Wimmin in the Mass Media Student Articles Written & Collected at the Centennial Education Program University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fall, 1980 |
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| Editor:
| Nygren, Terry
Deegan, Mary Jo |
| Author:
| Deegan, Mary Jo |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60962-200-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2021 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $0.00 |
Book Description:
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In this new introduction to our booklet, Wimmin in the Mass Media, editedby Terry Nygren and myself and sponsored by the Centennial Education Program,I look back on our efforts after teaching for forty years at the University andretiring from it in 2015. This introduction emerges from my perspective as aformer fellow in an unusual educational program that ended in 1980 when the faculty disbanded and the physical site for the College was vacated and returnedto more traditional campus...
More DescriptionIn this new introduction to our booklet, Wimmin in the Mass Media, editedby Terry Nygren and myself and sponsored by the Centennial Education Program,I look back on our efforts after teaching for forty years at the University andretiring from it in 2015. This introduction emerges from my perspective as aformer fellow in an unusual educational program that ended in 1980 when the faculty disbanded and the physical site for the College was vacated and returnedto more traditional campus programs. Unfortunately, Terry and Bob, who weremuch more knowledgeable than I am concerning the origin, life, death of theCentennial organization, have passed: Terry died in 2011 and Bob followed in2012.Our booklet was distributed for free primarily to the faculty and studentsin Centennial College, and, secondarily, to anyone else who was interested. Weheld panels discussing our work both to the former classmates and for theCollege and general public. Our audiences for the panels were animated and hadpassionate opinions on each paper. We sent copies of the booklet to a fewlibraries1 and soon thereafter the College closed its doors.Our course, "Wimmin in the Mass Media," was offered only once andwould be long forgotten if not for this booklet. Because this was an exciting, veryshort experiment in education, it is worth recalling now, some four decades later.As I am the only surviving instructor who was in close contact with this course,I venture to look backward from 2020 to 1980. I do this by describing how thecourse was initiated and functioned, followed by a brief biography of TerryNygren, my perspective on Centennial, a summary of the classroom experience,our production of the booklet, and the response to it.