Ross tours building
Danny Lee Ladely, director
of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts
Center at UNL, shows the
projection room to Mary Riepma Ross
on Sept. 5. Ross, who lives in
New York City, is a strong supporter
of the arts at UNL and was in
Lincoln for the dedication of the
building, which opened earlier
this year. To the right of Ladely
is Christopher Gray, Ross'
nephew. Photo by Kathe
Andersen.
Events will mark Sept. 11
Architecture
students will construct a memorial to the terrorist
attacks of
Sept. 11, 2001.
To demonstrate the physical enormity of
the lost World Trade
Center twin towers, during the early morning
hours of Sept. 11,
the tower's footprints will be laid out in
yellow caution tape
on sidewalks and green space between the
Nebraska Union, Mueller
Tower and Love Library.
Two
tall mirrors placed in the north lawn of Love Library
will reflect
UNL's Mueller Tower.
Beginning at 10:50 a.m. Sept. 11, the
tower carillon will
sound a solemn tone every 11 seconds for four
minutes.
After the four-minute observance, the
installation will be
removed, and architecture students will
document the life of
the memorials and the events and reactions to
them.
All are invited to participate. Pamphlets and
questionnaires
will be distributed on site. At 3:30 p.m. Sept. 11
in Architecture
Hall, students and faculty will discuss the day
during a panel
discussion.
New York Times reporter to visit
New York Times
Supreme Court correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist
Linda Greenhouse will visit UNL on Sept. 15 to visit
students and
faculty at the College of Law and to deliver a presentation
to UNL
faculty and staff at 2:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Union Auditorium.
A
reception will follow the presentation, and the presentation
and
reception are free and open to the public.
Greenhouse is
the 1998 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for beat
reporting for her
coverage on the U.S. Supreme Court. She became
the New York Times
Supreme Court correspondent in 1978, and except
for a brief period
covering Congress in the mid 1980s, she has
written about the Court
since that time.
She attended and earned her master of
studies in law degree
at Yale Law School in 1977-78, and then
joined the New York Times
Washington staff. She earned her
bachelor's degree in government
from Radcliffe College.
Greenhouse was awarded the American Law Institute's Henry
J.
Friendly Medal in 2002 for contributions to the law, the Carey
McWilliams Award from the American Political Science Association
for advancing the understanding of politics, and the Legal Writing
Institute's Golden Pen Award. She is a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical
Society.
Lewis & Clark
speaker to address UAAD membership
Ron Hull, chairman of
the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
committee, will be the
speaker at the first UAAD meeting of the
academic year, on Sept.
17. Hull, a special adviser to the Nebraska
Educational and
Telecommunications Commission and University
Television and a
professor of journalism, will discuss the state's
plans for the
bicentennial and share anecdotes of his travels
and
experiences.
The meeting will be from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m.
in the Nebraska
Union and is open to the public. The University
Association for
Administrative Development promotes professional
development
among participating members, provides a vehicle of
communication
between UNL administration and the administrative and
managerial/professional
staff, and encourages the improvement of
operations in administrative
and managerial areas.
For information on becoming a member, e-mail Marilyn Fenton
at
<mfenton1@unl.edu>.
Speakers Bureau begins 9th year
The UNL Speakers Bureau begins its ninth year this fall. This
free service provides faculty and other university experts as
speakers on a variety of topics to service organizations, schools
and other groups.
To receive a brochure that fully
describes each speaker's
topics or to book a speaker, contact
Barbara Bowers in the Office
of University Communications, 202
Canfield Administration Building,
Lincoln, Neb., 68588-0424; call
472-8396; or e-mail <speakers2@unl.edu>.
Topics
are described and a form is available to request a speaker
online
at <www.speakers
bureau.unl.edu>.
The 18 members of the 2003-04
Speakers Bureau and the titles
of their talks:
- Patrice Berger, "Europe: 2003," "Europe: 1939"
and "University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 21st Century."
- Laura Damuth, "Enriching the Undergraduate Experience:
UCARE Program."
- Robert F. Diffendal Jr., "Lewis and
Clark: The Geology
of the Great Plains 1804-1806," "A
Visitor's Guide:
The Natural History of the Big Island of
Hawaii," "A
Traveler's Guide: The Natural History of
Florida and the Bahamas"
and "A Vacationer's Guide: The
Natural History of Alberta,
Canada."
- Karen
Janovy, "What's Up at the Sheldon," "Torn
Notebook: Community Icons" and "Updated Top 10 Questions
about the Sheldon Gallery."
