelor’s degrees.
This year’s winter commencement speaker is U.S. Air Force Retired Maj. Gen. Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr. Mercer is vice [...]

Board member’s family in line to own Chicago Cubs

Bellevue University Board Member Pete Ricketts and his family are the winning bidders to purchase the Chicago Cubs from the Tribune Co., according to media reports on Thursday.
The Omaha-based Ricketts family is negotiating to buy the team, Wrigley Field and a 25 percent stake in Comcast SportsNet, a regional cable network. The family is in the [...]

Event highlights ‘New Way to Learn’ for high schoolers

Bellevue University on Monday, Feb. 16 will host “Your Degree in Three: The New Way to Learn Academy,” a free informational event intended for high school juniors and seniors, parents and guardians, and high school counselors.
The event begins at 11:30 a.m., inside the Margre H. Durham Student Center on the university’s main campus, 1000 Galvin [...]

Board members inducted into Business Hall of Fame

Two of this year’s six inductees to the Omaha Business Hall of Fame are members of the Bellevue University Board of Directors. Michael Simmonds and Deryl Hamann will officially be inducted April 16 during an event at Qwest Center Omaha.
Simmonds and Hamann are both long-time board members; Simmonds currently serves as chairman. Simmonds is chairman [...]

Students, staff, alumni stay connected via social networking sites

More than 1,400 Bellevue University students, staff and alumni are currently members of the school’s official LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace groups. Participation during the past six months has grown by nearly 900 percent.
Students are able to use these social networking sites to, among other things, search for a roommate, network for career opportunities, re-connect with old [...]

Longtime softball coach Lehotak named athletic director

Bellevue University has named Ed Lehotak its new athletic director. Lehotak, the Bruin softball coach since 1997, has served as co-interim athletic director since September. Effective Jan. 1, Lehotak shed the “interim” label. He will still coach the softball team for the upcoming 2009 season.
Lehotak takes over for Jerry Mosser, who retired in September after36 [...]

University supports Omaha Creative Institute

Bellevue University has thrown its weight behind the Omaha Creative Institute, an artist-led group that formed more than a year ago with the goal of promoting the creative process in the Omaha area. 
The group will first offer community arts programming, with hands-on art workshops starting this month. The group’s eventual goal is to transform a mostly vacant north downtown Omaha [...]