KRNU Campus Voices

Nathan Hé is Assistant Director for Alumni Engagement for the Nebraska Alumni Association. A 2018 graduate of the UNL College of Journalism & Mass Communications, he coordinates a variety of programs for the Alumni Association including the alumni of color network, the pride alumni network, the first-gen alumni network and the international alumni network plus helping with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on a variety of levels.

Jenna Johnson is the deputy democracy editor for the Washington Post. A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism & Mass Communications, she helps lead the Post's team that focuses on threats to the electoral process and battles over the right to vote. She previously worked as a national politics reporter, covering the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. She returned to the UNL campus to deliver the college's annual Seline Lecture on April 11, and also recorded this episode of Campus Voices.

Jane Chen is a globally recognized entrepreneur, inventor, and speaker. She is co-founder & CEO of Embrace Global, which developed a groundbreaking, low-cost infant incubator that has saved over 350,000 babies. Embrace has been featured by the New York Times, CNN, Newsweek, the Guardian, and ABC’s 20/20. Chen is a TED speaker and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. She was selected for Forbes' Impact 30, the Economist Innovation Award, and the Fast Company Innovation Award, and was recognized as Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Chen also served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Humane Technology. She was a guest speaker at the E.N. Thompson Forum on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

UNL College of Journalism & Mass Communications alum Carson Vaughan is a freelance writer. He returned to campus to meet with journalism courses and joined us for an episode of Campus Voices to discuss his career as a freelancer.

A review of two February events scheduled for the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall on the UNL campus. Featuring Caroline Clements, the museum's Public Relations and Membership Manager.

Johnathan Lopes interviews Margaret Bohls, a ceramic artist and Associate Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, about the power of art and how students express themselves through ceramics.

Jane Olson is a 1964 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. She has worked for decades as a volunteer promoting international peace and justice and humanitarian work. She chaired the International Board of Trustees of Human Rights Watch, the largest US-based international human rights organization, from 2004 to 2010, having worked on behalf of HRW since 1988. She also chaired the board of Survivor Corps for 12 years since its founding as Landmine Survivors Network. LSN and HRW were among the five organizations to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997for the International Landmine Ban Treaty. She visited the UNL campus to share stories of her humanitarian efforts with students and the greater university community and to discuss her new book "World Citizen – Journeys of a Humanitarian."

UNL College of Journalism & Mass Communications alum Tyler Riewer is Creative Director for charity: water, a nonprofit organization supporting global sustainability in the water sector. He was back on the UNL campus as the featured speaker for the E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues on November 7, 2022, and he was a guest on KRNU's "Campus Voices" program the next day.

Author Candice Millard visited the university as a guest speaker for the E.N. Thompson Forum on September 28, 2022. Her address was called ""A Clear and Steady Eye: Storytelling and Our Shared History" and it was featured as an episode of 90.3 KRNU's Campus Voices program following her appearance.

Skylee Nelson talks to Allison Weiner, a freshman guard on the Nebraska Women’s Basketball team and homegrown Husker from Humphrey, NE.

Alex Neill discusses the plant breeding program with Juan Jimenez, a graduate student working on a special project to help provide food to millions.

Skyler Peterson discusses education and programming at the Lied Center with Jane Schiermeyer Hansen, Director of Education and Community Involvement.

Josh Schrader discusses "The Securitarian Personality" with author Dr. John Hibbing

Nia Johnson discusses diversity and programming at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center with Assistant Vice Chancellor for Inclusive Student Excellence Charlie Foster.

Andrew Alvarez discusses esports with Greg Quick, President of the Esports RSO at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Denzel Burke discusses teaching with first-year statistics instructor Wyatt Mcleod.

Samantha Grove discusses the importance and usage of digital heritage with Associate Professor Heather Richards-Rissetto from the School of Global Integrative Studies at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Campus Voices: Climate Change - Lance Vie with guests Clinton Rowe and Ross Dixon

A discussion of media ethics and how to determine the validity of what news consumers read, watch and listen to. The program featured Jody Beck, an alum of the UNL College of Journalism & Mass Communications, and now a Community Education Volunteer with the Freedom Forum in Washington, D.C., who was on the UNL campus to speak to students in the College of Journalism & Mass Communications, and Jessi McCarthy, the Freedom Forum’s Outreach Educator, who joined the discussion from their Washington office.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNL’s student news outlet, The Daily Nebraskan, created a COVID-19 coverage team to bring more transparency to the coronavirus situation on campus and in Nebraska. KRNU's Geoff Exstrom visited with one of the co-editors for that team - David Berman - about their coverage and the response to it.

On the weekend of KRNU's 50th anniversary in February of 2020, former UNL Broadcasting Department Chairman, Larry Walklin, visited Campus Voices to discuss the station's creation and history. Walklin was in charge of the Broadcasting major at the time the station signed on in 1970 and was instrumental in its creation. He served as the station's first general manager from 1970 until 1995.

Walter “Ted” Carter, Jr., began his tenure as the eighth president of the University of Nebraska system on Jan. 1, 2020. In this episode of Campus Voices, he shared his thoughts on his first ten months in office and his vision for the future of the system as detailed in the University's "Five Year Strategy."

USC's Election Cybersecurity Initiative established a lofty goal for 2020: to provide online training on election security in all 50 states for election workers, state officials, media representatives and the general public. Faculty members from UNL's College of Law and College of Journalism & Mass Communications joined the online panel for Nebraska's training session on June 18th. The Initiative's director, Adam Clayton Powell III, is featured in this episode of "Campus Voices" to discuss the genesis of the project and some of the issues they cover. More information on the Election Cybersecurity Initiative is available here: https://www.electionsecurity.usc.edu/

Faced with unexpected restrictions due to COVID-19, the Vision Maker Media organization decided to move its Film Fest online, which actually afforded opportunities for a wider audience and participation from more filmmakers than would have been possible in-person.

Dr. Shari Veil began her role as the new Dean of the UNL College of Journalism & Mass Communications on July 1. A native of North Dakota, Veil returns to the Great Plains from the University of Kentucky where she served as the associate dean for undergraduate affairs in the College of Communication and Information and chair and professor in the Department of Communication. She discussed her vision for UNL's College of Journalism & Mass Communications and the state of the various media industries.