Raikes School News

As Design Studio is coming to a close for 2018 – 2019, we are already looking towards 2019 – 2020. Our search for Design Studio partners is underway and will continue through the summer.

On September 6 and 7, 2018, the Raikes School celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Jeff and Tricia's gift to the Raikes School. We often cannot believe it's been 10 years since the JD Edwards Honors Program became the Raikes School.

Our third annual Raikes School Alumni Reunion was held Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, 2018.

The Raikes School welcomed 38 new freshmen in cohort 2018. These outstanding students were selected from over 205 applicants, the largest applicant pool in Raikes School history.

In May, 20 students in cohort 2014 graduated from the Raikes School.

David is a member of cohort 2005.

During Nebraska’s fall break in October 2017, Raikes School Executive Director Steve Cooper and Director of Recruitment and Student Success Anna Pressler traveled with 26 students to Silicon Valley to visit companies, connect with Raikes School and Nebraska alumni, and get a feel for life in the city.

We just returned from a fantastic meeting with alumni in Kansas City and San Francisco.

Our new Design Studio Director, and former J.D. Edwards alumnus,Mark Antonson, sat down with us to answer a few questions about himself, the Design Studio staff, and the future of Design Studio.

Our second annual Raikes School Alumni Reunion was held Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23. Friday evening featured a reception held at the Courtyard Marriott in Lincoln’s Haymarket.

The Raikes School hopes to get more alumni involved in planning future alumni gatherings, selecting future Raikes School students, and engaging current students with alumni through mentorship and networking events. Therefore, we would like to gather a group of go-to alumni who are willing to help in each of these areas.

In May, 31 students in cohort 2013 graduated from the Raikes School.

Alumni Spotlight: Josh Cox, Cohort 2010.

Largely unchanged since 1999, a new space dedicated to innovation in Design Studio opened in August.

For the first time in our Raikes School's history, an alumnus of the Raikes School was the featured speaker at the annual Corporate Advisory Board Speaker Series.

In May, 23 students in the 2012 cohort graduated from the Raikes School. They were honored during their senior dinner on Friday, April 29 where Ryan Erdmann was awarded the Golden Keyboard and the gavel was passed to Joel Mohrmann in cohort 2013. We are sad to see this wonderful group of students graduate, but know they will go on to do some amazing things.

Raikes School seniors Nathan DeMaria, Ryan Erdmann, and Scott Johnson were named Chancellor's Scholars for outstanding academic achievements during their undergraduate studies.

Raikes School student startup Concise Research Group who won the $50,000 Grand Prize at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln New Venture Competition.

We've kicked off a fundraising effort that will raise money for scholarships for future students.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln graduates and Hudl company founders Brian Kaiser, David Graff and John Wirtz have given $500,000 to establish an endowment for student scholarships at the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.

MedXT’s Platform Brings Medical Imaging In Line With Today’s Cloud Technology

University of Michigan and Santa Fe Institute Fellow Professor Scott Page to keynote the bi-annual Raikes School Advisory Board invited speakers series.

Faculty from the Raikes School have partnered with faculty from the College of Architecture to develop and teach a freshmen course on Design Thinking.

@EntrepreneuringDays grand prizes goes to James Verhoeff, a senior marketing and management major from Cortland, Neb., and Zach Christensen, a junior biochemistry major from Elkhorn, Neb., with a mobile app called Pickit.