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April 6, 2000
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Al Mach, center, is congratulated by his family and co-workers for his retirement from University Housing March 27. Mach celebrated his 27-year career with the university, having spent 16 years as custodian at the Harper-Schramm-Smith cafeteria, the site of the gathering. He was also pleased to be reunited with his sister, Beth Donnan, right, of Phelan, Calif. Donnan and Mach's brother Bill Helmann of Albuquerque, were separated from Mach as children, and adopted, while Mach grew up in an orphanage. Mach also celebrated his 64th birthday that day. Exemplary Service to International Students AwardInternational Affairs, in collaboration with the Nebraska Alumni Association, announces a new award for to be given to a UNL employee for demonstrating Exemplary Service to International Students. Nominations are solicited from students, staff and faculty who wish to honor the dedicated service provided international students by a university staff or faculty member. Because service to international students is central to the role and mission of International Affairs, staff in International Affairs are not eligible for this award. Nomination packets should include a letter of nomination, and supportive documentation as deemed appropriate from faculty, staff and international students. Nomination materials are due April 21. Send them to: International Exemplary Service Nomination, International Affairs, 420 University Terrace, 0682. Recognition ceremonies will be held in conjunction with the Nebraska Alumni Reception for graduating international students beginning at 4 p.m. May 3 at the Wick Alumni Center. For more information, call International Affairs at 472-5358 or e-mail iaffairs@unl.edu. Masters Swim Pilot ProgramCampus Recreation is piloting a Masters Swim Program from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in April. A swim coach will be available during these times to help swimmers using a stroke analysis, planning their workout, etc. Cost for this program is $5 for current UNL students and Campus Recreation members; $10 for nonmembers. Register at either Campus Recreation Office, 55 CRec or 32 ECAB. Call Vicki Highstreet for more information, 472-3467. Distance Learning Session April 12The Teaching and Learning Center is sponsoring the Distance Learning session "Students' Perceptions on Distance Education" from 8:30 to 10 a.m. April 12 in the Selleck Hall private dining room. Norma Patterson and William Olubodun, graduate students from the Educational Administration Department, will discuss their perceptions and experiences with various programs in distance education. This will be an open discussion format and will include time for questions. To register for this session, contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 472-3079 or email teaching@unl.edu. Text Studies Presents Lilian Furst April 6-11"On the Deeper Truths of Literature," is the name of a series of sessions and a lecture presented by Text Studies on April 6-11. All will feature Lilian Furst, Text Studies Humanist in Residence, and Marcel Bataillon Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Each session begins at 4 p.m. in 228 Andrews Hall. The April 6 session, "The World of Yesterday," It will examine Romantism through Realism; Literature and Medicine, and the novel as social history and as psychology. The April 7 session will discuss "Marriage, Spinsterhood, Adultery." On April 10, the subject is "On Illness: Hysteria and Neurasthenia," women doctors and medical progress. The final session April 11 is "Freud and Vienna: A Conflicted Relationship." Furst also will present "Anorexia: A Modern Disease," a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 6 in 228 Andrews. A reception will follow. Text Studies is a interdisciplinary group of scholars that explores fundamental questions about how the meanings of texts are constructed through both cultural and technical modes of transmission J Days Brings Newscapade to CampusJ Days, the annual celebration of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, will bring USA Today founder Al Neuharth, a Freedom Forum panel and a traveling "Newseum," the Newscapade, to campus April 10-15. Along with nationally known leaders in journalism, alumni and other visitors, including the Newscapade, students will have honors convocations and meetings, and hear from mass communications experts during the week-long event. The headline event of the week is the Freedom Forum panel discussion, "Media at the Millennium," at 11:30 a.m. April 14, hosted by Charles Overby, chairman and CEO of the Freedom Forum, followed by the alumni luncheon honoring four distinguished college alumni, with Neuharth as speaker. A student honors convocation is Friday morning. The Newscapade is a traveling Freedom Forum museum, arriving April 10. It will be open on the east side of Memorial Stadium Thursday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and until 6 p.m. Friday. Admission is free. Event itinerary: Monday-Tuesday: Student-centered activities, Avery Awards display; Thursday: Newscapade opens 9 a.m.; Pizza Lunch Roundtables with visiting honor alumni and students, noon, Centennial Ballroom at the Nebraska Union; Friday: Kappa Tau Alpha Breakfast at Regency Suite, Nebraska Union, 8 a.m. Speaker is Lewis D'Vorkin, Forbes magazine editor; Honors Convocation, ballroom 10 a.m. Speaker is Overby; Freedom Forum panel discussion, 11:30 a.m. Alumni Luncheon, Wick Center, 12:30 p.m. Speaker is Neuharth. Tours of the proposed new Andersen building will follow the luncheon. arboretum.unl.edu Web Site Offers Virtual Tour of State's ArboretaBy Cheryl Alberts, IANR news "A gateway to great gardens" is how Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Director Jim Locklear describes the organization's new web site. "Gardeners can get a virtual tour of NSA's 51 affiliate sites, do plant searches, find out about gardening events statewide, link to environmental education sites, apply for green space grants for public landscapes, and order gardening books," Locklear said. The NSA web site is at http://arboretum.unl.edu. NSA appeals to a broad clientele, Locklear said. "All of the people connected with the Arboretum share an enthusiasm for plants and gardening, but they come from a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. The web site will enable us to target information to their interests far better than we can with printed publications." Locklear says many of the Arboretum's members work not only with their own properties but also with public and community landscapes. In 1999, for instance, nearly $600,000 was awarded to 64 projects statewide through programs administered by NSA and the University of Nebraska-Nebraska Forest Service, through funding from the Nebraska Department of Roads and the Nebraska Environmental Trust, a beneficiary of the Nebraska Lottery. These community landscape programs are an integral part of NSA's work, Locklear says. NSA's web site will provide information for home gardeners and funding opportunities for public green spaces, provide planning and planting information, and link to other sites related to the stewardship of larger, public landscapes. The NSA is headquartered at IANR. For more information about NSA or other gardening-related news, call (402)472-2971 or e-mail klarsen1@unl.edu.
Sophomore Michael Richman practices his flag routine in front of the CBA building March 30. Richman was conditioning for the summer tour of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps of which he is a member. Nebraska Native Speaks on Russian ElectionsThomas R. Hutson, a member of the observation team for the recent Russian election won by Vladimir Putin, will speak on his experiences at 7 p.m. April 20 in the Regency Room of the Nebraska Union. Hutson, a Red Cloud native and 1962 graduate of the University of Nebraska, also has served as a member of the elections observation teams in Bosnia and Kosovo. His speech at UNL will focus on Russia, where he was also a former counselor of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, but will also relate to his other experiences as an American diplomat in the Balkans and Middle East. Prior to his retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service in 1999, Hutson held diplomatic posts that included consul general and first secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, (1978-1980); deputy to the special representative of the president and secretary of state for economic reconstruction at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo (1997-1998); head of the U.S. Embassy Office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (Serbia) (1998; and head of office, Office of the High Representative, in Tuzla, Northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998-1999). Hutson joined the U.S. Army following his college graduation, taking postings at Ft. Benning, Ga., and Ft. Holabird, Md., where he became an infantry officer and began Combat Intelligence Officer Training. He began learning the Russian language, adding Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi (Persian) and French to his repertoire. He entered the foreign service in 1967 and soon began his diplomatic career as vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Hutson's appearance is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNL, and the UNL Russian Club. UNOPA Workshop Focuses on EldercareUNOPA will hold a spring workshop focusing on Eldercare on April 25 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Nebraska Union and from 1 to 4 p.m. in the East Union. More employed persons will find themselves caregiving for, or "caring about" the well-being of an older person. Nationwide one in four employees is an eldercare giver. Eldercare issues will surpass the need for childcare assistance in the near future. Many individuals are not prepared. Will you know where to find the answers to your questions? The workshop is free, but you must register by April 10. For more information, contact Diane Sullivan, 472-8687. Bulk Mail CatalogsIn the past Mail and Distribution Services notified the campus via an email message of the bulk mail that had been received at 1820 R St. The campus community will no longer be receiving an email notice of the listing. The listing of these bulk mail publications can be viewed on the following website: http://www.u nl.edu/purchase/mailservices/bulkmail.htm. This list will be updated Monday mornings. If you see a publication that you would like, you may pick up a copy at 1820 R St. (west side loading dock) between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Any remaining publications will be recycled on Thursday. For more information, contact Connie Rohloff, supervisor of Mail Services, 472-2533. Secretary's Day Floral Orders Due April 10Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society is taking orders for floral arrangements to be delivered on Secretary's Day, April 26. Order forms are available at http://www.unl.edu/ODK, and at 106 Administration Building and must be completed by April 10. Arrangements run between $15-$20. For more information, call Jill Beran, 474-6169 or 472-6937. Headline IncorrectDue to an editing error, a headline on an article in the March 30 Scarlet was incorrect. The Chancellor's Commission on the Status of People of Color is seeking new members, not members of the news media as the typo implied. CCSPC Seeks New MembersThere are now openings on the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of People of Color. The commission has openings for students, staff and faculty. The commission is an advisory and advocacy