AVE Business Center

C203 ANSC
3940 Fair Street
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68583-0908

Business Manager: Carrie Adams
Phone: 402-472-3025
Email: cadams59@unl.edu

Regular Office Hours: Monday though Friday – 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

General Information

The AVE Business Center is a unit within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), that performs specialized business services for our departments.  The AVE team works together to provide  efficient, professional, and easily-accessible service in grant submission, budgeting, and financial management of all sources of funding for our customers — the faculty, staff, and students —in the units we serve.

The AVE Business Center is dedicated to serving the business administrative needs of the following units. 

 

  • Animal Science Department 
  • School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine
  • Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center
  • Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center
  • Entomology Department 
  • Forensic Science
  • Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
  • Nebraska LTAP

AVE Personnel

  1. Avatar for Carrie Adams
    Business Ctr Manager II AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    ANSC C203f
    Lincoln NE 68583-0908
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3025 On-campus 2-3025
    Email
    cadams59@unl.edu
  • Provides overall guidance to Business Center staff 
  • Provides guidance to unit administrators, faculty, and staff in fiscal management and grants/contract administration.
  • Serves as liaison to IANR Finance & PersonnelIANR Deans & VC offices, and all other university functional offices in the management of fiscal issues.

Financial Staff

  1. Avatar for Catherine Behrns
    Grants Specialist AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    ANSC C206h
    Lincoln NE 68583-0908
    Phone
    Work 402-472-5200 On-campus 2-5200
    Email
    cbehrns3@unl.edu
  1. Avatar for Ban Mai Dang
    Grants Specialist AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    ANSC 206I
    Lincoln NE 68583-0908
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3537 On-campus 2-3537
    Email
    mai.dang@unl.edu
  • Overall supervision of the finance function.
  • Overall supervision of the grant management function.
  • Management of Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award).
  • Grant proposal Development (tracking, budgeting, review, match, and entry and routing in NUGrant).
  • Act as grant liaison with IANR Ag Finance and Personnel and the Office of Sponsored Programs.
  • Advise on university, State and Federal grants and contracts laws and regulations.
  1. Avatar for Brett Fry
    Finance Specialist AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    ANSC C206D
    Lincoln NE 68583-0908
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3336 On-campus 2-3336
    Email
    bfry5@unl.edu
  • Provides fiscal coordination for the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine, and the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center.
  • Unit account reconciliation and monitoring.
  • Purchasing Card management and reconciliation.
  • Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
  • Travel coordinator.
  • Develop financial reports for faculty and staff.
  1. Avatar for Marissa Kemp
    Finance Specialist AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    ENTO 103
    Lincoln NE 68583-0816
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8687 On-campus 2-8687
    Email
    mkemp2@unl.edu
  1. Avatar for Andrew Loseke
    Financial Account Mgr AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    NVDC 126
    Lincoln NE 68583-0907
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8727 On-campus 2-8727
    Email
    aloseke2@unl.edu
  • Provides fiscal coordination and account management for the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center (NVDC).
  • Provides overall guidance to the NVDC administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management/budgeting and development of operating procedures.
  • Serve as liaison to IANR Finance & Personnel, IANR Deans & VC Offices, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln functional offices in the management of fiscal and human resources.
  1. Avatar for Spencer Supik
    Finance Coordinator AVE Business Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    NVDC 122
    Lincoln NE 68583-0907
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8423 On-campus 2-8423
    Email
    ssupik2@unl.edu