************************************************************** ** 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: Sep 5, 2006 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. OUS Newsletter - Sept. 2006 2. NSF PIRE Internal Competitions Announced 3. Southwest Airline Direct Ticket Purchases 4. United Airlines Contract Update 5. MobilePATH and EVM Upgrade 6. Jr. Blackshirts Next Registration Deadline is Sept. 6 EVENTS TO ATTEND: 7. Ambassador John R. Bolton to open EN Thompson 2006-07 Season 8. Fiesta On The Green Sept. 14 9. Study Abroad Fair Sept. 26 10. Open House at C.Y. Thompson Library Sept. 11 11. Bug Bash Sept. 16 12. Job Search Survival Sept. 12 13. UNOPA General Meeting Sept. 12 14. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Seminar 15. Modern Languages and Judaic Studies Guest Lecture Sept. 6 16. Mathematics Colloquium Sept. 8 17. School of Natural Resources Fall Seminar Series Sept. 14 18. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar Sept. 12 19. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture Sept. 8 20. Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2006 Seminar Series Sept. 18 21. Carroll R. Pauley Symposium: "History in the Digital Age" 22. RefWorks - Lunch and Learn Sessions 23. Plant Sale on UNL East Campus ARTS AND MEDIA: 24. Staff Art Exhibition Sept. 11-15 25. University Theatre Tickets On Sale 26. School of Music Events for Sept. 5-12 27. Queer Slam Poets Friday, Sept. 8 in the Crib 28. Brothers of the Head and Road to Guantanamo at the Ross 29. White House Egg Artistry Contest 30. Two Husker Volleyball Games on NET Television ************************************************************************* 1. OUS Newsletter - Sept. 2006 The September 2006 issue of the Office of Undergraduate Studies Newsletter is available at the URL below: http://www.unl.edu/ous/welcome/ousnews_sept2006.shtml ************************************************************************* 2. NSF PIRE Internal Competitions Announced The Office of Research and Graduate Studies has announced an internal competition to select NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) preproposals. UNL can submit three preliminary proposals. The NSF submission deadline for preliminary proposals is Oct. 30, and full proposals (by invitation only from NSF) is Feb. 28, 2007. Preproposals for the internal competition are due by noon Sept. 11 to 303 Canfield Administration. Visit the URL below for complete details. http://www.unl.edu/research ************************************************************************* 3. Southwest Airline Direct Ticket Purchases UNL Travel Services has designed a website (URL below) 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. You can go to the website listed below and print off the instructions and self register. If you have any questions, call Jim Vogel at 472-3330. http://travel.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 4. United Airlines Contract Update Effective Aug. 1, the United Airline discount for tickets purchased through Travel and Transport expired. Ticket purchases made through T&T, the United Airlines reservation desk or United website will be priced the same. Effective Aug. 1, the Transaction Fee on United Airline tickets purchased through a T&T representative will be the same as airline ticket purchases from all other carriers - phone assisted tickets will be charged $20; tickets purchased through the T&T's website will be charged $10. For further information, call Jim Vogel at 472-3330. ************************************************************************* 5. MobilePATH and EVM Upgrade MobilePATH and EVM (Optional Voice Mail Features) will not be available on Thursday, Sept. 14 while an upgrade is installed by Telecommunicatons. This upgrade will allow us to streamline the user interface of EVM for the Campus and increase security around these and other voice mail services. If you have any questions, call Telecommunicatons at 472-3434. ************************************************************************* 6. Jr. Blackshirts Next Registration Deadline is Sept. 6 Children can be signed up now for next Saturday's game against Nicholls State. The deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 6. Register at the Campus Rec Center, or call 472-3467 for more information. Jr. Blackshirts events begin 90 minutes before scheduled game time. Check with the Athletics Department for official game times. The cost is $20. http://www.unl.edu/crec/youth/blackshirts.shtml ************************************************************************* 7. Ambassador John R. Bolton to open EN Thompson 2006-07 Season Ambassador John Bolton will deliver the opening lecture of the 2006-07 EN Thompson Forums on World Issues at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at the Lied Center. The event is free but tickets will be required. Tickets are available at the Lied Box Office. No backpacks or large bags admitted into auditorium. Bolton's lecture is titled, "Key U.S. Interests and the United Nations." http://www.unl.edu/unlpub/special/thompsonforum/ ************************************************************************* 8. Fiesta On The Green Sept. 14 Fiesta on the Green will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Nebraska Union Plaza. The Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration will feature dancing, music and food. Free and open to the public. Contact 472-5500 for more info. ************************************************************************* 9. Study Abroad Fair Sept. 26 Students who want to enhance their education and expand their horizons, realize studying abroad is a must. Learning about such programs is the gateway to these experiences. Tell your students that the Study Abroad Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 inside the Nebraska Union. They can get information about the many programs, scholarships and financial aid, and travel services surrounding study abroad. They can also register for a $250 scholarship. http://www.unl.edu/iaffairs ************************************************************************* 10. Open House at C.Y. Thompson Library Sept. 11 On Monday, Sept. 11, from 3 to 5 p.m., the University Libraries will hold an open house at C.Y. Thompson Library on East Campus for UNL faculty and staff. CYT Library staff will lead tours of the building and show off the new study area and other changes that have taken place. There will also be information on future changes and improvements. http://iris.