Ingraham Wins Award at National Art Exhibition

Elizabeth Ingraham, assistant professor, art and art history, was awarded first place for her sculpture, "desire," in the national fiber art exhibition, "What the Eye Can Touch," at The Hunger Artist Gallery in Albuquerque, N.M.

"Ingraham's life-sized female forms are shaped as much by materials as by longings and unfulfilled passions, seeming both limp and empty and pensive," sid said Roberta Gossman, gallery director Another of Ingraham's figures, "longing," was chosen by Charlotta Kotik, curator of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, for inclusion in this year's annual group exhibition at Viridian Artists, Inc., in New York City.

Ingraham's series of five interactive "snowglobe" sculptures, titled "global warming," was included with the work of 26 other nationally recognized sculptors in the exhibition "Intervals, Frames and Accelerations" at the Froelick Adelhart Gallery in Portland, Ore. Her sculpture will also be in ANA 29, a national exhibition juried by art critic and cultural historian Lucy Lippard at the Holter Art Museum in Helena, Mont. The exhibition opens on Aug. 28 and continues through October.

Ingraham will have a solo exhibition of her work in September at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul.

Ingraham is a faculty member in the Visual Literacy Program at UNL.

Quilt Study Center Awarded IMLS Conservation Grant

Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will undertake a general conservation survey of its world-class quilt collection.

The Conservation Assessment Program, funded by IMLS and administered by Heritage Preservation, will provide resources for a two-day visit by conservation professionals. They will make an assessment of the condition of the quilt collection and recommend priorities for long-term planning.

"We are very pleased to receive support from IMLS. This assessment will be extremely helpful to us in our long-range planning and fund-raising for our collection," said Patricia Crews, center director and professor of textiles, clothing and design.

The International Quilt Study Center opened nearly three years ago after Robert and Ardis James donated more than 900 quilts and pledged their financial contributions to UNL to encourage the interdisciplinary study of all aspects of quiltmaking and preserve tradition.

"Museums are the stewards of the artistic, historic, and scientific collections that comprise our national heritage. IMLS is proud of the part it plays in helping museums keep their collections viable for generations to come through these Conservation Assessment Program grants," said Beverly Sheppard, acting director of IMLS.

IMLS, a federal grant making agency located in Washington, D.C., awarded 150 Conservation Assessment Program grants in 2000 totaling $826,740.

WCREC Employee Loomis Died July 21

An employee of the West Central Research and Extension Center was fatally injured on the job July 21 while working at the Gudmundsen Ranch near Whitman.

James Loomis, 50, had worked as an ag tech III since Dec. 1, 1998. His was the first job-related death to occur at the university since 1981. He was checking on cattle, a typical job assignment, when the four-wheeled vehicle he was riding apparently flipped, killing him. Richard Clark, associate director of the WCREC, said Loomis was an extremely cautious and conscientious employee, especially in regarding to riding this type of vehicle.

"He was a good individual and a good employee. He was a good mechanic as well. We are obviously going to miss him," Clark said.

Funeral services occurred in Alliance.

The university community extends its sympathies to his surviving four sons, his parents and brothers.

Printing Services' Kapke Died Aug. 2

Paul Kapke, 35, a supply control supervisor for Printing and Copy Services, died Aug. 2 as the result of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident the previous day. Kapke had been an employee since May 1994. A funeral service was held Aug. 7 at Lincoln Berean Church.

He is survived by his wife, three sons, his parents, a brother and grandmothers and a host of extended family including aunts, uncles and in-laws. Ken Walvoord, assistant director of custodial services in Facilities Management, is Kapke's uncle.

Memorials for Kapke are suggested to his family or also can be contributed in his name to an account at any Union Bank.

The university community extends it sympathies to his family.

Calhoun, Karels Serving in SVCAA Office

Tom Calhoun and Gordon Karels are serving appointments in the office of the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Karels is the acting associate vice chancellor. He has taken over most of the duties previously assigned to David Brinkerhoff, who is acting senior vice chancellor this semester while Richard Edwards is on medical leave. Among Karels' duties are the budget process, the Nebraska Performance Model, administrating Othmer and J.D. Edwards funds, allocating faculty efforts under bylaw 4.3 and summer sessions. Karels is on leave as associate dean of the College of Business Administration as is the Nebraska Bankers Association College Professor of Banking in the department of finance.

Calhoun is interim associate vice chancellor and is charged with tasks related to undergraduate curriculum such as course approvals for IS and ES status, the Honors Program, General Studies, universitywide assessment, and first-year experiences. Calhoun's appointment is for one year. He replaces Nancy Stara who has returned to teaching.

Calhoun is on leave as director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies. Marcela Raffaelli is serving as acting director of the institute.

Biochemistry Grad Student to Receive Hardin Fellowship

Emily Ross, a graduate student biochemistry, has received the Hardin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship.

In her doctoral research, Ross is examining the function of hemoglobins in rice. These proteins are found in normally developing rice in cell types under stress. This research could lead to understanding more about how the proteins have evolved.

