************************************************************** ** 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: Apr 28, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Service Awards Program 2. Annual Steam Outages for 2009 3. Parking and Traffic Congestion May 4-8 4. Annual Maintenance Closedowns for Campus Rec Centers 5. Lincoln Marathon and Half Marathon May 3 6. Change to International Student Check-in EVENTS TO ATTEND: 7. Dr. Norman Smith Retirement Reception April 29 8. Dr. Nancy Lindsley-Griffin Retirement Reception April 29 9. Robert Fought Retirement Reception April 30 10. Astronomy Day at the NU State Museum / Planetarium 11. Biotechnology / Life Sciences Seminar April 29 12. Chemistry Colloquium May 1 13. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Seminar May 1 14. Department of Agricultural Economics Spring Seminar Series 15. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture 16. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series 17. Mathematics Colloquium May 1, Minac, absolute Galois groups 18. SWAP Meet: Podcasting 101 19. Role of the Supervisor in the New Environment May 6 20. Legal Issues for Business May 7 ARTS AND MEDIA: 21. 4th Annual UNL Staff Art Show Seeks Artists 22. Of Krummhorns, Viols and Hurdy Gurdies 23. School of Music Events: April 28-May 4 24. Fados and Everlasting Moments now playing at the Ross 25. UNL Clay Club Spring Sale May 1-2 26. "American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940" Book Now Available 27. University of Nebraska Press Mother's Day Book Sale 28. Missouri/Nebraska Baseball on NET Television ************************************************************************* 1. Service Awards Program Congratulations to all who are receiving an award this year for continued service at UNL. These awards are presented to employees who have achieved years of service in increments of five years. Award recipients may view award options and make award selection online at the URL below. Recipients will be honored at the combined event of the 2009 State of the University Address and the Employee Service Awards Program on Sept. 10 at the Lied Center. Award selections need to be made by May 18. For assistance, contact Rosalinda Ramirez at 472-5250 or rramirez3@unl.edu. http://hr.unl.edu/general/serviceawards.shtml ************************************************************************* 2. Annual Steam Outages for 2009 Planning for the annual steam outages has begun. The centralized steam distribution system must be shut down to conduct required maintenance of equipment,including replacing and upgrading many key components of the University's Utility System. The outages will occur on the following dates depending upon an average weekly high temperature of 60 degrees or more. * City Campus only from May 10 through May 16. * East Campus only from May 17 through May 23. These dates were selected due to the decreased student activity on campus. During the steam outages there will be no heating and no process steam available in those building systems served by campus steam. In order to help us plan for these outages, contact Charlie Griesen, at 472-8612 or cgriesen2@unl.edu with any questions or concerns. http://fmp.unl.edu/utility/index.shtml#SteamOutage ************************************************************************* 3. Parking and Traffic Congestion May 4-8 Students will be moving out of residence halls May 4-8, with the heaviest movement on Thursday and Friday. Watch for barricades, closed traffic lanes and parking cadets providing traffic control around the residence halls, including 14th Street west of the Harper/Schramm/Smith/Village complex and 16th, 17th and Vine Streets between "R" and Vine. ************************************************************************* 4. Annual Maintenance Closedowns for Campus Rec Centers The City Campus Rec Center will be closed to all activities May 11 to May 17 for annual maintenance work. The CREC member services desk and the EC Activities Building will remain open for member and patron use. Annual maintenance work at the East Campus Activities Building will occur May 18 to May 25, with the city campus Rec Center open for use during that time. Visit the Web site or call 472-3467 for more information. http://crec.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 5. Lincoln Marathon and Half Marathon May 3 The Lincoln Marathon and Half Marathon will take place May 3 beginning at 7 a.m. in front of the UNL Coliseum. There will be limited parking near the Campus Rec Center during the morning hours due to this event. Campus Rec members and students are asked to plan accordingly. ************************************************************************* 6. Change to International Student Check-in Effective May 11, check-in for new international students will take place at 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at International Affairs. Students who come in for check-in at other times will be asked to return for the next 3 p.m. check-in. ************************************************************************* 7. Dr. Norman Smith Retirement Reception April 29 A retirement reception for Dr. Norman Smith, Department of Geosciences, will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 29 in Elephant Hall of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Smith arrived at UNL in 1998 and served as department chair from 1998-2004. Refreshments will be served. ************************************************************************* 8. Dr. Nancy Lindsley-Griffin Retirement Reception April 29 A retirement reception for Dr. Nancy Lindsley-Griffin, Department of Geosciences, will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 29 in Elephant Hall of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Lindsley-Griffin has been a professor in the department for the past 26 years. Refreshements will be served. ************************************************************************* 9. Robert Fought Retirement Reception April 30 The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will celebrate Dr. Robert A. Fought, associate dean, on the occasion of his retirement from UNL after 35 years of service. The celebration will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. April 30 in the Studio Theatre of the Temple Building at 12th and R St. R.S.V.P. to Sara Simonsen at 472-9339 if you plan to attend. ************************************************************************* 10. Astronomy Day at the NU State Museum / Planetarium Celebrate Astronomy Day at Morrill Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m May 2. It will be a fun day of science for all ages with planetarium shows, hands-on activities, demonstrations on space travel, rocketry, robotics, physics, telescopes and much more. All visitors will have the chance to win one of three telescopes and other giveaways. Located south of 14th and Vine St. http://www.spacelaser.com ************************************************************************* 11. Biotechnology / Life Sciences Seminar April 29 "The Algal Endosymbioses of Hydra," will be presented by Dr. Daniel Martinez, Pomona College, at 4 p.m. April 29 in E103 Beadle. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. http://biotech.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 12. Chemistry Colloquium May 1 Professor Cathleen M. Crudden, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, will present "Transition Metal Catalysis with Molecules and Materials" at 3:30 p.m. May 1 in room 112 Hamilton Hall. The event is sponsored by the UNL Research Council and open to the public. http://chem.unl.edu/index.shtml ************************************************************************* 13. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Seminar May 1 Raghuveer Singh will present "Metabolic and Genetic Engineering in Thermotoga maritima," and Derek Gyllenhammer will present "Journal Talk: 'Virus-free Induction of Pluripotency and Subsequent Excision of Reprogramming Factors'," at 3:30 p.m. May 1 in N172 Beadle Center. The seminar is sponsored by the School of Biological Sciences and is free to all interested faculty, staff and students. ************************************************************************* 14. Department of Agricultural Economics Spring Seminar Series Bettina Klaus, associate professor, Department of Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (Currently research fellow at Harvard Business School), will present the seminar, "Matching Theory and Market Design,"at 3 p.m. May 1 in 210 Filley Hall. This seminar is free and open to the public. http://www.agecon.unl.edu/seminar.html ************************************************************************* 15. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture Huiming Bao, Lousiana State University, will present "Dry Fogs and Snowball Earth: Two Extreme Cases of the Terrestrial Oxygen-17 Anomaly" at 3:30 p.m. on May 1 in Bessey Auditorium. ************************************************************************* 16. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series "The Material Brain," will be presented by Corina-Stefania Drapaca, assistant professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, at 1:30 p.m. April 29 in 237 SEC. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Biological Systems Engineering. There will be an informal reception at 1 p.m. in W317.7 Nebraska Hall. The public is welcome. ************************************************************************* 17. Mathematics Colloquium May 1, Minac, absolute Galois groups Professor Jan Minac of the University of Western Ontario, Canada, will speak in the Mathematics Department Colloquium series at 4 p.m. May 1 in Room 115 Avery Hall. His title is "The Bloch-Kato Conjecture and Small Quotients of Absolute Galois Groups." The talk will be preceded by refreshments in Avery 348 at 3:30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public. http://www.math.unl.edu/~swiegand1/schspr09 ************************************************************************* 18. SWAP Meet: Podcasting 101 Bring your lunch from noon to 1 p.m. April 29 at the Nebraska Union (room to be posted) to learn about Podcasting. What is it? How does it work? Todd Jensen with the New Media Center will be presenting. The event is brought to you by the Instructional Technology Group, a division of Information Services. http://swap.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 19. Role of the Supervisor in the New Environment May 6 Fred Luthans will present, "Role of the Supervisor in the New Environment," from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 6 at the Ferguson Center in Lincoln. Learn how the new environment is affecting today's supervisor/manager including how goal-setting and positive feedback facilitates our understanding and motivating of human resources. UNL faculty and staff receive a discount. For more info contact UNL Management Development Seminars at 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 20. Legal Issues for Business May 7 Learn about the legal issues business owners face, including legal entity choice and structure, business succession, valuation and estate planning issues, tax compliance issues and real estate legal pitfalls at this interactive seminar, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 7 at the LIBA center in Lincoln. UNL faculty and staff receive a 30 percent discount. To register or for details, call Department of Management, Business Seminars, 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 21. 