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 11. Bug Bash Sept. 16 On Saturday, Sept. 16, the UNL Department of Entomology, Lincoln Public Schools and the Lincoln Children's Zoo will team up to present Bug Bash, a close look at the planet's most successful life form. Come and give a bug a hug at Bug Bash from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the zoo. For more information contact the Lincoln Children's Zoo at 475-6841. ************************************************************************* 12. Job Search Survival Sept. 12 Career Services will present Job Search Survival, a free workshop from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 in the Nebraska Union. Topics include Husker Hire Link, job search strategies, resumes/cover letters, and interviewing. An additional session will focus on international students with information on obtaining employment in the United States. Encourage students to take advantage of this opportunity. http://www.unl.edu/careers/events/survival.shtml ************************************************************************* 13. UNOPA General Meeting Sept. 12 The University of Nebraska Office Professional Association will hold their general meeting at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 in the East Campus Union. The guest speaker David Corbin, UNO Health, Physical Education and Recreation, will be speaking on "Stress Management." President Donelle Moormeier will announce the charity that UNOPA will support this year. For a reservation, call Karen Randall at 472-5233 by Sept. 6. http://www.unl.edu/unopa ************************************************************************* 14. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Seminar Gustavo Bretschneider, PhD Candidate, will present, "Reduced Intestinal Colonization of Adult Beef Cattle by Escherichia coli O157:H7 tir Deletion and Nalidixic-acid-resistant Mutants Lacking Flagellar Expression," at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 in 145 VBS. ************************************************************************* 15. Modern Languages and Judaic Studies Guest Lecture Sept. 6 Marjorie Agosin, Luella LaMer Slaner Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College and author of Dear Anne Frank, will present "Always From Somewhere Else: The Jewish Experience in L.A.," at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 in the Bailey Library, 228 Andrews Hall. She is a descendant of Russian and Austrian Jews who perished in the Pogrom and the Holocaust. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and The Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies. http://www.unl.edu/judaic/news/ ************************************************************************* 16. Mathematics Colloquium Sept. 8 Allan Peterson, UNL, will speak on "An introduction to time scales," at 4 p.m. in Room 115, Avery Hall. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in 348 Avery. http://www.math.unl.edu/pi/colloquia/fall-2006 ************************************************************************* 17. School of Natural Resources Fall Seminar Series Sept. 14 Linda Botterill, Australian National University, will present "Australia's National Drought Policy: Promise, Problems and Prospects," from 3 to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 in the East Campus Union. The seminar is open to the public. ************************************************************************* 18. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar Sept. 12 Dr. Svetlana Lutsenko with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Oregon Health and Science University will present, "Regulation of Human Copper Homeostasis at the Molecular and Cellular Level," from 4 to 5 p.m. Sept 12 in N172 Beadle. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be available. http://biochem.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 19. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture Sept. 8 Gwen Nugent, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present "Field-based geoscience and inquiry instruction for pre-service teachers," at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8 in 117 Bessey Hall. http://www.geosciences.unl.edu/colloquia ************************************************************************* 20. Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2006 Seminar Series Sept. 18 Rob Mitchell, USDA-ARS, will present "Can You Make Money Grazing Warm-season Grasses?" at 3 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Nebraska East Union. Refreshments will be available. http://www.grassland.unl.edu/semf06.html ************************************************************************* 21. Carroll R. Pauley Symposium: "History in the Digital Age" This Sept. 21-22 symposium brings together leading historians of China, Europe, the U.S., Africa, and Canada working with historical GIS, simulations, computational modeling, and visualizations of key problems in history. All of the sessions are open to the public and they invite all interested in the methodology, the history, or the technologies to participate in the symposium. Registration information available at the URL below. http://www.unl.edu/history/news_events/pauley/ ************************************************************************* 22. RefWorks - Lunch and Learn Sessions The UNL Libraries is offering Lunch and Learn sessions on the new web-based bibliographic reference manager called RefWorks, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Nebraska Union, and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the East Campus Union. RefWorks is available now at the URL below and can download citations from Libraries' indexes, organize and format them in any style in a file on the web. RefWorks can handle large dissertation sized projects as well as journal manuscripts and research papers. A shared bibliography account can be set up for group projects, where each member of the research team has access to the bibliography. Contact Charlene Maxey-Harris, 472-4199, cmaxeyharris2@unl.edu, to register. http://iris.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 23. Plant Sale on UNL East Campus Rare and native plants will be offered at a September 16 Plant Sale sponsored by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, a horticultural organization headquartered at IANR on UNL's East Campus. Native trees, shrubs, perennials and grasses will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Plant list at: http://arboretum.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 24. Staff Art Exhibition Sept. 11-15 The first Staff Art Exhibition opens in the Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery on Monday, Sept. 11 and continues through Friday, Sept. 15. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. A reception for the artists, their guests and all staff will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15 at the Gallery. ************************************************************************* 25. University Theatre Tickets On Sale Season passes and individual show tickets to the 106th University Theatre season are now on sale at the Lied Center Ticket Office. A flexible 4-admission season pass is $50, $40 for faculty/staff and senior citizens. Individual show tickets to Judevine, Broadcast, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Suburbia are $16, $14 for faculty/staff and senior citizens and $10 for students with ID. Lied Center Ticket Office, 472-4747, located at 301 N. 12th. Open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. ************************************************************************* 26. School of Music Events for Sept. 5-12 * A Cabaret Performance: Jazz Standards - UNL's coordinator of Musical Theatre Studies, Alisa Belflower, will present a vocal recital in the format of a cabaret performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 119 Westbrook Recital Hall. The performance will include American jazz standards arranged by Nelson Neves, who also serves as pianist for this cabaret. Professor Belflower will pay tribute with songs by composers honored in the Celebration of American Song Series. This performance is free and open to the public. * Faculty Sampler Concert: School of Music faculty bring their talents and personalities to the stage in this recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10 in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets available at the door. General admission $5, student/senior $3. http://www.unl.edu/music ************************************************************************* 27. Queer Slam Poets Friday, Sept. 8 in the Crib Celebrated slam poets, Andrea Gibson and Katie Wirsing, will be at UNL as Part of two Lincoln shows that will kick off a national tour. Come see the world's third ranked performance poet and her protege Katie Wirsing perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at the Nebraska Union Crib. Admission is free. http://www.myspace.come/starcityslam ************************************************************************* 28. Brothers of the Head and Road to Guantanamo at the Ross Opening Friday, Sept. 8: * Brothers of the Head: In the 1970's a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music. * Also playing: Road to Guantanamo: Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantanamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 29. White House Egg Artistry Contest Six Nebraska artists have submitted entries in the 13th annual egg artistry contest sponsored by the Poultry and Egg Division of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. The public can view the eggs and vote for their favorite one at the University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall) on the UNL City Campus (14th and U Streets) in Lincoln. The eggs will be on display until October 2, 2006. Museum hours are: Mondays through Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sundays from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eggs are to be judged based on the best depiction of the state of Nebraska. The winning egg will be on display at the White House during Easter, 2007. A Nebraska artist will have his or her work viewed by the President of the United States and White House visitors. The contestants' eggs can also be viewed on the Nebraska Department of Agriculture's website at: http://www.nebraskapoultry.org/ ************************************************************************* 30. Two Husker Volleyball Games on NET Television The number one ranked Husker volleyball team faces opponents from the Big 10 and the Big 12 Conferences this week when they play host to the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, and the Kansas Jayhawks at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13. Both contests will be telecast live on NET1 Channel 12 and in high-definition on NET-HD, with sportscaster Larry Punteney and former University of Nebraska All-American volleyball standout Kathi Wieskamp calling all the action. ************************************************************************* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *