The College of Arts and Sciences is launching the Dr. John and Tammy Allen Lecture Series on September 4, 2018 with inaugural speaker Michael Zimm, a digital media manager at Digital Surgeons.
His talk, “Bridging the Gap: What the Tech World Gains from the Liberal Arts,” starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Abbott Auditorium of the Sheldon Museum of Art.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Individuals from business, non-profit and the community are encouraged to attend. The Dr. John and Tammy Allen Lecture will bring outstanding local, regional or nationally recognized entrepreneurs who have liberal arts backgrounds to engage with students, faculty and the community.
Zimm received his PhD in Classics from Yale University. Research and writing skills honed as a graduate student are crucial to his work at a digital marketing company whose clients include Arccos, Camelbak, LEGO, and Sperry. He has written about the value of the liberal arts and his career shift for the Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, VentureBeat, and Quartz.
Longtime university supporters Dr. John Allen and Tammy Allen established the Allen Lecture Fund through the University of Nebraska Foundation for the series. The Allens are entrepreneurs whose background in liberal arts has led to a philosophy of lifelong learning. Both completed medical degrees at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Allen (’90), an alumnus of the college, is a founding radiologist of Midwest Imaging Center.
The College of Arts and Sciences educates students in humanities and social and natural sciences. Many faculty have been recognized nationally and internationally for their expertise and are dedicated to teaching, researching and serving. With more than 60 majors and minors and 20 areas of graduate study, a comprehensive liberal arts education opens doors to a multitude of careers.