committee whose mission includes collecting information from all areas of the UNL community, directly advising the chancellor, and advocating for action on behalf of all people of color. The commission has been instrumental in responding to incidents on the campus and helping to shape new university activities and policies toward improving the climate for diversity at UNL. The commission meets one Thursday a month from 12 to 2 p.m. Membership requires regular participation. Faculty and staff seeking a position on the commission should submit a letter of interest and a recent resume. The letter should list past and present activities which describe abilities and interests that you would contribute to the commission. Also include your thoughts concerning problems faced by people of color at UNL or in Lincoln that you are especially concerned about and would like to address through participation on the commission. Submit your application to: Marilyn Lammers, 212 Bancroft (0384) by April 15. Free Anxiety Screenings Offered April 11Are you experiencing feelings of panic or fear, feeling keyed up or stressed out? These may be signs of an anxiety disorder. For the third year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Counseling and Psychological Services of the University Health Center, the Employee Assistance Program and the Anxiety Disorders Clinic of the Psychological Consultation Center, will offer free anxiety screenings to all UNL students, faculty and staff from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 11 in the Pewter Room of the Nebraska Union. More than 19 million Americans each year suffer from anxiety disorders, a treatable mental illness. This free program will include an educational presentation consisting of a video, an anonymous written self-test, the opportunity to meet with a mental health professional, free informational materials on anxiety disorders and other mental illnesses, and a referral if indicated. For more information about the free anxiety disorders screening, call Counseling and Psychological Services, 472-7450; the Employee Assistance Program, 472-3107, or the Psychological Consultation Center, 472-2351 Observatory Planetary Alignment Preview April 7Weather permitting, the UNL Student Observatory will be open from 8:30 until 11 p.m. April 7 for a free public viewing. The UNL Student Observatory is located on the roof of the Parking Garage across from Memorial Stadium at the corner of Stadium Blvd. and T St. The observatory will not be open if the sky is totally cloudy. There is no charge for admission. After sunset three of the five bright visible to the naked-eye planets, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, can be see close together low in the west below the thin crescent moon. This will be the last chance to see the ring-planet Saturn and its twilight companions before all three planets go behind the sun for the summer. This month's gathering is a prelude to an unusually close alignment of all five planets together with the sun and moon in the second week in May. The significance of this much publicized alignment will be discussed. The May public viewing will be from 9:15 to 11 p.m. May 12 as part of the activities of "Space Days". Watch for forthcoming announcements of Space Days activities. Children of all ages are welcome but please note that the observatory is unheated and that clear April nights can be surprisingly cool. For more information contact Martin Gaskell, 472-4788, mgaskell1@unl.edu, or visit http://www.blackst arpress.com/arin/unl/stdobsv/. Drop-In Fitness OpportunitiesCampus Recreation is offering drop-in fitness classes from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays in the month of April in the Campus Recreation Fitness/Aerobic Room, Court #2. Both aerobic and indoor cycling classes will be offered. The cost is $1 /class and free for FitPass members. The schedule is: April 8, Multiple Step (In Line Stepping), and Indoor Cycling; April 15, Step Circuit, Indoor Cycling. April 22, no class; April 29, Double Step, Indoor Cycling. For more information, call Fitness & Wellness Services at 472-3467. LONDON Lecturers Visiting Gallup CenterTwo senior lecturers in the London School of Economics' Methodology Institute will visit the Gallup Research Center April 6 and 7. Colin Mills, who is associated with the school's sociology department, and Matthew Mulford, a member of the government department, are visiting U.S. colleges on a fact-finding tour. Senior lecturer positions are comparable to the position of associate professor. While in Lincoln, they will visit with Allan McCutcheon, director of the Gallup Center. They also will meet with experts at other leading social research methodology institutes such as the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center and Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Mills and Mulford want to learn how how graduate education in social research methods can be combined with practical research experience. "In the UK we have relatively little experience of how to succesfully combine our student's classroom learning with a realistic research practicum," Mills said. "We want to learn how university centers can collaborate with both profit and non-profit organizations in the survey research world to produce benefits for the university, the organizations and the students. "We want to enhance our student's job prospects by making sure that when they leave the LSE's methodology program they have the sorts of research skills and experiences that employers value. The best way to do that is to visit universities in the U.S. that already have leading edge programs in place and successful records of collaboration." It will be a true homecoming for Mulford, who graduated from UNL with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. |
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