- Dale Lindgren, "Taming
the Native Flora."
- Michael Meagher, "The Making of
Vaccines and Therapeutics
Against Bioterrorism."
- Craig Munier, "Can Nebraska Families Still Afford College?"
- Giacomo M. Oliva, "Ragtime! Ragtime! Ragtime!"
- Thomas O. Powers, "Biological Invaders" and "Worms,
Mites and Parasites."
- Paul E. Read, "Nebraska, the
Next Napa Valley?"
"Plant Parenthood: Food for the Body
and Soul" and
"Gardens of the World."
- Terrance Riordan, "Professional Golf Management"
and "Having a Great Low-Maintenance Lawn."
- Larry
Routh, "Recruiting Today's Graduates."
- John Rupnow,
"History and Agents of Agroterrorism"
and "Gourmet
or Guru: The Science of Food."
- Sandra K. Scofield,
"Choices and Changes for the Present
and Future of Rural
Communities."
- Stephen Swidler, "Nebraska Rural
Schools: Their Ups
and Downs, Problems and Promises, and Why We
Should Save Them."
- Dara Troutman, "Nifty at
Fifty" and "The ABCs
of DTV."
- Richard
Waldren, "The Future of Global Food Supply."
- Donald
A. Wilhite, "Water as a Limited Resource: The
Need for
Improved Drought Management in the 21st Century."
Ask a live librarian
UNL
Libraries has launched a new service, "Ask a Question
Live
Online," which offers a live chat with a librarian
from 1-5
p.m. Mondays through Fridays to answer questions. The
chat is
available at: <www.unl.edu/libr/rpg
/private/chat.html>.
Libraries offers workshop
UNL Libraries is sponsoring
a workshop called Library Research
for Theses and Dissertations in
the Science from 2-3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at the C.Y. Thompson computer
lab on East Campus. The
workshop is for graduate students in the
sciences preparing for
their thesis or dissertation literature
review.
To register or for more information, call 472-4407
or e-mail
<cmaxeyharris2@unl.edu>.
Construction to change some
parking
Work on the Antelope Valley construction project
will alter
parking lots on campus beginning Sept. 15.
The Area 28 commuter student reserved parking lot on W Street
will be consolidated with the Area 17C lot in the mall east of
Memorial Stadium. This consolidation will not cause this lot
to go
over parking capacity.
Also, the Area 10 parking lot north
of Nebraska Hall will
be closed, with Area 10 parking moved into
the abandoned Area
28 lot on W Street and a small portion of the
Area 20 parking
lot west of the Reunion building.
For
information, call Dan Carpenter at 472-1800 or visit <http://parking.unl.edu>.
Women's Studies Colloquium Sept.
16
The UNL Women's Studies program will launch its Fall
Colloquium
Series at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Nebraska Union with
a session
on "Finding a Research Topic and Doing it Too:
Lessons from
Two Women's Studies Projects." The speakers will
be Marie-Chantal
Kalisa, assistant professor of modern languages
and literatures,
and Rose Holz, lecturer in the history
department.
Kalisa and Holz will discuss their respective
research projects.
Kalisa's project, "Reading Violence in
African and Caribbean
Women's Novels," explores women writers'
attempts to resolve
the tension between historical/external forms
of violence and
internal forms of violence that result from unfair
cultural,
social and political rules based on gender. Holz's
project is
"The Birth Control Clinic in America: Life Within,
Life
Without, 1923-1972." Holz has focused her research on the
social and cultural history of birth control.
For more
information, call 472-9392.
TIAA-CREF to visit
A TIAA-CREF consultant will be on
campus to provide free,
one-on-one counseling sessions on
investment-planning issues.
The representative will be at the
Nebraska Union on Sept. 11,
23 and 25 and Oct. 7, 9, 29 and 31, and
at the Nebraska East
Union on Sept. 24 and Oct. 8 and 30.
Sign up by calling (800) 842-2009 or going to <www.tiaa-cref.org>
and
choosing Meetings/Counseling.
Fidelity visits set
A Fidelity consultant will be in
the Nebraska Union on Oct.
7 and the Nebraska East Union on Oct. 8
to provide free, one-on-one
counseling sessions on
investment-planning issues.
Sign up by calling Reservation
Systems at (800) 642-7131.
Event to Showcase Instructional Technology
UNL and
Blackboard Inc. will host a free event, "Blackboard
Days," Sept. 18-19 that will allow higher-education and
kindergarten-through-12th-grade faculty, administration and staff
from around Nebraska to learn about instructional technology
successes and challenges.
The two-day conference at the
Wick Alumni Center will feature
sessions delivered by faculty and
staff from higher education
and K-12 institutions, as well as
presentations from technology
vendors. Tracks will focus on
teaching and learning, administration
and support.
The conference is free, but registration is required for planning.
To register, visit <http://itg.unl.edu/bbdays/>.
For more information, call Paul Erickson at 472-1657 or e-mail
<phe@unl.edu>.
Collection Drive for the National Bone Marrow
Data Bank Scheduled
The College of Business
Administration, with several other
Lincoln sponsors, is planning a
drive for the National Bone Marrow
Data Bank from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sept. 26 at the Lied Center
for Performing Arts.
Anyone ages 18 to 60 can donate. To enroll in the data bank,
participants will show proof of identification with a Social
Security card or drivers license, complete a medical history
form
and give a blood sample. Participation in this registry
shows that
a person is willing to be a bone marrow donor.
To see
questions that are asked on the medical history form,
visit: <www.m
arrow.org/HELP/health_history_questionnaire.html>.
To
determine if health history will prevent eligibility for participation,
visit: <www.
marrow.org/HELP/marrow_eligibility_guidelines.html>.
Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Donations
will cover the processing costs for this drive, but additional
donations are welcome. For information on parking and appointments,
call Community Health Endowment at 436-5516.
Gamma Sigma Delta
Presents Obesity Seminar Sept. 18
Gamma Sigma Delta
Nebraska Chapter will present a seminar,
"Obesity Implications
for Agriculture, the Food Industry
and Nutrition and Health,"
at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in the
Nebraska East Union.
Panel members will be Jeff Armitage, Nebraska Department of
Health; Don Beermann, Department of Animal Science; Ann Grandjean,
UNMC; and Ed O'Neill, Food Processing Center.
For more
information, contact Marilynn Schnepf, nutritional
sciences and
dietetics chair, at 472-3735 or e-mail <mschnepf1@unl.edu>.
Office seeks manager applications
The office of the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs
seeks applications for business manager for academic affairs,
assisting the senior vice chancellor with management and coordination
of academic affairs business and finance operations.
Applications must be received by Oct. 3. Applications should
include a letter of interest, current vita and names of three
references. For more information, or to send applications and
nominations, write to the Search Chair, in care of Academic Affairs,
at 208 Canfield Administration, City Campus, 0420, or e-mail
<jgude1@unl.edu>.
Food Processing Center
celebrates 20 years
The Food Processing Center will
celebrate its 20th anniversary
of service to the food industry on
Sept. 16. Pierce Hollingsworth,
director of the Special Projects of
Stagnito Communications,
Inc., in Deerfield, Ill., is the featured
guest speaker for the
event. He will present an overview of trends
in the food industry
at 1 p.m. in the Nebraska East Union. The
lecture will be followed
by tours of the Food Processing
Center.
To attend, please RSVP to <jgifford1@unl.edu>
or call
472-2819.
For information, visit <http://fpc.unl.edu/ma
rketing/anniversary.htm>.
Teaching Initiatives Discussed Sept. 19
Rick Edwards,
senior vice chancellor for academic affairs,
and the members of the
Academy of Distinguished Teachers will
present "Communities of
Practice: Teaching Initiatives at
UNL" from 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Sept. 19 in the Nebraska Union.
This session will demonstrate the
use of Blackboard as a communications
tool. The discussion is
co-sponsored by the Offices of Academic
Affairs, Graduate Studies
and Undergraduate Studies.
The purpose of Communities of
Practice is to highlight the
importance of the UNL teaching mission
and to introduce faculty
and graduate students to new and ongoing
initiatives for excellence
in teaching and learning at UNL.
Gail Latta and Wade Weichel of the UNL Academic Portal Team
will
demonstrate the use of Blackboard as a communication tool
to help
faculty and graduate students locate and share teaching
resources
and to work with others to identify thematic groups
around specific
teaching issues.
New faculty and past recipients of
colleges' teaching awards
are urged to participate in the event.
Graduate teaching assistants
are also welcome.
Degree
Application Deadline Sept. 26
Sept. 26 is the deadline for
applying for a degree to be received
on Dec. 20. 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 in 109 Canfield Administration Building.
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>.
Oct. 14 'From Recipe to Reality' Seminar
Scheduled
The UNL Food Processing Center will present a
one-day "From
Recipe to Reality" seminar at the
University Panhandle Research
& Extension Center in Scottsbluff
on Oct. 14. Advance registration
is required with a registration
deadline of Oct. 1.
The final 2003 seminar will be on East
Campus on Oct. 24.
The seminar covers the issues that need
to be considered when
manufacturing a food product including: food
safety, labeling
regulations, product development, marketing
research and selection,
pricing and promotional strategies, image
development, business
protection, regulatory agencies, legal
considerations and more.
For more Food Entrepreneur
Assistance Program information
and a registration form, contact
Arlis Burney, 472-8930, <aburney1@unl.edu> or visit:
<http://fpc.unl.edu/marketing/
ent.htm>.
Call for
New UCARE Project Proposals
The Office of Undergraduate
Studies is seeking the next round
of UCARE proposals for the
academic year 2003-04. These one-year-only
awards will be available
to students from Oct. 15 until June
30, 2004. The application
deadline for these one-year-only awards
is Oct. 3.
The Office of Undergraduate Studies encourages faculty new
to
the university to apply as well as university faculty who
have not
participated in UCARE before. Interdisciplinary projects
are also
welcome. Faculty are also invited to post a UCARE opportunity
on
the UCARE website for students to browse.
Applications are
available on the UCARE website, <www.unl.edu/ucare/forms.html>,
and online application is suggested. For more information,
to
post a UCARE opportunity or to discuss a proposal, call Laura
Damuth, UCARE coordinator, at 472-5024 or e-mail <Ldamuth1@unl.edu>.
Plains Humanities Alliance Announces
Research and Region
Seminar
The Plains Humanities
Alliance's first seminar in its 2003-04
Research and Region
colloquium series, "Comparing the Canadian
and American
Plains," will begin at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15 in
the Nebraska
Union.
The free seminar will feature Fran Kaye, professor
of English,
and Andrew Graybill, visiting assistant professor of
history.
Kaye will present a paper titled "Prophets on the
Prairies:
Messianism and the 1885 North-West Rebellion and the 1890
Lakota
Ghost Dance," and Graybill will present, "Taking
Possession
of the Garden: Rangers, Mounties, and the Subjugation of
Native
Americans, 1875-1910." Tom Carr, professor of French,
and
Dennis Smith, assistant professor of native studies and history
at UNO, will offer commentary.
The Research and Region
seminar series is an outlet for scholars
to present research about
the Great Plains and other Plains regions.
Those who wish to
present research-in-progress, including graduate
students with
dissertation proposals, are welcome to submit.
Forward proposals to
John Wunder, Plains Humanities Alliance,
UNL, 1221 Seaton Hall,
Lincoln, Neb., 68588-0692.
Kaye's and Graybill's papers are
available for review before
the seminar. Call Deborah Eisloeffel,
Plains Humanities Alliance,
at 472-9478, for a copy, or find it at
<www.unl.edu/rcplains>.
Review and
Workshop
The first NSF Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center
Review and Workshop will be Sept. 18 and 19 in
the Nebraska Union.
The review on Sept. 18 will provide a
summary of the new work
at Nebraska on "Quantum and Spin
Phenomena in Nanomagnetic
Structures." The workshop on Sept.
19 will consist of invited
talks by leading national experts on
"Advances in Nanomagnetics
and Information
Technologies."
For more information, call Shelli
Krupicka or David Sellmyer,
472-7886.
Voice Mail And E-mail in One Place
Information Services-Communications now offers a voice mail
enhancement called EVM for Octel. Notifications of new voice
mail
messages and, optionally, the messages themselves are sent
to a
client's e-mail account as MP3 attachments, allowing e-mail
and
voice mail to be reviewed from one place. This feature is
$1.50 per
month.
Sign up for this feature between now and Nov. 1, and
the installation
charge will be waived.
Call
472-3434.
Multimedia courses
available through Information Services
Information
Services' fall schedule of multimedia training
is now available. A
full list of classes for faculty, staff and
students can be found
at <http://itg.unl.edu/training>.
To register, call 472-9050 or go to the 501 Building Room
118. Space in classes is limited and reservations are required.
Faculty and staff classes are available in: Blackboard, Photoshop,
Journal Access, Dreamweaver, Basic HTML/Composer, Adobe Premiere,
Macromedia Director, Adobe PageMaker and Microsoft Excel. Classes
also teach about choosing and using digital cameras and how to
stream audio and video.
Classes for faculty and staff are
$20 for two-hour sessions
and $10 for one-hour classes. 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.
Several of the Blackboard and Photoshop workshops are repeated
for convenience.
Workshops are held in the New Media
Center in Architecture
107.
Information Services also
offers free online tutorials. They
are available at: <http://itg.unl.edu/workshops>
under the "ITG Quick Links."
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