Thanksgiving mail delivery
Campus mail will not be delivered or picked up on Nov. 27
and 28
because of Thanksgiving. Regular campus mail service will
resume on
Dec. 1.
For more information, call Mail Services at
472-9970.
Scarlet schedule
The Scarlet will not publish Nov. 27
because of Thanksgiving.
The deadline for information to be
submitted for the Dec. 4 Scarlet
is noon Nov. 26.
Call 472-8518 or 472-8515 for more information.
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>.
Big Red Road
Show Exhibitor Deadline is Nov. 21
The deadline for
exhibitors to request space at the Big Red
Road Show is Nov. 21.
All colleges, departments and campus offices
and organizations are
invited to reserve exhibit space online
at <www.roadshow.unl.edu>.
UNL's second Big Red Road Show will be Feb. 29, 2004, at the
Omaha Civic Auditorium. Last year's event attracted more than
1,500
people and received widespread coverage from the Omaha
media.
Meetings for
NUFlex annual enrollment
The UNL Benefits Office will have
several open houses for
faculty and staff to ask questions on their
annual NUFlex enrollment:
Nov. 21: 9-11 a.m, Nebraska
Union;
Nov. 24: 9-11 a.m., Nebraska East Union;
Nov.
25: 1:30: 3:30 p.m., Nebraska Union;
Dec. 1: 2-3 p.m.,
Satellite Broadcast NEB*SAT, Channel 103;
Dec. 2: 9 to 11 a.m,
Nebraska Union; 3-4 p.m., Nebraska East
Union (retiree
meeting);
Dec. 3: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Nebraska East Union.
For information, call Greg Clayton, 472-8044.
Johnsgard to give reading from new book
Paul Johnsgard, Foundation professor emeritus at the School
of
Biological Sciences, will talk about his new book on early
discoveries of native plants and animals, Lewis and Clark on
the
Great Plains: A Natural History, at Lee Booksellers.
The
talk and reading will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at the store,
Edgewood
Center at 56th Street and Highway 2.
Johnsgard's book is a
reference guide on the wildlife that
Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark encountered during their 1804-6
Corps of Discovery
expedition.
For information, call 420-1919.
Faculty,
staff directories distributed
The 2003-2004 UNL Centrex
Directories are now being distributed.
For answers about directory
orders, call Linda Geisler at 472-3713.
Old Centrex
directories can be recycled by removing and discarding
the plastic
binding and placing the paper and covers with office
paper
recyclables. Recycling questions can be directed to Scott
Lindberg
at 472-9139.
Arboretum wants tales of gardening disasters
The
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is seeking true gardening
disasters
stories, for possible publication in the 2004 Spring
Affair News,
which is mailed to more than 10,000 gardeners statewide.
Stories
may be published anonymously. The deadline for submitting
stories
is Nov. 21. Stories can be any length, but they may be
edited or
shortened.
Send stories to Nebraska Statewide Arboretum,
Attn: Karma
Larsen, UNL, P.O. Box 830715, Lincoln, Neb. 68583-0715
or e-mail
to <klarsen1@unl.edu>.
Auditions Nov. 23-24 for 'vagina
monologues'
Auditions will be held this month for the
February others,
spouses and friends. No tax dollars are involved
with this event;
the party is funded through ticket sales and
aluminum can recycling
and is coordinated by volunteers.
The party is from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dancing begins at 8
p.m.
with entertainment by DJ Craig Estudillo, voice of the Lincoln
Stars. A sandwich buffet and appetizers are provided, as is a
cash
bar.
Tickets must be purchased in advance for $10 per
person and
will be sold until Dec. 1.
To buy tickets,
call Linda Ybarra at 472-4641.
Workshop to teach more about
blackboard
Learn to use Blackboard to the fullest at a
workshop by Information
Services. Instruction will cover how to use
Excel to create grade
rosters and how to use Word's tracking
feature to add comments
and track changes in student documents.
The workshop is $20 and will be from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 12 in 107
Architecture Hall.
