August 16, 1996

Come One, Come All. State of the University Address is Aug. 23

Chancellor James Moeser's State of the University Address will be at 11 a.m. Aug. 23 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
A free picnic lunch will follow the speech. Because all faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend, those planning meetings and other events are asked to avoid scheduling meetings or activities that conflict with this time.

Grambling Head to Give UNL Commencement Address

Raymond Hicks, president of Grambling State University, will give the commencement address at the UNL summer commencement exercises at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 17 in the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Hicks will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
UNL Chancellor James Moeser will preside at commencement.
Hicks became the fifth president of Grambling State University after serving the Louisiana institution as interim president, personnel director, chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership and assistant vice president for academic affairs.
Hicks' career includes administrative and classroom responsibilities in both secondary and post secondary levels. He was elected to the Caddo Parish school board and was appointed by the governor to the Louisiana Pan-African Commission. He is also a member of the regional board of directors for the Council For A Better Louisiana, the board of directors for the city of Grambling relending program and Louisiana's "Committee of 100."
UNL has begun a collaboration with Grambling State on faculty and student exchanges, faculty and staff development, cooperative research efforts, graduate study opportunities, technological interchange and consulting activities.

Trophies and More at UNL State Fair Building

Championship trophies, Husker souvenirs, free food sampling and special children's activities can be found in UNL's building at the Nebraska State Fair Aug. 23-Sept. 2.
The building is located between the food plaza and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission area at State Fair Park. Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. weekends.
Trophies on display include the 1995 national football championship trophy, provided by Sears, the 1995 national volleyball championship trophy, and the 1995 men's basketball National Invitation Tournament trophy. Athletic department coaches, student athletes, staff and members of the Husker Spirit Squad will be on hand to greet visitors. The University Bookstore will sell Husker souvenirs.
Twenty Nebraska food manufacturers will display their products and offer complimentary samples to visitors. These companies have been served by the UNL food marketing division, which offers complete business and marketing assistance to Nebraska's food industry. The division also offers an entrepreneur assistance program designed for people wanting to develop a food manufacturing business. Visitors will also learn more about Nebraska's diverse food industry and have the opportunity to register for free gift bags filled with Nebraska-made food products.
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications will feature the Nebraska ETV Network and the Nebraska Public Radio Network, and a children's activity area. From 1-4 p.m. Aug. 25, Rod Bates, Nebraska Education Television general manager, and Steve Robinson, NPRN manager, will be on hand to greet visitors, answer questions and hear suggestions.
On Aug. 29, the children's activity area will feature "Reading Rainbow," the acclaimed children's television series. This special event will feature a storyteller, free bookmarks, and drawings for "Reading Rainbow" materials. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday of the fair, "The Magic School Bus" rolls into the UNL building. Kids of all ages can meet Ms. Frizzle, science teacher extraordinaire, who will sign autographs and be available for pictures. Each day of the fair, NETV will show previews of its fall season and NPRN will air special programs for kids and adults. There will be lots of free items given away and drawings for free year-long subscriptions to Choice magazine, NETV's viewer guide and membership magazine, and Members Only, NPRN's listening guide.

UNL Hosting Latino Scholars

As many as 75 Latino and Latina scholars from around the Midwest will be in Lincoln this weekend for the third annual scholars' roundtable of the Midwest Consortium for Latino Research.
Hosted by UNL, the scholars' roundtable topic is "From Transformed to Transformational Leadership: Latino Scholarship and Research."
Miguel Carranza, associate professor of sociology and ethnic studies, said UNL is one of nine member institutions of the consortium. It was founded in 1988 with the goals of increasing the presence and enhancing the status of Latino scholars in the midwest and to encourage and support scholarship on Latino issues.
This year's roundtable topic, he said, will look at how scholars can strike a balance between their research and community activism. Because many Latino scholars work in the humanities and social sciences, he said, their work often looks at issues that affect Latino communities. Many find their scholarship leaning toward applied research but because these scholars must survive in mainstream universities whose culture might not be as supportive of this type of research, they find it difficult to pursue their work, he said.
For example, he said, while one might be tempted to publish research about Latino families in a Latino-oriented journal, some in the university community might lend more tenure-review weight to the material were it to be published in a more mainstream journal.
Roundtable topics include the value of scholarly research to public policy, the experiences of activist scholars, the role of activist scholarship and publishing and administrative response to activist scholarship.
Frank Bonilla, Thomas Hunter professor of sociology emeritus of Hunter College and City University of New York Graduate Center, will deliver the keynote address Aug. 17 titled "Brother, Can You Paradigm?"
Participants include representatives from La Raza, the National Hispanic Council on Aging, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, the Inter University Programs for Latino Research and the Gallup Organization as well as a number of professors and administrators from consortium member universities.
For more information, contact Carranza at 472-1663.

Metromail Establishes Marketing Library

A donation by the Direct Marketing Education Foundation on behalf of Metromail Corp. has allowed the marketing department in UNL's College of Business Administration to establish a direct marketing library for use by UNL students, faculty and area businesses.
"We haven't had anything like this on campus before," said Sanford Grossbart, chair of the marketing department. "The materials in the library will really be a boost to a students and faculty, both in the classroom and in research. The library will provide a first-rate source for up-to-date materials and research on what's going on in the industry and what the successful strategies have been."
The library was dedicated July 22 in the CBA Building. Its original holdings comprise some 85 items, including more than 60 books, other written materials and audiovisual materials. Grossbart said a key feature of the library is that the New York City-based foundation will add new materials to the collection every year.
Grossbart said the foundation each year establishes direct marketing libraries at colleges or universities in order to honor a company that has demonstrated a long-term commitment to direct marketing. The foundation this year honored Metromail of Lombard, Ill., and the company selected UNL. The UNL library is one of 15 established nationwide by the foundation.

University Issues Weapons Policy

The Task Force on Conduct Standards and Behavioral Expectations forwarded its recommendations to Chancellor James Moeser on how UNL might improve the climate on campus to reduce incidents of violence. One of the recommendations is a new policy on weapons, which has been approved by tbe chancellor and is now effect. The policy states:
"Possession of dangerous weapons - concealed or unconcealed - on university property, on the worksite, in university vehicles, or in personal vehicles when on university property is a violation of UNL policy. (A dangerous weapon is defined as including all guns, knives, explosives or any other device as determined by the university, which in the manner used or intended is capable of producing death or bodily injury. Devices authorized by the vice chancellor for business and finance and/or provided to its employees for purposes of carrying out work responsibilities shall not be deemed dangerous weapons for purposes of this policy.) Violation of this policy shall make the offender subject to appropriate disciplinary action."

Field Day Celebrates Historic Farmers' Market

UNL is teaming up with the Lincoln Farmers' Market for an educational program on Aug. 24.
The "Specialty Food Products Field Day," scheduled in the Haymarket in Lincoln, will focus on buying and selling locally grown food products.
Participants will learn how producers maximize their return to labor and limited land area, and how food is produced with environmentally sound practices, said Charles Francis, director of the Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems at UNL.
Organizers hope the field day will show the value of local growers for the economic well-being of the community.
The program will begin at 8 a.m. at the Farmers' Market in the Haymarket District, with vendors visiting with participants about their operations. At 10 a.m. the program will continue at the Lancaster County Cooperative Extension office at 444 Cherrycreek Road, where a panel of speakers will address topics such as production and marketing, organic certification, food quality and safety and resources available at UNL.
At 1 p.m. participants will depart to tour the following local operations: Diane McCown of Martell, goat dairy; Margaret Eggert of Martell, conventional produce; Bob Slama of Crete, conventional produce; Jerry Myers of Beatrice, organic herbs and produce; and Gene Langdale of Firth, low-input produce.

Video Services Available to Faculty

Instructors, faculty members and student organizations making plans for the fall semester will want to check out UNL Video Services (formerly Closed Circuit Television, CCTV), a division of UNL Television. UNL Video Services offers a broad range of services including a videotape library loan program, classroom videotape playbacks, videotape search and acquisition services, satellite teleconferencing, distance education classes and videotape and multimedia production support.
Detailed information on UNL Video Services and its new on-line ordering system can be accessed on a Web page located at http://net.unl.edu/education/cctv/cctv2.html. For additional information on any of these services, to order a CCTV or NETCHE catalog, or to schedule videotapes for the fall semester, contact Joyce Magorian at 472-9333, ext. 257 (magorian@unlinfo.unl.edu) or Ken Johnson at 472-9333, ext. 457 (krj@unlinfo.unl.edu).

Davis Reception Aug. 28

The Associate Vice Chancellor for Research will host a reception in honor of Sharon Davis from 3 - 5 p.m. Aug. 28 in the Georgian Suite of the Nebraska City Union. Davis began her career at UNL in 1989 as the associate director of research grants and contracts. She recently accepted a new position as assistant dean in Teachers College effective Sept. 2.

Ewert Reception Aug. 30

A reception is planned from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Selleck Continental Dining Room for Dr. Ralph Ewert. Dr. Ewert is retiring after 24 years of service as a Clinic Physician at the University Health Center.

Summer Hours Give Way to Fall

Summer work hours at UNL officially end today, Aug. 16. The university will resume normal working hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) beginning Aug. 19.

Bowling Strikes UNL

UNL Faculty and Staff bowling league opportunities at the East Union Lanes N'Games are now available in the following leagues:
· Tuesday female staff league, bowls two games each Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. League starts Sept. 17.
· Wednesday Faculty/Staff league, bowls three games each Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. Starts Sept. 11.
Teams and/or individuals are needed. Contact Ray Koziol at the East Union, 472-9627 for details or to sign up.

New Instanbul University Seeks Faculty Members

International Affairs has learned that the Istek Foundation of Yeditepe University in Istanbul is seeking faculty members for its planned new private university. The founder is Mr. Bedrettin, former mayor of Istanbul and owner of a number of preparatory high schools. UNL representatives Jean Aigner, Merlin Lawson and Susan Fritz met with Mr. Bedrettin in early July in Istanbul.
Fields open are TESL, TGSL, English, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish and Japanese languages, Fine Arts (industrial design, graphic arts, textile design, interior theater design), basic medical sciences and dentistry, business administration and economics, international relations, broadcasting and journalism, math and information technology, anthropology and law. You may fax your CV ATTN. Yeditepe University to 90-216-326 34 21, 90-216-325 30 60 or 90-216-325 81 05.

Obituary

Harley Schrader

Retired director of the UNL Physical Plant, Harley A. Schrader, 70, of Lincoln, died July 20, 1996.

ETV News



Country Music Airs on ETV Network

Veteran singer George Jones is among featured musicians as Austin City Limits takes a rare trip through its video archives to present a compilation of its best classic and contemporary country performances in Country Music's Finest Hour-The Best of Austin City Limits, airing at 9:15 p.m. Aug. 20 on Nebraska ETV.
The special features the best performances from Austin City Limits programs dating back to 1976 when the series premiered. Featured performances include traditional country music greats such as Jones singing "He Stopped Loving Her Today," Merle Haggard singing "Silver Wings" and Willie Nelson singing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain."



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