 
Romin Lay, of the Indonesian Student Association, serves up
some
Chicken Sate during the International Bazaar March 9 in the Nebraska
Union.
Food, clothing and gifts were sold by students from countries such as
Thailand,
Russia and China. |
Kammerer Fund Endows $2 Million in Scholarships
By Kelly Bartling, Public Relations
The hard work and generosity of a Nebraska couple will benefit
students
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the creation of the Kammerer
Scholarship Fund.
A recent donation of more than $2 million to UNL from the estate of
Otto
and Gertrude Kammerer will be matched by new contributions to be
solicited
by the University of Nebraska Foundation to create $3.5 million in new
scholarship
money for honors scholars and other deserving students
"We are so pleased with the tremendous gift from Otto and
Gertrude
Kammerer which will go toward fulfilling their dream that students who
desire
to learn will be better able to afford an investment in their
education,"
said James Moeser, chancellor. "Their generosity is a testament to
their strong belief in education."
Otto "Red" Kammerer grew up in Ashland and left home at 17
to begin working as a truck driver and construction crewman with AT&T
a career course that would ultimately span 43 years. He was a
division
supervisor of line construction in Chicago at the start of World War II,
when he enlisted in the Army. He figured prominently in planning
communications
installations for the signal corps and in planning wire communications in
France.
After returning from the war as a lieutenant colonel with the Legion
of Merit and four bronze stars, Kammerer returned to AT&T Long Lines
at St. Louis, then supervised construction of a communications project
for
the signal corps in Alaska, the Distant Early Warning system in the
arctic,
and White Alice, a vast communications network in Alaska for the Air
Force.
He retired in 1963.
He had met Gertrude Christensen in Chicago and they were married in
1928.
The couple had no children. After retirement, they lived in Omaha,
Sarasota,
Fla., and Sun City West, Ariz.
"Otto had not graduated from high school when he started work,
and
he later realized how important an education was, especially working in
the fast-changing communication field," said his nephew, Bob Stewart
of Salina, Kan. "He completed his high school education by
correspondence
and later was given the opportunity by AT&T to take college level
engineering
courses."
Stewart said the Kammerers felt fortunate for their successes, much of
which was due to AT&T's support of Otto's continuing education.
Neither attended the university, but they felt Nebraska was their home
and wanted to share their gift with the state that is still home to many
relatives and friends, Stewart said. Otto Kammerer died in 1993 and
Gertrude
in 1999.
"Otto and Gertrude decided to leave the majority of their estate
to an educational institution, for a scholarship fund, to aid students
who
otherwise would not have the opportunity to attend college," Stewart
said.
"We are thankful for the pride shown by Otto and Gertrude
Kammerer
for their home state, and for their commitment to education," Moeser
said. "This scholarship fund will continue to honor their memory for
many years to come."
 Barbara Smith to Speak on '30 Years of
Activism'
African American Scholar Speaking March 30
Barbara Smith, a noted African American scholar, will speak at UNL at
7:30 on March 30 in the Nebraska Union. Her speech, "The Truth That
Never Hurts: Thirty Years of Activism and Working For Change," will
be followed by a reception and booksigning. The event is free and open to
the public.
In her innovative work as a critic, teacher, lecturer, and publisher,
Smith was among the first to define an African American women's literary
tradition and to build Black Women's Studies and feminism in the United
States. Smith has played a groundbreaking role in opening up a national
cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class,
sexuality and gender.
Smith has edited three major collections about Black women, including
Conditions: Five, The Black Women's Issue (with Lorraine Bethel), 1979;
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are
Brave:
Black Women's Studies (with Gloria T. Hull and Patricia Bell Scott),
1982;
and Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, 1983. She is also the
co-author
with Elly Bulkin and Minnie Bruce Pratt of Yours in Struggle: Three
Feminist
Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism, 1984. These are foundational
works
in Women's Studies, literature, and Black women's history, sociology, and
culture.
Smith is the general editor of the recently released The Reader's
Companion
to U.S. Women's History, the first multicultural work of U.S. women's
history,
with Wilma Mankiller, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro, and Gloria Steinem
(Houghton Mifflin, 1998).
Her book of essays, The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race,
Gender,
and Freedom, was published by Rutgers University Press in 1998. Smith is
working on a history of African American lesbians and gays.
