Scarlet schedule
The next edition of the Scarlet will publish July 17. The
deadline for submissions for that edition is noon July 10. 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>.
Benson retirement reception today
The Office of
Institutional Research and Planning will host
a retirement
reception for John Benson from 3:30-6:30 p.m. June
19 in the Wick
Alumni Center. A short program will be presented
at 4:30 p.m.
Benson has been with UNL for 41 years.
Correction
The May 8 Scarlet
featured a story about James W. Cronin,
who spoke at the May 10
graduation ceremony, that incorrectly
stated Cronin's field of
expertise. Cronin is a leader in ultra-high-energy
cosmic-ray
astrophysics.
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>.
Session to
discuss how to handle budget reductions
"Developing
Resilience in the Face of Budget Reductions"
will be presented
at noon June 26 in the Nebraska Union. The
talk is sponsored by the
Department of Human Resources and will
be presented by Cindy
Kaliff, director, Career and Life Transitions.
Kaliff,
LMHP, is a licensed professional with expertise in
bridging
business and counseling. She established Career and
Life
Transitions in 1994 to help people rejuvenate, refocus and
redirect
themselves to find more fulfillment in their work and
lives. She
has provided training, facilitation and consultation
on such topics
as communicating in the midst of change, navigating
your career,
coping with change, managing transitions and more
for many local
and regional organizations and businesses.
"Developing
Resilience in the Face of Budget Reductions"
was developed for
UNL faculty and staff and will focus on anticipating
change, facing
anxiety, standing your ground when it counts,
and acting on
opportunities as they arise.
There is no fee for this
workshop, but registration is limited
to 50. Please call the
Employee Assistance Program, 472-3107,
or e-mail <cnau1@unl.edu>.
Landscape Services
Develops Irrigation Management Plan
Landscape Services has
instituted an irrigation management
plan to help the campus prepare
for the return of drought and
minimize the damage drought can cause
to the campus landscape.
The plan features four graduated
phases in water conservation
that would result in estimated
water-use reductions from 15 percent
in Phase 1 to 90 percent in
Phase 4.
For more details on the irrigation management
plan, visit
the Landscape Services website at <http://landscape.u
nl.edu/watermgtplan/index.cfm>.
Tax Relief Plan May Affect Your
Paycheck
The tax relief plan passed recently by President
Bush means
employees may see more money in their paychecks
beginning with
their first paycheck in July. The new law
retroactively reduces
income tax rates back to Jan. 1, but
employees will need to wait
until next year when they file their
2003 taxes to get back taxes
overpaid in the first half of 2003.
The variance that you may
see as an increase in your paycheck
depends upon your income
bracket.
Tax professionals
caution employees not to tinker with W4
forms to recoup the money
faster through smaller withholdings
because they could end up owing
taxes when they file their 2003
tax return in 2004.
If you have additional questions regarding the tax law changes,
consult your tax accountant or visit the IRS website at <www.irs.gov>.
Kahle Retirement Reception June 26
The University Libraries will celebrate Larry Kahle's retirement
with a reception from 2-4 p.m. June 26 at the Wick Alumni Center.
A
short presentation will begin at 2:45 p.m.
Kahle, associate
dean of Libraries, joined the University
Libraries in 1969 as
assistant librarian in the social studies
division. In 1971 he
became the law librarian and in 1974 received
tenure. Kahle
returned to Love Library in 1975 as the assistant
social science
librarian. Kahle served as UNL's affirmative action
officer in
1976. He was promoted to full professor in 1979 and
was made the
University Libraries personnel and budget officer
in 1981. Kahle
served as acting dean of Libraries from 1982-1983.
Since 1983,
Kahle has been the associate dean of Libraries, with
administrative
responsibilities including budget, personnel and
facilities
issues.
Pabian
Reception June 26
Roger Pabian will be honored at a
retirement reception from
2-4 p.m. June 26 in the Nebraska East
Union. Pabian is retiring
from his position as professor and
research geologist after 35
years with the Conservation and Survey
Division. He worked in
late paleozoic and mesozoic invertebrate
paleontology, paleoecology
and biostratigraphy, was adjunct curator
with the University
of Nebraska State Museum and an instructor in
gemology with the
geosciences department.
The
reception is open to the public.
Degree Application Deadline June 27
June 27 is the
deadline for applying for a degree to be received
on Aug. 16. A $25
non-refundable degree application fee must
accompany the
Application For Degree form. The fee applies only
to the term
indicated on the application and is not transferable
to another
term. Applications are to be filed at the Graduation
Services
office, 109 Canfield Administration Building.'
