************************************************************** ** To submit an announcement to E-News or to read this ** ** issue or past issues on the web go to: ** ** ** ** http://www.unl.edu/e-news ** ************************************************************** In this Issue of UNL E-News: May 16, 2006 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. NSave Backup/Restore Service 2. Transportation Services Fuel Surcharge 3. Southwest Airline Direct Ticket Purchases 4. 2006 Faculty and Staff Football Season Ticket Application 5. Call for Abstracts - 51st Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference EVENTS TO ATTEND: 6. Retirement Reception for Sharon Wieker 7. Zambian Vice Chancellor Speaks on May 18 8. Weight Watchers at Work starting Friday 9. Antelope Valley Project tours in June 10. New Signature Authority - Purchasing Training Sessions 11. Excellent Communication - May 24 12. Demo Days at the UNL Computer Store ARTS AND MEDIA: 13. School of Music Event: Cornhusker Summer Music Games 14. Tristram Shandy and Lonesome Jim now showing at the Ross 15. Dan Ladely on NET Radio's "Live from the Mill" Friday, May 19 16. Hergert Trial, Rural Economy on NET Television's "Statewide" ************************************************************************* 1. NSave Backup/Restore Service Do you have a backup program in place to backup your important data files? If your computer had a hard drive crash or virus would you be able to recover your data? Information Services offers a backup/restore service called NSave for a small monthly fee. The software is installed on the desktop and the backup/restores are done over a network connection. For more information contact the NSave Support Specialist at 472-6843. http://nsave.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 2. Transportation Services Fuel Surcharge Due to the increased cost of fuel, effective May 1, Transportation Services will implement a rental vehicle variable rate fuel surcharge. The fuel surcharge will vary from $.01 to $.05 per mile, and is dependent on the vehicle class fuel efficiency or type of vehicle use. Based on the July 1, 2006 cost of fuel mileage rate increases in the range of $.01 to $.07 can be expected. For additional information contact Transportation Services, 472-2422. ************************************************************************* 3. Southwest Airline Direct Ticket Purchases UNL Travel Services has designed a website where employees can self register for access to the Southwest Airlines website to directly purchase airfare tickets. This site employs the same Southwest Airline screens as for leisure travel, no transaction fees are charged, the University ghost credit card is available for payment of business related air trips, and Airfare Situation Reports will no longer be needed to purchase from the Southwest Airlines site. Go to the website listed below and print off the instructions and self register. If there are questions, call Jim Vogel at 472-3330. http://travel.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 4. 2006 Faculty and Staff Football Season Ticket Application Faculty/Staff applications are now available at www.Huskers.com by clicking on Tickets and then Faculty/Staff Season Football Application. You may also pick up an application at the Athletic Ticket Office at 625 Stadium Drive, Suite E. Applications must be turned in by 5 p.m. on May 19. http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/evenue/ev68/se/Main.d2w/report?linkID ************************************************************************* 5. Call for Abstracts - 51st Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference Abstracts for both oral and poster sessions are being accepted for the 51st Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference in Lincoln on Nov. 6-9, 2006 hosted by the School of Natural Resources, Conservation and Survey Division. Visit the web site for on-line abstract submissions and conference information. The abstract submission deadline is June 1. Notification of acceptance is July 1. http://snr.unl.edu/midwest ************************************************************************* 6. Retirement Reception for Sharon Wieker A retirement reception will be held for Sharon Wieker from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 25 at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Morrill Hall, in honor of her 23 years of service to UNL. Wieker is executive assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Research. ************************************************************************* 7. Zambian Vice Chancellor Speaks on May 18 Robert Serpell, vice chancellor of the University of Zambia, will present a lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 in the Kauffman Center Great Room. Serpell and five other officials from the University of Zambia are on campus this week to explore opportunities to expand collaborations between UNL and UNZA. Serpell is considered to be a leading researcher on issues of education in a variety of cultures. The lecture is free, open to the public, and a reception will follow. For more information about the lecture, check the Zambia Week website. http://www.unl.edu/research/zambia ************************************************************************* 8. Weight Watchers at Work starting Friday Resolve to Lose. Join Weight Watchers at Work. A