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UNL Landscape Services student worker Daniel Koch trims a
dead
branch from a tree on East Campus on Sept. 10 in preparation
for
the second annual NU Landscape Connections on Sept. 20.
The event
will offer instruction, information and advice on how
to improve
your home landscape. NU Landscape Connections will
run from 9 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. on East Campus. This year's theme
is "Exploring
Nebraska Style." 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>.
October schedule for Fidelity
counseling sessions
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. The room will
be posted.
Sign up by calling
Reservation Systems at (800) 642-7131.
Schedule for TIAA-CREF counseling
sessions
A TIAA-CREF consultant will be in the Nebraska
Union on Sept.
23 and 25 and Oct. 7, 9, 29 and 31, and the Nebraska
East Union
on Sept. 24, Oct. 8 and 30 to provide free, one-on-one
counseling
sessions on 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.
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.
Blackboard and Photoshop training series offered by Information
Services
Learn Blackboard tools to assist and enhance your
instruction.
This series of workshops covers creating quizzes,
using discussion
boards, the gradebook and more features of
Blackboard.
Faculty and staff can learn a range of
Photoshop techniques
commonly used in Photoshop and Photoshop
Elements. Our workshops
will cover selections, layers, photo
retouching and more.
For more information on these
workshops and how to sign up,
visit: <http://itg.unl.edu/training>.
Access
your SAP info with new website
The new Employee
Self-Service website was launched Sept. 15.
The address is <http://ess.nebraska.edu>.
The website allows employees to view information such as
paycheck
stubs, current benefits options, balances on flexible
spending
accounts, bank and W4 information and more, online 24
hours a
day. Employees also are able to update their home addresses
and
will be able to enroll in benefits online beginning in
November,
according to NU central administration. The site is not
yet compatible
with Netscape or Macintosh.
All
benefits-eligible employees should have received letters
with more
information about the site. Users' initial logon names
and
passwords are printed in pay stubs beginning with the August
stub
for monthly employees and the Sept. 4 bi-weekly pay advice.
To
ensure security, employees' social security numbers will not
be
used on the site.
For more information about the site or
the personal information
displayed on the website, call UNL
Benefits office at 472-2600,
Human Resources at 472-3101, or
Payroll at 472-2010. For technical
assistance, call the Information
Services' Help Desk at 472-3970.
UNOPA Floyd S. Oldt Boss of the Year
Award
Do you have a great boss? Does someone you know have
a great
boss? The University of Nebraska Office Personnel
Association
is seeking nominations for its 2003 Floyd S. Oldt Boss
of the
Year Award.
A full-time employee with
management, administrative and/or
supervisory responsibilities is
eligible for nomination. Any
UNL employee, University of Nebraska
District Research and Extension
Center employee and employees of
UNO and UNMC whose primary work
location is on the Lincoln campus
may be nominated. The recipient
of the 2003-2004 award will receive
$500, a framed certificate
and a one-year UNOPA membership. All
Floyd S. Oldt Boss of the
Year Award nominees will receive a
certificate to commemorate
their nomination and will be recognized
at the presentation luncheon
on Nov. 11.
More on the
application process can be found at <www.unl.edu/unopa>.
The
deadline is Oct. 10. Send your nominations to: Becky Hastings,
awards director, 1700 Y St., Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0606. For information,
call Becky at 472-2085 or e-mail <rhastings1@unl.edu>.
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.
Chemistry Day is Sept.
27
The chemistry department will host its third annual
Chemistry
Day on Sept. 27.
This event introduces high
school juniors, seniors, their
parents and their science teachers
to the opportunities and careers
in the chemistry field. UNL
students who are interested in becoming
chemistry majors are also
welcome.
The event is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in
Hamilton Hall.
Events include tours of chemistry labs, an
informational session
featuring a variety of experimental
demonstrations, in addition
to academic information and a special
session by Associate Professor
Mark Griep called "Chemical
Apparatus in the Movies."
Registration for this event
is free and includes a catered
lunch and the chance to win
scholarships and prizes.
For more information or to
register, please call Michelle
Howell at 472-4453 or e-mail <mhowell2@unl.edu>.
Bug Bash
planned
Bug Bash 2003 will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept.
20 at the
Folsom Children's Zoo. The annual event sponsored by the
College
of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Lincoln
Public
School Science Focus program, Pfizer and the zoo offers a
chance
for the public, especially children, to learn more about the
world of insects.
For more information, contact Marion
Ellis, department of
entomology, at 472-8696 or <mellis3@unl.edu>.
Economics
Lecture Sept. 19
Tracy Turner from Kansas State University
will present "Income,
Race and Housing Stability: Are
Low-Income and African-American
Households Less Likely to Sustain
Homeownership?" at 2:30
p.m. Sept. 19 in room 222 in the
College of Business Administration
building.
