Breakfast, Anyone?
Nebraska Union Retail Assistant Tammy Hennecke reaches for a muffin
while
working in The Bakery. Muffins, sandwiches, bagels and soup are among the
food items for sale daily in the eatery.
No Scarlet Spring Break Week
The Scarlet will not publish the week of spring break, March 11-16.
The
Scarlet will publish March 8 and 22. The deadline for the March 22
edition
is noon March 15.
Two Offices Relocate on Campus
The staff of the J.D. Edwards Honors Program moved to the Esther
Kauffman
Academic Residential Center Feb. 26. The new address for the J.D.
Edwards
Honors Program is: 123 Kauffman Center, Lincoln, NE 68588-0690. The phone
number is 472-6000 and the fax is 472-5101. Because construction is
incomplete,
access to the Kauffman Center will be restricted until June. If you need
to meet with someone at the Kauffman Center, you are asked to call in
advance
to ensure access to the building.
The dean's office of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing
Arts
and its subsidiaries, Arts Are Basic and Artist Diversity Residency
Program,
will move to its new location in Woods Hall March 7. The new campus
mailing
address will be 102 Nelle Cochrane Woods Hall, City Campus, 0144. Zip
code
and phone numbers are unchanged. For more information on this move,
contact
the main office at 472-9339 or e-mail kmcallister2@unl.edu.
Education Master's Program Clarified
Due to incorrect information from a source, a story in the Feb. 15
Scarlet
mischaracterized the title of a master's program offered through the
Teachers
College. Those enrolled in the program will earn a master's of curriculum
and instruction with a focus on education and diversity in a program
focusing
on urban education.
Workshop Highlights Visa Needs for J-1 Scholars
The Office of International Affairs is offering a workshop on from
9:30
to 11 a.m. March 14 at the Nebraska Union. This workshop will focus on
procedures
for bringing visiting scholars to UNL including documentation needed for
the insuance of the immigration form (IAP-66) and procedures and
suggestions
for completing the newly revised IAP-66 request form. The Office of
International
Affairs encourages faculty members who would like to invite visiting
international
scholars to UNL and staff members who regularly work with visiting
international
scholars and/or their paperwork to attend this workshop. For more
information,
contact Karen Cagley at kcagley2@unl.edu.
Distance Learning Session March 21
The Teaching and Learning Center will sponsor the Distance Learning
session,
"Distance Educational Opportunities and Limitations," at 8:30
a.m. March 21 in the Selleck Hall private dining room. Gwen Nugent,
director
of educational telecommunications for University Television, will be the
featured presenter.
Much discussion is taking place on college campuses about distance
educational
opportunities and limitations; however, the discussion and research tends
to focus on administrative issues and on perceptions of administrators
and
faculty, not students. Although there has been individual course
evaluations
of distance education classes, there is little systematic, comprehensive
research dealing with obstacles and facilitators for distance education
students.
This presentation will report on a survey of distance education
students
from UNL's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Classes
surveyed represented a variety of subject matters and used a variety of
delivery methods (web, satellite, videotape, and combination). Results
will
be discussed in terms of five emerging themes: student support services,
technology, interaction with the instructor and other students, time and
cost. Implications for distance education teaching strategies will also
be presented.
To register for these sessions, contact the Teaching and Learning
Center
at 472-3079 or email teaching@unl.edu.
Pawnee Sky Legends Featured Show at Planetarium
Throughout history, many cultures have looked to the heavens and
pondered
their place in the cosmos. One such culture, the Skidi band of the Pawnee
Native American Nation, patterned its life on observations made of the
Earth
and celestial phenomena. Now the intriguing traditions and philosophy of
the Skidi has come alive in a new sky show featured at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln's Ralph Mueller Planetarium.
"Spirits from the Sky: Thunder on the Land" begins Feb. 24
and provides a never-before-seen journey into the Skidi culture. Produced
by Chicago's Adler Planetarium under a grant from the National Science
Foundation
and in collaboration with the Pawnee tribal elders, the show is a rare
glimpse
into a fascinating society that was almost lost to history. Mueller
Planetarium
is one of only three sites in the nation designated as an evaluation site
for "Spirits from the Sky."