Darrell Nelson, dean of the Agricultural Research Division, said the $2,000 fellowship will supplement Ross' graduate assistantship. The biochemistry department will receive $1,000 of operational support for the research program.

The Hardin fellowship has been awarded since 1984 and is endowed by a gift from former chancellor Clifford Hardin.

Income earned by the fund supports research in plant physiology with emphasis on genetic mechanisms influencing plant responses to stress conditions.

NETV's Wild Horses Wins National Award

Wild Horses, An American Romance, a co-production of the statewide Nebraska ETV Network and South Dakota Public Broadcasting, won top honors at the 2000 Central Educational Network awards.

Wild Horses won the top award in the cultural documentary category. Public television stations across the country submitted more than 150 entries to the annual competition.

Filmed in five spectacular locations in the West, Wild Horses tracks the history, mythology and modern-day plight of mustangs. It takes a close look at a Montana herd with strong Spanish bloodlines and follows a Nebraska farmer as he adopts a mustang.

Wild Horses was written, directed and produced by Nebraska ETV executive producer Christine Lesiak. Jim Sprecher of South Dakota Public Broadcasting and Michael Farrell, television program manager for Nebraska ETV, were the executive producers. The documentary was narrated by actor Wes Studi, featured in Dances with Wolves and Last of the Mohicans.

EEVACS Award Winners Announced

Douglas Beals and Brad Muehling, both from Facilities Planning and Construction, won EEVACS Awards for the third quarter of fiscal year 2000. They have demonstrated excellence in the performance of their job duties and have contributed to the goal of Business and Finance to conduct the business of the university in an "Effective, Efficient, Value-Added and Cost-Savings" manner.

Hull Honored for Contributions to Public TV

Ron Hull, dubbed the "father of public television outreach" by his colleagues in public broadcasting received the inaugural Diana Jergensen Award for Outstanding Outreach by the Public Television Outreach Alliance. Hull is a special adviser to Nebraska Educational Telecommunications and professor of broadcasting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The award, named for Diana Jergensen, recognizes significant contribution to the development, vision and leadership of public television outreach and the communities they serve. Jergensen was outreach director at KUED/Salt Lake City before dying of cancer in 1999.

The PTOA is a consortium of five public broadcasting stations WETA Washington, D.C.; KCTS Seattle; WQED Pittsburgh; KET The Kentucky Network and Nebraska ETV-that encourage public television stations to maximize their community outreach efforts through the production of annual outreach projects, professional training, system-wide communication and research.

Ag-Relations Council Honors Massengale

Martin Massengale of Lincoln, longtime University of Nebraska administrator, will receive the Nebraska AgRelations Council's highest honor this fall.

Massengale will receive the council's Exemplary Service to Agriculture Award at a dinner Sept. 13 in Grand Island, said Larry Hudkins of Malcolm, chairman of the council's awards committee. The event at the takes place annually during the Husker Harvest Days farm show in cooperation with the Midlands Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association.

Massengale is the 20th person to receive the award. The Kentucky native came to Nebraska as vice chancellor of NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 1976. He was chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1981-1991, interim president of the NU system from 1989-1991 and university system president from 1991-1994. He has directed IANR's Center for Grassland Studies in Lincoln since 1994.

Massengale, an agronomist, has been president of the Crop Science Society of America. His many honors and awards include: American Society of Agronomy Outstanding Service Award, Agricultural Builders of Nebraska Distinguished Service Award, Nebraska Agribusiness Club Public Service to Agriculture Award and the Ak-Sar-Ben Agricultural Achievement Award. In 1993, Massengale was a Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement honoree.

The Nebraska AgRelations Council is a statewide, non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization dedicated to increasing awareness of and appreciation for agriculture and its contributions to Nebraskans' social and economic well-being.

Jess Named Associate Director of Conservation & Survey

The new associate director of the University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division has said he wants to emphasize assisting local governmental units, such as irrigation and natural resources district boards, in understanding better how the system can work for them. The university needs to do a better job of helping them get the information they need for far-sighted management of the state's natural resources, he added.

"The division has been out in front with technical information, but this is a side of water issues directly related to water and yet not to the physical aspects. It's working the government of water, or other natural resources, that needs some attention," said Michael Jess, also senior lecturer with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resource Sciences and former director of the state Department of Water Resources.

Jess believes the university can do more to help undergraduates become more adept at working in and with the local forms of government they will encounter, he said.

"Mike has a wealth of experience in natural resources and related policy matters that should be of great value to the division, the university and the state," said Mark Kuzila, CSD director. "In addition, this appointment should give the division some significant visibility in water issues."

Jess assumed the duties of CSD associate director, a half-time position, on July 1. He replaces Duane Eversoll who stepped down after serving nine years as associate director to focus on his scholarly service and research duties. He will also continue to work with the School of Natural Resource Sciences and the Water Center in the planning of the annual Nebraska Water Conference and other duties. Jess joined the division in March 1999 after serving as director of DWR since 1981. He also worked for CSD and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before becoming a hydrologist for the Illinois Water Survey in 1972. He became deputy director of DWR in 1975.