Smith was co-founder and publisher until February, 1995 of Kitchen
Table:
Women of Color Press, the first U.S. publisher for women of color. This
press has had a huge impact on the information by and about women of
color
available in the United States. Many Kitchen Table books are still
regularly
used in literature, Women's Studies, and sociology courses in colleges
and
universities across the United States, including UNL.
Smith's visit is sponsored by the UNL Committee on Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual,
and Transgender Concerns, the University Program Council, and the Women's
Studies Program. Co-sponsors are the Institute for Ethnic Studies, the
English
Department, and the Faculty Liaison Task Force on Diversity. For more
information,
contact Barbara DiBernard, professor of English and Women's Studies,
472-1828.
 April 13 Symposium Features 'Kept University' Co-author
Journalist Jennifer Washburn and Howard Bremer, a former president of
the Association of University Technology Managers, are featured
presenters
at a free public symposium April 13 exploring the ramifications of
sponsored
funding in university research.
The symposium, The Kept University vs. The Autonomous University,
begins
at 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
Washburn is co-author of The Kept University, an article published in
the March 2000 edition of The Atlantic Monthly. Washburn and co-author
Eyal
Press suggest that the traditional view of universities as dispassionate,
disinterested objective sources of research and knowledge is being
compromised
by increasing ties between universities and corporate entities. Further,
they argue, universities themselves are behaving like for-profit
companies
as they develop spin-off industries and grow dependent on royalty
income.
The article is available on line at http
://www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/03/press.htm.
A journalist based in New York City, Washburn is a fellow at the Open
Society Institute, a foundation founded by George Soros to promote open
and democratic societies throughout the world. She is examining the
growing
privatization of the public sphere. She is also a project assistant at
the
World Policy Institute, a NYC think tank where she has written
extensively
on foreign policy and social welfare issues. Her work has appeared in The
Atlantic Monthly, Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Newsday, the Washington
Times,
the Baltimore Sun and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Bremmer will respond to the concept of the "kept
university,"
talk about the history of private involvement in university research and
his view of the future. He is a patent attorney with long-term
connections
to the Association of University Technology Managers. He is on the
editorial
advisory board for the association's publication, AUTM Journal; has
served
on seveveral American Bar Association committees on intellectual property
law and government relations and patents and currently chairs the ABA
committee
on inventors. In the mid 1990s, he testified to the Department of
Commerce
on the effectiveness of the Bayh-Dole Act, which allows universities to
patent the results of federally funded research.
NASULGC President C. Peter Magrath will respond to issues raised at
the
symposium during an after-dinner speech at the Nebraska Union. The dinner
is by invitation only, but Magrath's after-dinner remarks are open to the
public. His talk will begin about 7:30 p.m.
Pilot Course Proves Distance No Obstacle to Arts Education
By Amy Struthers, Academic Telecommunications
Can technology play a role in music performance education?
This was the question posed by Mark Clinton, co-chair of the piano
area
in the School of Music. Clinton proposed using interactive satellite
delivery
to teach a piano masterclass through which piano students across the
state
would perform, and he would interact with the students to work on
interpretation
and technique.
Clinton believed that such masterclasses could be part of the School
of Music's on-going outreach and service efforts.
Turns out, he was right. A pilot class delivered March 4 connected
Clinton
with students and piano teachers in three cities via two-way voice and
video.
High-school age students of private piano teachers performed on grand
pianos located at the Panhandle Learning Center in Scottsbluff, at the
College
Park Learning Center in Grand Island, and at UNL's distance education
classroom
in Westbrook Music Building.
During the masterclass, Clinton's dynamic interactions with the
students
helped overcome both performance jitters and technical issues. The
adaptable
and adventurous attitudes of the participants helped make this pilot a
success.
Clinton worked with the Division of Continuing Studies' Department of
Academic Telecommunications to examine the viability of the project, to
develop solutions to any potential obstacles and to provide marketing and
student support services. A website created prior to the class gave
participating
students an opportunity to read Clinton's biographical information, to
post
their repertoire, and even create their own homepages with photos.
Private piano teachers Becky Kugler (Gering/Scottsbluff), Geri
Henderson
(Grand Island) and Charlotte Heerman (Lincoln) acted as local
coordinators,
identifying teachers and students most appropriate to participate in the
innovative masterclass.
