University delegation to speak about diversity at national conference

A University delegation will travel to Phoenix next week to share its expertise on diversity issues at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Convention.
The presenting group consists of Dr. Mary Hawkins, provost; Russ Lane, senior director of community partnerships; Jose Lemus, South Omaha admissions specialist; and Flor Flores, current student and South Omaha Outreach Program scholarship recipient. Their [...]

Hawks to speak on increasing role of private mental healthcare

Rhonda Hawks will speak at Bellevue University on Thursday, March 26, about the increasing role of the private sector in providing mental healthcare. Her presentation, “Behavioral Health Advocacy and the Importance of Public/Private Partnerships,” is 6:30-8 p.m., inside the Hitchcock Humanities Center.
The event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Bellevue [...]

University hosts annual career fair March 19

Bellevue University will host its annual career fair on Thursday, March 19, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., inside the Lozier Athletic Center on main campus, 1000 Galvin Road South.
The event is free and open to students, alumni and the general public. More than 40 employers will be on hand, including: Cox Communications; Gallup; infoUSA; University of Nebraska [...]

Lincoln Northeast wins University quiz bowl

Lincoln Northeast High School on Friday won the 18th annual Bellevue University Invitational Quiz Bowl. The Rockets took the title by beating Bellevue West twice in the championship round of this double-elimination competition.
Members of the winning team are Max Wheeler, Ben Breckbill and Lynnie Krause. Each member of the first-place team receives a $1,500 scholarship [...]

18th annual high school quiz bowl is March 6

The 18th annual Bellevue University Invitational Quiz Bowl is Friday, March 6, on the university’s main campus, with the championship round scheduled for 3 p.m. inside the Hitchcock Humanities Center’s Criss Auditorium. This year’s quiz bowl features teams from 24 area high schools.
Schools participating in the 2009 quiz bowl are: Bellevue East, Bellevue West, Bennington, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

University sponsors Omaha arts awards

Bellevue University is a presenting sponsor of the third annual Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards, to be held Thursday, Jan. 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Holland Performing Arts Center in downtown Omaha.
OEA Award organizers seek to enhance the Omaha community by planning and producing this annual awards event, which recognizes the performing arts, visual arts [...]

Art professor to lecture at Joslyn Museum

Bellevue University Assistant Professor of Art Michael Giron will speak tonight at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum, part of the museum’s ongoing speaker series about Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Giron’s talk, “Revealing Rivera: The Mexican Muralist Movement,” will examine the Mexican Muralist Movement, which began in the 1920s and was an integral part of the cultural [...]