Items depicting Japanese-American experience during World War II are on display in the Nisei Collection now housed in the Special Collections area of Love Library. A related conference from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 28 will study the history of race relations in Nebraska and the university's 1942 decision to buck public sentiment, which focused on Japanese-Americans as the enemy, and enroll more than 100 Japanese-American students.

Meeting To Explore WWII Racial Experience

A Sept. 28 conference hosted by UNL will explore the history of race relations in Nebraska and the university's 1942 decision to buck public sentiment, which focused on Japanese-Americans as the enemy.

In 1942, the University of Nebraska admitted more than 100 Japanese-American college students who had been placed in internment camps by the U.S. government in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. The university's decision to admit this large number came despite a state history of hostility toward "enemy" and minority populations, yet the students were warmly received on campus and in Lincoln.

"This is an interesting twist on Nebraska society," said Andrew Wedeman, director of UNL's Asian Studies Program. "We're really interested in answering why these people were here. In a state with terrible race relations, why is it that UNL took on one-fourth of the students coming out of the internment camps during 1942?"

Among the presenters will be Bill Hosokawa, a retired Denver Post editor, and Gary Okihiro, a Columbia University professor, both of whom have written on the internment and college relocation programs. Hosokawa was himself interned and later paroled to work at the Des Moines Register.

The conference The conference is set for 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 at Embassy Suites, 1040 P St. It is free and open to the public. Andrew Wedeman, director of UNL's Asian Studies Program, said the presentations will take the form of story telling, oriented to a mass audience.

Sept. 24 Horticulture Lectures Canceled

Public lectures Sept. 24 by the director of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta have been canceled.

Because of air travel complications arising from last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., Carla Pastore is unable to travel to Nebraska to present the lectures. She was scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in UNL's East Union and at 7 p.m. at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education as the featured presentations of the 2001 Roger D. Uhlinger Memorial Lectures in Horticulture. The Uhlinger Lectures, hosted by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, will return in fall 2002. For more information, call 472-2971.

E&T Career Fair Oct. 2

The Engineering and Technology Career Fair Fall 2001 will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union. More than 100 employers from across the country will be available to speak with engineering and technology students and alumni. Employers are also interested in talking with computer science students and may be interested in other science majors such as chemistry, biology and physics.

The fair is appropriate for students looking for career information, co-ops, internships, summer jobs, or permanent post-graduation positions.

For more information, call Lark Bear, 472-7073.

Finnell Reception Sept. 26

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs is hosting a farewell reception for Susanna Finnell, director of admissions, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Heritage Suite of the Nebraska Union.

Finnell is leaving UNL to join her husband, Richard, who has taken a position with the Texas A&M Health Sciences Center as the director of the Institute of Biotechnology and Science.

Sept. 25 Forum To Address Sept. 11 Events

A forum to allow discussion of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will begin at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 in the Nebraska Union. The forum is presented by University Foundations Program, ASUN/student government, the Union, the Office of Student Involvement, UNL Honors Program and others. A faculty panel will speak and take questions from the floor. The evening will end with a discussion among students focusing on "what can we do now?"

The forum is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jim McShane, foundations program director, 472-2700.

Degree Application Deadline Sept. 28

Sept. 28 is the deadline for applying for a degree to be received on Dec. 22. A $25 non-refundable degree application fee must accompany the Application for Degree form. The fee applies only to the term indicated on the application and is not transferable to another term. Applications are to be filed at the Graduation Services Office, 109 Canfield Administration Building.

Sally Buchholz Farewell Sept. 25

University Communications is hosting a farewell reception for Sally Buchholz from 3-5 p.m. Sept. 25 in the Schorr Presidential Suite, top floor of the Hewit Place, 1155 Q St.

Buchholz is leaving UNL to become director of annual giving at the University of Nebraska Foundation. Buchholz has been a part of UNL for 14 years, most recently serving as the interim director of public relations, and enjoyed a long career in Publications Services and Photography.

International Society Announces Award Program

Phi Beta Delta, the honor society of international scholars at UNL, has established an annual awards program to recognize a faculty member, a domestic undergraduate or graduate student, and an international undergraduate or graduate student.

