Welcome New ORED Team Members
I’ve been working at the Office of Sponsored Programs for the past few years as a student and am excited to join the team full-time after graduating! I majored in Actuarial Science, with minors in math, film studies, and English. As you can probably guess by my minors, I love watching movies and reading. My favorite genres are fantasy and comedy. In addition, I enjoy spending time outdoors hiking and camping. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone at the office and learning more about research administration!
Hi! I’m Hannah Kahler. I’m joining OSP after spending 12 plus years learning and growing in the grants/finance area within IANR. My most recent position was supporting a business center team and their units as a Business Manager. I live in Lincoln with my two kiddos Delia (6.5) and Emmett (9.5) and husband Tracy (old). We also have a Boxer dog named Leto (13) and a Maine Coon cat named Eleanor (7 mons). A special tradition my husband started for our family is a weekly movie and homemade pizza night. Food brings our family joy, so we cook a lot. Another way we bring joy to our family is camping and an annual Fall trip to Maine.
Will enjoys helping members get their project to completion. He is a former Division I Diver for the University of South Dakota and has the special talent of performing standing backflips.
Farewells
Chyvonne Gibson’s last day at Research Compliance Services was May 16. Chyvonne accepted a position at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In the interim, please contact Sara Quinn.
McKenna Schneider’s last day at Research Compliance Services was May 19. McKenna accepted a position at the UNL Public Policy Center as a Training & Outreach Specialist. In the interim, please contact Sara Quinn.
KUDOS to Our Colleagues
The Office of Proposal Development (Pictured above left to right: Jaclyn Tan, Tisha Gilreath Mullen, Matthew Dwyer, Katie Pelland, and Amanda Bohlin) received a 2023 Innovation Award from the National Organization of Research Development.
NORDP’s Innovation Award, “Recognizes individuals, groups, or teams; functional units; or organizations who leverage unique skills or resources to kick-start innovation in research development in ways that generate evidence of promise or demonstrable results.”
OPD’s award celebrates the team’s work with the NSF CAREER Club and was presented during NORDP’s 15th annual conference in Arlington, VA, on May 10.
Learn more about OPD’s Innovation Award and some of the outcomes associated with their NSF CAREER Club by reading the story available here.
Congratulations Amanda, Matthew, Tisha, Katie, and Jaclyn!
Kate Engel has been named interim executive director of the Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation owned by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
“Our university is fortunate to have Kate taking on this important leadership role during this time of transition for Innovation Campus,” said Bob Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development. “She has been instrumental to NIC’s success from the beginning and is well-respected in the community for her ability to build relationships between the university and NIC’s current and prospective partners. I appreciate her ability to identify the resources that faculty innovators, startups and groups need to succeed, ultimately leading to increased economic development opportunities for Nebraska.” Congratulations, Kate! >>full story<<
Cheryl Horst, Associate Director and IP Counsel for NUtech Ventures presented during the NIC Partner Lunch & Learn on May 24.
Congratulations to Kathy Pinkerton, with the Institutional Animal Care Program. She graduated with her Master’s Degree in Applied Science in May.
The Plains Area Animal Welfare Workshop was hosted May 2-4, 2023 at the US Meat Animal Research Center located near Clay Center, NE. Kelly Heath, IACP Director and Attending Veterinarian was an invited speaker and presented on Research and Lab Animal Health Management. Bayliegh Bohn, IACP Facility Manager was also an invited speaker and presented on Best Practices for Managing Lab Animal Facilities. Drs. Anna Fitzwater and Melissa Bausch also attended the workshop, finding the opportunity to network with the USDA ARS attendees valuable.
Kate Engel, Interim Director, NIC and Joy Eakin, Entrepreneurship Program Manager, NUTech Ventures, facilitated The Three Cs of Purposeful Partnerships workshop at the UNL All Staff Conference on May 22. The session focused on 3 C’s: communication, collaboration, and coordination.
Do you know someone who should join our team? Share these opportunities!
- Technology Commercialization Fellow (Temporary) NUtech Ventures Application Review 03/13/2023 View Details Bookmark
- NIS Training and Design Specialist Nebraska Innovation Campus Application Review Date: 06/02/2023 View Details Bookmark
- Research Communications Specialist Research Application Review Date: 06/06/2023 View Details Bookmark
- Evaluation Project Manager Social/Behavioral Sci Rsch Consort Application Review Date: 06/06/2023 View Details Bookmark
The Month in Pictures
Mary and her husband, Glen, recently purchased and moved into a condo with this new view from the living room. They are enjoying life’s simple pleasures of condo living!
Oakleigh Elizabeth, was born on 5/20 weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz. Mom and baby are doing great.
Congratulations, OPD team!
Meet Andy. He is a Dutch/New Zealand dwarf mix rabbit. Jess Cronin‘s girl’s (Riley and Reagan) got him from their grandparents for their birthdays when he was 6 weeks old.
OPEN Website Updates
The photo directory and organizational chart have been updated on the OPEN website. Check out the new look at https://research.unl.edu/open/staff/.
Trakstar Perform Updates
All staff job descriptions and alternate worksite agreements (AWS) have been uploaded into Trakstar Perform under the Employee Folder. Faculty job descriptions are in-progress.
To View:
For employees, from your home page, on the left side of the page, click “My Notes”, then click the “Employee Folder” tab.
For supervisors, on your home page, scroll down to your team under “Direct Reports”, and click on the team member’s name, then click on the “Employee Folder” tab.
If you need any assistance, please contact Becky Carter.
OPEN Book Submissions
Thank you to the OPEN Book reporters Mary Guest, Tisha Gilreath Mullen, Ashley Washburn, Sara Quinn, Mardi Bonner, Suzanne Spiehs, Megan Ebbers, Casey Lundberg, Brooke Goedert, and Jacque Barmore. If you have anything you would like to include in the monthly OPEN Book newsletter, please reach out to one of these reporters or send it directly to Becky Carter.
OPEN Book is a monthly electronic newsletter that highlights upcoming activities, office news, and accomplishments. To read previous OPEN Book newsletters, go to research.unl.edu/open.