Learning Center Coordinators Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel (Panhandle
Learning
Center) and Rich Bringelson (College Park) and their staffs moved and
tuned
the pianos and prepared their sites for the two-way audio, two-way video
broadcast.
Participating students, their repetoire and their teachers included:
in Lincoln, Jennifer Meierhenry (senior, student of Charlotte Heermann)
Brahms' Intermezzo in A major, Opus 118, #2 and Kimberly Alspaugh
(senior,
student of Marcia Wiebers) Gershwin's Three Preludes; in Grand Island:
Tertia
Hock (sophomore, student of Cindy Murphy) Mozart's Sonata in F Major, K.
280 (first movement) and Jessica Armstrong (sophomore, student of Gerri
Henderson) Chopin's Polonaise in A major, Opus 40, #1; and in Scottsbluff
Erin Bauer (junior, student of Becky Kugler) Felix Mendelssohn's Presto
agitato, Opus 53, #3 (from Songs Without Words Book IV) and Colleen
Carlson
(senior, student of Robin Brening) Fanny Mendelssohn's Il Saltarello
Romano,
Opus 6, #4.
It was evident that Clinton's conviction that interactive satellite
technology
can be used to teach performance-based subjects was in fact true. He
plans
to offer the masterclasses on a regular basis beginning in Fall 2000.
Science Citation Index Library Workshop April 11
The C.Y. Thompson Library is offering a workshop to faculty, staff and
students on the Science Citation Index on CD-ROM from 3 to 4 p.m. April
11 in the lower level computer lab of C.Y. Thompson Library.
The Science Citation Index, produced by Institute for Scientific
Information,
is available in a paper version at Love Library and on a stand alone CD
station in the C.Y. Thompson Library reference area.
The SCI database's main feature is its unique ability to allow
searching
of the cited references of the bibliographic database. SCI is a database
of approximately 3,500 of the leading scientific journal in over 150
disciplines.
If you are interested in how to search this database, plan to attend
this workshop. Because of the limited number of stations in the computer
lab, pre-registion is recommended. To register call the C.Y. Thompson
Reference
Desk, 472-4407, or email charlene@unllib.unl.edu.
UAAD Session Introduces 7 Habits April 11
The UAAD Professional Development Committee presents a "7 Habits
of Highly Effective People" introductory session from 9 to 11 a.m.
April 11 at the East Union.
Learn about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and implementing
them in your life. This two-hour preview gives you a glance at the most
dynamic training for personal and professional effectiveness ever
developed.
Attend this preview to find out if the full five-day training is right
for
you. The session is free to UAAD members.
No need to register. For more information, call Gina at 472-4454 or
Marilyn
at 472-8154.
Working With Diverse Populations Is March 30 Colloquium Topic
Rosa Purcell will speak at a colloquium, "Working With Diverse
Populations:
An 1890 Land Grant Institutional Perspective," at 10:30 a.m. March
30 in Room 121 Home Economics Building on East Campus.
Purcell is chairperson of Human Environment and Family Sciences at
North
Carolina A&T State University. As the chair of a department in an
1890
institution, Purcell has unique insights into how to work with diverse
graduate
students and encourage their enrollment. Purcell's presentation will be
followed with a response from invited guests and will end with an open
dialogue
with faculty. The university community, including faculty,
administrators,
and students, are encouraged to attend this informative session.
Purcell has held leadership positions in many professional
organizations
and is vice president of the College and University section of the
American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. She has been president of
the
Greensboro Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and
Professional
Women, has served on the board of directors of the National Black
Alcoholism
Council and United Child Development Services. Prior to coming to North
Carolina, Purcell was an extension adviser at the University of Illinois.
Purcell will be accompanied by students from North Carolina who are
interested
in learning more about UNL.
The colloquium is sponsored by the College of Human Resources and
Family
Sciences and Graduate Studies.
Chancellor Presenting GLBT Award March 27
Chancellor James Moeser will present the first award for Outstanding
Contribution to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community
March
27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
The public is invited to the award presentation, which will be
followed
by a reception with light refreshments.
The award recognizes outstanding efforts by an individual or
organization
to create an inclusive, respectful, and safe climate for gay, lesbian,
bisexual
and transgender people at UNL.
The selection criteria requires the recipient to have demonstrated a
sustained and tangible impact on the campus community by assisting the
GLBT
community, coordinating activities that promote the professional
advancement
of GLBT faculty members, promoting greater awareness of GLBT issues
within
the university, designing university environments that convey personal
safety
and mutual respect for, and among, GLBT students, faculty, and staff, and
bringing to light actual and potential oppression.
This award parallels two existing chancellor awards, Outstanding
Contribution
to People of Color and Outstanding Contribution to the Status of Women.
Like those awards, the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to the
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community will be awarded $1,000
to designate to a UNL program of her or his choice.
'Clean Your Files Week' April 17-22
As part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' National Office Paper
Recycling
Project, the UNL Recycling Services is encouraging campus offices to
schedule
a "Clean Your Files Day" for the week of April 17-22.
UNL Recycling is coordinating its effort with the city of Lincoln,
Midland
Recycling, Lincoln Public Schools, WasteCap of Lincoln and the state of
Nebraska. Organizers will measure the amount of additional paper recycled
as a result of "Clean Your Files Day" and Midland Recycling
will
give out prizes to the three offices that clean out the most paper per
person.
UNL Recycling will give out additional prizes within the university.
To enroll an office in "Clean Your Files Day," a
representative
should provide recycling coordinator Dale Ekart with the department name,
number of persons participating and the representative's name and
telephone
number or e-mail address by March 27. Ekart can be contacted via e-mail
dekart1@unl.edu or telephone,
(402) 472-6099.
Teachers College Groundbreaking April 4
The campus community is invited to attend a ceremonial groundbreaking
for the new Teachers College Building (Lyman/Bancroft Replacement
Building)
in the main lobby of Henzlik Hall on at 12:30 p.m. April 4. The ceremony
will include remarks by Chancellor James Moeser, state Sen. Dan Lynch, NU
President L. Dennis Smith, Regent Chuck Hassebrook and Dean James
O'Hanlon.
Repairs Force Closing Rec Facilities During Parts of May
As you plan tours, campus visits, etc., please be aware that Campus
Recreation
Center will be closed May 8-14, and the East Campus Activities Building
will be closed May 15-21.
These closings are required for annual maintenance and repair of the
facilities.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Campus
Recreation
at 472-3467.
Masters Week Nominations Due April 15
Deadline for nominations has been extended to April 15 for the fall
2000
MastersWeek which runs from Nov. 1-4.
Recognize successful alumni from your college by nominating them for
Masters Week. Each fall, five outstanding graduates are invited back to
campus to participate in MastersWeek. Since its inception in 1964,
MastersWeek
has been host to over 200 alumni who have shown great promise, success
and
leadership in their chosen life's work. The Masters Week program,
sponsored
jointly by the Alumni Association and the Chancellor's Office, is
designed
to involve outstanding alumni with current students and faculty through
class visits and special activities on campus.
Each college may nominate up to three candidates. All nominees must
have
earned an undergraduate, graduate or a professional degree from the
University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nominations must include a copy of the candidate's
current resume and a completed nomination form, which may be obtained
from
Shelley Zaborowski at the Alumni Association, 472-4222.
Masters Week screening committee consisting of faculty,
administrative
staff, Alumni Association and student representatives will review all
nominations
and forward recommendations to the chancellor.
For more information, contact Zaborowski or Annette Wetzel, office of
public relations, 472-8524.
Spring Affair Is April 29
The 14th annual Spring Affair plant sale will be held Saturday, April
29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nebraska State Fair Park.
More than 200 varieties of high-quality perennial plants will be for
sale, featuring some new and unusual perennials. Admission is free.
With the theme "Green-Gardening for the Next Century," the
event includes programs and demonstrations by gardening experts who will
describe the environmental benefits of using native and sustainable
plants
in the garden.
Additionally, a Spring Affair preview party is set for April 28 from
6 to 9 p.m. The event offers gardening enthusiasts the opportunity to
preview
and purchase plants before Saturday's sale. The preview party, sponsored
by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Garden Friends, requires advance
purchase
of tickets and includes dinner, music and a silent auction.
The UNL Botanical Garden and Arboretum, the Nebraska Statewide
Arboretum
and the State Fair Park Arboretum sponsor Spring Affair.
For more information, call (402) 472-2679 or visit the UNL Botanical
Garden and Arboretum Web site http://www.unl.edu/unlbga.
Thank a Student Worker Week
The Student Employment & Internship Center invites you to
celebrate
National Student Employment Week, April 2-8. This week of recognition
celebrates
the contributions of the thousands of student workers on and off campus.
This is your opportunity to thank the student workers in your department.
Be creative in recognizing your student workers; give out certificates of
appreciation, have a special ceremony thanking your student workers, host
a "food day" in your department do something to show your
appreciation for your student workers! More than 5,000 UNL students are
employed on campus, thousands more are working off campus to help pay
their
way through school. Thank and/or congratulate a student worker today
we couldn't do it without them!
Mentoring Symposium March 31
"A Symposium for Women: Mentoring, Preparation for Success"
will occur from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 31 at the Clifford Hardin
Center
for Continuing Education.
The universitywide symposium is designed to provide information,
increase
resources, and develop skills toward participating in a mentoring
relationship
and understanding the process of mentoring.
Parking is available behind the center. The fee for the conference is
$25 and includes a lunch. The registration deadline is March 28. The
registration
form is available at http://www.uneb.edu/symposium.
Tidball Award Celebration March 26
The 19th Annual Sue Tidball Award Celebration for the UNL community
will
be held at 7 p.m. March 26 in the main sanctuary of St. Mark's
on-the-Campus
Episcopal church and Student Center, 1309 R St.
The Sue Tidball Award for Creative Humanity honors persons from the
UNL
campus who are nominated by their peers for making significant
contributions
to the development of a humane, open, caring, educationally creative and
just community on the campus. Since the first year of the award program
more than 185 students, faculty and staff members have been publicly
celebrated
as award nominees, and 40 have been named award recipients.
The 2000 nominees are: Norma Jean Green, staff secretary III,
Psychology;
Christy Horn, ADA/504 compliance officer, director, Accommodation
Resource
Center and co-director, Center for Instructional Innovation; Chris
Linder,
graduate student, Student Affairs; William Parker, senior, Journalism and
Mass Communications; Virginia Ness Ray, visiting associate professor,
Theatre
Arts; Laura Schweer, senior, Arts and Sciences; Karen Weed, health aide
program coordinator and community health nurse; Donna White, secretary,
USDA/Agricultural Research Service and Barbara Wright-Chollet, director
of Special Projects in the Office of Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs.
The nominees will be publicly recognized and honored, and one or more
will be named award recipients. Recipients receive a small check and
plaque.
The event is free. For more information, call 476-0355.
Speakers Bureau Seeks Nominations for 2000-01
Nominations for the 2000-2001 Speakers Bureau are being accepted
through
April 7. Potential nominees are faculty and administrators who speak on
issues such as health and lifestyle trends, diversity, motivational or
humorous
topics, business trends, arts and humanities, education trends, natural
history, and what the university offers to the citizens of Nebraska.
Speakers
will be asked to make presentations across the state to civic and
professional
groups, high school students, and on occasion, to out-of-state Nebraska
alumni groups. Contact Barbara Bowers, Speakers Bureau Coordinator, in
the Office of Public Relations at 472-8396 to receive a nomination form,
or you may access the form at http://www.unl.edu/pr/
speakers/nomform.html.
Intellectual Property Topic of Libraries Symposium March 31
The University Libraries Scholarly Communication Symposium March 31
will
explore the issue of ownership of intellectual property. The symposium
begins
at 8 a.m. that day in the Lied Center's Steinhart Room.
Kenneth Crews, Indiana University School of Law, will open the session
at 8 a.m. with a discussion on copyright in the digital environment. At
10:15 a.m. Michael Rosensweig, department of ecology and evolutionary
biology
at the University of Arizona, will talk about how he and his colleagues
have created a new journal, a move that addresses the crisis in academic
publishing.
The symposium resumes at 1 p.m. with a panel composed of Crews,
Rosensweig,
A. Dwayne Ball of the College of Business Administration, and Judy
Johnson,
University Libraries, who will talk about their perspectives on
intellectual
property ownership.