Information about the program and nomination/applications forms are available from International Affairs, 420 University Terrace. Call 472-5358 or get a form on the International Affairs Web site http://www.iaffairs.unl.edu .

The deadline for submission of nomination/application forms and letters of support for this year's award is Oct. 15.

Planetarium Announces Fall Laser Show Schedule

Laser light shows return to Mueller Planetarium with a schedule of Sunday afternoon family laser shows and Friday and Saturday evening rock laser shows through mid-November.

The schedule for family laser shows, all beginning at 3:30 p.m.:

• Sept. 23 - Brooks and Dunn (Laser Country);
• Sept. 30 - Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync;
• Oct. 7 - Enya;
• Oct. 14 - "'60s Laser";
• Oct. 28 - "Halloween Laser";
• Nov. 4 - "Laser Country";
• Nov. 11 - Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera;
• Nov. 18 - "Laser Fun 2."

Admission for matinee family laser shows is $5 general admission, $4 for college students with ID and $3 for children 12 years of age and under.

The schedule for evening rock laser shows (not intended for children), with shows at 8 and 9:30 p.m. each day:

• Sept. 21-22 - Dave Matthews Band;
• Sept. 28-29 - "Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon";
• Oct. 12 - Phish;
• Oct. 13 - Santana;
• Oct. 26 - Jimi Hendrix;
• Nov. 9 - Tori Amos;
• Nov. 16 - "Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon."

Admission for evening Laser Fantasy rock shows is $5 general admission and $4 for college students and seniors.

Tickets for all laser shows go on sale 30 minutes before show time in the planetarium lobby in the University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall), 14th and U streets. For more information, telephone (402) 472-2641 or visit Mueller Planetarium's Web site http://www.spacelaser.com.

Graduate School Seminar Sept. 22

If you are interested in graduate school opportunities, take advantage of a unique opportunity to attend a free seminar and learn what it take to get into your top-choice school. On Sept. 22, UNL personnel and Kaplan staff will talk about graduate school opportunities. These sessions will be offered at the Nebraska Union:

· 9 a.m.: Welcome and introduction to the seminar.

· 9:30 a.m.: Concurrent session 1A, Graduate School Opportunities, Sara Granberg-Rademacker, UNL Graduate Studies; concurrent session 1B, Interviewing Skills, Christina Fielder, UNL Career Services; concurrent session 1C, Dental School Opportunities, Dr. Curtis Kuster, UNMC Dental College.

· 10:45 a.m.: Concurrent session 2A, Law School Opportunities, Denise Archer, NU Law College; concurrent session 2B, Interviewing Skills, Christina Fielder, UNL Career Services; concurrent session 2C, MBA - Business School Graduate Opportunities, Judy Shutts, UNL College of Business Administration.

n Noon: Panel Presentation of Graduate Opportunities/Admissions Processes

Register by calling (800) 527-8378 and register to win $25,000 toward graduate school expenses.

For more information, contact Sara Granberg-Rademacker, graduate student services coordinator, at 472-5062 or sgranberg2@unl.edu.

Khem Shahani Memorial Sept. 28

The Department of Food Science and Technology and the family of Khem Shahani invite his friends and colleagues to a memorial program in his honor at 3 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Clifford Hardin Center for Continuing Education, Nebraska Room.

Light refreshments will follow the program. Colleagues will remember Shahani as a longtime faculty member at UNL in the Department of Food Science and Technology and for pioneering work on the health benefits of yogurt and other dairy products. Shahani died July 6 while vacationing with his wife in Sicily.

For more information, contact Pat Gergen at 472-5302 or pgergen2@unl.edu.

Gift Helps Several UNL Programs

Alumnus Dale Jensen of Scottsdale, Ariz., recently gave $2 million to bolster various areas of UNL and to fulfill his philanthropic commitment to Campaign Nebraska.

The College of Arts and Sciences gains two endowed chairs. The gift established the Dale M. Jensen Chair in Computer Science for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Dale M. Jensen Chair in Mathematics for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The annual income from these permanent endowments is matched with funds from the Donald and Mildred Othmer estate and provides faculty salary, research and support stipends.

Jensen's gift also benefits the College of Journalism and Mass Communications with support for its newly renovated building, Harold and Marian Andersen Hall. Another portion aids the athletic department with support for the director's chair.

Born and reared in Lincoln, Jensen said the university has always been an integral part of his life.

"I learned my trade at the university, and I will be eternally grateful for everything it provided me," he said. "I am happy to give back in this way."

Jensen co-founded the computer software firm Information Technology Inc. in Lincoln with Donald F. Dillon in 1976. While the business has since been sold, he is proud that the company continues to employ many NU graduates and students.

Speakers Bureau Launches 7th Season

The UNL Speakers Bureau began its seventh year this fall. This free service connects faculty and other university experts with service organizations, schools and other groups who want knowledgeable, interesting speakers on a variety of topics.

Last year, 155 speaking engagements were booked. Some audiences were as small as eight members and others as large as 200. An estimated 6,200 people were reached by university experts through the Speakers Bureau.

The 2001-2002 members of the Speakers Bureau and their speech titles are:

James Carr, professor, chemistry, "Atrazine in the Platte River and Lincoln Wellfield" and "Freshman Chemistry."

Thomas Clemente, assistant professor, agronomy and Plant Science Initiative, "Agricultural Biotechnology."

Robert Diffendal Jr., research geologist, Conservation & Survey Division, "The Land Before Time: High Plains Aquifer," "Landslides and Earthquakes and Floods in Nebraska?" and "Some Changes in China: 1979-2001."

Janice Driesbach, director, Sheldon Memorial Art Galley and Sculpture Garden, "American Treasures at the Sheldon," "From Floating Figure to Torn Notebook," and "Current and Coming."

Judy Driskell, professor, Nutritional Science and Dietetics, "Should I Take This Vitamin?"

Deanna Baxter Eversoll, director, University and Community Partnerships and UNL Sage Program, "Boomers: What Lies Ahead?" "Do We Dare to be 100?" and "Can We Build Civic Capital Through Youth Sports?"

Glenn Hoffman, professor and head, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, "Bringing Engineering to Life" and "Salting the Earth: Will We Survive?"

Alan Kamil, George Holmes Professor, Biological Sciences, "How the Theory of Evolution Began" and "What I Know, Think and Believe about Evolution."

Lyn Kathlene, professor, political science, "Balancing the Good Life with Tax Relief," "The Social and Political Impacts of Neighborhood Design and Urban Development," "A Different Voice: Women and Policy."

Linda Major, project director, NU Directions, and Tom Workman, communications coordinator, NU Directions, "NU Directions: Addressing High-Risk Drinking," "Responsible Hospitality: Its Role in Curbing Collegiate High-Risk Drinking," and "The Power of Parenting."

Jill Morstad and Rick Evans, co-directors, The E.J. Faulkner Writing Program, "Evaluating and Improving Professional Communication" and "Professional Communication in a Networked Environment."

Brito Mutunayagam, associate dean and professor, College of Architecture and extension educator, Cooperative Extension, "Citizen Planners and Community Planning" "Learning Environments for the Future."

Terrance P. Riordan, professor, agronomy and horticulture, "Quality Lawn: Minimal Effort" and "Developing New Turfgrasses (or How I Got to Play Golf with Ben Crenshaw)."

Gregory Snow, associate professor, physics and astronomy, "Students Track 'Little Pieces of Stars'" and "Big Science, Big Politics."

Katherine Walter, chair, Special Collections and Preservation Department, UNL Libraries, "Nebraska's Newspapers: Pages of History," "Cather's Treasures," and "Special Collections: Research Bonanza."

Georgianna Whipple, recruitment specialist, food science and technology, "Let Your Taste Buds Bloom," "Making a Gummy Worm," and "More Than Cooking."

Darryl White, professor, trumpet, "Jazz: How to Listen."

To Book A Speaker To receive a brochure that describes each speaker's topics or to book a speaker, contact Barbara Bowers in the Office of University Communications, 202 Canfield Administration Building, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0424; by telephone at (402) 472-8396; or by e-mail speakers2@unl.edu.

Landscape Services Offers All Kinds Of Help

By Kay Kottas, Landscape Services

As we proceed through the semester, it's a good time to remind faculty and staff of the role Landscape Services plays at UNL.

Our main office is at 1340 N. 17th St. on the south side of the Holdrege Street overpass. This hub of activity is where many of the daily services you have come to expect are managed. These include curb and gutter maintenance, snow removal, grounds maintenance, outdoor trash collection, landscape design and planting, nursery management, and all aspects of Botanical Gardens administration.

Landscape Services oversees more than 20 gardens and an Arboretum on both campuses; collectively referred to as the UNL Botanical Gardens and Arboretum or The Garden.

We encourage you to use The Garden for social and educational events. You should contact our office if you want to schedule any type of event on the campus grounds; that means anything from a class tour to an ice-cream social, department picnic or wedding.

When you contact us, we can tell you if other events are scheduled, reserve a space for you and provide trash receptacles, when necessary. We can also take safety precautions to make sure that there are no heavy equipment or chemical applications scheduled in the area at the time of your visit.

If you would like more information about our services, gardens, or history, please feel free to call Landscape Services at 472-2679.

You can also visit our Web site. There you will find a quarterly newsletter and details on upcoming events. Our web address is http://busfin.unl.edu/UNLB GA/index.html.

Jones Mentoring Award Seeks Nominees

Leadership Lincoln, a nonprofit community leadership development program in Lincoln and Lancaster County, invites nominations for the 2001 Melvin W. Jones Mentoring Award. The award was created by Leadership Lincoln to honor Jones, who at the time of his death in 1999 was vice chancellor for business and finance at UNL.

The award recognizes individuals whose mentoring relationships empower those they mentor, and whose efforts positively affect individuals of all generations. Criteria for the award include: development of significant relationships with others to assist them in career, personal and community growth issues; impact on others' lives; encouragement of others to engage in mentoring relationships; service as a role model and inspiration to those mentored; and demonstration of community trusteeship through a commitment to mentoring relationships and promotion of diversity in community leadership and trusteeship. Nominees are not required to have participated in one of Leadership Lincoln's leadership development programs.

"Throughout his professional career, Melvin quietly and consistently offered his experience, time, talents and perspectives to students, staff members and colleagues who had the desire to do more and do better, for themselves and their communities," said M. Colleen Jones, his widow.

Letters of nomination should address how the nominee's actions relate to the criteria and should be mailed to Leadership Lincoln, 920 O St., Suite 300, Lincoln, NE 68508, by Oct. 1. The recipient of the 2001 Melvin W. Jones Mentoring Award will be honored at Leadership Lincoln's Fall Recognition Banquet on Oct. 25.

For more information, contact Leadership Lincoln at 441-4661 or Executive Director Deane Finnegan at 441-4662.

Deadline For Associate Vice Chancellor For Research Post Extended

UNL invites applications of current tenured UNL faculty for the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. This is a special academic-administrative appointment on a 12-month basis, with a 0.75 FTE. The AVCR will play a major role in encouraging and facilitating faculty to apply for and secure external funding. This person will supervise UNL research compliance services and serve as the research standards officer. As part of the management team of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, this person will also:

• Participate in team building
• Develop research initiatives
• Conduct grantsmanship workshops
• Network with funding agencies.

Required Qualifications: Terminal degree, demonstrated record of scholarly achievement and success in attracting external grants.

Preferred Qualifications: Research administrative experience including budgetary experience.

Applications will be accepted from current UNL faculty members and will be reviewed beginning Oct. 1. Interested candidates should forward a letter of interest, an up-to-date vita and names/addresses of three references. If the position is not filled through the campus-level search, a national search will be conducted.

Please e-mail nominations and applications to UNLresearch@unl.edu or mail to: AVCR Search Committee, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 302 Canfield Administration, Lincoln, NE 68588-0433

The University of Nebraska is committed to a pluralistic campus community through affirmative action and equal opportunity. We assure reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act; please contact Sharon Walin at 472-3123 for assistance.