The
presentation is part of the University of Nebraska's Economics
Department's Fall Seminar Series and is free and open to the
public. For information, call Jenise DeGraw at 472-6349.
Call for New UCARE Project
Proposals
The application deadline for one-year-only UCARE
proposals
for the academic year 2003-04 is Oct. 3. These awards
will be
available to students from Oct. 15 until June 30, 2004.
The Office of Undergraduate Studies encourages faculty new
to
the university to apply as well as university faculty who
have not
participated in UCARE. 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, <http://www.unl.edu/ucare/forms
.html>,
and online application is suggested. For
information, to post
a UCARE opportunity or to discuss a proposal,
call Laura Damuth,
UCARE coordinator, at 472-5024 or email <Ldamuth1@unl.edu>.
International Affairs plans Study Abroad event
UNL's
International Affairs office will offer its fall Study
Abroad
Extravaganza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 30 outside the
Nebraska
Union.
This event provides students with a major source of
information
on study-abroad programs and allows recently returned
participants
to share experiences. Hundreds of students browse the
informational
booths and speak with advisers to help them make
their decision
to study abroad.
The fall Study Abroad
Extravaganza will feature study-abroad
programs available in 2004,
such as programs in Spain, France,
Czech Republic, Italy and
Germany, to name a few. Information
about financial aid and
scholarships, a returnees' photo contest
and a $250 scholarship
drawing also will be offered.
Last year, more than 500
students studied abroad in nearly
all continents. They brought back
knowledge and perspectives
that have enriched both the university
environment and their
own global awareness.
All
students and faculty are encouraged to join this event.
For
more information, call 472-5358 or go to <www.unl.edu/iaffairs>.
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.
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.
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>.
From left, Dustin Dahlberg, Lien Phan and Katie Reichenbach
work
on computers in the new Computer Store location in the basement
of
the Nebraska Union. Photo by Tom Slocum.
Computer Store opens in Union
The new, second site of
the UNL Computer Store supports the
old adage that a business'
location makes a difference.
The UNL Computer Store
expanded into its new site in the basement
of the Nebraska Union in
June and held an open house Sept. 9.
Chuck Caskey, computer stores
manager, said being next door to
the University Bookstore has
helped improve their visibility
on campus and inform students,
faculty, staff and UNL departments
that they can buy computer
hardware, software and more at discounted
prices.
Business has been brisk at the second location, Caskey said.
In
August 2002, the store did about $114,000 in business. In
August
2003 with the two locations, he said, the store did about
$187,000
in business.
The new location became available when the old
video arcade
in the union's basement was remodeled.
"When this space became available, we jumped at the chance,"
Caskey said.
The Computer Store still uses its original
location in Room
123 of the 501 Building because it provides more
storage than
the union and has a loading dock for larger items,
Caskey said.
Also, customers who order hardware or other bigger
items still
pick up those items at the 501 Building.
The Computer Store sells a large selection of hardware, software,
peripherals for computers, computer games and more at an educational
discount provided by the vendor to UNL. Details can be found
by
visiting the store, calling 472-0505, or visiting the website
at
<http://sales.unl.edu>.
The Nebraska Union site also is a second location for UNL
Telecommunications, which provides Communications Services such
as
wireless phones and discounted Internet services to UNL faculty,
staff, students and departments. Telecommunications' original
location is in 211 Nebraska Hall. For more information about
offerings from Communications Services, visit <http://telecom.unl.edu>
or
call 472-2000.
Symposium
offers historical perspective on Lewis and Clark
The next
three years will see a series of events commemorating
the
bicentennial of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis' historic
Voyage
of Discovery from St. Louis to the West Coast and back
from
1804-06.
But the expedition didn't happen in isolation.
There were
other things going in the world 200 years ago, of
course, and
the second Carroll R. Pauley Memorial Symposium at UNL
Sept.
25-26 will examine the historical setting of the Lewis and
Clark
expedition under the theme of "Exploration, Encounter,
Empire:
The Lewis and Clark Expedition in Comparative Historical
Perspective."
"We want to elevate the level of
discussion to more than
just the Lewis and Clark Expedition
itself," said Alan Steinweis,
Rosenberg associate professor of
history and Judaic studies at
UNL and coordinator of the symposium.
"For example, the
Louisiana Purchase and its exploration by
Lewis and Clark and
others led to a transfer of exotic diseases, so
there's an epidemiological
history to examine as well as an
environmental history."
The symposium's keynote
address will examine that history.
Historian Elliott West will
deliver "Disease, Exploration
and Conquest: A New Look at the
Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis
and Clark Expedition" at 8
p.m. Sept. 25 at the Nebraska
Union.
