Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts
The Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is the fine and performing arts college at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (NU) in Lincoln, Nebraska. The college was established on July 1, 1993 as the College of Fine and Performing Arts, combining arts-focused programs from across the university. It was renamed in 2000 after receiving an $18 million donation from Christina Hixson and Lied Foundation Trust. Most of the college's facilities are located in the southwest corner of NU's City Campus in what is sometimes referred to as the "Arts Quadrangle." Andy Belser has served as dean of the college since 2022.
The Lied Center for Performing Arts hosts orchestra, theater, and speaking events
Johnny Carson and his foundation have given nearly forty million dollars to the College of Fine and Performing Arts
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system. The university has been governed by the Board of Regents since 1871, whose members are elected by district to six-year terms.
Architecture Hall, built in 1895 as University Library, is the oldest building on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's campus
Captain John J. Pershing, c. 1902, shortly after his graduation from the University of Nebraska College of Law
Clifford M. Hardin was chancellor from 1954 to 1968
Bob Devaney, c. 1965
