Paving over
greenspace?
Workers prepare asphalt on a portion of the greenspace west
of
Selleck Quadrangle and just south of Kauffman Residential
Center on
Dec. 4. The area will be a staging and storage area
for crews that
will begin work on remodeling the Selleck entryway,
dining hall and
kitchen this month, said Woody Haecker, a project
manager with UNL
Facilities Management and Planning. When completed,
the dining area
and kitchen will be larger and will include an
outdoor dining area.
Photo by Dave Fitzgibbon.
Culture Center closing
The
Culture Center at 333 N. 14th St. will close at 9 p.m.
Dec. 11 and
12, during Dead Week, and at 5 p.m. each day of Finals
Week, Dec.
15-19.
For more information, call 472-5500.
Scarlet schedule
The
final Scarlet of the fall semester will publish Dec. 18.
The
deadline for submitting information for that edition is noon
Dec.
11. Publication will resume Jan. 8. The deadline for information
to
be submitted for that edition is noon Dec. 23.
Call
472-8518 or 472-8515 for more information.
Observatory to offer public night Dec. 19
The final public night at UNL's Behlen Observatory near Mead
for
2003 will be from 7-10 p.m. Dec. 19.
The 30-inch telescope
will be available for observing the
sky, and a current-sky
slideshow talk will be given. The observatory
hosts monthly public
nights during the school year in addition
to a larger open house
event each semester.
Behlen Observatory is at the
University of Nebraska Agricultural
Research and Development Center
a few miles southeast of Mead,
and about 35 miles from either Omaha
or Lincoln.
For information, call Kevin Lee at 472-3686 or
e-mail <klee6@unl.edu>.
Supplement To Centrex Available
The complete work
address and phone numbers for the Agricultural
Research &
Development Center in Ithaca, the Northeast Research
&
Extension Center in Norfolk, the Haskell Ag Lab in Concord
and the
South Central Ag Lab in Clay Center were omitted from
the 2003/2004
Centrex Directory.
An addendum to the directory has been
created and can be found
at <http://telecom.unl.edu
/centrex/addendum.pdf>.
These units may be called
from any on-campus phone at no cost
by calling the abbreviated
calling number as shown in the directory.
| Haskell Ag Lab: |
3-XXXX |
(402) 584-XXXX |
| Agricultural Research &
Development Center |
4-XXXX |
(402) 624-XXXX |
| Northeast Research & Extension Center |
5-XXXX |
(402)
370-XXXX |
Employee and Dependent Scholarship Program
allocation deadline
Employees and dependents that wish to
use the Employee and
Dependent Scholarship Program to fund classes
to be taken during
the spring 2004 semester have until Jan. 20 to
allocate the hours
at the Tuition Remission website. Visit <http://front
ier-s.unl.edu/uniface/trp/run/
trplogin>.
Examination Services Final Exam Scoring
Examination Services is available to score final exams, which
will be given Dec. 15-19. First-time users should call Exam Services
at 472-2611 for scheduling information. For questions about finals,
call or e-mail <examservices@unlnotes.unl.edu
>.
All exams must be picked up by 4 p.m. Dec. 22.
Regular office
hours will resume Jan. 5.
Economics Seminar Dec. 12
Mary
McGarvey will give the final presentation in the UNL
Department of
Economics Fall Seminar Series at 2:30 p.m. Dec.
12 at CBA room 222.
The title of her presentation is "Work
Incentive Effects of
State Medicaid Policies for Persons with
Disabilities."
Everyone is invited; no registration is needed. For more information,
call 472-6349.
Applications
sought for redox grants
The Nebraska Redox Biology Center,
funded by a Center for
Biomedical Research Excellence grant from
the National Institutes
of Health, invites applications for its
pilot grant competition
from faculty engaged in research in the
area of redox biology.
The objective of this program is to
stimulate research in redox
biology and to enhance competitiveness
in obtaining extramural
support.
The pilot grant
program is open to all research track faculty
at UNL and UNMC.
Proposals must represent a new are of research
for the laboratory
and have the potential for attracting independent
funding from NIH.
The application deadline is Jan. 16 with an
anticipated start date
of Feb. 1.
Please contact Joyce Ore at 472-3173 or <redox2@unl.edu>
for more
information and application forms. Downloadable application
forms
are also available at <http://biochem1.unl.edu/re
dox/redox.htm>.
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>.
