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State of the
University address
Chancellor Harvey Perlman will deliver
the annual State of
the University address at 11 a.m. Sept. 6 at
the Lied Center
for Performing Arts. The address will be followed
by the annual
all-university picnic in the Sheldon Gardens. Shuttle
service
will be available from East Campus to the Lied Center
beginning
at 10:30 a.m. with pick-ups at the College of Law and Ag
Hall.
Shuttles will return from the Lied Center to East Campus
beginning
at 12:30 p.m. All are invited.
Parking Update
Because of a
reconfiguration of visitor parking near 14th
and R streets, the
following sign relocations and parking assignments
are
effective:
All Administrative Business stalls now in the
13th and R streets
Visitors' Lot are now in the 17R Lot west of
Canfield Administration
Building. The Dean and Director stall also
currently in the 13th
and R streets Visitors' Lot is now in the 17R
Lot east of Canfield.
The 13th and R streets Visitors' Lot will be
entirely for visitors.
The parking lot east of the Admissions
Office formerly assigned
to visitors and 17U permit holders will be
devoted to visitors
of the building. All 17U permit holders will be
assigned to the
north two lots off 14th Street between Q and R
streets.
Also, because of traffic problems at Andersen
Hall, the entrance
to the parking lot off P Street just west of
16th and P is closed.
Access to this lot is off 16th Street between
P and Q streets
or off Q Street just west of the 16th and Q
intersection.
For more information or questions regarding
these changes,
please call Parking and Transit Services at
472-1800.
Information Technology Training Classes
Fall semester
hands-on classes and seminars offered by Communications
and
Information Technology are under way. The class topics cover
fundamental skills for using the Windows file management system,
PowerPoint, effective Web searching, Web authoring (HTML and
Dreamweaver classes) and more.
More information on class
topics, time and location of classes,
class fees and registration
is available at: http://cit.inf
ormation.unl.edu/training/classes.htm.
To receive a
printed flier about the classes, call the CIT
office at 472-5630 or
send an e-mail to msolomos@unlnotes.unl.edu.
If these classes don't fit your schedule, check out the other
resources at: http://cit.information.un
l.edu/training/.
Tuesdays with H.R.
Brown Bag Lunch Series
Tuesdays with H.R., the Brown Bag
Lunch series from Human
Resources, returns with new topics. These
interactive discussions
begin at noon and will address Human
Resources-related questions
and seek to exchange ideas.
Here's the schedule of upcoming meetings with topics and
locations.
- Aug. 27, East Union, Equity Access
and Diversity;
- Sept. 17, Nebraska Union, Stress Reduction in
the Workplace;
- Sept. 24, East Union, Stress Reduction in the
Workplace;
- Oct. 22, Nebraska Union, Environmental Health and
Safety
in the Workplace;
- Oct. 29, East Union,
Environmental Health and Safety in the
Workplace;
- Nov. 19, Nebraska Union, NU Flex with Greg Clayton;
- Nov.
26, East Union, NU Flex with Greg Clayton;
- Dec. 10, Nebraska
Union, Employee Assistance Program with
Jane McClure, EAP;
- Dec. 17, East Union, Employee Assistance Program with Jane
McClure, EAP.
Large Passenger Van Policy and
Training
Before driving a large passenger van, all drivers
must take
and pass the driver training program provided by
Transportation
Services. After Sept. 30, only those who have
successfully completed
this training will be allowed to drive large
passenger vans.
Call Environmental Health and Safety at
472-4925 for training
schedules or to register for training, or
visit: http:
//transportation.unl.edu/travel_programs.html#Large_Van.
A look into vaccine
development
Sen. Chuck Hagel listens as chemical engineer Michael Meagher,
director of UNL's Biological Process Development Facility, explains
the vaccine development process during a tour of the facility
in
the Food Industry Complex on Aug. 6. In the background, from
left,
are Jamie Nygren and Tom Janssen of Sen. Hagel's staff,
Prem Paul,
vice chancellor of research, and Chancellor Harvey
Perlman.
UNOPA Meeting Sept. 10
"Editing the Lewis & Clark Journals" is the
title
of the first program for UNOPA's 40th Anniversary year.
The
University of Nebraska Office Personnel Association is privileged
to have Gary Moulton, professor of history and editor of the
13-volume set "The Journals of Lewis & Clark Expedition"
speak at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The registration form will be in the next issue of UNOPA Notes.
Non-members are welcome to attend and can contact Susan Thomas
at
472-8617 or <sthomas1@unl.edu> for more information
and to
register.
Chancellor to Report on Gallup Survey Results at State of
University Address
The data collection phase of the Gallup
survey on campus climate
is complete and is being analyzed.
Chancellor Harvey Perlman
will present the results during his State
of the University Address
on Sept. 6. Work with individual campus
units will begin shortly
thereafter.
A campuswide
committee has identified several faculty and
staff members to be
trained by Gallup as facilitators to work
with campus unit managers
on how to use the survey data to create
a more engaged and
inclusive workplace.
Hensarling Farewell Reception Aug.
29
University Services will host a farewell reception for
Robert
Hensarling, director of Landscape Services, from 2-3:30 p.m.
Aug. 29 in the Nebraska Union. Hensarling will be leaving the
first
of September to join Auburn University.
NEH Summer Stipends
UNL
applications for 2003 National Endowment for the Humanities
summer
stipends are due by Sept. 9 at the UNL Humanities Center,
1213
Oldfather Hall. For more information, call 472-4128 or consult
the
NEH web site at http://www.neh.fed.us.
Online Travel
Training
A demonstration of the Travel Website
<http://www.tandt.com/unl>
will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Aug. 27
in the Nebraska Union, and from
10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 28 in the East
Union.
Examination Services
is Changing Location
Examinations Services has merged with
Institutional Research
and Planning and is moving to 335 North
Canfield Administration
Building on Sept. 5. Telephone numbers are
472-2611 (Peg Johnson),
472-9763 (Cindy Knight) and 472-4932 (FAX).
Johnsgard to Discuss 'Art of Nature' in Aug. 22 Talk
Paul A. Johngard, UNL foundation professor emeritus of biological
sciences, will discuss "The Art of Nature: The Nature of
Avian
Art" from 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Nebraska Union.
The lecture is free and open to the public; room will be posted.
Books by Johnsgard (there are 43 at last count) will be available
for sale and autographing after the program.
Johnsgard is a
specialist in avian behavior and taxonomy and
has written widely on
regional biology and natural history topics,
including the biology
of the Great Plains and the Nebraska Sandhills,
the history and
ecology of the Platte River, and the ecology
and biodiversity of
Nebraska.
He is also an artist and has illustrated most of
his books
with line drawings or photographs. One of his bird
sculptures
is in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's permanent
collection.
For more information, call UNL Landscape
Services at 472-2679.
Program Welcomes Graduate Students to Campus
All
graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to the
2002 New
Graduate Student Orientation fair from 1-4 p.m. Aug.
23 at the
George W. Beadle Center. The program is to welcome
new graduate
students to campus and to provide an accessible
setting for all
graduate students to get information about campus
and community
resources.
Short concurrent sessions will run
simultaneously with the
fair. Sessions will address: "Graduate
Student Assistantships:
Rights, Responsibilities, &
Benefits," "Graduate
College Connections: Making it
through from Start to Finish,"
and "Surviving through
Graduation: Lessons Learned from
Those in the Trenches."
For more information, contact Sara Granberg-Rademacker at
472-5062 or sgranberg2@unl.edu.
CGLBTC Meeting Schedule
The Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns
consists of faculty, staff and students who are interested in
ensuring that UNL meets its goal of administering its educational
and employment programs and related support services in a way
that
does not discriminate against people based upon their sexual
orientation or gender identity. The committee meets biweekly
throughout the academic year. At least once a year, the committee
reports to the chancellor on the status of gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender people on campus.
The group meets from
3-4:30 p.m. in the University Health
Center Conference Room F
(lower level). The fall schedule: Sept.