Register by calling 472-9050 with a cost
object number, or
pay by check in room 118 in the 501 Building.
Registration is limited. For information, visit <www.unl.edu/is/training.htm
>.
The Big 12 Faculty
Fellowship Program
This program is intended to stimulate
scholarly exchanges
with Big 12 institutions. The program offers
faculty the opportunity
to travel to member institutions to
collaborate on projects and
research. The deadline for submitting
proposals for the program
is Dec. 1. The maximum fellowship award
per applicant is $2,500.
For information, visit <www.unl.
edu/svcaa/faculty/opportunities/big12.html>.
Information Services newsletter available
online
Information Services publishes the "IS
News" to
keep faculty, staff and students informed on
communications and
information technology issues. The
November/December issue includes
articles on copyright issues,
services in student computer labs,
audio conference services and
more.
To read the newsletter and to subscribe to a
notification
listserv, go to <www.unl.edu/is/news.html>.<
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Emeriti association to Meet Nov. 20
The UNL Emeriti
Association will meet at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 20
at the Nebraska East
Union. The room will be posted. Steve Taylor,
UNL department chair
of Food Science and Technology, will speak
on "How Safe Is Our
Food?"
For more information, call Wilma Crumley at
435-0287.
Immigration boosts
economy, study shows
"Just as it did a century ago,
immigration is changing
local economies on the Great Plains."
This statement begins
an article about the impact of Hispanic
immigration on the local
economies in Dawson County, Neb., by UNL
economists Orn Bodvarsson
and Hendrik Van den Berg in the fall 2003
issue of Great Plains
Research.
Between 1990 and
2000, the Hispanic population of Lexington
increased from just more
than 400 to 4,000, increasing the town's
population from 6,000 to
more than 10,000. This compares to the
previous decade, when Dawson
County's population and overall
employment had declined.
Bodvarsson and Van den Berg said traditional models of immigration
usually focus on the effects of immigration on labor supply while
predicting that immigration depresses wages and raises unemployment
rates. Their research using Census data and other evidence suggests
exactly the opposite occurred in Lexington and Dawson County
during
the 1990s.
The economists said the common belief that
immigration must
necessarily reduce wages and increase unemployment
is not supported
by a broad analysis of the effects of the recent
arrival of several
thousand immigrants in Dawson County, mostly
from Mexico. They
concluded that immigration stimulated both labor
supply and demand,
resulting in a rebound in employment, average
wages and economic
growth.
"Immigration not only
increases the supply of labor but
also increases the demand for
labor," Van den Berg said.
"Immigrants are consumers as
well as workers, and because
they eat, buy housing, spend on
entertainment and shop locally,
they also add to the demand for
labor in the local economy."
Great Plains Research, a
journal of social and natural history,
is edited by James
Stubbendieck, UNL professor of grassland ecology,
and published by
the Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL.
The journal is
available for purchase from the Center at 472-3082.
Study: GM corn doesn't
hurt livestock
By Sandi Alswager, IANR News Service
The latest University of Nebraska research confirms that feeding
or grazing genetically modified corn has no effect on livestock
performance.
These studies involved Bt corn for rootworms
and Roundup Ready
corn. Results reinforce earlier findings on the
feed value of
genetically modified crops by scientists at Nebraska
and at other
land-grant universities, said Animal Scientist Galen
Erickson.
The bottom line for livestock producers is they
can expect
the same livestock performance whether they feed
currently available
genetically modified corn or conventional corn,
he said.
NU Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
animal scientists
have evaluated performance of livestock fed or
grazed on genetically
modified corn for the last three years to
provide information
on these new types of corn, he said. Sixty
percent of the U.S.
corn supply is fed to livestock.
"It's important that if we change corn traits that we
do
not decrease the feeding value," Erickson said. "Bt
and
Roundup Ready corn are very advantageous from an agronomic
point,
but we needed to research this to ensure that the feed
value was
not negatively impacted."
Feeding trials for beef,
dairy and swine were conducted at
NU's Agricultural Research and
Development Center near Mead.
One experiment found no
difference in steer performance among
steers that grazed corn
stalks from either Bt corn for rootworms,
Roundup Ready corn or
conventional corn during a 60-day grazing
period.
In
a 2001 study, steers showed no preference for Bt or conventional
corn.
In two finishing trials, 200 steers were fed rations
containing
either Roundup Ready corn or a conventional but
genetically similar
hybrid, and 200 crossbred yearling steers
received Bt corn for
rootworms or genetically similar conventional
corn. Animal performance
and carcass data for these trials showed
no significant differences.
NU Swine Nutritionist Phil
Miller compared pig growth and
percent lean in pigs fed Bt corn for
rootworms or conventional
corn. In another study, they compared
nutritional value and nitrogen
digestibility for young pigs fed
Roundup Ready corn and those
fed conventional corn.
Neither study revealed significant differences, Miller said.
Two dairy studies also were conducted to evaluate the effect
of
Roundup Ready corn and Bt corn for rootworms on feed intake
and
milk production. Findings showed similar performance for
genetically modified and conventional corn as measured by efficiency
of milk production for lactating dairy cows.
Nominations sought for
Donaldson, Oldt awards
The University Association for
Administrative Development
is seeking nominations for the Carl A.
Donaldson Award for Excellence
in Management and the Floyd S. Oldt
Award.
The awards are given at the Founder's Day lunch by
Chancellor
Harvey Perlman. This year's lunch will be from 11:50
a.m. to
1 p.m. Feb. 11.
The Donaldson Award is given
to employees who exemplify superior
organizational skills, promote
teamwork, communicate effectively,
pursue professional growth and
support subordinates' professional
development.
The
Oldt Award honors managerial/professional employees who
display
exceptional service and dedication to UNL and are creative,
innovative and active in the university.
Recipients of each
award receive a plaque and a $1,000 stipend.
Any non-faculty
permanent employee who has been at UNL for five
years or more with
a 50 percent or greater FTE and holds management
responsibilities
is eligible. Members of the UAAD awards committee,
the chancellor's
cabinet and past recipients are ineligible.
Nomination
forms are due Jan. 12 to UAAD. Please allow time
for the direct
supervisor and references to respond by Jan. 17.
For more
information, visit <http://uaad.unl.edu/comm
ittees/awards.htm>.
To get a nomination form or for more
information, contact Constance
Walter at 472-8309 or <cwalter3@unl.edu>.
Health Center goes digital with
X-rays
The University Health Center recently purchased
state-of-the-art
X-ray equipment with a Computed Radiology System
for the radiology
department.
Computed radiography is
designed to enable the transition
of general radiology from analog
to digital. UHC also purchased
the Picture Archiving Communications
System, which allows images
to be viewed, retrieved and stored
electronically. Images are
available immediately for the medical
providers in the clinic
and the Athletics Department. If a student
is seeing a medical
provider outside of the UHC, a CD of the exam
will be made for
the student to take with him or her. All exams are
sent immediately,
using the archiving system, to a consulting
radiologist for interpretation.
The reading is then sent over
telephone lines to the UHC for
transcribing.
The new
Computed Radiology System has improved efficiency
and productivity
of the Radiology Department. It provides immediate
access to
images, a reduction in repeat rate of radiation exposure
to
patients and decreased time for retrieval of films. Since
the
department is now filmless, tanks of developer, fixer and
wash
chemicals are no longer needed.
The Radiology Department is
staffed with licensed radiologic
technologists and is open from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Friday and from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturdays and holidays.
UNL employees with an X-ray order from
their own medical provider
can call 472-7455 to make an appointment
for an X-ray.
Degree Grade Rosters due Dec. 5
Degree Grade Rosters
identifying Dec. 20 degree candidates
will be mailed to faculty on
Nov. 25. The deadline for returning
the rosters to the Graduation
Services Office in 109 Canfield
Administration Building is Dec.
5.
Early Human Resources requisition deadline
The Human
Resources requisition deadline for advertising and
posting of jobs
to the Dec. 1 job list has been moved up because
of the
Thanksgiving holiday. It is 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. Jobs
posted on
the Nov. 24 Office/Service job list will have an extended
closing
date of Dec. 5.
Hyde Lecture Today
David Dowell and Josh Shelton of el
dorado inc. of Kansas
City, Mo., will deliver a lecture titled
"Designing &
Making" at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in the
Architecture Hall Gallery.
The lecture is the final lecture in the
Fall Hyde Lecture Series.
Work by el dorado inc. was
recently featured in the New York
Times, Architectural Record and
Organic Style. PULSE, a collaborative
work with artist James
Woodfill, created under the guise of Elwood,
LLC, was recognized
this summer by Americans for the Arts and
Art in America as one of
the top public art projects in the United
States.
Nominations Sought for 2004 'Fulfilling the
Dream' Award
UNL is seeking nominations for the 2004
Chancellor's "Fulfilling
the Dream" Award.
The award was established in 1997 to honor individuals who
have
contributed to the UNL community or the wider Lincoln community
by
their exemplary action in promoting the goals and vision of
the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The award or awards are presented
each January during ceremonies at the university's celebration
of
the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The 2004 presentation
will be
Jan. 19.
Nomination materials, including a letter of
nomination and
no more than three letters of support, should be
sent by Dec.
12 to Tom Simons, Chair, MLK Awards Subcommittee, 321
Canfield
Administration Building, UNL, Lincoln, NE 68588-0424. The
awards
subcommittee will review the nominations and make
recommendations
for the final selections to the MLK Day Planning
Committee and
UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman.
Aids Memorial Quilt to be on Display at
Nebraska East Union
The AIDS Memorial Quilt will be
displayed on campus beginning
at 5 p.m. Dec. 1 in the Great Plains
Room at the Nebraska East
Union. A program opening the display will
begin at 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 with a proclamation by Mayor Colleen
Seng. The program
will also include a candlelight vigil and a
performance by the
Rainbow Chorus.
The quilt will be
on display in the Great Plains Room from
5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 1 and
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2-4. The University
Program Council and
the University Health Center Peers Encouraging
Responsible
Sexuality at UNL Program are sponsors of the quilt
display.
Other programming taking place to mark World AIDS Day, which
is
Dec. 1, includes an informational display by PERSUNL in the
alcove
of the Nebraska Union from Dec. 1-3. Magnets, information,
red
ribbons and love safely packets will be available at the
quilt
display and the display on City Campus.
Dec. 1 has also
been designated as "wear a red T-shirt
and ribbon day" to
help raise awareness about the impact
of HIV. Individuals
interested in participating in these events
should attend an
meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 30 in the Nebraska Union
for information and
a red ribbon pin to wear.
Since 1987, the AIDS Memorial
Quilt has been displayed to
encourage education, remembrance and
healing on HIV and AIDS.
More than 42,000 individual 3- by 6-foot
memorial panels have
been sewn together to create a memorial for
those who have died
of AIDS. The quilt is the largest example of a
community art
project in the world.
For more
information, call 472-7447.
Donations to crisis leave Due Dec. 12
Employees
wishing to donate vacation days to the UNL crisis
leave pool may do
so by 5 p.m. Dec. 12. The crisis leave pool
is for UNL employees
who are facing serious health problems or
other personal crisis and
have taken all of their own available
sick, vacation and
compensatory leave.
Employees who have completed their
original probation and
who earn vacation leave may donate up to
five accrued vacation
days per calendar year to the crisis
pool.
To donate, print out a Crisis Leave Donation Form
from the
web, <http://hr.unl.edu/er/crisis.cfm>.
Return or fax the completed form to the payroll department
by
the deadline. City Campus forms should be sent through campus
mail to 406 Administration (0436) or by fax to 472-0134. IANR
employees may submit forms to 313 Agricultural Hall (0705) or
fax
to 472-9847.
For more information on crisis leave, call
Human Resources
at 472-3101 or visit <http://hr.unl.edu>.
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