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April 18, 2002
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Junior agronomy major Nate Oehlrich tries his hand at steer roping during the Ag Olympics April 15 on East Campus as part of CASNR Week. Other events at the Olympics were hay hauling, egg toss and water pail baseball. Research Office survey is onlinePrem Paul, vice chancellor for research, has announced a survey to assess the level of customer service in all of the areas of the Office of Research. The survey will include focus group meetings with various research-related customers, meetings with campus administrators, a campuswide online survey and a survey of employees in the Office of Research. The purpose of this multi-phase review process is to assess the ability of units within the Office of Research to serve and meet the needs of UNL's faculty and staff. The online survey is available at http://netdb.unl.edu/unlpoll/. Everyone is encouraged to take a few minutes to complete the survey. For more information, contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at 472-3123 or UNLresearch@unl.edu. IS to offer Tech FairInformation Services will offer a Technology Fair for all departments, faculty, staff and students from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 23 in the Nebraska Union and 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 24 in the Nebraska East Union. Representatives from UNL's prime vendors, Apple, Compaq, Dell, Gateway and Omni Tech, will be present to demonstrate the latest technology and answer questions. The Technology Fair will showcase products and services available through IS Computer Sales, Computer Repair and Telecommunications. For example, IS Computer Sales can help save you money by taking advantage of education pricing, site licenses and increased purchasing capabilities. Also, IS Repair will be available to answer your questions regarding hardware and laser printer problems, and IS Telecommunications will discuss the services they offer the university faculty, staff and students. In conjunction with the Technology Fair, IS Computer Sales will have an open house at the Computer Shop from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in room 123 of the 501 Building. Refreshments will be served. Fair attendees can check out the latest products and register to win computer gadgets such as digital cameras, cordless phones, Apple iPods and more. You need not be present to win. The drawing is open to all faculty, staff, and students of UNL. For up-to-date information, visit: http://sales.unl.edu. In addition, the New Media Center in room 116, Architecture Hall, will host a day of activities for faculty and staff from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 23. Stop and see representatives from SUN, Apple and Virage, tour the facilities and stay for one of these presentations:
Visit http://itg.unl.edu/events for details. Degree Grade Rosters Due April 26Degree Grade Rosters, identifying May 11 degree candidates, must be returned to the Graduation Services Office in 109 Canfield Administration Building by April 26. Carol Brown Reception April 26A retirement reception for Carol Brown will be from 10 a.m. to noon April 26 in the Heritage Room at the Nebraska Union. Brown will retire from the University of Nebraska Computing Services Network on May 10 after 23 years of service. She has held the positions of statistical consultant, programmer analyst II and programmer analyst III. Brown previously worked for the State of Nebraska, Central Data Processing. Arbor Day Celebration set for April 26The UNL Botanical Garden and Arboretum will celebrate Arbor Day by planting a tree in honor of the 35th anniversary of Maxwell Arboretum on April 26 on East Campus. All are invited to bring a lunch to the Maxwell Gazebo at 11:30 a.m. At 12:30 p.m., Gary Hergenrader, Nebraska state forester, will speak. Representatives of the Friends of Maxwell Arboretum and Landscape Services will also give remarks, followed by the tree planting. This year marks the 130th anniversary of Arbor Day. The event is free and open to the public; for more information, call 472-2679. McShane to give 'last lecture'Jim McShane, UNL associate professor of English, is the final lecturer in the 2002 "Last Lecture" series. His lecture, which will be at 7 p.m. April 23 at the Nebraska Union, is called "The Last At Last To Last." The Last Lecture series is sponsored and developed by the Honors Program Student Advisory Board. For this series, professors are asked to deliver a lecture as if it were the last lecture they would ever give. The lecture may be about any subject the professor chooses. The lectures have been popular with professors, said Nick Clatterbuck of the advisory board. Every professor that the board contacted about lecturing was very responsive to the idea, he said, and the board is planning to continue the lecture series next academic year. For more information, or if you are a professor interested in speaking in this series next year, please call Clatterbuck at 436-7001 or e-mail husker599@hotmail.com. Women's Center sets planning meetingJoin the Women's Center as it begins planning programs for 2002-03. In order to collaborate and extend the scope of events to the entire UNL community, the Women's Center has set a Women's Programming Summit Meeting for 1:30-3 p.m. April 18 in the Nebraska Union; room to be posted. The agenda for this meeting includes:
Please bring your calendars to share your events and your ideas for the two theme weeks. The Women's Center strives to collaborate with students, faculty and staff to provide programs that meet the needs of our campus relevant to gender equity. Participation and leadership in these programs is central to that goal. If you are unable to attend but want to take part in planning for 2002-03 events, e-mail Women's Center programming assistant Ashley Cooper at ashleyjo81@hotmail.com, or call 472-2597 Ext. 2. Alumnus' talk will address fate of the universeDr. Donald Schneider, professor of astronomy at Pennsylvania State University and a UNL alumnus, will give a lecture, "The Fate of the Universe: Fire or Ice?" at 4 p.m. April 29 at the Nebraska Union auditorium. A reception precedes the lecture from 3:30-4 p.m., and questions will be answered from 5-5:30 p.m. Schneider was raised in Heartwell, Neb., and has done significant research in the detection of quasars, which are the most distant and brightest objects in the universe. He and his colleagues have repeatedly set records for the most distant objects observed. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, with which Schneider works, will be the most complete map of the sky when the survey is completed in 2005. Schneider received his bachelor of science degree from UNL in mathematics and physics in 1976 and his doctorate from Stanford in 1982. He was a Long-Term Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University from 1985-1994. He is chairman of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Working Group and a member of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope User Committee. He will be in Lincoln to receive a College of Arts and Sciences Senior Alumnus Award. April 24 Speaker to Address U.S. Human Rights PolicySuzanne Dovi, political science professor at the University of Arizona and fellow of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, will speak on the U.S. human rights record at noon April 24 at 538 Oldfather Hall. Dovi's talk is titled "Is U.S. Human Rights Policy Hypocritical or Just Inconsistent?" She will address the U.S. human rights record, specifically its treatment of accused war criminals. She will also propose ways to identify when a nation's treatment of war criminals should be condemned as hypocritical. The Udall Center specializes in issues concerning American Indian governance and economic development; environment, natural resources and public lands; the U.S.-Mexico border; and related topics. Dovi is at work on a book, "The Ethics of Advocacy," which will examine who should speak for disadvantaged groups. She has also written about American foreign policy and international human rights law. Spring Affair plant sale April 20The 16th annual Spring Affair plant sale is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20 at Nebraska State Fair Park. The sale will offer more than 200 varieties of high-quality perennial plants. New and unusual perennials will also be featured. The event is free and open to the public. With the theme "Gardening: America's Pastime," Spring Affair also includes programs and demonstrations by gardening experts. Topics include: "Pass Along Plants," using old-time favorites in today's gardens; "The Garden Reflected in Quilts," parallels between garden design and quilt design; "Gems of the Prairie," gardening with wild flowers; "Flutterbye Gardens," a look at butterflies and plants; and "Birds and Berries" and "Spice it Up," gathering and harvesting out your back door. The programs conclude with a discussion, "Anything and Everything," during which experts will answer gardening questions from the audience. Moderated by Bud Dasenbrock, the panel includes Fred Baxendale, UNL entomology professor; Harlan Hamernik, co-owner of Bluebird Nursery in Clarkson; and Bob Gilmour, master gardener. Spring Affair is co-sponsored by the University of Nebraska Lincoln Botanical Garden and Arboretum, the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and the State Fair Park Arboretum. For more information, call 472-2679 or visit the UNLBGA Web site http://busfin.unl.edu/unlbga and click on "events." Registrations Due for Summer Institute for Online TeachingRegistrations for the five-week Summer Institute for Online Teaching are due April 24. All full-time UNL faculty interested in learning online teaching strategies are eligible to register for this online seminar, which will run from May 15 to June 19. The institute will take novice and experienced online instructors through the steps of course development, Web-based interaction, course management and online assessment. Visit http://dcs.unl.edu/SummerInstit ute or call Laurie Bellows at 472-9764 for more information. E-news process for e-mail to allE-News is a weekly compilation of notices distributed to all faculty and staff and replaces the "e-mail to all" system. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Monday; E-News is distributed Tuesday evenings. Submitted items must be sponsored by a UNL department, program or organization. No commercial or personal announcements are allowed. Announcements must have news rather than opinion content. Submit items to: chttp://www.unl.edu/e-news. To view a sample submission, see: http://www.unl.edu/e-news/sa mple.html. Previously announced URL links are still active but the above are updated links. Campus Blood Drive April 24UNL and the Community Blood Bank of the Lancaster County Medical Society will conduct a Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 24. The Bloodmobile will be on the west side of the Nebraska Union at 14th & R streets. Sign up to be a donor at: http://busfin.unl.edu/BF/bl oodbank.asp. In order to donate, you must:
If you are a new donor, bring proof of your social security number with you. If you have any questions, call Rhonda Zugmier at 472-7907. Faculty may apply for search committeeUNL is beginning a new Office of Undergraduate Studies, to be established during the 2002-2003 academic year with resources redirected from the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. A national search will be conducted for the Dean of Undergraduate Studies; an official position announcement with a call for nominations and applications will be issued during July and August. UNL faculty members who have an interest in serving on the search committee for this dean's position should submit their names to Miles Bryant, president of the Academic Senate, by April 25. He can be reached at 133 TEAC, 0360, by e-mail at mbryant1@unl.edu, or by calling 472-0960. Apply now for NU administrative fellowshipThe University of Nebraska Office of the President is accepting applications and nominations for the Equity in Opportunity Administration Fellowship. This position provides the opportunity for an NU administrative or faculty member to acquire administrative experience in the central administration office. The fellow selected for the position will receive release time from his/her current university responsibilities to assume this job. The fellowship is for one academic year. Please submit a current vitae and a letter expressing your interest and the reasons you believe you meet the position to Shari Clarke, Associate to the President, University of Nebraska, 115 Varner Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0745 by May 4. Goodwin to speak in graduate studies lectureDr. Gretta Goodwin will be the last speaker in the Scholarship IN Society series, co-sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies and the Economics Department. Her lecture is at 3:30 p.m. April 25 at CBA, room to be announced. The location of this lecture has changed since the announcement in last week's Scarlet. Goodwin is a senior economist at the U.S. General Accounting Office. Her most recent project, within the Education, Workforce and Income Security department, assesses how minority and non-minority populations fare under the current social security system and how these populations may fare under proposed changes to the system. For more information, contact Sara Granberg-Rademacker at 472-5062 or sgranberg2@unl.edu. Scholarship IN Society was initiated by the Graduate Studies Office to model the myriad career opportunities available upon receipt of graduate education. Astronomy Day events run through weekendNational Astronomy Day will be observed with events April 19-21 sponsored by Lincoln's Prairie Astronomy Club, Hyde Observatory, the UNL Department of Physics and Astronomy and Mueller Planetarium. Activities will be offered at the Student Observatory, in the lobby of Mueller Planetarium in Morrill Hall, and at Hyde Observatory in Holmes Park. Events begin with a special star viewing April 19 at the UNL Department of Physics and Astronomy's Student Observatory on top of the parking garage on Stadium Boulevard at T Street. The observatory will be open from sunset (about 8 p.m.) for viewing of the moon and the rare alignment of the five planets that can be seen with the naked eye in the twilight sky: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. If the sky is overcast, the student observatory will offer a demonstration of how the telescope works, and images taken with the telescope will be shown. A special public star party is from sunset to 11 p.m. April 20 at the Hyde Observatory in Holmes Park in addition to the observatory's regular Saturday evening viewing. Members of the Prairie Astronomy Club will have their telescopes set up outside the observatory and encourage those who have telescopes to bring them to the observatory. Astronomy club members and observatory staff will be on hand to provide instruction and help in using telescopes. On April 21, free educational astronomy activities for all will be offered from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in Mueller Planetarium in Morrill Hall. There will be displays of telescopes, computer astronomy and astronomical photos by members of the Prairie Astronomy Club. Throughout the day there will be demonstrations of such things as telescope mirror making, light pollution and good outdoor lighting, and help in learning the constellations. Members of the UNL department of physics and astronomy will demonstrate principles of physics. Mueller Planetarium will show the planetarium show "Sky Quest" at 2 and 2:45 p.m. "Sky Quest" costs $4 for adults, $3 for children. Astronomy Day 2002 also marks the kick-off of a series of celebrations over the next few months leading up to the 25th anniversary of the opening of Hyde Observatory. All activities are free (except the "Sky Quest" shows) and are open to the public. For more information, contact Martin Gaskell (UNL physics and astronomy), 472-4788 or gaskell@unlserve.unl.edu; or Jack Dunn (Mueller Planetarium) at 472-2641 or jdunn@spacelaser.com. Gain computer skills at summer IS coursesInformation Services offers introductory classes for the latest multimedia software throughout the year. They provide an easy, low-cost way to keep your skills fresh on the latest technology tools for teaching and research. Workshops generally run for two hours and cost $20. One-hour sessions are $10. There is no charge for the Blackboard introductory course and Multimedia Sampler course. Payment is due upon registration and may be made using a cost object or by check. Refunds are allowed up to 48 hours in advance only. Space is limited and reservations are required. The workshops will be in room 142 Teachers College Hall and in the new location of the New Media Center in Architecture 107. For more information regarding workshop content, e-mail training@unl.edu. Blackboard: All Blackboard classes are in Teachers College Hall room 142. Every instructor at UNL already has Blackboard web space. These courses will help familiarize you with the tools and features available. Using Blackboard, you don't need to know HTML or other processes to share information with your students via the Web. There is no fee for the Blackboard Intro workshop, but participants must register in advance. Intro to Blackboard (free) - May 28, 2-4 p.m. Learn the basics of how Blackboard works, where to get logged in and how to get started. Loading content - June 4, 9 to 11 a.m. Learn how to save documents in various formats for Blackboard. Further discussions will cover which formats might work better than others. Communication tools - June 12, 10 a.m. to noon. Virtual classroom, discussion boards and e-mail functions will be covered. Assessment and Grade-book - June 21, 2 to 4 p.m. How to build test pools, assessments and surveys, and using the grade book will be the topics for this session Adobe Premiere 6, June 3, 10 a.m. to noon, Architecture 107. Learn how to manipulate your digital video, photos and sound files with this professional video-editing tool to create special effects and customize your movies. Adobe Photoshop Elements, June 18, 10 a.m. to noon, Teachers College 142. Learn one of the latest Adobe products for image editing. Elements was introduced to be a low-cost alternative to Photoshop. Find out how this image-editing tool is different than Photoshop but may do everything you will ever need. Participants will be working with features that are unique to Elements such as making panoramas, the recipes palette and red eye removal along with basic image editing. Intermediate Macromedia Dreamweaver 4, June 25, 10 a.m. to noon, Teachers College 142. (Basic Dreamweaver experience required). Learn to use more advanced features in Dreamweaver including the basics of using layers, frames and templates. A Multimedia Sampler (free), July 24, 10 a.m. to noon, Architecture 107. See what the latest Adobe and Macromedia products do. Photoshop, Premiere, Fireworks, Flash and more will be demonstrated. Explanations of technologies such as video streaming, java and "dynamic" HTML and how they work will be covered. Find out how this technology can suit your individual needs. Effective Internet Searching, Aug. 8, 1 to 3 p.m., Architecture 107. Learn how to use the Internet to effectively find what you are looking for. Various search engines and techniques will be demonstrated. Hands-on learning for Photoshop. If you are interested in learning more Photoshop, IS offers "Total Training for Adobe Photoshop 6" on VHS free of charge for check-out. The videos include information on Photoshop basics; selections; paint, color and retouching; working with layers; extract and mask; blend and stylize; shapes and paths; create and edit type; correcting colors; adjustment layers and corrective filters; and much more. E-mail training@unl.edu for check-out information.
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