To register for the symposium, call Agnes Adams, symposium
coordinator,
at 472-3628, by March 27.
Last Free Skate Night March 26
The last free skate night is scheduled for 9:50 p.m. March 26 at the
Ice Box. This event is free to UNL students and Campus Recreation
members.
Guests are $5. Students and Campus Recreation members can check out
skates
at the Campus Recreation Center Outdoor Adventure Rental Equipment
between
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 26. For more information, call 473-3467.
Graduate Student Research Symposium March 24
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Office of Graduate Studies is
sponsoring
the annual Graduate Student Research Symposium March 24 in the Wick
Alumni
Center.
The day-long event features presentations by graduate and former
graduate
students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of
Nebraska-Kearney,
Midland Lutheran College, and New Mexico Highlands University. Topics
range
from productivity growth in China to graduate teaching assistants'
perceptions
of classroom management and instructional roles.
The symposium will occur in the Wick Center from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
It is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Layton
Brooks, LBROOKS2@UNL.EDU,
at 472-5062 or view the Office of Graduate Studies web site address:
http://www.unl
.edu/gradstud/WhatsNew/Symposium.html.
Wheaton Retirement Reception March 24
A retirement party will be held for Darrell Wheaton from 2:30 to 5
p.m.
March 24 in Studio IV at NET, 1800 N. 33 St., East Campus. Wheaton is
senior
producer of the Interactive Media Group at Nebraska Educational
Telecommunications
will retire after 33 years of service with NET.
Sigma Xi Banquet April 18
The Sigma Xi Spring Banquet will begin at 6 p.m. April 18 in the East
Union. New and promoted members, as well as the recipients of the annual
Sigma Xi awards, will be honored. Members, nominators and seconders are
encouraged to attend with their nominee, particularly if their nominess
is an award recipient.
To make a reservation, call Max Clegg at mclegg1@unl.edu
or 472-3060 by April 4.
UAAD Listening Session April 6
What's On Your Mind? UAAD President Rosalee Swartz and the executive
board has scheduled a 90-minute, informal, listening session from 8 to
9:30
a.m. April 6 in the East Union.
This is an excellent opportunity to let the board know what is on your
mind. Current trends in managerial/professional issues will be discussed.
Parking? NU Values? Health Benefits? Air your comments.
UAAD April Meeting Date Changed to April 18
The April monthly UAAD meeting has been changed to noon April 18 at
the
Nebraska Union in order to remove a conflict with the Human Resources
Service
Awards presentation. Guest speaker will be Bruce Currin, assistant vice
chancellor for Human Resources.
Women in Science Conference March 31, April 1
Nebraska EPSCoR and the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer
Education is hosting the Women in Science conference on March 31 and
April
1 at the Cornhusker Hotel. Participants must register in advance.
Women in Science is a conference to encourage high school women to
pursue
their interests in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
Opportunities
to meet role models and establish mentoring relationships will be
stressed.
The conference keynote speaker will be Evelyn T. Patterson, associate
professor
of physics and the director of the Center for Physics Education Research
at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
For more information, contact Jane Kaufmann at 472-8965 or jkaufman@unlnotes.unl.edu.
EHS Seeks Waste Minimization Proposals
Environmental Health and Safety will accept Waste Minimization
Proposals
for this quarter until March 31. All departments are eligible to
apply.
This is an great way to fund waste minimization projects your
department
might not otherwise be able to afford. Our goal is to reduce the volume
and/or toxicity of waste generated by any process or procedure. Every
project,
from the innovative to routine, will be considered.
Guidelines and the proposal form are available at the EHS web page
http://www.unl.edu/environ
under
the link to Forms, or on the Subject Index under Waste Management. EHS
personnel
are willing to assist you with identifying potential projects for waste
minimization. For more information call Judd at 472-6513.
EHS Will Collect Unused Aerosol Cans
Environmental Health & Safety is now collecting all empty and
unwanted
aerosol cans. EHS will handle any material in the cans and then send the
cans to be recycled as scrap metal. Some aerosol cans, including those
that
are empty, may be classified as hazardous waste if not recycled as scrap
metal. Therefore, it is critical that these aerosol cans be managed
through
EHS.
Place aerosol cans for collection in a box labeled "Aerosol Cans
for Recycling." If you generate a lot of cans, EHS can supply you
with
a drum for collection purposes. When the box or drum is full, seal it,
and
attach a completed Hazardous Materials Collection Tag. Mail the top copy
of the tag to EHS at 3630 East Campus Loop, EC-0824.
Contact Judd Davis at 472-6513 if you have any questions, or to
coordinate
the most efficient collection procedure for your department. To obtain
Hazardous
Materials Collection Tags, call Joy Irons at 472-4925.
Angkor Subject of March 24 Lecture
The Asian Arts and Culture Guild will present Professor Robert D.
Fiala,
"Angkor: The Genius of the Khmer," at 7:30 p.m. March 24 in the
Morrill Hall auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The Khmer civilization had its base in what is present day Cambodia.
At one time it was the dominant force in southeast Asia; from
approximately
the ninth to the fifteenth centuries it held sway over a vast area
stretching
from Burma to Vietnam and into China. The primary legacy of this
prosperous
religious kingdom remains its hundreds of temples.
Prof. Fiala's slide lecture presentation will focus on the varied
temples
and temple complexes known collectively to the outside world as Angkor,
including: Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm, and Banteay Srei.
Fiala has been on the faculty of Concordia University in Seward,
Nebraska,
since 1965 and has also taught a number of history courses at UNL as well
as giving numerous lectures throughout the university. He has also
taught
for extended periods at Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, at the
Normal
College of Foreign Languages in Beijing, China, and at Oak Hill College
in London.
Fiala has made numerous separate visits to Asia as well as to Europe
and has combined these travels and academic pursuits with an interest in
photography. He sponsored the Seward Travel Series for many years. He
spent portions of the springs of 1998 and 1999 in Cambodia.
CSE Day Is April 21
The computer science and engineering department will host its annual
Computer Science and Engineering Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 at
Ferguson
Hall.
"The computer science and engineering fields offer outstanding
career
opportunities for students who graduate with a B.S. degree," said
Mohamed
Fayad, associate professor of computer science and engineering and CSE
Day
coordinator. "Professional positions in the field are plentiful and
challenging, and average starting salaries are consistently among the
highest
for new graduates in national surveys. However, many qualified high
school
students fail to consider earning degrees in computer science or computer
engineering, due to those subjects' low visibility in typical high school
curricula. Thus, we are striving to highlight the fields through
activities
directed toward students interested in science and technology."
The day will include a programming contest modeling after the
Association
for Computing Machinery's annual collegiate programming contest, in which
NU teams have had a long history of success. A Nebraska team won the
world
final in 1984, and Nebraska teams have been frequent participants in the
finals during the mid- and late 1990s.
CSE Day activities are structured to stimulate student interest in the
field. Technology workshops and interactive research seminars will focus
on exciting and motivating computer science topics. For more information
about Computer Science and Engineering Day, contact Fayad by telephone,
(402) 472-2615, or e-mail fayad@cse.unl.edu.
Degree Grade Rosters Due April 21
Degree Grade Rosters identifying May 6 degree candidates will be
mailed
to faculty on April 7. The deadline for returning the rosters to the
Graduation
Services Office, 109 Canfield Administration Building, is April 21.
Wilson Speaking at Libraries' Visiting Scholar Program
Betsy Wilson, associate director of Libraries for Research and
Instructional
Services at the University of Washington, will be the guest speaker for
this year's University Libraries Visiting Scholar Program April, 6 in the
Nebraska Union. The program will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with
refreshments
served from 9:30 to 10 a.m.
During the 10 to 11:30 a.m. morning session, Wilson will speak on her
involvement with the UWired program a unique, collaborative effort
sponsored by UW's office of Undergraduate Education, Computing and
Communications,
and the Libraries. UWired seeks to find ways to promote access to
information
technology, fluency in information technology and resources, and to
promote
innovation in the use of technology in teaching and learning.
The 1:30 to 3 p.m. afternoon segment of the program will feature a
panel
discussing the issues, challenges and opportunities relating to the
provision
of library instruction in a changing environment.
The program is free and open to the public. To RSVP, or request
additional
information, contact Paul Hoffman, 472-2516, or paulh@unllib.unl.edu.