"We are very proud to be able to bring this program to Nebraska,
the site of much of the Pawnee heritage," said Jack Dunn,
planetarium
coordinator. Dunn said Adler Planetarium staff spent a great deal of time
in Oklahoma and Nebraska researching the history and location for origins
of the Pawnee cosmology. Additional research came from the Field Museum
in Chicago.
"Spirits from the Sky" will be presented at 2 p.m. on
Saturdays
and Sundays through April. Tickets at $4 general admission and $3 for all
students go on sale at 1:30 p.m. in the planetarium lobby in the
University
of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall). Schools and other groups may
arrange
special showings of "Spirits from the Sky" and to make use of
special teacher materials. For further information, telephone the
planetarium
at (402) 472-2641 or visit its site on the World Wide Web http://www.spacelaser.com.
Food Processing Center Assists Food Entrepreneurs
The Food Processing Center's "From Recipe to Reality"
seminar
is scheduled for March 14. The one-day seminar is designed for people
interested
in marketing a family recipe, restaurateurs exploring the sale of a house
specialty, storeowners contemplating the development of a private label
product or producers considering sales of an agricultural product.
The registration deadline is March 1. Early registration is encouraged
due to limited space. Seminars will also be offered in Lincoln on April
30, June 14, Aug. 17 and Oct. 16. One seminar date has been scheduled in
Chicago on April 20.
The From Recipe to Reality seminar is the first phase of the Food
Entrepreneur
Assistance Program, which assists entrepreneurs through all phases of
developing
a food manufacturing business.
The purpose is to help participants decide whether a food
manufacturing
business is right for them.
To receive an informational packet on the Food Entrepreneur Assistance
Program or other FPC services, contact: Arlis Burney, Food Processing
Center,
University of Nebraska, 143 H.C. Filley Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0928,
Phone
472-8930, e-mail: aburney1@uni.edu;
Website: http://fpc.unl.edu.
The S.S. Reynolds Wrap
From left: Students from Barr Middle School in Grand Island work on
building
a tin foil boat during the Discover Engineering event Feb. 23 in the Cook
Pavilion. The event, hosted by the College of Engineering and Technology
exposed more than 300 middle school students to engineering principles
and
problem solving.
CA Offers Administrative Fellowship
The University of Nebraska Office of the President is accepting
applications
and nominations for the Equity in Opportunity Administrative Fellowship.
The fellowship provides an opportunity for a University of Nebraska
faculty
or administrative staff member to acquire administrative experience in
the
Central Administration office.
The fellowship aims to increase the professional opportunities for
faculty
or administrative staff members who may not have traditionally been
afforded
professional experiences that would lead them to consider service in
senior
administrative positions at the University of Nebraska.
Internal applicants will be considered for the fellowship. The
selected
fellow will receive release time from his or her current university
responsibilities
to assume administrative responsibilities in Central Administration for
one academic year. Beginning with the fall 2001 semester.
To apply, submit a current vitae and a letter expressing interest and
the reasons why you believe you meet the stated purpose of the
fellowship.
The application deadline is April 30. Send forms to Shari Clarke, special
assistant to the president for diversity and equity, University of
Nebraska,
125 Varner Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0745.
Sexual Orientation Educator Speaking March 5
The University Program Council, in a cosponsorship with the Allies at
UNL, will present author and speaker Shane Windemeyer March 5 at the Lied
Center.
Windemeyer's presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to
the public.
Co-editor of the book Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of
Being
Gay in a College Fraternity, Windemeyer is one of the foremost educators
on sexual orientation issues and greek life. He speaks candidly about his
experience coming out to his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, and how
homophobia
hurts everyone.
In his presentation, he combines humor and his personal experience to
destroy stereotypes that perpetuate homophobia and shed light on an often
invisible segment of the college greek community - its gay, lesbian and
bisexual members.
The University Program Council is a volunteer student organization
designed
to address the co-curricular, social, recreational, cultural and
educational
needs of the UNL campus.
Human Rights Policy Researcher Presenting March 5
Carole Nagengast, human rights and policy researcher, will give a
lecture
titled "Cultural Relativity and Global Human Rights" March 5.
Nagengast's address begins at 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. It is free
and open to the public.
An associate professor at the University of New Mexico, Nagengast
conducts
research on class, nationalism, ethnicity and culture, political economy,
anthropology and history, human rights and public policy. She has
conducted
field research, published books and articles, and taught classes on
Central
Europe, Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border region. She travels regularly
to Poland, where she has followed the country's transition from socialism
and its effects on the daily lives of farmers and rural and urban
workers.
She also has an ongoing research interest in Mixtec-speaking people from
Oaxaca, Mexico, especially the conditions of those who migrate north in
search of work.
Nagengast is a longtime human rights activist and teaches and writes
extensively on issues of political violence and the universality of human
rights. She was the recipient of the City of Albuquerque Bridge Award in
1995 for her human rights work. She served on the board of directors of
Amnesty International USA from 1986 to 1992 and as chair of the board
from
1991 to 1992. She was elected to another three-year term in 1998.
Women's Voices Conference March 9
Honoring Women's Voices, a conference for all faculty and staff on the
four NU campuses, will be held on March 9 at the Clifford Hardin Center
for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege streets.
The objectives of the conference include:
o to empower women in their professional lives;
o to provide strategies for dealing with topical issues facing women
on the University of Nebraska campuses and women in higher education;
o to ensure that women are affirmed as valuable and contributing
members
of the University community;
o to provide opportunities for professional development, networking
and
support.
The keynote address, "A Report on the Status of Women Faculty in
Science at MIT - Moving Forward," by Nancy Hopkins, professor of
molecular
biology at MIT. The lunch address, "I Am That I Am: Woman,
Black,"
by Adilah Barnes, executive producer of the Los Angeles Women's Theatre
Festival.
For more information and to register, visit http://www.uneb.edu/Conference
.
Wilderness First Responder Course March 9-18
Staying in Lincoln over Spring Break? Outdoor Recreation will offer
the
Wilderness First Responder Course. It is the current standard for outdoor
leaders and guides and is recognized nationally and internationally. This
80-hour curriculum has both practical and theoretical applications. The
program emphasizes principles of treatment and decision making
guidelines,
not memorization. Registration is limited so register early.
Registrations
are accepted through the Outdoor Recreation Program of Campus Recreation.
Registration fee: $450.
To register, complete the registration form (available at the Campus
Recreation Center or by calling 472-4777) and submit it with the
registration
fee to: Outdoor Recreation (WFR Course), 55 Crec 0232. For more
information
contact Outdoor Recreation at 472-4777 or 472-8871.
Law College Open House March 3
The University of Nebraska College of Law will host its annual open
house
from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 3 at Ross McCollum Hall.
The program will provide information about preparing for law school,
the admission process and career opportunities. Open house guests will
experience
a law school class first-hand. Current students will share their law
college
experiences. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact the College of Law's Admissions Office
at (402) 472-1268. Reservations are recommended.
Funds Available From Convocations Committee
The UNL Convocations Committee in April will review applications for
funding requests for the fall semester of 2001. The grants, which may be
used for support of visiting speakers, are generally in the $300 to $500
range. Funds are limited and the process is competitive. The deadline for
application is April 16. Guidelines and application forms may be obtained
from the Faculty Senate Office or Sue Ann Gardner sgardner2@unl.edu.
Moon, 3 Planets in Telescope's View March 2
The UNL Student Observatory will be open to the public from 7 to 10
p.m.
March 2 for viewing of Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and the moon.
Venus has been the very bright object shining in the western sky after
sunset in recent weeks. The planet is now beginning to go rapidly between
the earth and the sun and will appear as a large crescent in the
telescope.
The main attraction of the evening will be the first-quarter moon high in
the sky.
"The late winter and early spring are my favorite times for
viewing
the moon in the evening sky," said UNL astronomy Martin Gaskell.
"The
amount of detail you can see is very impressive."
The moon will form a trio in the sky with Jupiter and Saturn. This
will
be a last chance to see them well placed in the sky until the end of the
year. The observatory telescope shows the rings and moons of Saturn very
prominently.
There is no charge for admission and children of all ages are
particularly
welcome. A UNL astronomer will be on hand to answer questions. The UNL
Student
Observatory is located on the roof of the Stadium Parking Garage, 10th
and
T streets. The observatory is unheated, so visitors should dress warmly.
The observatory will not be open if the sky is totally cloudy.
The observatory's April public night will be on April 6 as a kickoff
to "Astronomy Weekend 2001." For more information about the
Student
Observatory, contact Martin Gaskell by phone, (402) 472-4788 or e-mail
(mgaskell1@unl.edu),
or visit the observatory's Web site http://www.blackst
arpress.com/arin/unl/stdobsv/.
Free Skate Night March 4
Campus Recreation will sponsor free Skate Night from 9:40 to 11 p.m.
March 4 at the Ice Box. Skate Night is free to currently enrolled NU
students
and current Campus Recreation members. Guests can skate for $5. Skates
are
available for rental on site or they can be borrowed from Outdoor
Adventures
Rental Equipment located in the Campus Recreation Center. For more
information,
contact Campus Recreation at 472-3467.
Rent-A-Car Refuels For You
Did you know that you could return your rental vehicle back to
National
Rent-A-Car without stopping to refuel and not get hit with a $4 per
gallon
refueling charge? National Rent-A-Car will refuel the vehicle for a
university
employee at self-serve prices as long as you are a member of the National
Emerald Aisle program. This program normally carries a $50 membership
fee,
however, that fee has been waived for all University of Nebraska
employees.
This service allows you to by-pass the rental counter, choose your own
vehicle,
and take advantage of this refueling option. For membership applications
contact University Travel Services at 486-4111.
Make Address Changes on Personal Data Forms
The Scarlet mailing list for all university employees is generated at
Mail Services through a master list created by the Personal Data Form.
This
list is initiated at the departmental level when employees begin service
or leave the university. All address changes must be made through changes
in the Personal Data Form. Those who receive the Scarlet but are not
university
employees can make address changes by contacting Diane Taurins at the
Scarlet,
321 Canfield Hall, 0424, 472-8518 or scarlet@unl.edu.
Reception March 5 for Programming Team Members
A reception for four students representing UNL at the world computing
programming finals will occur from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 5 in 114
Ferguson.
Three senior computer science and engineering students, Lucas Sabalka,
Yixin "Peter" Guo, and Joshua Brown, with Jeffrey Ifland as
reserve,
are returning to the ACM World Finals Programming Contest in Vancouver,
British Columbia on March 10.
They placed first among 109 teams in the North Central Regionals last
November. Now they will compete against 63 teams who emerged from 2,700
teams worldwide.
Accompanying them is their coach, Charles Riedesel, chief
undergraduate
advisor of the department. Team members Sabalka, Guo and Brown earned an
honorable mention two years ago in the World Finals in the
Netherlands.
Working in three-person teams, the students rely on their programming
skills and creativity during a five-hour battle of logic, strategy, and
mental endurance. Students solve complex problems using both traditional
and new programming languages, including C, C++, Java, and Pascal. Teams
prepare throughout the year to develop their problem solving prowess in
hope of earning bronze, silver, and gold medals at the competition. Most
coveted is the title "World Champions."
Progress can be monitored on the Web at http://www.acm.org/contest.
2nd Landscape Design Workshop Set for March 24
University of Nebraska and commercial landscape specialists will
present
a half-day workshop on basic home landscape design at the Nebraska East
Union March 24.
The Saturday workshop is a repeat of a popular workshop held in
February.
"There was such tremendous interest in the first workshop that we
wanted to offer it again for those that were unable to attend," said
Anne Striech, a UNL horticulturist and workshop organizer. The workshop
is designed for anyone interested in learning more about home
landscaping.
