AND JUST HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT?
Outgoing Chancellor James Moeser (far left) chats with Mary Murrell
Faulkner
and Quentin Faulkner July 7 as Interim Chancellor Designate Harvey
Perlman
is interviewed by Kirk Ross, a reporter with the Chapel Hill News. All
were
attending the university's farewell ice cream social for Moeser and his
wife, Susan, who are leaving UNL for the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Ross was in town to interview a number of people about
Moeser's
impact on Lincoln.
State of UNL Address
Aug. 18: Harvey Perlman, interim chancellor, will deliver the annual
State of the University Address beginning at 11 a.m. Aug. 18 in the Lied
Center. An all-university picnic follows on the Lied Plaza beginning at
approximately noon. All faculty, staff and students as well as community
members are invited to both events.
Regents Approve Master of Agriculture Program
The NU Regents on June 17 approved a new master of agriculture degree
program to be offered at the Lincoln campus. The program opens a new
avenue
for advanced technical education in agriculture that should be especially
useful to Nebraskans already working in the industry.
The proposal next goes to the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for
Postsecondary
Education for consideration. Donal Burns, NU associate executive vice
president
and provost, said he didn't know when the commission would take up the
matter.
Other universities already offer master of agriculture degrees, but
UNL's
would be one of the few in the nation available both on campus and via
distance
education. Steve Waller, interim dean of UNL's College of Agricultural
Sciences
and Natural Resources and an author of the plan, said the master of
agriculture
program will differ from the typical graduate degree because it will
address
the needs of working agricultural professionals for advanced education
and
offers an alternative to the research-based master of science degree
program.
Such advanced instruction is important, Waller said, because of
ever-changing
technology and regulations in areas such as agrichemicals, crop
consulting
and the seed industry. The program will be flexible so that participants
can tailor it to meet their specific needs, and the distance-education
component
will make it easier for working professionals to participate.
Implementing the new program won't require any new faculty or new
courses,
at least initially.
The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is a
division
of NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
NU Directions Program Looks at Local
Policies
July 25 Symposium Explores High-Risk Drinking
A day-long symposium exploring ways to change the climate that
promotes
high-risk drinking will occur July 25 at the Nebraska Union.
Sponsored by NU Directions, the aim of the program is to look at
environments
that support high-risk drinking and to identify approaches to reduce this
behavior through local policies and practices. After the symposium, a
three-month
research project will begin that will identify the legal barriers and
opportunities
for new policies and practices. An October symposium will reconvene
original
participants to review research findings and create a vision for future
action.
The symposium targets community leaders, retailers, association
representatives
and prevention specialists. Cost for the one-day symposium is $20 per
participant
and the deadline for registration is July 17. Registration begins at 8
a.m.
July 25 and the symposium concludes at 5:30 p.m.
Speakers include Tom Gebhardt, State University of New York-Albany;
Robert
Maust, University of Colorado; Steve Schmidt, Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board; Michael Sparks, Vallejo, Calif.; Traci Toomey, University of
Minnesota;
Fried Whitmann, University of California-Berkeley.
The symposium is underwritten by the Woods Charitable Foundation.
For more information or a registration form, telephone (402)
472-7440.
Graduate Student Orientation Aug. 18
The 2000 New Graduate Student Orientation will take place from 1-3
p.m.
Aug. 18 in the Pascale Great Hall of the Wick Alumni Center. The event
will
allow new graduate students to interact with current graduate students,
faculty, and staff and become more comfortable with the new campus
climate.
Several campus and community organizations and services will have booths
and personnel to answer questions and/or provide information. All new
graduate
students are invited and encouraged to attend to take care of unfinished
errands, get questions answered, and meet some new faces to help
jumpstart
the year. Feel free to come and go during the event as necessary.
Refreshments
will be provided. If you have any questions, call Sara
Granberg-Rademacker,
graduate student services coordinator, at (402) 472-5062.
EHS Reminder for Shippers
EHS wants to remind all persons shipping dangerous goods via FedEx
that
you must first have taken IATA Training for Shippers, and be registered
with EHS as a designated shipper. UNMC was recently fined $3,000 for
shipping
violations, and the Federal Aviation Administration has added several
inspectors
to the Omaha office. Contact EHS (472-4925) if you need IATA training, or
if you need to register as a designated shipper.
EPA Compliance Requires Container Labeling
EHS reminds all employees that chemical collection containers must be
labeled and closed at all times. Containers must be tagged for collection
by EHS when full. For more information about chemical waste management at
UNL, contact EHS at 472-4925.
EHS Offers Safety Fact Sheets
EHS has developed new fact sheets on the following information:
preventing
heat illnesses, preventing skin cancer, and injury awareness for fingers,
backs and repetitive motion. Call 472-4925 to request these
documents.
