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Robert Hillestad, Professor And Fiber Artist, Marilyn Delong
Robert Hillestad, Professor And Fiber Artist, Marilyn Delong
Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Department Information
Dr. Hillestad has been a member of the Costume Society of America since 1978 and has participated in many annual Symposia. Dr. Hillestad has multi-faceted abilities—he is a superb design educator as well as an active fiber and apparel artist—and he integrates the two roles of educator and artist expressively, superbly, and elegantly. Dr. Hillestad is professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In 1997, The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on the Lincoln Campus of the University of Nebraska was named in his honor upon recommendation of the faculty in the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design and the …
University-Wide Departmental Teaching Award, Department Of Textiles, Clothing, & Design, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
University-Wide Departmental Teaching Award, Department Of Textiles, Clothing, & Design, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Department Information
This award is intended to recognize an academic department within the Universityof Nebraska for an outstanding record of accomplishment in its teaching program. The award carries a $25,000 grant to the department. It was created in 1992 to emphasize the importance of quality instruction throughout the university. The selection committee for the award is composed of senior faculty members representing all four campuses of the University of Nebraska. Criteria used in the selection process include: how the department uses incentives to encourage teaching excellence; faculty participation in professional conferences on instruction; research and publications by faculty members related to instructional …