4th Annual UNL Staff Art Show Seeks Artists The 4th Annual UNL Staff Art Show will be Nov. 2-13 in the Rotunda Gallery in the Nebraska Union. Open to full-time and part-time staff at UNL. The show is non-juried and 2-D and 3-D fine arts media are accepted. Meet other artists and have fun. If you would like to participate, contact Valerie Bender at vbender1@unl.edu or 472-2887 for more information. ************************************************************************* 22. Of Krummhorns, Viols and Hurdy Gurdies "Of Krummhorns, Viols and Hurdy Gurdies: Sounds of the Medieval and Renaissance World," will be presented by the Lincoln Early Music Consort at 5 p.m. May 7 at the Music Library in the Westbrook Music Building. The group will play instruments and songs from the Medieval and Renaissance period. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. An annual meeting will follow the presentation. http://iris.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 23. School of Music Events: April 28-May 4 * April 28 at 7:30 p.m., UNL Opera will present "Later The Same Evening" in Sheldon Museum of Art in the Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. Tickets are required for this event which is free and open to the public. * April 29 at 7:30 pm, the Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Carolyn Barber, will give their final concert of the Spring semester in Kimball Recital Hall. Thursday, Apr 30 at 7:30 p.m., the Symphonic Band, under the direction of Anthony M. Falcone, will give their final concert of the Spring semester in Kimball Recital Hall. The concert is entitled "Inspirations" and will feature guest conductor Douglas W. Bush, and trombonists Dr. Scott Anderson, Craig Mathis, Marissa Penner, and Josh Deutmeyer. * May 1 at 7:30 p.m., Musical Theatre Showcase will present "A Reason to Love" in Westbrook Recital Hall, room 119. The program will feature 12 masters students from the School of Music and the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. This event is free and open to the public. Note that this performance contains adult language and situations. Unless otherwise noted tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors and will be available at the door approximately one hour before the performance. Additional information can be found on the UNL School of Music Web site. http://www.unl.edu/music ************************************************************************* 24. Fados and Everlasting Moments now playing at the Ross * Fados (April 24-May 7) - Using Lisbon as a backdrop, director Carlos Saura explores Portugal's most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). The result is a ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers. * Everlasting Moments (April 24-May 7) - Sweden, early 1900s. In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery-an event that changes her life and makes her see the world through new eyes. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 25. UNL Clay Club Spring Sale May 1-2 The UNL Clay Club will host its Annual Spring Ceramics Sale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 1, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2 in Richards Hall, room 118 on city campus, across the parking lot from Memorial Stadium. For more information, call the Department of Art and Art History at 472-2631. ************************************************************************* 26. "American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940" Book Now Available Now available from the University of Nebraska Press and the International Quilt Study Center: "American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940," edited by Marin F. Hanson and Patricia Cox Crews. This book, first in a series cataloging the IQSC collections, contains full-color photographs of over 587 quilts as well as significant historical context. For more information, visit: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/American-Quilts-in-the-Modern-Age-1870-1940,674044.aspx ************************************************************************* 27. University of Nebraska Press Mother's Day Book Sale Save 25 percent off a selection of Mother's Day gift books available from the University of Nebraska Press. The featured books include an assortment of biographies, regional interest titles, and fiction, including the 2009 One Book One Nebraska Selection "A Lantern in Her Hand" by Bess Streeter Aldrich. The offer expires May 8. Browse these books and find the discount code at the University of Nebraska Press Web page listed below. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/pages/MothersDay.aspx ************************************************************************* 28. Missouri/Nebraska Baseball on NET Television The Missouri Tigers and the Huskers tangle on the Hawks Field diamond at Haymarket Park in Lincoln when "Nebraska Baseball" airs at 2 p.m. May 2 on NET1 Cable 12, over-the-air 12.1 and in high-definition on NET-HD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *