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Bryan Reiling, assistant professor of animal science, stretches
to place his marker in front of junior animal science major Lisa
Kotas' marker during the bungee run at the College of Agriculture
Sciences and Natural Resources lunch on the lawn April 8 at
the
Nebraska East Union. Cold weather and snow forced organizers
to
move lunch activities inside. The event was part of CASNR
Week,
April 5-12. This year's CASNR Week theme was Seasons of
Success.
Letters to the
editor
The Scarlet will accept submitted letters to the
editor from
members of the UNL campus community in an effort to
foster dialogue
and discussion of campus news, events and issues.
For policies or information, visit <www.unl.edu/scarlet/>.
Scarlet schedule
The
Scarlet will publish weekly through the spring semester,
with the
final weekly edition coming out May 8. The deadline
for submissions
for that edition is noon May 1.
The Scarlet will publish
monthly this summer, on June 12 and
July 17. Weekly publication
will resume for the fall semester
on Aug. 21.
For
information, call 472-8515 or 472-8518, or e-mail <scarlet@unl.edu>.
Parking permit fees increase $1 per month
Faculty and staff parking permit rates at UNL have been announced
for the 2003-2004 academic year. The FY 2004 fees include a $1/month
increase to offset the increasing operational, maintenance, fuel
and labor costs of campus parking facilities and transit vehicles.
In recent years Parking and Transit Services has taken
steps
to decrease other operating costs, such as using web-based
maps
and regulations rather than printed brochures, developing
permit
renewal capabilities over the NUPark telephone registration
system,
and creating a web-based parking appeals process.
Beginning this fall, all faculty, staff and students will
be
required to display a bus pass and their UNL ID card at the
time of
boarding. All faculty and staff who buy UNL parking permits
will
receive passes for UNL and StarTran buses. Faculty and staff
who do
not buy UNL parking permits can buy UNL and StarTran bus
passes at
the discounted rate of $10 per month.
The parking permit
fee increase is a result of a recommendation
by the Parking
Advisory Committee, composed of faculty, staff
and students from
the UNL campus.
2003/2004 permit fees, per month
- Faculty/staff: $31
- Faculty/staff reserved: $76
- Perimeter: $13
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Online Teaching
Institute planned
Teaching with the Internet will be the
focus of a five-week
online institute for full-time UNL faculty
interested in learning
teaching strategies for online classes. The
Summer 2003 Institute
for Online Teaching will run May 12 to June
16.
The program will guide novice and experienced online
instructors
to new ideas in course development, web-based
interaction, course
management and online assessment. Faculty will
learn to develop
web-based instruction that fosters critical
thinking and promotes
student collaboration. Participants will
learn these techniques
by using the same tools they may use in
their own class, such
as asynchronous discussion boards, chat
sessions and online testing.
Each week an optional
technology workshop will be offered.
Upon completing the
institute requirements and presenting
a final project, participants
will receive a $125 faculty development
credit. They will also
receive mentoring support during the academic
year.
Register at <http://extended.unl.edu/Su
mmerInstitute>
or by e-mailing your name, department, campus
address and campus
phone number to <unldep@unl.edu>.
Registration
deadline is April 30.
For information, visit the website
or contact Norma J. H.
Patterson, distance education services, at
472-0400 or <npatterson2@unl.edu>.
Environmental Health and Safety
E-Newsletter Now online
The Spring 2003 E-Newsletter,
Safety Is An Attitude, is available
on the EHS web site at <http://ehs.unl.edu/Newsle
tters/index.cfm>.
For those supervisors whose employees do
not have Internet access,
print out a paper copy of the newsletter
to be posted in the
work area. For information, call EHS at
472-4925.
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,
not opinion, content. Submit items to: <www.unl.edu/e-news>.
To view a sample e-news, see: <www.unl.edu/e-news/sample.html&
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Wrappin' and Grillin'
Party April 23
Abel/Sandoz residence halls will celebrate
spring with a "Wrappin'
and Grillin'" party from
4:30-6:15 p.m. April 23.
During this evening meal, the
dining service staff will try
to break the world record by making a
300-foot-long turkey and
cheese wrap sandwich. In addition, grilled
steaks and chicken
will be available at the cookout, with all the
trimmings, on
the north side of Abel/Sandoz dining hall.
The public is welcome at $6.65 for adults or $3.35 for children.
Stewart Udall to
Speak at April 26 event
Stewart Udall, secretary of the
interior for presidents Kennedy
and Johnson, will speak at 1 p.m.
April 26 at the Great Plains
Arts Collection in the Christlieb
Gallery.
He will discuss his latest book, The Forgotten
Founders: Rethinking
the History of the Old West, at the gallery in
Hewit Place at
1155 Q St. A reception and book signing will follow
the lecture.
The event is co-sponsored by the UNL Center for Great
Plains
Studies and The National Arbor Day Foundation.
Udall, of Santa Fe, N.M., is the author of several books,
including The Quiet Crisis (1963) and The Myths of August (1994).
His latest work tells the story of the men and women who, Udall
says, truly settled the West through their home building and
hard
work, as opposed to the legendary gunslingers, soldiers,
fur
traders and prospectors.
Udall served four terms in the
U.S. House of Representatives
in addition to his leadership in the
Interior Department. As
Interior Secretary, he was instrumental in
passing the Wilderness
Bill and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. He
helped expand the
National Park System to include four new national
parks, six
monuments, eight national seashores and lakeshores, and
56 national
wildlife refuges. Since retiring from public service,
Udall,
83, has remained active in environmental and social issues
through
his work as a naturalist, historian, lawyer, author,
lecturer,
educator and activist.
Free Composting Workshops
Cooperative Extension of
Lancaster County and the City of
Lincoln Recycling Office offer
free workshops to teach successful
composting. Attendees will
receive a free compost bin or composting
thermometer.
These composting workshops are offered in April; all run from
7-8 p.m.:
- April 17, Calvert Recreation
Center, 4500 Stockwell St.;
- April 22, Easterday Recreation
Center, 6130 Adams St.;
- April 24, Irving Recreation Center,
2010 Van Dorn St.
From May to October, hands-on
composting demonstrations will
be presented the third Saturday of
each month at 8:30 a.m. at
the City Yard Waste Composting
Demonstration Site, 50th and Colby
streets.
For
information about the workshops or demonstrations, call
Cooperative
Extension in Lancaster County at 441-7180.
Hubble images at Mueller
ViewSpace, a new electronic exhibit featuring images from
the
Hubble Space Telescope, is now featured at Mueller Planetarium
at
the University of Nebraska State Museum.
ViewSpace consists
of a long, repeating loop of individual
story segments. Each
segment ranges from five or six minutes
to as long as 15 minutes.
The segments are designed so that people
can wander in and out and
enjoy the experience.
Mueller Planetarium is one of only
eight locations in the
world with this display with a live
connection to the Space Telescope
Science Institute. The institute
can instantly update the ViewSpace
presentation as new images are
released.
For information, call Mueller Planetarium at
472-2641 or visit
<www.spacelaser.com>.
Professor to read at University
Bookstore
Jonis Agee, professor of English, will read from
her new book,
Acts of Love on Indigo Road, at 4:30 p.m. April 23 at
the University
Bookstore, in the basement of the Nebraska Union.
Agee will sign
copies of her book after the reading.
For more information about this reading, call the bookstore
at
472-8560.
Russian Culture
Night April 17
The UNL Russian Club will present Russian
Culture Night from
6:30-8:30 p.m. April 17 in the Culture Center.
The event will
feature Russian music, food and dancing.
The cost is $2. Tickets will be available at noon April 17
in
the Nebraska Union. For information, contact Mila Saskova-Pierce,
472-1336, <msaskova-pierce1@unl.edu>.<
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Buhler to give reading
Stephen Buhler, professor of
English, will read selections
from his book, Shakespeare in the
Cinema: Ocular Proof, at 3
p.m. April 17 at the University
Bookstore, basement of the Nebraska
Union.
In honor
of the opening night performance of Macbeth in UNL's
Howell
Theatre, Buhler will focus on Roman Polanski's 1971 screen
version
of the play. Excerpts from that production will be shown,
along
with scenes from other Shakespeare-inspired films.
Buhler's
book will be available for sale and signing at the
reading.
For information, call the bookstore at 472-8560.
Skydiving Simulator Coming to the Nebraska
Union
The University Program Council will sponsor X-Treme
Air: Skydiving
Simulator from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 on the
green space
between the Nebraska Union and the Kauffman Center.
The X-Treme Air simulator began touring colleges
internationally
four years ago. Participants are suited up and
instructed on
how to safely manipulate air force. Two X-Treme
instructors help
each student maneuver while in flight over a
"pillow of
air." The participants experience the sense of
levitating
in mid-air while inside the air column.
This event is free and open to all UNL students. Participants
must be at least 19 and sign an X-Treme Air waiver.
Food Processing Center seminar coming up in
May
The University of Nebraska Food Processing Center's
Food Entrepreneur
Assistance Program offers a one-day "From
Recipe to Reality"
seminar to teach entrepreneurs the factors
to consider when starting
a food manufacturing business, including:
market research, product
development, packaging, labeling, pricing,
cost analysis, product
introduction to the marketplace, promotional
materials, food
safety, legal issues and business structure.
The next "From Recipe to Reality" seminar is May
20
with a registration deadline of May 8. The seminar is also
scheduled on Aug. 18 and Oct. 24 on the UNL East Campus and Oct.