Workshops presented for grant seekers
Two mini-workshops on Foundation Center services for grant
seekers will be presented by Jeanetta Drueke, coordinator of
the
Love Library FC Cooperating Collection, on Dec. 19. The first
workshop from 10-10:30 a.m. will focus on general information
on
grants and foundations and information available on the FC
website.
The second workshop from 10:45-11:15 a.m. will focus
on FC Search,
a database designed to help nonprofit organizations
identify
appropriate foundations for their grant proposals.
The
workshops will be in the ESC room on the first floor of
Love
Library.
To register for one or both sessions, call Drueke
at 472-2525
or e-mail <mdrueke1@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 or fund-raising, content.
Submit items to: <www.unl.edu/e-news>.
Judicial board sanctions
fraternity
UNL Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs James
Griesen on Dec.
2 announced University Judicial Board sanctions
against Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity for various hazing and
alcohol violations.
The sanctions come after a Nov. 20 meeting of
the Judicial Board,
at which SAE alumni adviser Chad Vyhlidal
proposed a reorganization
plan to be directed by SAE alumni.
The agreement with the University Judicial Board allows the
fraternity to remain open under specific conditions: A 10-member
Alumni Commission will be vested with full authority to operate
the
fraternity, and two advisers will live with the members to
offer
guidance. Current members wishing to continue in the chapter
must
sign an Ethics of Membership Agreement. The fraternity will
not
recruit any new members this spring.
Personal Vehicle Mileage Rate Increase
The government
will increase the personal-vehicle mileage
reimbursement rate to
37.5 cents per mile on Jan. 1. UNL's mileage
policy is to follow
the reimbursement rate set federally. Expense
claims for personal
vehicle travel that takes place on or after
Jan. 1 should be
submitted with the new rate.
For more information, call
Accounting at 472-2881.
Holiday closedown reminder
UNL will be closed for the
holidays beginning Dec. 24; staff
and faculty will return to campus
Jan. 5.
Employees are reminded that to receive all of these
days off
as paid time, they will need to take one day of vacation
from
calendar year 2003 and one day of vacation from calendar year
2004 during the closedown.
For more information, call Human
Resources at 472-3101 or
visit <http://hr.unl.edu/ge
neral/holidayschedule.cfm>.
Holiday Campus Mail Collection and Delivery
Mail &
Distribution Services will be open Dec. 29, 30
and 31. Mail will be
delivered from 8-11 a.m. Dec. 31 to these
City and East Campus
locations: Nebraska Hall mailroom, 201 Andrews,
Canfield
Administration Building mailroom, Nebraska Union mailroom,
CBA
mailroom, Hamilton Hall mailroom, Graduate Studies, Manter
Hall
mailbox, Oldfather departmental offices, Andersen Hall,
118
Henzlik, Beadle Center, Westbrook, Behlen Lab mailbox, 115
Ferguson
Hall, Burnett Hall, 202 Ag Hall, Plant Science, Forestry
Science
Lab, Vet Diagnostic Center, Law College, 101 Dental College,
135
Varner Hall, Agricultural Communications Building, 105 Home
Economics, 254 Chase Hall, Natural Resources Hall, Animal Science
and Filley Hall (Food Industries).
Faculty and Staff in
buildings with no mail service can pick
up mail at 1100 N. 17th
St., west dock, between 7:30 and 9:30
a.m. on Dec. 29-31. A
university ID card must be presented to
pick up mail. Off-campus
mail, excluding single-piece mail, will
be processed during the
holiday closedown by prior arrangement
only.
Regular
campus mail service will resume Jan. 5.
For more
information on this schedule, call Connie Rohloff
at 472-2533 or
Mark Porter at 472-7029 before Dec. 19.
NSF Career/NIH K01 Awards Workshop
The Office of
Research and Graduate Studies will host an NSF
CAREER/NIH K01
Awards workshop from 10:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Jan.
26 in the
Nebraska Union. The workshop will familiarize pretenure
faculty
with these prestigious career development awards and
offer insights
into the application process.
The National Science
Foundation Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Program and
the National Institutes of Health K01 Awards
provide up to five
years of funding to enable faculty to develop
careers as
outstanding teacher-scholars and to achieve independent
research
funding.
The workshop will feature proposal-writing advice
from recent
UNL recipients and will be presented in two sessions.
The morning
session will focus on NSF CAREER Awards; the afternoon
session
will be devoted to the NIH K01 Award program. All workshop
participants
are invited to attend a free noon lunch.
Registration for this workshop is first-come, first-served
and
ends Jan. 15. For more information or to register, visit
<www.unl.edu/research>,
call the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 472-2851
or
e-mail <UNLresearch@unl.edu>.
ALLTEL Directory Distribution &
Recycling
Lincoln Alltel phone directories are now being
distributed
on campus. Old phone books may be recycled Dec. 17-19
at marked
Dumpsters at these locations:
City
Campus
- Memorial Stadium, between west and
south stadiums;
- Architecture Hall;
- Love Library,
between the library and CBA;
- Nebraska Union: 14th Street
sidewalk between the Union and
Canfield Administration Building;
- near Oldfather Hall;
- near Hamilton Hall;
- Teachers College Hall, off the plaza;
- Selleck Quadrangle:
in the middle, near Seaton, Benton and
Fairfield Halls;
- Nebraska Hall, under the link
East Campus
- on the north end of the middle island on East Campus
Mall;
- Arbor Drive, near C.Y. Thompson Library;
- NETV building;
- west side of the cul-de-sac near Keim
Hall;
- Animal Science Complex;
- Dental College;
- Law College.
Call Linda Geisler at 472-3713 or
email <lgeisler1@unl.edu>
with questions on directory orders. Recycling questions can be
directed to Scott Lindberg with the Recycling Office at 472-9139
or
email <slindberg2@unl.edu>.
Nominations sought for various annual
awards
The 2004 Chancellor's 'Fulfilling the Dream'
Award
The 2004 Chancellor's "Fulfilling the
Dream" Award
honors 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.
UNOPA Floyd S. Oldt Silver Pen and Floyd S.
Oldt Outstanding
Staff Awards
UNOPA's Floyd S.
Oldt Silver Pen and Floyd S. Oldt Outstanding
Staff Awards will be
presented at the University of Nebraska
Office Personnel
Association's Feb. 10 meeting.
The Floyd S. Oldt Silver Pen
Award will be given to two nominees.
This award is for any UNL
office/service employee who has demonstrated
superior performance
and who has made significant contributions
to the university
community. Each winner will receive $600, an
engraved Cross silver
pen, a framed certificate and a one-year
membership to UNOPA.
The Floyd S. Oldt Outstanding Staff Award is for any permanent,
hourly paid employee with at least five years of service and
in a
position of 50 percent or greater. The recipient will receive
$1,000, an engraved plaque and a one-year membership to UNOPA.
For more information about the nomination process, visit UNOPA's
website at <www.unl.edu/unopa/awards.htm>
or call Becky Hastings, awards director, 472-2085.
Nominations are due Jan. 9. Send nominations to Hastings at
1700
Y St., 0606.
2003-2004
Chancellor's Award for Exemplary Service to Students
This award acknowledges extraordinary and sustained performance
by individuals serving UNL's students. All UNL employees are
eligible for nomination, and nominations may be made by a UNL
student, faculty member, staff member or administrator. The deadline
for nominations is Jan. 23. For more information, call Barbara
Wright-Chollet at 472-3755. Nomination forms may be picked up
at
106 Canfield Administration, Student Involvement Offices or
the
ASUN office.
2003-4 Student
Foundation/Builders Award for Outstanding
Academic Advising
This award acknowledges faculty advisers or advising center
staff members who have demonstrated outstanding advising ability
and who, by their service to UNL, have made a considerable contribution
to the educational enrichment of UNL students. The deadline for
nominations is Jan. 23. For more information call Alicia Haugen
at
472-0162. Nomination forms may be picked up at 106 Canfield
Administration, Student Involvement offices or the ASUN office.
2003-2004 Outstanding Student
Leadership Awards
These awards are given annually to
one male and one female
student who meet criteria and have made the
most notable leadership
contributions at UNL. The awards are
intended to recognize outstanding
leadership in academic,
co-curricular and/or extracurricular
activities and involvement,
and carry with them a scholarship
with an approximate value of the
cost of resident tuition and
fees during the students' senior year
at UNL. The winners and
all finalists and semifinalists are
recognized at an awards banquet.
For eligibility requirements and
more information, call Leah
Marie-hall Dorothy at 472-4770.
Nomination forms may be picked
up at 106 Canfield Administration.
The deadline for nominations
is Dec. 19.
UAAD Carl A. Donaldson Award for Excellence in Management
and
the Floyd S. Oldt Award
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 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.
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.
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>.
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