************************************************************** ** 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: Jul 8, 2008 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Parking Lot Closures Due to Maintenance 2. Purchasing With a Grant Number at the UNL Computer and Phone Shop 3. University Shuttle Bus - Reduced Evening Hours EVENTS TO ATTEND: 4. Jean M. Klasna Retirement Reception July 9 5. Better Process Control School in Spanish, Aug. 5-8 ARTS AND MEDIA: 6. Quilt Exhibition on City Campus, Opening Talk July 9 7. Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins 8. Mongol and The Edge of Heaven open Friday at the Ross ************************************************************************* 1. Parking Lot Closures Due to Maintenance The following list of parking lots will be closed or partially closed on the dates specified for maintenance. Lot closing signs will be posted at the entrance of the lot 24-48 hours before the scheduled date of maintenance. If weather delays the project a new date will be posted on the Parking and Transit Services Web site listed below. * July 8-12 - Quilt Center (A/C), overlay, lot closed. Additional parking in the area E Burr Fedde. * July 8-9 - Law College (A, crack seal/sealcoat, lot closed. Additional parking in the area C south of McCollum Hall. * July 9 - Alexander East (Visitor), crack seal. * July 10-11 - EHS(A/C), sealcoat, lot closed. Additional parking located on East Campus Loop, 37th and Fair A/C or rock portion of parking lot. * July 10 - Beadle (A R/C), crack seal, lot closed. Park in the Area C/R at 19th Street between R and Vine Streets west of the Beadle lot. * July 12-18 - Burr/Fedde/Activities (E/A/C, overlay, partial closing west of Activities building and to the north. Park in the area E south at Burr Fedde. * July 14 - Stadium Garage (A, crack seal, lot closed. Park in NE Champions Club lot. * July 14-15 - 13th and R (Guest Lot, sealcoat, lot closed. Guest parking located in the Union meter lot. * July 15 - 501 Building (A) crack seal, lot closed. Park at the Area A west of the Stadium Drive Garage or the Area A Nebraska Champions Club. * July 15-16 - 1820 R street (C and Dock), sealcoat, lot closed. Additional parking located in the area C on 19th Street between R Street and U Street. * July 16 - Law North (A), crack seal, lot closed. Park in the Area C south parking lot. http://parking.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 2. Purchasing With a Grant Number at the UNL Computer and Phone Shop Some UNL grant numbers do not allow the purchase of computer equipment. If you plan to buy large items with a grant number at the UNL Computer and Phone Shop, bring along a requisition that has been approved by your department. Starting this fiscal year, the UNL Computer and Phone Shop will not be allowed to sell to departments without a signed requisition. Call them with any questions at 472-5785. http://sales.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 3. University Shuttle Bus - Reduced Evening Hours As a change in its summer transit schedule to reflect reduced passenger demand and increased fuel costs, Parking and Transit Services is reducing evening service for the remainder of the summer beginning July 14. Service on the Perimeter Route will end after 6 p.m. and service on the 19th-23rd Street Route will end after 8 p.m. ************************************************************************* 4. Jean M. Klasna Retirement Reception July 9 Join the TRIO program as they celebrate the retirement of Jean Klasna with a reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. July 9 in the Colonial Room at the Nebraska Union. Klasna has been with the University of Nebraska for 23 years, working as an account technician in the office of TRIO for the past eight. Friends and colleagues are invited to stop by and wish her a fond farewell. ************************************************************************* 5. Better Process Control School in Spanish, Aug. 5-8 The Food Processing Center will offer the Better Process Control School workshop in Spanish for the first time. This course is required for FDA certification of supervisors of thermal processing/canning lines. http://www.fpc.unl.edu/workshops/spbpcs.shtml ************************************************************************* 6. Quilt Exhibition on City Campus, Opening Talk July 9 Quilt Studies grad student Peggy Derrick will give an opening talk for the "Visual Elements: the Quilter's Eye" exhibition at 12:15 p.m. July 9 in the Eisentrager Howard Gallery on City Campus. This exhibition runs July 9-Sept. 25, hours are noon to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission is free and the public is welcome. More info can be found at the Web site listed below. http://www.quiltstudy.org ************************************************************************* 7. Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins Souvenir by Stephen Temperley opens the 41st season of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre on July 10. Additional performances are July 11, 12, 19, 27 and Aug. 1, 8 in the Temple Building, 12th and R. What if the most dedicated singer you ever met was incapable of singing two notes together in tune? A poignant comedy starring Rita Stinner and Brian Mathers. For tickets, call 472-4747. http://www.unl.edu/rep ************************************************************************* 8. Mongol and The Edge of Heaven open Friday at the Ross * Mongol (July 11-31)-This Academy Award nominated film recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia in 1206. * The Edge of Heaven (July 11-17)-Multi-layered and poignant, The Edge of Heaven delves into German-Turkish relations and age-old generational divide. Winner of the Best Screenplay in the Cannes Film Festival 2007. http://www.theross.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *