Kellogg Foundation CEO to Speak at UNL Investiture April 26
William C. Richardson, president and chief executive officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will be the keynote speaker for an investiture ceremony at UNL at 3:30 p.m. April 26 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts. James Moeser will be honored as UNL's 18th chancellor during the ceremony, which will be free and open to the public.
The investiture ceremony is being planned by a committee of faculty, staff and student representatives, appointed by University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith and chaired by Lawrence Mallett, director of the UNL School of Music. According to Mallett, the ceremony will include faculty, staff and student representatives from UNL, as well as delegates from other universities and academic societies and governmental leaders.
"The investiture ceremony is a wonderful academic tradition, bringing the entire university community together in celebration," Mallett said. "Music will be performed by the students and faculty of the School of Music. Representatives from campus groups will be invited to give greetings. We're also going to broadcast the event on the satellite to our extension offices. This is the time to celebrate our new leadership and welcome the Moesers into the UNL family."
Moeser and Richardson became acquainted while both were at Pennsylvania State University in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Moeser as dean of the College of Arts and Architecture and Richardson as executive vice president and provost.
In his speech, Richardson will discuss the future of land grant universities. UNL is part of a national consortium of land-grant universities, funded by the Kellogg Foundation, to study this issue. While at Penn State, Richardson presided over a significant restructuring of academic programs, and with that background, he is well qualified to lead this national effort, Moeser said.
"I regard Bill Richardson as one of the most effective academic
leaders I have ever known," Moeser said. "I am honored that he will be
the keynote speaker."
Former Labor Secretary to Give Connor Lecture
Former Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin (shown at left) will deliver the John T. Connor Distinguished Lecture in Finance and Accountancy at 10:30 a.m. March 27 in the Nebraska Union.
The informal lecture is free and open to the public. Her appearance is presented by the School of Accountancy in UNL's College of Business Administration and is part of a lecture series endowed by Connor, chairman and chief executive officer of Transcrypt International Ltd. in Lincoln.
Since serving as secretary of labor during the final two years of the Bush administration, Martin has been engaged in activities focused on the future of the U.S. economy and the workforce. She chairs Deloitte & Touche's Council on the Advancement of Women and is an adviser to the firm. Martin is a regular panelist on the Public Broadcasting Service program "To the Contrary," appears as a frequent guest commentator on the economy on national television and writes opinion columns for national publications.
As secretary of labor, she focused the department on the revolution in the workplace. Congressional passage of the administration's proposal for increased pension portability was part of her strategy to give America's working men and women security in today's rapidly changing global economy.
Martin also represented the 16th district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years. A native of Chicago, she is a 1960 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is married to Harry Leinenweber, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and has two daughters and five step-children.
She is on the boards of directors of Ameritech, Harcourt General,
Dreyfus Funds, Proctor & Gamble Co., Ryder, TRW and Chicago's Lincoln
Park Zoo and is a member of the Council on Foreign School of Management
at Northwestern University.
Conference to Spotlight Undergraduate Research
By Peggy Strain, News & Information
Wide-ranging research from more than 100 undergraduate students will be presented at the second Undergraduate Research Conference March 29-30 at UNL.
The research from about 20 departments spans traditonal technical science to philosophy and communication studies and includes such titles as "The Joys of Childhood? Romanticism Versus Reality," "Militancy and the American Indian Movement" and "The Global Aims of Adolph Hitler."
The conference underscores the importance of research early in a student's academic career and is intended to help students appreciate the discovery of new knowledge, according to Patrice Berger, director of the Honors Program and conference coordinator.
Conference participants benefit because designing and completing a research project creates a battery of skills such as learning how to locate information and analyze results that the student then may apply to other situations later in life, Berger said.
The research will include many presentations from Communication Studies students who have studied verbal aggression, gender and self disclosure in family and dating relationships and family interaction on prime-time television. The conference will be conducted at the College of Business Administration building.
Don Clifton, chairman of the Gallup Organization, premier research and
polling company headquartered in Lincoln, will be keynote speaker for the
conference at a March 29 banquet at the Nebraska Union.
UNL Alumni, Career Services to Offer Link-up Program
The UNL Alumni Association and the UNL Office of Career Services will join forces to present "Link Up!," a one-hour informational program to help business leaders take advantage of the employee recruitment resources available in Lincoln.