A distinguished
professor of history at the University of
Arkansas, West is a
respected scholar on the history of the American
West. He has
published a number of books, including The Contested
Plains:
Indians, Goldseekers and the Rush to Colorado, which
won the
Parkman Prize in 1998, and other award-winning books.
West's lecture will be followed by six more on Sept. 26, all
at
the Nebraska Union:
- 8:30-9:45 a.m.,
"Cabeza De Vaca's Progeny: The Five-Century
Literary Legacy
of One of the Earliest European Sojourns in North
America,"
Rolena Adorno, Yale University.
- 10-11:15 a.m., "The War
of Bayano: Rebellious Slaves
in 16th-Century Panama,"
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Bryn Mawr
College.
- 11:30
a.m.-12:45 p.m., "Mamiya Rinzo and the Japanese
Exploration
of Sakhalin Island: Ethnography, Technology and the
Production of
Space," Brett Walker, Montana State University.
- 2-3:15
p.m., "'Africa Made Me:' Gender, Imperialism
and Nostalgia
in the Genesis of Literary Personality in the Settler
Colonies of
Algeria and Kenya," Patricia Lorcin, Texas Tech
University.
- 3:30-4:45 p.m., "Disorder and Hierarchy: Explorers,
Natives and the Failure of German Pluralism, 1820-1930,"
David Murphy, Anderson University.
- 8 p.m., "Exploration,
Encounter, Empire: Why We Need
a Eurocentric Perspective,"
Dane Kennedy, George Washington
University. Kennedy is a former
professor and chair of the UNL
Department of History.
"There are a lot of serious issues to be discussed, not
just of local or national importance, but of global importance,
and
that's what we want to do with this symposium," Steinweis
said.
All sessions of the symposium are free and open to
the public,
including a 12:45 p.m. lunch at the Nebraska Union on
Sept. 26.
Preregistration is necessary for the lunch. To register,
e-mail
Kim Weide at <kweide1@unl.edu>
in the Center
for Great Plains Studies and refer to the Pauley
Symposium in the
subject line.
Natural
Resources seminars focus on ecology
By Steve Ress, UNL
Water Center
A range of environmental and ecological topics
will be discussed
by local and regional experts in a series of free
weekly public
lectures now under way on East Campus.
The UNL School of Natural Resources Research Seminar Series
is
offered most Wednesdays through Dec. 3, said organizer Jim
Merchant, a professor in the School of Natural Resources.
"The seminar series is a great way to look at recent
and
ongoing research on a number of environmental and ecological
topics
affecting Nebraskans, in addition to being a good way
to celebrate
the recent formation of the School of Natural Resources,"
Merchant said.
The school was formed earlier this summer in
a merger of the
former School of Natural Resource Sciences,
Conservation and
Survey Division and Water Center.
Seminar speakers hail from UNL, the University of Nebraska
at
Omaha and Creighton University, as well as from institutions
and
agencies in surrounding states.
Lectures run from 3-4 p.m.
and are presented in Room 116,
L.W. Chase Hall.
The
lectures are presented by the UNL School of Natural Resources,
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and UNL. For more
information on the lectures or parking arrangements, call 472-3305
or email <sress1@unl.edu>.
The schedule:
- Sept. 24: Sian Mooney,
Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, University of
Wyoming: "Opportunities for Trading
Soil Carbon Credits from
Managed Ecosystems."
- Oct. 1: Thomas Bragg, Department of
Biology, UNO: "Fire,
Native Fauna and Feral Predators:
Studies at the Gibson Desert
of Western Australia."
- Oct. 8: William Johnson, Department of Geography, University
of Kansas: "Vignettes of Loess Research in the Central Great
Plains."
- Oct. 15: Joan Ramage, Department of Biology,
Creighton University:
"Snow, Ice, and Slush: Microwave
Detection of Melt Patterns
in the Headwaters of the Yukon
River."
- Oct. 22: No seminar.
- Oct. 29: Pamela
J. Pietz, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center,
Jamestown, N.D.: "Factors Affecting Avian
Nest Success in
Prairie Landscapes."
- Nov. 5: Robert Nairn, School of
Civil Engineering and Environmental
Science, University of
Oklahoma: "Wetland Functions and
Values: Can Treatment
Wetlands do more than Improve Water Quality?"
- Nov. 12:
Sandra Zellmer, College of Law, University of Toledo,
Ohio
(visiting professor UNL College of Law): "Federal Legal
Powers for Managing Aquatic Ecosystems."
- Nov. 19: Andrew
Tyre, School of Natural Resources, UNL: "When
is a Little
Dispersal Really a Lot? Modeling Tick Dispersal on
Lizards and
its Effect on the Dynamics of a Parapatric Boundary."
- Nov. 26: No seminar.
- Dec. 3: Ken Dewey, School of Natural
Resources, UNL: "Climate
Impacts on Water Resources in the
Desert Southwest."
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