6, Sept. 20, Oct. 4, Oct.
18, Nov. 1, Nov. 15 and Dec. 6.
More information is
available at http://www.unl.edu/cglbtc/
or
contact Pat Tetreault, 472-7447, cmailto:ptetreault1@unl.edu;
or George Wolf, 472-1845, gwolf1@unl.edu.
CBA Offers Software
Training
The College of Business Administration offers
training classes
in Microsoft Office products and other software.
View the list
of classes being offered this fall at
<www.cba.unl.edu/its/support/training.asp>.
Each class is
outlined in detail, and registration is available
online. For more
information, contact Jan Hime, Training and
Support Manager, at
472-5246 or jhime@unl.edu.
Faculty/Staff
Parking Permits, Bus Passes and Extended Hours
Preordered
faculty and staff parking permits have been mailed
to the office
addresses. If you have not renewed your permit,
visit the Parking
and Transit Services Office Monday through
Friday from 7:30 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Office hours for Parking and Transit Services will
be extended
until 6 p.m. Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, and until 8:30 p.m.
Aug. 26
and Aug. 27.
Bus passes will be offered again
this year at no additional
charge. Call Parking and Transit
Services Office at 472-1800.
Facilities Reminders
Building Maintenance Reporters are listed in the back of the
UNL
Centrex. For any maintenance needs in your building, please
contact
your BMR. For any after-hours facilities-related emergency
service
requests, call the university operator by dialing "0."
The operator will contact the appropriate Facilities Management
and
Planning on-call staff member.
Libraries set reserves policies
The UNL libraries
offer faculty and graduate assistants the
opportunity to put
library books, journal articles and other
materials, as well as
personal copies of books, on reserve and
make them available to
students.
Reserve lists that were turned in by Aug. 16 will
have their
items processed by the first day of the fall semester,
Aug. 26.
Reserve requests turned in after their session deadline
will
be processed in the order they are received.
Books can be physically put on reserve and made available
in
City and East campus libraries. You can request books from
the UNL
libraries to be placed on reserve by using the new electronic
reserve form at http://libr.unl.
edu:2000/cgi-bin/reserves_request.
Materials can also
be made available to students 24 hours
a day/7 days a week, via
electronic reserve at http://www.unl.edu/libr
/ereservs/home.html.
The types of materials that can be made
available electronically
include: exams, lecture notes, student
papers (which must be
approved by the student), government
publications, one article
from a journal issue or one chapter from
a book. For more information
about electronic reserves, visit http://www.unl.edu/libr/
circ/reserve.html.
A reserve list may take one to four
business days for processing.
Because of a great number of
requests, materials will not be
processed and available at the time
of submission.
Requests submitted on the first day of class
and during the
first three weeks of the fall and spring semesters
may experience
some delay in processing. If the materials you
request are unavailable,
your request will also experience some
delay.
To ensure requests are processed in a more timely
manner:
- Supply complete citations of
materials.
- When you request your personal copy of a book or
other personal
material be placed on reserve, remember to include
it with the
request.
Materials placed on
Electronic Reserve are accessible only
to those affiliated with
UNL. Photocopied materials of two or
more articles from a journal
issue or more than one chapter from
a single book must have
copyright compliance, or meet the criteria
under the fair use
guidelines for classroom copying in not-for-profit
educational
institutions.
This is a brief overview of policies and
procedures. For more
information, refer to the memo e-mailed to all
instructors or
the Services for Faculty section at http://iris.unl.edu.
For
questions about reserve services or a reserve request
form by mail
or fax, contact Chanty Stovall, Love Library, 472-2556,
cstovall@unl.edu; Gayleen
Hill,
C.Y. Thompson Library, 472-4401, ghill@unl.edu;
or Steve Sall,
Biology/Physics libraries, 472-7699, ssall@unl.edu.
Regents approve program
for golf management
A UNL professional golf management
major is one stroke closer
to completion since the NU Board of
Regents approved the program
July 13.
Students could
be hitting the greens - and the books - in
fall 2003 if final
approval is granted by the Nebraska Post-Secondary
Education
Coordinating Commission and the Professional Golfers'
Association
of America.
The professional golf management major will
prepare students
to manage pro shops, clubs and hospitality
services, give golf
lessons or become golf company salespeople,
said Martin Massengale,
director of the Center for Grassland
Studies.
The major will mostly use existing university
courses and
faculty, and the program is expected to be financially
self sufficient,
Massengale said.
If approved, the
major will be offered through the College
of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources and administered
by the Center for Grassland
Studies.
Campus and area
will be busy Aug. 24
For the second year in a row, the
Saturday before classes
begin promises to be a hectic one on and
around the UNL campus.
On that day, Aug. 24, 4,800 students will be
attempting to move
in to residence halls while the Huskers prepare
to play their
football season opener that night and others will
attend opening
day of the Nebraska State Fair.
To
avoid problems, housing director Doug Zatechka is asking
students
and their families to avoid moving to campus on Aug.
24.
Typically, street lanes next to the residence halls can be
closed to create loading zones for those students moving in to
the
halls. Extra parking is usually available as well.
But
this year, with the football game and the state fair,
there will be
no parking or extended loading zones available
near City Campus
residence halls on Aug 24.
Zatechka recommends students
move in Aug. 22, 23 or 25 if
at all possible. Loading zones and
parking will be more readily
available on these days. The residence
halls open at 8 a.m. Aug.
22. Hall desks remain open until midnight
each night for check-in.
If Aug. 24 is the only
alternative, arrive on campus as much
before noon as possible and
be prepared that game-day activities
will already restrict vehicle
movement and parking before the
6:45 p.m. kickoff of the football
game. For more information,
call University Housing at
472-3561.
Fidelity Consultant on Campus Aug. 28, 29
A Fidelity
consultant will be available for individual consultations
Aug. 28
in the Nebraska Union and Aug. 29 in the Nebraska East
Union. The
rooms will be posted. If you would like to discuss
your investment
choices, sign up by calling Reservation Systems
at (800)
642-7131.
Multi-Media Event at Episcopal Church
Marilyn Musick
will present a multi-media event at 8 p.m.
Sept. 8 at St.
Mark's-on-the-Campus Episcopal Church, 13th and
R streets. The
presentation will combine scenes from the life
of Christ
coordinated with musical works on the organ. The scenes,
taken from
paintings of the great masters, will be projected
on the front wall
of the church.
Musick earned her DMA from UNL and now is a
free-lance musician
and teacher in Kearney.
Admission
is free, but a free-will offering will be taken.
For more
information, call Quentin Faulkner, 472-2976 or 475-2927.
Sites Needed for the 4-H Cyber
Fair
The State 4-H Office is looking for quality
educational websites
to feature at the 2002 4-H Cyber Fair. Last
year, this Nebraska
State Fair event featured 30 Gateway Country
computers and attracted
17,000 people of all ages from throughout
Nebraska.
The 4-H Cyber Fair is targeted at youth, parents
and educators.
Its goal is to expose audiences to the latest
technology. If
you have recently developed a website or know of one
that should
be considered, send the address to: jdonaldson2@unl.edu.
If you
have questions regarding the Cyber Fair, e-mail Patricia
Fairchild
at pfairchild2@unl.edu.
E-news process for e-mail to all
E-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: http://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.
Sherwood Farewell Reception Aug. 28
The Division of Continuing Studies will host a reception honoring
James Sherwood from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Aug. 28 in the Nebraska Room
at
the Clifford Hardin Center for Continuing Education, 33rd
and
Holdrege. A short program will begin at 3:15 p.m. Everyone
is
invited.
Sherwood has been with UNL for more than 20 years
in various
capacities, currently as associate dean of the Division
of Continuing
Studies. He is leaving the division to become the
dean of UC
Berkeley Extension in early September.
Retirement
Reception for Ray Campbell Aug. 30
Building Systems
Maintenance will host a reception honoring
Ray Campbell from
1:30-3:30 p.m. Aug. 30 in the Nebraska Union.
Campbell is retiring
at the end of August with 38 years of service
at the university. He
has spent the last 35 years as supervisor
for the structural
department in Building System Maintenance.
Everyone is invited to
attend. To convey best wishes to Campbell,
send an e-mail to rcampbell1@unl.edu.
Celebrate the 4-H Centennial at
reunion
A 4-H alumni reunion breakfast is planned from
8-11 a.m. Aug.
31 at the Nebraska State Fair. The event is part of
a celebration
marking 4-H's 100th year. Guests will have an
opportunity to
reconnect with 4-H and friends. Centennial
activities will take
place throughout the day. Breakfast tickets
are on sale at the
State 4-H Office on East Campus. Call 472-9016
or e-mail pspencer2@unl.edu
with questions.
Help Keep It Clean
Everyone is urged to avoid depositing foods that can spoil
in
office trash containers in an effort to stop odor and future
pest
control problems. To learn about the options available for
food
disposal in your facility, please contact Custodial Services
at
472-3175 for assistance.
No Scarlet Sept. 5
The Scarlet will not publish Sept. 5, the week of Labor Day,
because of the holiday break. The Scarlet will publish Aug. 29
and
Sept. 12. Deadlines for both editions are noon seven days
before
publication.
Campus groups launch Big Red Bike
Project
Students, faculty and staff at UNL will see a new
sight at
bike racks across campus this fall: donated bikes painted
bright
red - down to the tires and the spokes.
The
bikes are the focus of a new program started this fall
by UNL's
Environmental Resource Center called the Big Red Bike
Project. It's
a cooperative to promote bike riding on and off
campus.
All students, faculty and staff members are welcome to join
the
cooperative for $5. A member receives a key that will unlock
any of
the red bikes so he or she can ride the bike whenever
and wherever
needed, including off campus, as long as the bike
is returned to
campus.
Similar co-op programs have been successful at
other universities
and cities worldwide. UNL's Green Party thought
it was time to
see if this program would work in Lincoln.
"It was an answer to some transportation issues we thought
were coming up," said John Wolcott, president of the UNL
Green
Party. "It would make biking affordable for people
who
couldn't afford bikes, and we thought it would be good for
commuter
students.
"The Green Party is basically a grass-roots
political
party involved in making solutions to some of the world's
problems
locally at home - issues about cars polluting" and
more,
he said. "Here's a bike program that's homemade, cheap
and
easy to use."
The bikes have been donated by
advocacy groups including Mad
Dads and individual donors. Downtown
businesses and others have
also provided donations, and the
"donations keep coming,"
he said.
Local
businesses have also volunteered to sponsor bike maintenance
and
materials, and student volunteers, the UNL Police Department,
the
Environmental Resource Center, local bike shops and bike
advocacy
groups will maintain the co-op. All bikes will be equipped
with a
permanently attached lock and cable, front and rear lights
and
basket. They will be maintained on a regular schedule for
safety
and will be labeled with their sponsor's name and safety
information. Co-op members also will be able to attend bike maintenance
and safety classes sponsored by the UNL Green Party.
The
Big Red Bike Project will be launched during Big Red Welcome
festivities on Aug. 25. To join the Big Red Bike Project cooperative,
call the UNL Environmental Resource Center at 472-8823.
Multimedia, technology courses available from Info Services
Information Services offers introductory classes for multimedia
software.
Workshops generally run for two hours and cost
$20. One-hour
sessions are $10, and Blackboard introductory courses
are free.
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. Substitutions are allowed. To register, call 472-9050
or
register in the 501 Building, Room 118. Space is limited and
reservations are required.
The workshops will be in
Teachers College Hall and in Architecture
Hall.
For
more information about workshop content, e-mail training@unl.edu.
- Macromedia Director, 10 a.m. to noon, Aug. 29, Architecture
107. Learn how to use Director for presentations, animations,
web
development and multimedia.
- Introduction to the Macintosh,
1-2 p.m., Sept. 5, Architecture
107. Learn the basics of using
the Macintosh operating system.
Instructions on how to use the
new OS X will be covered and compared
to OS 9.
- iPhoto
and iMovie, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Sept. 5, Architecture
107. See an
overview of both applications and get a chance to
do some
"hands-on" with both applications.
- What 's new in
Adobe Photoshop 7, 1-2 p.m., Sept. 6, Architecture
107. This will
cover the changes Adobe has made in version 7
of Photoshop.
- Adobe Photoshop Series - This series of workshops will start
with the basics and cover several popular Photoshop techniques.
Sign up for the level most appropriate for you. Familiarity with
Photoshop required for all except basics workshops.
- Photoshop
Basics, 10-11 a.m., Sept. 10, Architecture 107.
Selections,
layers and adjustment layers;
- Photoshop Basics, 10-11 a.m.,
Sept. 17, Architecture 107.
Photo retouching;
- Photoshop Basics, 10-11 a.m., Sept. 24, Architecture 107.
Using shapes, paths, vectors and the action palette;
- Photoshop Basics, 10-11 a.m., Oct. 1, Architecture 107. Basic
color correction and printing;
- Photoshop Basics, 10-11 a.m.,
Oct. 8, Architecture 107. Adobe
Photoshop Elements;
- Photoshop Elements, 1-2 p.m., Sept. 13, Teachers College
142.
If you are somewhat familiar with Photoshop, find out how
this
image-editing tool is different from Photoshop but may do
everything you need.
- Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver,
2- 4 p.m., Sept.
17, Teachers College 142. Learn to use the
basics of Dreamweaver
to build web sites.
- Macromedia
Dreamweaver - Part 2, 2-4 p.m., Oct. 1, Teachers
College 142.
Learn more advanced features in Dreamweaver including
layers,
frames and templates.
- Narrating PowerPoint Movies, 3-4 p.m.,
Oct. 9, Architecture
107. Learn what is involved in narrating
slides, and discover
possible pedagogical applications for doing
this.
- Full-text Journal Article Access & Electronic
Reserves,
1-3 p.m., Oct. 11, Architecture 107. Learn to create
direct links
to full-text electronic journal articles in the UNL
Libraries'
collection of online journals and build a dynamic
search page
of full-text articles that's continually updated.
- Macromedia Authorware, 10 a.m. to noon, Oct. 15, Architecture
107. Create a simple interactive tutorial for hands-on learning.
- Intro to Macromedia Flash, 2-4 p.m., Oct. 21, Teachers College
142. This workshop will give beginners an insight into Flash's
drawing tools and help users understand the timeline and create
motion and interactive buttons.
- Macromedia Flash Part
2, 2-4 p.m., Oct. 22, Teachers
College 142. This class will delve
into creating button actions
and basic interactivity in Flash.
- Photoshop for Photographers, 1-3 p.m., Oct. 24, Architecture
107. Learn advanced Photoshop techniques that the professionals
use.
- Lectora Publisher, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Oct. 30, Teachers
College
142. This course design software is easy to use like
PowerPoint,
but is designed to deliver content online and on
CD-ROM.
- Basic Digitizing, 3-4 p.m., Nov. 4, Teachers College
142.
This is a hands-on workshop that covers digital cameras,
scanners
and capturing audio files.
- Macromedia
Fireworks, 10 a.m. to noon, Nov. 20, Teachers
College 142.
Fireworks allows you to create web graphics, animations
or design
entire graphical interfaces for web sites.
- Adobe PageMaker,
2-4 p.m., Nov. 6, Architecture 107. Learn
to create and edit
documents and publications by importing text
and graphics with
this professional layout program.
- Adobe Premiere 6, 10 a.m.
to noon, Dec. 5, Architecture 107.
Learn to manipulate your
digital video, photos, and sound files
with this professional
video-editing tool to create special effects
and customize your
movies.
- Hands-on learning for Photoshop. If you are
interested in
learning more Photoshop details we now have
available "Total
Training for Adobe Photoshop 6" on VHS
free for checking
out. Email training@unl.edu
for
information.
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