'Red Hot' Credit Union Car Sale July 21 & 22
Participating Lincoln area auto dealers will provide no hassle,
special
reductions for Credit Union members only on most new and selected used
vehicles
on July 21 and 22. Now is a great time to save time and money on your
next
vehicle purchase with our "Red Hot Car Sale."
Save 1/4 percent off your Credit Union's already low vehicle loan
rates
during the month of July. Call the credit union at 472-2087 for a
complete
list of participating dealers, or to receive your loan pre-approval
today.
Third NSA Botanical Print Contest Offered
The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum has announced its third botanical
print
competition for native trees and shrubs.
Categories may be in the following two areas:
-- Trees: redbud, Kentucky coffeetree, hop-hornbeam, ponderosa pine,
black cherry, bur oak, red oak and basswood.
-- Shrubs: aromatic and smooth sumac, prairie wild rose, New Jersey
tea,
buttonbush, mountain mahogany, wahoo and clove currant.
Diane Murphy, an art teacher from Omaha Westside Community School, won
the previous two competitions with her watercolor illustrations of
prairie
coneflower and shell-leaf penstemon.
The winning entrant will receive $100 and retain the original artwork
and copyright, with NSA having use of the illustration for educational
and
promotional purposes. Entries must be postmarked Sept. 1. Anyone may
enter;
the contest isn't limited to Nebraskans.
Entry forms may be obtained from the NSA by phoning (402)472-7923,
e-mailing
klarsen1@unl.edu, or writing
NSA, P.O. Box 830715, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., 68585-0715.
Entry forms and images of the previous winning entries also are available
on the World Wide Web at http://arboretum.unl.e
du/booksandgifts.html;
click on botanical prints and competition.
Czech Ambassador Vondra Speaking Aug. 4
Alexandr Vondra, former pro-democracy dissident and current ambassador
of the Czech Republic to the United States, will speak at the Nebraska
Union
at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 4.
Vondra's speech, "The Czech Republic: On the Threshold of the
21st
Century," will address the Czech Republic's place in Central Europe
and its pending membership into the European Union.
Also to be addressed will be the Czechs' membership in the Visegrad
Group
of European countries. This group's members are exploring ways to advance
the status of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia countries
that were formerly under the dominance of the Soviet Union.
Vondra, 38, has been ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United
States
since the spring of 1997, when he was appointed by President Vaclav
Havel.
In the mid-1980s, Vondra participated in Czechoslovakia's democratic
opposition
groups, focusing on editorial work for the underground publications known
as samizdat. He also cooperated with opposition groups in Central and
Eastern
Europe, including Polish/Czechoslovak Solidarity.
Vondra signed and was a spokesperson for "Charter 77," a
document
in which opposition members aired their grievances against the regime of
Communist President Gustav Husak, who had opposed earlier efforts at
liberalization.
From 1990-1992, Vondra was foreign policy adviser to Havel. In
November
1999, he was awarded the National Endowment for Democracy's Democracy
Service
Medal.
Housing Exchange Program Offered
The Housing Exchange Program offers various housing options for
visiting
faculty, utilizing the vacant homes of UNL faculty on leave of absence.
The service is coordinated by the Commuter and Student Services Office,
a part of the Student Government.
Those wanting more information, or those who have houses which could
be used by this service, are asked to contact the office at 472-2585. The
Commuter and Student Services Office is located in Nebraska Union
135.
Credit Union Car Seminar July 25
Back by popular demand, NUFCU's Car Buying/Lease Seminar will be held
at 6:30 p.m. July 25 at the Clifford Hardin Center. Members attending the
seminar will learn about financing, leasing advantages, pricing,
trade-ins,
new car buying services and much more. If you're in the market for a new
vehicle, then you should plan to attend.
The seminar is free, but seating is limited. Call the credit union at
472-2087 to reserve a seat.
CIT Offers Newsletter
IANR Communications and Information Technology publishes a monthly
newsletter
- CIT Information - which provides timely articles on information
technology.
This year's topics vary from instructions for using Lotus Notes 4.6 Web
client to tips for sharing PowerPoint slide shows to "6 Steps to a
Stable, Secure, and Speedy Windows System."
The June 2000 issue topics are: New Computer, Copied Software; Upgrade
and Updates Now Available for McAfee Anti-virus Software, and Listserv
and
E-mail Etiquette.
To read the CIT Information newsletter go to http://cit.information.unl.edu
.
If you would like to receive notice when the current issue goes
online,
subscribe to the CIT-INFO listserv by sending an e-mail note to listserv@unl.edu. In the body enter:
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Seku Neblitt Was Drummer
In the June 15 edition of the Scarlet, Seku Neblitt was misidentified
in a photo cutline. Neblitt, a drummer and cultural preservationist, was
pictured with Leon Caldwell in a photo illustrating a story about an
African
dance class taught by Caldwell. Also, the photographer was David
Fitzgibbon. | 