The workshop is 8:15 a.m. to noon. Topics include landscape design
process
and principles, plant selection and how to find professional assistance
in designing a landscape. It also will focus on the importance of
landscaping
in terms of a home's overall livability and value and will present basics
on developing or renovating a home landscape.
Presenters include landscape architect and Steve Rodie, UNL landscape
specialist; Kim Todd, UNL lecturer and Finke Gardens and Nursery
landscape
architect, and Streich.
Pre-registration through March 22 is $25 per person or $40 per couple.
After that date the rates are $35 and $50. Registration is limited to
the
first 150 people. To register, send a check payable to the UNL Department
of Agronomy and Horticulture to: Landscape Design Workshop, Department of
Agronomy and Horticulture, 377 Plant Sciences Bldg., University of
Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68583-0724. For information, call (402)472-8616.
NSF Scholarships Reward Science, Math, Computing Majors
As many as 40 scholarships of $3,125 per year are available to
University
of Nebraska-Lincoln upperclassmen or graduate students in computer
science,
mathematics and statistics or electrical engineering as part of a
National
Science Foundation-funded project to aid underrepresented groups.
The scholarships are one component of an educational package designed
to provide support and guidance for students who will be UNL juniors,
seniors
or graduate students, and who qualify for the scholarships by having a
grade-point
average of at least 3.0 and are Pell eligible.
Preferential consideration for the scholarships will be given to
students
in groups historically underrepresented in computer science, engineering
and mathematics, those being women, racial and ethnic minorities, and
students
from economically disadvantaged rural communities.
The project is funded by a $270,000 NSF grant to the Center for
Science,
Mathematics and Computer Education.
Applications are due April 15, and transfer or students new to UNL are
eligible to apply.
"Our goal is to attract new students in these underrepresented
groups,"
said Steve Goddard, professor of computer science and engineering at UNL.
"We will be targeting community colleges and other state colleges as
well as former students who may currently be underemployed because their
education has been interrupted by the need to work. Through the
scholarships
and other efforts, we hope to achieve 100 percent retention and job
placement
rates for graduates."
The scholarship recipients will be part of a new learning community,
the Computer Science and Technology Learning Community, that will operate
under the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education. The
community
will give special support and encouragement to the scholarship
recipients,
include a seminar class and opportunities for tutoring and mentorship.
Other
"coaches" in industry or academia will be available with
expertise
in a career field identified by the student as an area of primary
interest.
Interested students can find more information by calling Marilyn
McDowell
at (402) 472-2790, or by contacting any of the associated departments or
the UNL Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. A Web site for
application
information has been established - http://physi
cs.unl.edu/directory/lee/csems/csems.html.
Conflict Prevention Is Workshop Goal
Partnerships are becoming increasingly common in rural areas. However,
conflict can arise when a larger organization's goals clash with those of
other groups.
A conflict management workshop, scheduled March 22-23 in South Sioux
City, will discuss how conflict relates to individuals, organizations and
communities, said Charlotte Narjes, special projects coordinator for the
Center of Applied Rural Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The workshop is sponsored by the Partnership for Rural Nebraska and the
Northeast Regional Development Network.
Participants will learn about the nature of conflict, the development
of interpersonal skills and the methods of using those skills to help
groups
reach compromise.
Jackie Miller of Lincoln will facilitate the workshop. Miller is a
certified
trainer in mediation and will use a variety of group and individual
activities
to help participants apply conflict management techniques.
The workshop is recommended for anyone working in rural development.
Past participants have included University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension
educators, law enforcement officials and community leaders.
Sessions begin at 1 p.m. March 22 at the city hall in South Sioux City
and conclude at noon March 23.
For more information or to register, contact Narjes at (402)472-1724.
The fee is $25 before March 16 and $35 afterward. Registration is
limited,
so early enrollment is appreciated. Hotel accommodations, if needed, must
be made separately. Applications also are available online at http://www.ianr.unl.edu/rural
/academy.htm.
The PRN is a cooperative organization of the State of Nebraska, the
University
of Nebraska, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Rural
Development
Commission and the Nebraska Development Network.
CARI is a part of NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural
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