Jeffrey Eisenband
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska institute developing leaders
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska institute developing leaders
Grant Fehr saw a lot of himself in Connor Long. Connor displayed an outgoing personality, but he was unsure what he wanted to do with his life. One difference was Fehr was a University of Nebraska sophomore when he met Long. Long was a Lincoln East High School junior. As part of the Nebraska Human […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue Day of Giving granting opportunity
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue Day of Giving granting opportunity
Purdue does not usually devote a full day to school pride and fundraising. But when it does, it prefers a spectacle. On April 30, Purdue?s inaugural Day of Giving will take place on campus and through the internet for 24 hours on April 30. The theme of the campaign is ?Opportunity Granted,? which captures the […]
BTN LiveBIG: Ebertfest celebrates cinema at Illinois
BTN LiveBIG: Ebertfest celebrates cinema at Illinois
HAL 9000 is not real. Despite its fame from 2001: a Space Odyssey, the Arthur C. Clarke novel-turned-Stanley Kubrick film (both in 1968), the talking sentient computer that could interact with astronauts in space never actually existed. Hal was not really built in Urbana, Illinois, in 1997 either. But he did lead to the birth […]
BTN LiveBIG: PSU students impacting New Orleans rebuild
BTN LiveBIG: PSU students impacting New Orleans rebuild
It started as an undergraduate thesis. Now, it may help rebuild New Orleans. In fall 2012, Aaron Wertman was a fifth-year student in Penn State?s Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. His undergraduate thesis challenged him to identify an issue and solve it with an architectural solution involving a 20,000 square foot building. Wertman […]
BTN LiveBIG: The Golden Bear helping kids
BTN LiveBIG: The Golden Bear helping kids
In April 1966, When Nancy Nicklaus was 11 months old, she swallowed a piece of a crayon. Her parents noticed a series of choking incidents that would start, stop and start again. Jack and Barbara Nicklaus refused to take chances. They shuttled their middle child and only daughter to the Columbus Children?s Hospital, where doctors […]
BTN LiveBIG: 40 years of Northwestern's Dance Marathon
BTN LiveBIG: 40 years of Northwestern's Dance Marathon
What if you wanted to support a dance marathon but you can?t dance? It turns out that there are plenty of ways to raise money without taking a turn on the dance floor, if you are part of Northwestern University?s Dance Marathon. NU?s Dance Marathon (NUDM) co-chair, senior Josh Parish, is personally preparing to dance […]
