Dona-Gene Mitchell won the 2009 Best Dissertation Award from the Political Psychology section of the American Political Science Association for her dissertation "It's About Time: The Dynamics of Information Processing in Political Campaigns."

"The APSA is the major political science association in the United States," wrote Elizabeth Theiss-Morse from the Political Science department, "so this is a very high honor. The competition is always very steep. We're pleased as can be that we're the ones who hired her! She will be a great political scientist."

Read more about her here.

The Department of Mathematics is the winner of the American Mathematical Society's 2009 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in Mathematics.

Here are the graduates and current students of the College of Arts and Sciences who are being honored at our All-University Celebration and Salute to Alumni Achievement on Friday, May 8:

• Roy and Catherine Yaley Student Leadership Award – Kori Underwood, Psychology major
• Vann Student Leadership Award – Kyle Kellet, History major
• Shane Osborn Student Leadership Award – Mary Jacobson, English major
• Cather Circle Collegian of the Year – Michelle Lee, Political Science major
• Alumni Achievement Award:  Don Patterson, ’47
• Alumni Achievement Award:  John Pekas, ’91 – Political Science

In addition, the Cather Circle Alumna of the Year, Marilyn Koehn, was a Fine Arts major in the ‘60s when it was part of Arts and Sciences.

David Hansen, Chair of the Psychology Department, let us know that Dr. Rick Bevins received the UNL Chapter of Sigma Xi's 2009 Outstanding Scientist Award!