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Il-Woo Suh, 3, points to a card held
by Dr. Mark Arneson,
a Lincoln optometrist and consultant with the
University Health
Center, during a vision screening April 21 at the
Ruth Staples
Child Development Lab on East Campus. The vision
screening was
part of the lab's children's health fair. Il-Woo Suh
is the son
of Young-Sung Suh and Jihyun Kim of Lincoln. IANR
photo by Brett Hampton.
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/menu.html>
;.
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>.
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.ht
ml>.
Annual steam
outage set for May
The annual steam outage will occur on
City Campus only May
11-17 if weekly high temperatures average 60
degrees or above.
During this week, the centralized steam
distribution system will
be shut down. This outage allows for
required maintenance of
equipment, including replacing and
upgrading key components of
the university's utility system.
During this outage, heating or process steam will not be available
in those building systems served by campus steam.
For
information or to inform staff about research processes
requiring
steam or any other implications of this outage, call
Clark deVries,
utility services director, at 472-9444 or e-mail
<cdevries1@unl.edu>.
Marathon to affect City Campus
parking
The Lincoln Marathon on May 4 will affect City
Campus parking.
The Area 10/17C Loop parking lot will be partially
closed with
limited access from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 3. It will
be closed
from 4:30 p.m. May 3 to noon May 4.
Other
lots and areas that will be affected by the marathon
include:
- Area 3/20 lots at 14th and Avery streets
- Area 20/28 lots, 14th and W streets
- Holdrege Street
by-pass
- 14th and Vine streets.
The
marathon runs from 5:30 a.m. to noon May 4.
White House expert speaks at research
events
Kathie
Olsen responds with a smile upon receiving a University
of Nebraska
Press scholarly edition of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
from UNL
Chancellor Harvey Perlman on April 23. Olsen, associate
director of
the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy, delivered
a lecture that afternoon as part of the UNL
Research Fair
activities. Her lecture was sponsored by the Office
of Research.
Other Research Fair events on April 24 included
workshops presented
by program officers from several federal
research agencies.
Campus Rec Annual Maintenance
Shutdown
The Campus Rec Center will be closed from May
11-18 for annual
maintenance. The East Campus Activities Building
and the basketball
courts and swimming pool in Mabel Lee Hall will
be open for recreation
this week. The East Campus Activities
Building will be closed
for annual maintenance May 19-26.
For a listing of hours for May and over the summer, visit
either
facility, call 472-3467 or visit <www.unl.edu/crec>.
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.
Tour the Lilac Collection on May 6
The UNL Botanical
Garden & Arboretum will give a walking
tour of the lilac shrub
collection from 12:15-12:45 p.m. May
6 at Maxwell Arboretum on East
Campus. The tour will be led by
Emily Levine, grounds supervisor
for UNL Landscape Services,
East Campus. The tour is free and open
to the public. For information,
call UNL Landscape Services at
472-2679 or visit <http://bga.unl.edu/Events/C
alendar.cfm>.
NET
goes digital
The new digital television services of the
Nebraska ETV Networks
were launched at a ceremony April 23 at the
state capitol.
The most noticeable difference with digital
television is
a sharper, clearer picture. But through digital
technology, the
broadcast bandwidth assigned to the University of
Nebraska Board
of Regents and the Nebraska Educational
Telecommunications Commission
can be used in different ways to
benefit the citizens of Nebraska.
NET plans to use
its digital service in several ways:
- NET will
air PBS programming and locally produced specials
in
high-definition television in prime time on NETV-HD.
- During
the day, NET will broadcast three standard-definition
channels at
one time: NETV1, NETV2 and NETV3.
- NET will partner with
public agencies and educational institutions
to embed data such
as emergency information and teacher resources
in the DTV
broadcast signal, which can be received by TV set-top
boxes, PCs
equipped with tuner cards or hand-held devices.
NET
broadcasts nine hours of digital television a day, although
it is
offering 24-hour digital services to cable providers.
