Perlman to head west
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will travel west next week, making stops in Chadron, Long Pine, Valentine and Scottsbluff for tours and talks with community leaders.
The visits are a part of his trip to Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford and the Aug. 4 grand opening of the "Clash of the Mammoths" exhibit at UNL's Trailside Museum of Natural History.
The exhibit features the fossils of two mammoths whose tusks locked together during an Ice Age battle for dominance. They fell while still locked together, were unable to separate and died where they fell.
The grand opening celebration will include a ribbon cutting and remarks by Perlman, Priscilla Grew, director of the University of Nebraska State Museum, and Mark Harris, assistant director of the museum.
The Trailside Museum is an affiliate of the NU State Museum.
UNL officials say the visit to western Nebraska is part of an effort to discuss the university and to hear the views of area citizens about it how it can best serve its "500-mile campus."
The visits are a part of his trip to Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford and the Aug. 4 grand opening of the "Clash of the Mammoths" exhibit at UNL's Trailside Museum of Natural History.
The exhibit features the fossils of two mammoths whose tusks locked together during an Ice Age battle for dominance. They fell while still locked together, were unable to separate and died where they fell.
The grand opening celebration will include a ribbon cutting and remarks by Perlman, Priscilla Grew, director of the University of Nebraska State Museum, and Mark Harris, assistant director of the museum.
The Trailside Museum is an affiliate of the NU State Museum.
UNL officials say the visit to western Nebraska is part of an effort to discuss the university and to hear the views of area citizens about it how it can best serve its "500-mile campus."
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