14
in Scottsbluff. Early registration is encouraged due to limited
space.
After the seminar, participants may choose to enter
the "From
Product to Profit" phase to receive
step-by-step assistance
from food scientists and food industry
business consultants tailored
to the specific needs of each
entrepreneur's business venture.
For a Food Entrepreneur
Assistance Program packet and registration
form, contact: Arlis
Burney, Food Processing Center, UNL, 143
H.C. Filley Hall, Lincoln,
NE 68583-0928; call 472-8930; or visit
<http://fpc.unl.edu/marketing/
ent.htm>.
For more information, e-mail:
<aburney@unlnotes.unl.edu>.<
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Chemistry's Hamilton Award
Lecture is April 17
The 2003 Hamilton Award Lecture is at
3:30 p.m. April 17 in
117 Bessey Hall. A reception will precede the
lecture at 2:45
p.m. in room 548 of Hamilton Hall.
Eric N. Jacobsen, the Sheldon Emory Professor of chemistry
at
Harvard University, will received the 22nd Cliff S. Hamilton
award.
Jacobsen's award lecture is titled "Discovery, Study
and
Application of Asymmetric Catalysts."
Jacobsen is a
chemist in the area of catalyst development
for stereoselective
synthesis.
Degree Grade
Rosters Due April 25
Degree grade rosters identifying May
10 degree candidates
were mailed April 11. The deadline for
returning the rosters
to the Graduation Services Office in 109
Canfield Administration
Building is April 25.
SARS affects plans
UNL is
seeking alternate plans for several programs that would
require
travel to China because of uncertainty surrounding the
outbreak of
severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which
has claimed the
largest number of victims in that country.
The U.S.
Department of State on April 10 upgraded its travel
advisory on
China to a warning recommending "U.S. citizens
consider
deferring non-essential travel to China."
Two UNL
programs are specifically affected. The College of
Business
Administration's Pan Pacific conference is scheduled
for Shanghai,
China from May 28-30. With some 500 people from
around the globe
registered for the conference, organizers will
poll registrants to
determine whether they want to postpone to
August or cancel the
conference.
The annual Pan Pacific study tour, which has
24 UNL students
registered, would have taken them to China, Japan
and Hawaii
May 17-June 7. Organizers are preparing an alternative
itinerary,
excluding travel to China, that students may opt for and
still
study international business.
"We don't
want to put people in harm's way," said
Peter Levitov,
associate dean of international affairs.
Levitov said
that, as the SARS epidemic has grown, so has
concern from parents,
students and those responsible for university
liability issues.
This semester, 280 Chinese students attend UNL; however,
Levitov
said it is unlikely SARS will affect many of their travel
plans
as only a small number usually travel home during their
course
of study.
Open
house to teach about extended ed
The Office of Extended
Education and Outreach will offer a
UNL Extended Education Open
House from 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 25
at the Nebraska Union.
Faculty and staff representing the 16 distance education degree
programs will have posters and computer demonstrations of
technology-delivered
courses on display and will offer information
about each program.
Those attending the open house can visit with
distance education
support service people about Blackboard, help
desk, faculty and
student support services, Graduate Studies
assistance, faculty
mentoring and opportunities in creating online
instruction.
Carol Twigg, executive director of the Center
for Academic
Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic, will give
two presentations
on April 25 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium.
From 1:30-2:45
p.m., she will discuss "Innovations in Online
Learning:
Moving Beyond No Significant Difference." From
2:45-3:30
p.m., the topic will be "Grant Funding Opportunities
for
Distance Education Programs."
Twigg's visit
is hosted by the Teaching, Learning and Technology
Roundtable and
sponsored by Academic Affairs, Extended Education
& Outreach,
Information Services and NCITE.
For details, contact Arnold
Bateman at 472-4500 or <abateman@unl.edu>.
New water lab on display May 1
New analytical equipment to support water and environmental
research will be displayed at an open house from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m.
May 1 at the UNL East Campus Water Sciences Laboratory.
The new instruments provide increased capability for both
stable
isotope analysis and analysis of polar (or water soluble)
organic
compounds, which will boost research capabilities for
NU faculty
and help in competing for research funding, said research
assistant
professor Dan Snow, who manages the laboratory.
The suite
of new instruments includes a Quattro Micro triple
quadrupole mass
spectrometer for quantitative analysis and structural
identification of organic compounds and two complete isotope
ratio
mass spectrometers equipped with automated preparation
systems.
"The WSL is one of a very few facilities to have the
equipment, staff and expertise in both trace organics and stable
isotope analysis," Snow said. "These instruments are
the
most advanced available and will serve to both strengthen
and
expand our current capabilities."
The new instruments
were funded by a U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency grant made
possible through U.S. Rep. Doug Bereuter.
The lab, which
was founded in 1990, is part of the UNL Water
Center, School of
Natural Resource Sciences and NU's Institute
of Agriculture and
Natural Resources.
All faculty, staff and the public are
invited to the open
house. Those needing a UNL parking pass should
contact Tricia
Liedle at the Water Center at 472-3305 or email
<pliedle2@unl.edu>.
The lab is north of the Nebraska East
Union and just east of
Natural Resources Hall.
For
information on the Water Sciences Laboratory, visit <www.ianr.unl.edu/wat
erscience/wsl.html>.
Next Year End Deadline for Fiscal Year 2002/2003
May
26 is the last day for requisitions to be received in
purchasing
for items requiring a sealed bid (purchases over $40,000).
A
listing of the fiscal year end deadlines can be found at <http://busfin.un
l.edu/purchase/announcements.html>.
For information, call
the purchasing department at 472-2126.
April Sc2hedule for Fidelity Counseling Sessions
A
Fidelity consultant will be in the Nebraska Union on April
17 and
23 and in the Nebraska East Union on April 24 to provide
free
one-on-one counseling sessions on investment planning. Sign
up by
calling Reservation Systems, (800) 642-7131.
Schedule For TIAA-CREF
Counseling Sessions
A TIAA-CREF consultant will be in the
Nebraska Union on April
23 and 24 and in the Nebraska East Union on
April 22 to provide
free one-on-one counseling sessions on
investment planning.
Sign up by calling (800) 842-2009 or
visiting <www.tiaa-cref.org>
and
clicking on Meetings/Counseling.
Writer-therapist to Speak On™ 'The Unseen Order'
Paul Pines, writer and practicing psychotherapist, will explore
the connection between mind and matter, soma and psyche, as it
has
been expressed in myth, art, philosophy, quantum theory and
archetypal psychology, and will discuss its application to clinical
practice in an April 18 lecture.
The talk, "Diagnosis:
Reading the Unseen Order,"
begins at 2 p.m. at the Nebraska
Union. The talk is free and
open to the public.
Pines, of Glens Falls, N.Y., is a published novelist and poet.
He teaches American literature and creative writing and practices
clinical psychotherapy.
He opened the New York City jazz
club The Tin Palace in 1970,
which was frequented by artists
including Kurt Vonnegut, Martin
Scorsese, Charlie Mingus and Joni
Mitchell.
The Linda and Charles Wilson Program for
Humanities and Medicine
will sponsor Pines' visit.
Retirement in2centive program
The NU Board of Regents has given final approval to a Retirement
Incentive Program. The deadline to sign up for the program is
5
p.m. April 30.
All full-time tenured faculty members who,
by Sept. 1, will
be at least 59.5 years of age and have completed
10 years of
service at the university are eligible for the program.
Faculty
may choose between retiring fully by Sept. 1 or moving by
Sept.
1 to a part-time special appointment at .5 FTE for up to
three
years, to be followed by full retirement.
Program benefits are described in the policy as approved by
the
Regents and are available at <www.unl.edu/svcaa/reti
re2003.
html>. The contracts to be used to sign up for the
program
are available in PDF format at this site. Note that there
are
three contracts: a retirement contact for tenured faculty under
65; a retirement contract for tenured faculty over 65; and a
contract for phased retirement for faculty 59.5 years of age
and
above. There is no upper age limit on program participation.
For specific information about the retirement and health benefits
offered through the program, call Greg Clayton at Benefits at
472-2600. For more information, call Evelyn Jacobson at 472-3751;
Alan Moeller at 472-2871; or Jelena Gude at 472-5264.
Asian American Cultural Celebration April
28
The UNL Culture Center, Afghan Renascent Youth
Association,
and Sigma Psi Zeta will host the Asian American
Cultural Celebration:
The Many Faces of ASIA from 6-9 p.m. April 28
at the Culture
Center. A collaboration of Asian student
organizations, departments
and community groups will promote an
awareness of the diversity
of Asian culture to the greater campus
community.
The evening will begin with traditional Asian
foods catered
from Lincoln area restaurants. After dinner, various
garments
from Asian countries will be exhibited. Singing and
various types
of dancing performances representative of Asian
countries will
be presented, and a martial arts show demonstrating
multiple
disciplines will conclude the event.
Cultural artifacts provided by the collaborating student groups
will be on display through the event. All portions of the event
are
free and open to the public.
For information, call
472-5500.
College marks 90th
E-Week
The College of Engineering and Technology will host
E-Week,
a celebration of engineers and engineering, April 21-25.
The
theme for E-Week 2003 is "Integrate Engineering into
Life."
This year's events mark the 90th anniversary of E-Week
at Nebraska.
For information on E-Week, contact Trish
Fenster, staff assistant
for the college, at 472-7094 or visit
<www.nue
ngr.unl.edu/cet/NewsEvents/eweek/e_week.html>.
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