The April 3 event at the Wick Alumni Center, 16th and R streets, starts with a complimentary breakfast buffet at 7:30 a.m. Speakers include Geri Cotter, acting director of UNL Career Services, who will discuss "Linking to the Resources in Your Own Backyard," and Barb Wright-Chollet, alumni director of career services, who will present "Going for Experience -- Putting the Alumni Association's Career Assistance Network to Work for You."
There is no charge for the program, but reservations must be made
through the UNL Alumni Association, Box 880216, Lincoln, NE 68588-0216,
(402) 472-4225.
Ramirez Named Engineering Student Recruiter
Recruitment efforts at the UNL College of Engineering and Technology have been stepped up with the recent hiring of Alma Ramirez as coordinator for student recruitment and development.
The new position is based in Omaha and was created to help the college increase its enrollment in undergraduate programs. Ramirez will also work with the University of Nebraska Foundation in obtaining additional scholarship funds for undergraduate students and coordinate cooperative education and internships between students and Omaha-area employers.
"The addition of Ms. Ramirez should provide great assistance in expanding the solid engineering and engineering technology programs we have in Omaha," said Jim Hendrix, dean of the college. "With her help in developing more internships and cooperative education opportunities, career placement of our graduates will continue to increase."
Ramirez, who earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UNL in 1993, had been minority and community relations coordinator for UNL's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and 4-H Youth Development since August 1993.
The position is one of the initiatives proposed by NU President L.
Dennis Smith and approved by the Board of Regents to enhance engineering
education in the Omaha area and the state.
Virtual Reality Explored in March 21 Teleconference
A live satellite broadcast from the Institute for Academic Technology, "From Reality to Virtuality: New Tools for Distributed Learning" will be presented on campus closed circuit cable Channel 6 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. March 21. Viewing locations will be available in the East Union, Nebraska Union and Architecture Hall 127.
The live satellite teleconference features pioneers of virtual reality, and offers information about virtual reality as a means for creating dynamic and engaging learning environments.
The Institute for Academic Technology is offering an online discussion list for all interested parties. The list, IATFORUM, will be devoted to discussion of the topic of new tools for distributed learning following the broadcast, and will be joined by broadcast speakers and viewers alike.
To sign up, send the message "subscribe iatforum your_name" to: listserv@unc.edu. Review and resource materials will be available on the IAT World Wide Web site at http://www.iat.unc.edu/
The downlink is sponsored by Information Services Instructional
Technology Group, IANR Communications and Information Technology and
University Television Closed Circuit Services.
Purdue Professor to Receive Isco Award
Peter Kissinger, a renowned analytical chemist and professor at Purdue University, will receive the 1996 Isco Award from Isco Inc. and UNL. Kissinger will be honored in a program at 3:30 p.m. March 15 in 110 Hamilton Hall.
Kissinger, a pioneer in developing biological mini-detectors, will deliver the award lecture. His speech will highlight his work using detectors that are so small they can be inserted into the body to analyze biological activities as they happen.
Kissinger's mini-detectors are used by pharmaceutical companies and
clinical researchers to analyze drugs, hormones and other biological
substances. He is recognized as an academic scientist who saw the
business potential of biology-based analytical chemistry long before
"technology transfer" became buzz words.
Tax Credit Available for Low-Income Families
For some lower-income families, Christmas may not be over, thanks to the Earned Income Credit tax credit.
The EIC tax benefit was established by the federal government to reduce the tax burden on lower-income families, to supplement wages and make work more attractive than welfare.
"The EIC could make a big difference for lower-income families," said Kathy Prochaska-Cue, family economist at UNL. "It may provide the little extra they need to break even."
The EIC is a tax benefit for working United States residents with one ore more children in the lower-income bracket. A family with one child and a gross household income of less than $23,396 may receive an EIC of up to $2,094. The credit may increase to $3,110 for families with two or more children whose household income was less than $26,673, Prochaska-Cue said.
Although the EIC was primarily intended for families with children, workers without children whose income is less than $9,230 per year also may receive an EIC credit of up to $314, she said.
With the EIC, the federal government gives credit for more taxes than were actually paid. For example, if the W2 form shows that $2,000 were paid in taxes, the EIC would be added to a section on the form, Prochaska-Cue said.
Families whose income qualifies them for the EIC should use form 1040 or 1040A -- not 1040EZ -- to qualify for the credit. Individuals with no children and income below $9,230 can claim the EIC on form 1040EZ.
"Everyone is claiming the EIC should get a Social Security number, even children born in 1995," the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources economist said.
The EIC is retroactive for individuals who may have been eligible for the EIC during any of the previous three years. They may have been eligible for the EIC during any of the previous three years. They may now claim the EIC for those years.
The IRS has established a tax assistance program designed to help
lower-income residents with their taxes at no cost. The Volunteer Income
Tax Assistance program is available nationwide and is supported by
volunteers. For more information on VITA and other tax-related inquiries,
call the IRS at 800-829-1040.
Severe Weather Awareness Week March 18-22
Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 18-22, will include the statewide tornado watch/warning test March 20. The simulated watch will be issued at 2 p.m. and the simulated warning at about 2:15 p.m.
UNL will participate with the Office of Civil Defense and test its systems when the outdoor sirens are sounded. All faculty, staff, students, and visitors are requested to participate in the test to refamiliarize themselves with the locations of their designated shelters and the procedures to follow should UNL be struck by a tornado.
The designated shelter area is displayed on orange posters located throughout all UNL buildings.
For more information, call Bruce Bernt at 2-2131.
Discussion to Explore Peace in Northern Ireland
The Friendship Force of Lincoln's first dessert discussion in 1996
will be presented at 7 p.m. March 19 at Miscellanea, 2110 Winthrop Rd.
"The Potential for Peace in Northern Ireland" will feature Sean Courtney,
professor of vocational and adult education in Teachers College.
Reception for Authors, Editors and Patent Recipients April 5
The Office of Academic Affairs will host a reception to honor faculty members who have published books, are major editors of journals or have received a patent during the calendar year 1995.
The reception is at 3:30 p.m. April 5 in the Great Hall of the Wick
Alumni Center.
Faculty College 1996 Deadline is April 1
People wishing to register for Faculty College 1996 must do so by April 1 if they are planning to stay at Mahoney State Park.
Those wishing to attend who do not plan to stay in Mahoney lodgings
may register up to the time of the meeting. A preliminary "schedule at a
glance" for Faculty College will be available on e-mail by March 15.
Those wishing to see that schedule but who do not use e-mail, or those
with any questions about Faculty College 1996, should contact Dick Boohar
at 2-2306 or Donna Kizzier at 2-3647.
Yates to Discuss Jewish Renaissance March 26
Steven Yates, a Lincoln native and UNL graduate, will present "El Lissitzky and the Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Avant-Garde" at 7:30 p.m. March 26 in 225 Richards Hall. The speech is in conjunction with an exhibition of Yates' photographs in the Richards Hall gallery.
Jewish by heritage, Lissitzky championed revolutionary ideas during
the pioneering years of modernism. As a photographer, painter, architect,
curator, modern theorist, as well as leading experimental designer of
books, typography and new visual forms of exhibition, Lissitzky
established various new directions for artists throughout society.
Officer Transition Workshop March 27
Student Involvement will sponsor a Student Organization Officer
Transition workshop from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 27 in the Nebraska
Union. This workshop is for current student organization officers, newly
elected officers or members interested in leadership positions in
organizations. Faculty advisers also are welcome to attend. RSVP to
Student Involvement for planning purposes, 2-2454.
Campus Rec Announces Spring Break Hours
Special Spring Break Hours for Campus Recreation are as follows:
Unless You Need a Cheap Doorstop
The UNL Recycling Office is still accepting old Lincoln Telephone Co.
directories for recycling. Anyone who still has old directories they'd
like to get rid of can do so by calling the Recycling Office at 2-6099.
Dine Out for Public Radio
If you enjoy dining out, reserve March 26. That's when Nebraskans from across the state are gathering for a special public radio benefit event: "Dine out for Public Radio."
Participating Nebraska restaurants will donate 10 percent of their day's or evening's receipts to public radio. To find out what "Dine Out" restaurants are near them, diners can ask their favorite restaurant owner or call their local newspaper, which has a list of all the participating restaurants.
Individuals as well as groups are welcome to take advantage of the benefit night and urged to thank their local restaurant owner for participating in this event. For a complete list of restaurants, call the Nebraska Public Radio Network at 2-7722, or the studio at 800-290-6850, or e-mail the Network at nprn@unlinfo.unl.edu.
Donations from the statewide dinner tabs will benefit the Public Radio
Nebraska Foundation, the nonprofit, 501(3)(c) fundraising arm of the
Nebraska Public Radio Network, heard across Nebraska on nine transmitter
stations.
On ETV
Hermitage Series Reveals Great Art of Russia
It was the former palace of the imperialist rulers, the scene of passionate love affairs, the site of at least one murder and home to one of the greatest art collections ever amassed in history.
It is The Hermitage, and for approximately three and one-half hours on March 17, beginning at 2 p.m. on the Nebraska ETV Network, viewers can truly see the splendor that was Russia.
The Hermitage is one of the world's extraordinary art museums -- housing an unparalleled collection of predominately European artworks, from Caravaggio to Rembrandt to Picasso -- but it remains one of the least familiar to Westerners. Until now.
Filmed entirely on location, The Hermitage: A Russian Odyssey is a dazzling three-episode mosaic of art and history, both a thrilling educational journey and a wondrous feast for the eyes. All three programs in the series will air consecutively on Saturday, providing a rare opportunity to view, up close and with unusual access, a remarkable collection of art that includes works by nearly every major artist from antiquity through the modern era.
The Hermitage views this unique collection through the prism of
Russian history -- and also views the history through the prism of its
art. Peopled with a remarkable cast of characters -- Peter the Great,
Catherine the Great, Alexander I, Czar Nicholas I, Vladimir Lenin and
Joseph Stalin -- the story of Russia is a stirring human drama that is
reflected in the collection that these larger-than-life figures amassed,
protected, enhanced and sold off over the course of history.
Senators Field Questions on 'Nebraskans Ask'
State government reorganization and school finance reform are topics almost certain to crop up when state senators C.N. "Bud" Robinson and Janis McKenzie appear on Nebraskans Ask at 7 p.m. March 21 on the Nebraska ETV Network.
The two senators will answer questions posed by the host of
Nebraskans Ask, veteran reporter Ed Howard, and phoned in by
viewers.
'Statewide' Examines Nuclear Accident Drill
How well are federal, state and local officials prepared in the event of a nuclear accident at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant? Viewers will find out when correspondent Bill Kelly reports from behind the scenes of a recent disaster drill for the "Perspective" segment of Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly news journal 7 p.m. March 22.
The program, which repeats 1:30 p.m. March 24 also provides up-to-the
minute news reports form across the state and other features of interest.
'Wild Seasons' Author to Chat With Roger Welsch
Roger Welsch is cooking up something hot for his weekly interview show -- a conversation with Kay Young, author of the cookbook, Wild Seasons, which consists of recipes using plants native to the Great Plains. She will be the guest on the Roger Welsch & program airing 8:30 p.m. March 22 on the Nebraska ETV Network.
Wild Seasons is a manifestation of Young's study of indigenous
flora, just one of many interests that she and Welsch share. "It seemed
every time I found a new interest in my life and began some research --
Nebraska literature, Native American culture, ethnobotany, wine tasting,
religion -- I ran into Kay Young," Welsch said. "She was already
exploring ideas I had just stumbled on."
Jim Lehrer Looks at Presidential Primaries
The leading Republican presidential candidate will battle for delegate votes in the important "Big 10 Primary" March 19. Veteran public television newsman Jim Lehrer provides analysis and insight in a timely special, The Big 10 Primaries: A Newshour Special Edition, airing at 10:30 p.m. March 19 on the Nebraska ETV Network.
Lehrer anchors the hour-long look at the "Big 10" primaries, which include Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin and their results. He is joined by Newshour correspondents, editors and commentators to report the story as it happens.
The broadcast also includes interviews with the candidates and live feeds from the candidates hotels in the primary states.
The Big 10 Primaries: A Newshour Special Edition is telecast
with closed caption for hearing-impaired viewers.
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