Foundation Invites Faculty, Staff to Support Campaign Nebraska
In 1993, the University of Nebraska Foundation announced Campaign
Nebraska,
a fund-raising effort to secure private financial support for faculty,
students,
programs, facilities and equipment at the University of Nebraska.
Campaign
Nebraska comes to a close on Dec. 31, 2000. Now, during the final months
of the Campaign, faculty and staff members are invited to join UNL alumni
and friends who are committed to advancing the institution.
Faculty and staff members know first-hand the importance of private
support
and the effect it has on enhancing UNL. Faculty and staff participation
in this effort will demonstrate the university community's commitment to
strengthening UNL.
Without gifts from individuals, many campus successes would not be
possible.
The effects of Campaign Nebraska are evident across the campus: more than
850 new scholarships have been funded and more than 30 new professorships
and chairs have been established at the university. Campus construction
projects are under way with the assistance of private support. While
these
are impressive accomplishments, a number of priority campus objectives
must
still be funded.
This effort gives faculty and staff the opportunity to choose areas to
support at the university, such as their own departments or programs,
libraries
or campus beautification. Faculty and staff can participate in this
effort
by responding to a letter that will arrive at their homes in the next few
weeks.
Symposium Addresses Biblical Book of Esther
A group of international scholars will address aspects of the biblical
Book of Esther from Christian and Jewish perspectives April 2 and 3 in a
symposium sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council, Creighton
University,
and UNL.
The first day of the symposium will have two afternoon sessions at
Creighton's
Skutt Student Center and a 7:30 p.m. keynote address at Omaha's Beth El
Synagogue, 14506 California St., where Ori Soltes of Georgetown
University
will present "Illustrating the Book of Esther: Why, When,
Where?"
The second day will feature morning and afternoon sessions at UNL's
Nebraska
Union, 1400 R St., and a 7:30 p.m. keynote address at Morrill Hall, where
Jon Levenson of the Harvard Divinity School will deliver "Commenting
on Esther as an Ecumenical Problem." There is no registration fee
for
the symposium.
The Book of Esther is the story of the rescue of the Jews during their
persecution under the Persians. Salvation came through the efforts of
Queen
Esther, wife of the Persian King Ahasuerus, and her cousin Mordecai. Jews
commemorate the event each year during the festival of Purim.
Esther has had an extremely diverse and interesting history. It is the
only book in the Hebrew Bible which never mentions God, nor does it
contain
any undisputed religious references. Because of this, its place in both
the Jewish and the Christian canons has at times been called into
question.
Esther herself has been both criticized and praised as a feminist
heroine,
and the story condemned as violent. The symposium will address these
questions
and many others.
UNL professors presenting at the symposium include Sidnie Crawford
White,
John Turner and Jean Cahan.
For more information, call (402) 472-2460.
Recycling Conference April 4
The third annual Midwest region College and University Recycling
Conference
is scheduled for April 4 at the Nebraska Union.
Conference goals are to provide practical, goal-oriented information
which attendees can use to reduce waste generation; help attendees make
better-informed decisions on solid waste management; enhance recycling;
and integrate waste reduction and recycling practices into the campus
lives
of students, faculty, staff and administrators. More than 100
participants
are expected.
"The conference is for anyone on a college or university campus
who is involved with solid waste and recycling," said Dale Ekart,
UNL
recycling coordinator. "But it's also designed for students and
faculty
who are interested in environmental initiatives, and it should also be
informative
for representatives from off-campus institutions such as hospitals,
nursing
homes, state and federal buildings, and hotels."
The conference is sponsored by the National Recycling Coalition and
its
College and University Recycling Council. Registration begins at 7 a.m.,
followed by introductions and opening remarks at 8. One-hour concurrent
sessions are scheduled for 9 and 10:30 a.m., and 1 and 2:30 p.m. The
conference
will end by 4 p.m. Individual registration is $100 for NRC-CURC members,
$120 for non-members, $20 for students. Lunch is included. For more
information,
contact Ekart at 472-6099.
Mach Retirement Reception March 27
A retirement reception will be held for Al Mach from 2 to 4 p.m. March
27 in the north dining room of the Harper-Schramm-Smith Food Service
Building.
Mach is a custodian II in Housing. He has been with the university for
almost
28 years.
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