new 15-week session will begin meeting on campus on Friday, May 19. For more information, contact Gretchen Walker at gwalker1@unl.edu. ************************************************************************* 9. Antelope Valley Project tours in June A tremendous amount of progress has been made on the Antelope Valley project along the east side of campus. Public bus tours are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. June 10 departing from Lincoln High School. A bike tour is scheduled that same day for 8 a.m., also departing from Lincoln High School. On June 15 bus and bike tours are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. departing from Lincoln High School. Please RSVP your attendance to Joyce at 458-5901. ************************************************************************* 10. New Signature Authority - Purchasing Training Sessions UNL Departments will be able to purchase most items up to $24,999 without Purchasing Department involvement beginning July 1, 2006. Purchasing will conduct training sessions in May and June to cover the fundamentals of procurement, provide business forms and helpful tips. Department staff involved with procurement activities are strongly encouraged to attend this training. Sessions will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on May 24 in the Nebraska Union; 9:30 to 11 a.m. May 25 in the East Union; 9:30 to 11 a.m. June 13 in the Nebraska Union and again 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. that day in the East Union. To register for one of these sessions on SAPPHIRE, go to the website below and register using your 5-digit personnel number. If you have any questions, call 472-2126. http://sapphire.nebraska.edu ************************************************************************* 11. Excellent Communication - May 24 Good communication is the hallmark of an excellent organization. Improve your ability to speak, write, and listen. "Organizational Communication" will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 24 at Gallup University in Omaha, sponsored by the Departmanet of Management Business Seminars, presented by Tom O'Connor, director of the UNL E. J. Faulkner Writing and Speaking Lab. To register or for details, call 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 12. Demo Days at the UNL Computer Store The UNL Computer Store will present their new line of desktops, laptops, tablets, and printers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the following days: May 17 - Dell; May 19 - IBM. Stop by and speak with a representative on the academic deals they have to offer. http://sales.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 13. School of Music Event: Cornhusker Summer Music Games Tickets are now on sale for the 2006 Cornhusker Summer Music Games / Drum Corps International Show at 7:30 p.m. July 13 at Memorial Stadium. Tickets prices are $27, $22, $17 (including sales tax) on sale now at the Lied Center Box Office. Call 800/432-3231 or 472-4747 or on-line at http://www.liedcenter.org (click on "Events"). A $4 handling fee will be added to all tickets. All ticket sales final. No refunds or exchanges. Performing Corps: The Cadets, The Cavaliers, Crossmen, Blue Stars. Call 472-2505 or email band@unl.edu if you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor or wish to purchase advertising in the souvenir program. Download the souvenir program advertising information and contract at: http://www.unl.edu/music ************************************************************************* 14. Tristram Shandy and Lonesome Jim now showing at the Ross Showing through May 25: * Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story: (d. Michael Winterbottom). A comedy on and off the set of the film adaptation of the "unfilmable" novel: The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy. * Lonesome Jim: (d. Steve Buscemi) Failing to make it on his own, Jim (Casey Affleck) moves back in with his parents and is saved from his family's dysfunction by a local woman (Liv Tyler) and her son. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 15. Dan Ladely on NET Radio's "Live from the Mill" Friday, May 19 Join NET Radio's "Live from the Mill" host William Stibor Friday at 9 a.m. as Dan Ladely from the Ross Media Arts Center talks about the Friends of the Ross' banquet honoring June Levine and Lew Hunter, plus great films for the summer. Tune in for this and much more to NET Radio on 91.1 FM in Lincoln or listen live on the Web by going to the site below and clicking on Radio and Listen Now! http://www.netNebraska.org ************************************************************************* 16. Hergert Trial, Rural Economy on NET Television's "Statewide" This week NET Television's "Statewide" has coverage of the state Supreme Court impeachment trial of NU regent David Hergert. Plus a look at the rural economy through a survey of small town bankers, a roundtable discussion of election issues, the story of a young rural poet and a visit to the Franklin County museum. "Statewide" airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon on NET1, and Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. on NET2. "Statewide," Nebraska's award-winning weekly news magazine, is a University Television production. http://www.netnebraska.org/ click on "Television" then "News" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *