Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (above), delivers the MLK Week keynote address on Jan. 28 in the Nebraska Union's Swanson Auditorium.
Williams, who participated in three events as part of the university's MLK Week observance, discussed "Leadership for the Future — Carrying Forward the Dream" in the keynote. The lecture connected the legacies of King and Thurgood Marshall to contemporary challenges in equity and access.
As part of the keynote, Chancellor Rodney D. Bennett presented the university's Fulfilling the Dream award to Williams (photo, at right). Established in 1997, the award honors individuals who have contributed to the university community or greater Lincoln community through exemplary action in promoting the goals and vision of King.
During his campus visit, Williams also took part in a meet and greet at Sheldon Museum of Art and led a second lecture, “Intersection of MLK and Thurgood Marshall — A Legal Perspective,” in the College of Law.
Learn more about Williams and his career here.
Campus photos of the week
Greg Sharpe, “Voice of the Huskers,” reacts as he learns that Nebraska Athletics named the radio booth in Memorial Stadium in his honor. Sharpe has been a radio announcer and lead host of “Sports Nightly” with the Husker Radio Network and Nebraska Athletics since 2008. Learn more and watch a video from the reveal at https://go.unl.edu/thvm.@Huskers
Members of the Willa Cather Dining Center team create bao buns by hand as they prepare for the Lunar New Year celebration meal on Jan. 29. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/2t53.
Loukia Sarroub, professor and chair of teaching, learning and teacher education, celebrated working with Grand Challenges collaborators from campus and Lincoln Public Schools in a Jan. 26 post. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/mqc7.
Ozan Ciftci, Kenneth E. Morrison Distinguished Professor of food engineering, operates an integrated supercritical carbon dioxide extractor/bioreactor to extract lycopene from tomato waste while also producing biodiesel. The work is part of an international project to develop more sustainable methods of food production. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/vkow.
For the third year in a row, Nebraska Business students took top honors in the national Specialty Tool and Fastener Distributor Association business competition. The College of Business celebrated the award on Jan. 28. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/k0yj.
Vanessa Schechinger, a senior elementary education and early childhood education major, examines plants with a child during a student teaching course in the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab. The scene was among a handful of first week of the semester images shared by the College of Education and Human Sciences. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/0uhf.
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