For
information, call 472-9333, Ext. 483, or (800) 698-3426.
Tractor museum offers open house
Agricultural equipment from the colonial to the early modern
era
will be on display May 3 when the Lester F. Larsen Tractor
Test and
Power Museum on East Campus hosts an open house from
1-4 p.m.
The museum will feature exhibits of colonial hand tools, farm
implements from pioneer days, early animal-drawn implements,
original conservation tillage equipment developed at the University
of Nebraska in the 1930s and 1940s, and 30 historical tractors
dating to a 1909 Ford.
The adjacent Tractor Test Laboratory
will also be open to
visitors.
The Larsen Tractor
Test Museum, a member institution of the
University of Nebraska
State Museum, is located northeast of
the corner of 35th and Fair
streets, at the east end of the Tractor
Testing Track.
The museum's regular hours are 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through
Friday and by special appointment. There is no admission charge.
Creating a
record-breaking sandwich
Ann Johnson, assistant manager of
Abel-Sandoz dining services,
connects a section of a 328-foot-long
turkey wrap sandwich that
stretched through hallways from the
dining center toward Sandoz
Residence Hall on April 23. The
sandwich was served to the students
along with steak and chicken as
part of the dining hall's Grillin'
and Wrappin' party. The sandwich
was built in an attempt to break
a world record. Photo by Brett Hampton.
Belik Memorial Tree
Information
Services will plant a tree in the memory of Dave
Belik, who worked
in Information Services at UNL. The tree will
be planted near the
Walter Scott Engineering Center and Nebraska
Hall, where Belik
spent most of his professional life at the
university. Landscape
Services will include this tree in the
landscaping plan for Othmer
Hall.
To contribute toward this memorial, send a
contribution to
Landscape Services, 1340 N. 17th St., UNL, Lincoln,
NE, 68588-0609,
ATTN: Kay Kottas.
Checks should be
made to the University of Nebraska. In the
memo section, write in
"Belik Memorial Tree."
Glenn Hoffman Retirement Reception May 28
Glenn
Hoffman, department head for biological systems engineering,
will
be honored at a reception from 3-5 p.m. May 28 at the Arbor
Suite,
Nebraska East Union. Hoffman will retire June 30 after
14 years of
service. He came to IANR after 23 years with the
USDA-ARS.
A memory notebook containing letters and pictures from colleagues
and friends is being compiled. All are welcome to write a letter
or
contribute a picture or other memorabilia for the notebook.
Mail letters unfolded to: Rene Gellatly, 220 L.W. Chase Hall,
Biological Systems Engineering Department, UNL, Institute of
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE 68583-0726, or
email to <rgellatly1@unl.edu>.
UNOPA Annual Meeting May 13
Office and service employees are invited to the University
of
Nebraska Office Personnel Association's Annual Meeting and
Installation of Officers at 11:45 a.m. May 13 at the Kauffman
Center, north of the Nebraska Union.
Parking is available
at the loop by the Coliseum or at 17th
& R streets parking
garage. A shuttle service is provided
to and from the garage.
At this annual meeting, UNOPA will recognize its members who
have worked diligently through the year.
A reservation form
is on the web at <www.unl.edu/unopa/mayr
eservation.pdf>
and in the May issue of UNOPA Notes. For
information, contact
Debbie Hendricks at 472-9865 or <dhendricks1@unl.edu>.
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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Survey on Things That Waste
Faculty Time
The Academic Senate, in collaboration with
the senior vice
chancellor's office, has formed a "Wasted
Time" committee.
This group is charged with identifying
activities, procedures,
policies, forms, etc., that waste faculty
time. By this we mean
activities that do not contribute to
excellence or effectiveness,
but merely seem bureaucratic.
This two-item survey is an open opportunity to identify and
eliminate such time wasters. All faculty members are invited
to
respond to the survey at <http://tc.unl.edu/surveys/time/>.
University Surplus
Auction
The next University Surplus Auction will begin at
9 a.m. May
3 at 3630 East Campus Loop. More details can be found on
the
inventory website at <http://inventory.unl.edu/>.
Experts: Watch and water plants in a
drought
By Kristen Hansen, IANR News Service
Careful observation and proper watering is key to keeping
plants
healthy if Nebraska faces another drought year, University
of
Nebraska horticulturists say.
Under drought conditions,
people need to be observant early
in the growing season to keep
track of the water needs of their
plants, said Kim Todd, landscape
horticulture specialist.
Proper watering will be most
important this summer, said Anne
Streich, horticulture
educator.
"When plants start to wilt, the leaves roll
or start
to turn yellow or reddish-brown - these are signs that
plants
are drought-stressed and need water," Streich said.
However, these same symptoms can indicate the plants have
been
overwatered, which causes their roots to die, Todd said.
To avoid
this, check the soil moisture before watering.
"Pick
up a clump of soil. If it's a soggy ball, it's
too wet. If it holds
together, it doesn't need water just yet,
but when it crumbles it
needs water," the Institute of Agriculture
and Natural
Resources specialist said.
Water needs depend on the plants
and their growing environment.
In Nebraska, most garden plants need
about an inch to an inch-and-a-half
of water per week. Todd said
it's best to apply water at the
roots and use deep watering
practices that allow plants to form
deeper roots and a greater
ability to seek water at lower depths.
Laying a hose at the
base of the plant or using a soaker hose
or a drip irrigation
system will apply the water slowly so the
plants can easily absorb
it, she said. Also, watering plants
early in the morning will
reduce evaporation and allow any water
on plant foliage to dry
before evening, which helps minimize
disease problems.
Adding mulch, such as wood chips or crumbled leaves mixed
with
pesticide-free grass clippings and wood chips, to the planting
bed
will help retain moisture. Todd recommends adding 3 to 4
inches of
mulch in landscape beds and 1 to 2 inches in perennial
beds. Make
sure the mulch is not directly against the trunks
of trees, and do
not bury the crowns of perennials.
"Mulch keeps the
soil temperature cooler, reduces erosion
and helps control weed
growth, which reduces competition for
water," she said.
With water restrictions expected throughout the summer, it
may
be necessary to prioritize landscape water needs, Streich
said.
"Trees and shrubs are the toughest and most expensive
to
replace, so they should receive as much water as they need
to
remain healthy," she said. "Think carefully about
using
annuals that require frequent watering - you might want
to restrict
their use this year."
If selecting new plant varieties
this year, Todd recommends
drought-tolerant plants, native species
and those that are adapted
to the area.
"Drought-tolerant, sustainable landscapes don't have
to
look like you forgot to weed or mow," Todd said. "There
are many ornamental drought-tolerant plants, including perennials,
grasses, trees, shrubs and vines, that can be combined in landscapes
for a pleasing appearance. However, don't convert an existing
landscape to highly drought-tolerant plants without talking to
an
expert."
Remember, drought-tolerant plants need water
too, Streich
said.
"Just because they say
they're drought-tolerant doesn't
mean they don't need any moisture,
especially in the establishment
year," she said. "Newly
installed plants need water
every week. Established plants need a
good soaking about once
every 2 to 3 weeks during extreme drought
and a little less during
moderate drought."
For
more information on plant survival during drought, contact
a local
Cooperative Extension office or a landscape professional.
For more
information and a list of drought-tolerant plant varieties,
consult
NU Cooperative Extension publication G99-1400-A, Watering
Nebraska
Landscapes: When and How Much, available at <www.ianr.unl.e
du/pubs/horticulture/g1400.htm>
or a local Cooperative
Extension office.
Environmental departments to merge
By Steve Ress, UNL
Water Center
Key UNL environmental programs and departments
soon will be
under one roof, both administratively and
literally.
The long-planned merging of units, approved
April 26 by the
University of Nebraska Board of Regents, will
enhance UNL's teaching,
research and extension education efforts in
natural resources,
said John Owens, vice chancellor of the
Institute of Agriculture
and Natural Resources.
The
merger will combine UNL's School of Natural Resource Sciences,
Conservation and Survey Division and Water Center into the School
of Natural Resources. Eventually, SNR will be housed in the Clifford
Hardin Nebraska Center on UNL's East Campus.
"Consolidating administration, faculty and staff and
facilities is cost effective and permits better coordination
in the
environmental sciences. This will especially benefit our
students," Owens said.
"An initial step in this
direction was made when the
former School of Natural Resource
Sciences was formed five years
ago from formerly independent
departments such as meteorology,
forestry, fisheries and wildlife,
and affiliates such as the
Conservation and Survey Division and
Water Center," Owens
said.
The new SNR will
combine programs such as climate, fisheries,
forestry, geological
sciences and survey, remote sensing-GIS,
soils, water and wildlife.
The revamped school also will be home
to a new fish and wildlife
cooperative research unit, whose funding
recently was approved by
the U.S. Congress. That unit is a venture
between the federal
government, UNL and the Nebraska Game and
Parks Commission.
"The integration will increase interaction among our
scientists and teachers on a broad range of physical, biological
and chemical aspects of natural resources affecting our state,"
Owens said.
The SNR is expected to move to the Clifford
Hardin Nebraska
Center at North 33rd and Holdrege streets sometime
in 2005. The
Hardin Center recently was closed due to budget cuts
that eliminated
UNL's Division of Continuing Studies that was
housed there.
Grant funds earmarked for construction of a
new building to
house the former School of Natural Resource
Sciences will be
used to renovate the Hardin Center into
classrooms, teaching
and research laboratories and offices for the
new SNR.
"This makes good use of existing facilities
and allows
us to roughly double the square footage of space that
was to
be included in the new building," Owens said.
The Hardin Center also has excellent telecommunications capabilities,
a 640-seat auditorium, meeting rooms that can be converted to
classrooms, easy public access and space for planned laboratory
additions. Much of the center's central hotel tower will be converted
to office space, leaving the remainder of the building for teaching,
research and public uses.
The SNR's 83 faculty and nearly
100 staff from the combined
units currently are housed in more than
a half dozen buildings
on UNL's City and East campuses.
Fulbright applications available
Applications are now available to apply for an award in the
2004-2005 Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The
government-sponsored Fulbright program offers students
the chance
to study and conduct research in other nations. About
1,000 grants
are awarded annually, and programs are available
in more than 140
countries. The program is offered through the
Institute of
International Education, with the U.S. Department
of State and the
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
For
information, call Laura Damuth at 472-5024, Robert Stoddard
at
472-3573, or visit the program's website, <www.iie.org/fulbright>.
Applications must be submitted in full to the UNL Fulbright
Office,
the Office of International Affairs, by Sept. 18 in order
to be
reviewed by the UNL Fulbright Campus Committee and received
by IIE
by the Oct. 21 national deadline.
Peer Review of Teaching Project
The UNL Peer Review of Teaching project is seeking two-person
faculty teams from the same department or area to participate
in
next year's project. Over the year, each team partner will
reflect
upon, develop and write a course portfolio on one of
their courses.
A key goal is to help faculty members document
their teaching and
to involve teams in discussions of student
learning and assessment.
Team members will receive a $1,000 stipend
for time devoted to the
project.
For more information, e-mail Paul Savory, <psavory@unl.edu>
by May 9 or
to express interest in the project. More information
and a program
description can be found at <www.engr.unl.edu/savory/>.<
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NU seeks applications for
fellowship
The University of Nebraska Office of the
President is seeking
applications and nominations for the Equity in
Opportunity Administrative
Fellowship. The fellowship offers an NU
faculty or administrative
staff member the chance to gain
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
NU.
Internal applications only will be considered for the
fellowship.
The selected fellow will receive release time from
his/her current
university responsibilities to accept the
fellowship, which lasts
one year beginning with the fall 2003
semester.
To apply, submit a current vitae and a letter
expressing interest
in the fellowship and why you believe you meet
the stated purpose
of the fellowship to Shari Clarke, associate to
the president,
University of Nebraska, 145 Varner Hall, 3835
Holdrege St., Lincoln,
NE 68583-0745. Applications are due May
16.
Workshops to teach about
battling termites
University of Nebraska workshops can
help replace homeowners'
concern about termite damage with
education needed to make more
intelligent decisions about
treatments.
NU Cooperative Extension educators Barb Ogg,
Dennis Ferraro
and Clyde Ogg, along with Nebraska Department of
Agriculture
experts, will present five eastern Nebraska workshops
in May
to provide information about termite prevention and
control.
Workshops cover termite biology, inspecting your
home, preventing
termite damage, effectiveness, safety and
environmental concerns
of treatment chemicals, proper chemical
application techniques,
termite baiting systems, treatment cost and
warranties.
Registration is $20 per person at Norfolk,
Nebraska City,
Fremont and Lincoln, and $25 at Omaha.
Pre-registration is not
required, but people planning to attend are
encouraged to call
in advance to ensure that enough reference
materials are available
for everyone.
All workshops
are from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dates, locations,
local contacts and
phone numbers are:
- May 12: Norfolk, Lifelong
Learning Center, 601 E. Benjamin
Ave; call Chris Carlson,
370-4040.
- May 15: Nebraska City, Lied Conference Center, 2700
Sylvan
Road; call Ken Burgert, 274-4755.
- May 19:
Fremont, Dodge County Extension Office, 1206 W. 23rd
St.; call
Dave Varner or Sarah Browning, 727-2775.May 21: Omaha,
Douglas/Sarpy County Extension Office, 8015 W. Center Road; call
Dennis Ferraro, 444-7804.
- May 22: Lincoln, Lancaster County
Extension Education Center,
444 Cherrycreek Road; call Barb Ogg,
441-7180.
Nearly 1,200 people have attended the
workshops since 1995.
Participant surveys indicate 98 percent are
more confident in
making decisions about termites after attending a
workshop and
that more than eight out of 10 attendees received
information
that saved them money in preventing or treating
termite-related
problems, Barb Ogg said.
Clarke Reception May 5
President and Mrs. L. Dennis Smith will host a reception for
Shari Clarke to celebrate completion of her doctorate program
and
her appointment as the new vice president for student affairs
at
Mansfield University in Pennsylvania from 3:30-5 p.m. May
5 in the
Sixth Floor Schorr Presidential Suite at Hewit Place,
12th and Q
streets.
Clarke served as special assistant to the
president for diversity
and equity from April 1998 to July 2001.
She was appointed associate
to the president in July 2001.
The university community is invited to attend.
NSave Backup Service
offered by Information Services
Information Services
offers a backup/recovery service called
NSave to back up important
files on computer hard drives. The
software is installed on the
desktop and the backup/recoveries
are done over a network
connection. No external devices or tapes
are needed.
For more information, go to <http://nsave.unl.edu>
or call
the NSave support specialist at 472-6843.
Parking Permit Renewals
Parking
permits may now be renewed for fall through the NUPark
telephone
registration system by calling 472-0866. Permits also
can now be
purchased at the Parking and Transit Services Office.
For more
information about permit renewals or to order permits
by mail,
visit the Parking and Transit Services website, <http://parking.unl.edu>.
May schedule for
TIAA-CREF counseling sessions
A TIAA-CREF consultant will
be in the Nebraska Union on May
6, 8 and 22, and the Nebraska East
Union on May 7, 21 and 23
to provide free one-on-one counseling
sessions regarding investment-planning
issues.
Sign
up by calling (800) 842-2009 or at <www.tiaa-cref.org>.
Love Library hours during Dead and
Finals Week
Love Library will be open until 2 a.m. Sunday
through Thursday
of Dead and Finals weeks. The building will open
at the usual
time those days. Visit the libraries' web page,
<http://iris.unl.edu>,
for more information.
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