University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is... regarded as one of the premier educational institutions in the world. It was founded in 1888 and became part of UNL in 1891. The College of Law was founded in 1888. Nebraska Law is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools and is accredited by the American Bar Association.
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Ted Kooser is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006. Born in Ames, Iowa, in... 1939, Kooser earned a BS at Iowa State University in 1962 and the MA at the University of Nebraska in 1968. He is the author of twelve collections of poetry. He is former vice-president of Lincoln Benefit Life, an insurance company, and lives on land near the village of Garland, Nebraska. He owned a book publishing company, Windflower. He teaches as a Visiting Professor in the English department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is married to Kathleen Rutledge, former editor of the Lincoln Journal Star. On August 12, 2004, he was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by the Librarian of Congress to serve a term from October 2004 through May 2005. In April 2005, Ted Kooser was appointed to serve a second term as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. During that same week Kooser received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book "Delights and Shadows" . Kooser lives in Garland, Nebraska, and much of his work focuses on the Great Plains.
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