TIAA-CREF counseling
dates for July
A TIAA-CREF consultant will be in the
Nebraska Union on July
16 and 18 and the Nebraska East Union on
July 17 to provide free,
one-on-one counseling sessions regarding
investment-planning
issues. The room will be posted.
Sign up by calling (800) 842-2009 or going to <www.tiaa-cref.org>
and
choosing Meetings/Counseling.
UNL Research Council Announces 2003-2004 Deadlines
Applications for Faculty Seed Grants, Grants-In-Aid and
Interdisciplinary
Research Grants must be received by Oct. 15.
Applications for
Visiting Research Scholars and
Symposia/Distinguished Lecturers
are due Oct. 15 and Feb. 16.
For program descriptions and all application forms, visit
<www.unl.edu/research/coun
cil.html>.
Public
Policy Seminars Continue
The University of Nebraska Public
Policy Center is offering
two more public policy seminars this
summer. The seminars are
open to members of the public and
university staff and students
with an interest in contemporary
public policy issues in Nebraska.
The annual Thomas
C. Sorensen Forum for Political Leadership
is today at Mahoney
State Park. It is co-sponsored by the University
of Nebraska Public
Policy Center and the UNL College of Arts
and Sciences.
Policy Models and Innovations for Small Town Success will
be
held June 28 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The
seminar
will cover challenges and opportunities in policy and
economic and
community development in rural Nebraska. Professor
Randy Cantrell
of the UNL Center for Applied Rural Innovation
and Professor Peter
Longo of UNK department of political science
will lead the seminar.
Panel discussions will feature Judge Cloyd
Clark from McCook, Al
Wenstrand from the Nebraska Department
of Economic Development, and
representatives from the offices
of Sen. Chuck Hagel, Sen. Ben
Nelson, Rep. Tom Osborne and others.
Those interested in enhancing
their understanding of community
development and sustainability
challenges and opportunities in
Nebraska are encouraged to attend.
The seminar is co-sponsored
by the University of Nebraska Public
Policy Center, the University
of Nebraska Rural Initiative and
UNK.
Registrations for the Policy Models and Innovations
for Small
Town Success seminar are due three days before the
seminar and
are $40 per person and $15 for students and NU faculty
and staff.
For more information and registration, visit the
University
of Nebraska Public Policy Center website at <www.ppc.neb
raska.edu/seminarseries/pss02-03.htm>
or contact Tarik Abdel
Monem at 472-3147 or <tabdelmonem@nebraska.edu>.<
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Instructional technology
offers training
Instructional Technology at Information
Services will offer
training sessions and a seminar about two
Macintosh products:
- A two-hour training
session will be offered to teach Apple
iLife for Macintosh, a set
of tools for working with digital
media that allows the user to
integrate digital photographs,
video and music. Training sessions
will run from 1-3 p.m. June
24, with a repeat of the session from
1-3 p.m. June 25, both
in the New Media Center, 107 Architecture
Hall. The sessions
will be led by Stan Ethington, Apple higher
education account
executive. The session will focus on
understanding iPhoto for
digital photographs and iMovie3 for
creating videos and incorporating
digital still images and
photographs into projects.
- A discussion about Keynote, an
application designed to create
and deliver high-quality
presentations, will be from 9-10 a.m.
June 24 in the New Media
Center, 107 Architecture Hall. Keynote
breaks new ground with its
interface and capabilities and takes
advantage of Apple's Quartz
Extreme video-rendering engine to
provide graphics capabilities
not available with other presentation
applications.
For signup information, go to <http://itg.unl.edu/training>
or write <training@unl.edu>.
Purchasing Fiscal-Year-End Deadlines
2002/2003
Don't wait until the last few days of FY
2002/2003 to spend
year-end dollars. Review projected year-end
balances so that
expenditures can be processed early and in the
best interest
of the university.
June 23 is the last
day to receive requisitions in purchasing
(or the appropriate
store) for inclusion in FY 2002-03 business
as well as the last day
to order goods and services from prime
vendor contracts for posting
to June financial reports. If departments
wish to have items posted
to July business, please delay placing
orders until July 7. The
cut-off for end-users to create purchase
orders online for FY
2002-03 business is at 3 p.m. June 30. This
is also the last day to
charge new purchases on the purchasing
card for FY 2002-03
business. Delivery date must be no later
than June 30 for
encumbrance in FY 2002-03 business.
Specific year-end
deadlines can be found on the Purchasing
website: <http://purchasin
g.unl.edu/announcements/index.cfm>.
Call UNL Purchasing at
472-2126 for more information.
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