September 20, 1996


May the Force Be With You

Aaron Hosier, technology analyst with Information Services, demonstrates a "virtual reality glove" to May Fisher, library assistant with Love Library, at the first UNL Technology Fair Sept. 17 at the Nebraska Union. May used the glove to manipulate objects around a "virtual room" depicted on the computer monitor. The fair was sponsored by UNL Information Services. (Photo by Donna Simon)

Pellegrino to Speak on Humanities

An internationally noted ethicist from Georgetown University Medical Center will deliver an address entitled, "Ethics as a Bridge Between the Liberal Arts and Medicine" at 4 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Wick Alumni Center.

Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., M.A.C.P., is the John Carroll Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics. His appearance is sponsored by UNL's Charles and Linda Wilson Program for Humanities in Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences. Pellegrino's address is free and open to the public.

Pellegrino is formerly the president and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Conn., and a professor of medicine at Yale University. He has served as president and professor of philosophy and biology at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and as director of the Georgetown University Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics. Most recently, he has held the position of director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics at the Georgetown University Medical Center.

Pellegrino has written, co-written or edited 12 books, including "Humanism and the Physician" and, with David C. Thomasma, "A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice," "For the Patient's Good," "The Virtues in Medical Practice" and "The Christian Virtues in Medical Practice." He is also the founding editor of the "Journal of Medicine and Philosophy" and the author of more than 400 publications, including editorial contributions, articles and reviews in scientific research, medical education and philosophy. He is a member of eight editorial boards.

UNL Kicks off Wellness Week Sept. 22

UNL will offer a number of wellness activities for students faculty and staff, during a Focus on Wellness Week, Sept. 22-27 on the UNL campus.

The week is designed not only to create awareness about wellness, but to introduce the Well Worth It Program initiated by the Chancellor's Wellness Program Planning Committee.

"Encouraging healthy lifestyles and enhancing the quality of life within our community is what the Well Worth It Program will provide," said Chancellor James Moeser. "I'm excited about the program because it focuses on a comprehensive approach to wellness by encompassing not only the physical but also the cultural, emotional, environmental, intellectual, occupational, social and spiritual aspects."

Focus on Wellness Week activities include:

Women in Education Leadership Conference Sept. 29-30

Keynote addresses by Cheryl Crazy Bull of the Sicangu Enterprise Center in Mission, S.D., will highlight the 10th annual Women in Educational Leadership Conference presented by UNL scheduled for Sept. 29-30 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Lincoln.

Crazy Bull, former vice president of Sinte Gleska University in Rosebud, S.D., will speak on Lakota culture at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29, then will deliver "Going on the Hill: Women Administrators Vision our Future" at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 30.

The conference, "Women in Leadership: Multiple Perspectives," will also feature several concurrent sessions dealing with leadership issues. The sessions are scheduled from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 30.

There is a $90 per-person registration fee for the conference. Additional guest reservations are available for Crazy Bull's Sept. 29 address at $15 each. For additional information about the conference, contact Bernita Krumm in the department of educational administration in the UNL Teachers College at 472-1026.

'Get Real' Teleconference on Health Sept. 24

The final installment of the three-part series, "Get Real! What's Next for Campus Health," will be presented from noon-2 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Nebraska Union.

The final session, "Get Real! Changing Campus Climate: Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit," will be hosted by Richard P. Keeling, M.D., director of university health services and professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and senior scholar for Health Advocates. The program is free and open to the public.

Keeling and other participants will bring together information provided in the first two teleconferences into a set of strategies aimed at effectively integrating meaningful health promotion efforts into the everyday life of campus communities. The emphasis of the strategies will be on creating a norm of "shared responsibility for community outcomes."

The program will be broadcast live from Educational Television Service's studios at Oklahoma State University. UNL's participation is sponsored by the office of the vice chancellor for student affairs.

Each participant will receive a resource packet. To register, call the UNL office of student affairs at 472-3755.

H. Gordon Brooks to Deliver Hyde Lecture

The UNL College of Architecture next Hyde Lecture will feature H. Gordon Brooks II, AIA, and architect and educator from Lafayette, La., who will give a lecture entitled "Communications: Let's Go to Video Tape." The lecture is at 4 p.m. Sept. 26 in the auditorium of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.

Brooks is dean of the College of Arts at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette. He received his B.A. from LSU and his M.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was professor and assistant dean at the University of Arkansas for 16 years.

Brooks maintained a vest pocket practice in Fayetteville, Ark., associated with Mott Mobley McGowen & Griffin in Fort Smith. He is former president of AIA Northwest Arkansas (twice); former secretary and former president of AIA South Louisiana current vice president of AIA Louisiana; has served on the Board of Directors of Downtown Lafayette Unlimited and the Acadiana Symphony; and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

Brooks has produced and directed seven documentary videos for PBS on architecture. One has received a Bronze Medal for Programming in the Humanities at an international film festival, one has received "Video of the Year" from Choices magazine and all have been broadcast over the 21-state satellite network of the Southern Educational Communication Association network. His most recent production was a documentary about Louisiana architect A. Hays Town. Brooks is now working on a video about architect E. Fay Jones.

UNL Center for Grassland Studies Offers Seminar Series

The Center for Grassland Studies at UNL is sponsoring its second annual series of seminars throughout the fall semester.

"The primary purpose of the seminars is to bring together individuals with diverse backgrounds who have a common interest in grasslands," said Martin Massengale, center director at the NU Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. "The seminars are designed for discussion on the various topics relating to grasslands."

The seminars are being conducted at the UNL East Union and will cover a range of topics from forage and rangeland for livestock, to wildlife, wetlands and natural habitats, to turf and landscape grasses.

All seminars are free to anyone interested. They are scheduled for every Monday at noon except where indicated. Seminars include: Some seminars may be available on videotape. For more information contact Pam Murray at the Center for Grassland Studies, 222 Keim Hall, P.O. Box 830953, Lincoln, NE 68583-0953; phone 472-4101; fax, (402)472-4104; e-mail, cgls001@unlvm.unl.edu.

Technology Roundtable Kickoff Luncheon Sept. 24

The Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable will kick off activities at a luncheon Sept. 24. The TLTR was created to enhance teaching and learning in both the classroom and distance education through the use of technologies. The group hopes to increase communication amongst departments, faculty, staff, students and individuals.

Working groups will be created to address a number of issues surrounding educational technology.

Charles Ansorge is in charge of the fledgling group at UNL. About 150 TLTRs exist nationwide. They are a project of the American Association of Higher Education. The UNL group is funded by the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

TLTR members, and whom they represent are: Nancy Aden, Division of Continuing Studies; Charles J. Ansorge, Acting Chair; Dee Ann Allison, Computational Services and Facilities Committee; Keith Bartels , Communications and Information Technology; Paul Carlson, Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance; Tom Carrell, Teachers College; Sean Courtney, Teaching Council; Jim Emal, Information Services; Steve Ernst, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Ron Hampton, Business Admin; Pam Holley-Wilcox, Information Services; Karl Hostetler, Academic Senate; Rollin Hotchkis, College of Engineering; Paul Kelter, Arts and Sciences; Al Kilgore, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Gail Latta, Libraries; Joan Laughlin, Human Resources and Family Sciences; Sara Moshman, Information Services; Brito Mutunayagam, Architecture; Gwen Nugent, University Television; Chuck O'Connor, College of Fine and Performing Arts; Irv Omtvedt, vice chancellor for IANR (ex officio); James Randall, Ag Extension; Tammi Reichel, student government undergraduate representative; Bruce Sandhorst, Information Services; Anna Shavers, Law; Joe Stimpfl, International Affairs; Mel Thornton, Distinguished Teaching Academy; Rick Waldren, Classroom Advisory Committee; Larry Walklin, Journalism and Mass Communcation; Del Wright, Teaching and Learning Center.

Wunder Humanities Fellow In Australia

The Australian National Humanities Research Centre has announced that John R. Wunder, professor of history and director of the Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL, has been chosen to be one of its 19 fellows in 1997.

Wunder will join scholars from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States at the Australian National University in Canberra, site of the Australian center. Wunder has been invited to present his research in a conference titled "Indigenous Rights, Political Theory and the Reshaping of Institutions." The conference will bring together aboriginal political and legal leaders, lawyers, political scientists, legal anthropologists, legal historians and philosophers of law from Australia and around the world to consider theories of rights, justice and citizenship of native peoples.

Wunder will be in Canberra for up to three months. During that time, he will address university and public audiences throughout Australia, will work with the other humanities fellows in seminars and pursue research projects.

SW Virginians Welcome You!

The newly chartered Southwest Virginians for Nebraska Alumni Club invites anyone who plans to be in our area to call us so we might host an informal reception for you. We're in the Blacksburg, Virginia (Virginia Tech) area and also are close to Radford University, Hollins College and Roanoke College. If you find you'll be on any of these campuses or in this area for any reason, please give our president, Bill Keeney, a call at 540-953-3408. We'd love to chat with you and catch up on things from "back home"! Go Big Red!

Calling All Bowlers

Teams and/or individual bowlers (part-time or full-time) are needed for the Tuesday 5:30 p.m. Secretaries or Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Faculty/Staff bowling leagues. The Tuesday league bowls two games and the Wednesday league bowls three games each week at the East Union.

Contact Ray Koziol, 472-9627, for additional details or to sign up.

Water Conservation Advocate to Speak Sept. 27

Deborah Braver, an advocate of water conservation with broad practical experience, will address "Water Conservation in California: From Cacti to Commodes," at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 27 in Chase Hall, room 111-112 on East Campus. A forthright speaker, Braver is program manager, Water Management Planning, Water Conservation Office, California Department of Water Resources.

Braver's visit is sponsored by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), which is based in the Department o Agricultural Meteorology. She serves on the Advisory Committee of the NDMC.

Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m.

Creativity in Textiles Exhibition Sept. 29-Oct. 18

Celebration of Youth: Creativity in Textiles, a fiber art exhibit by Nebraska 4-H youth, will be on display Sept. 29-Oct. 18 at the Textiles, Clothing and Design Gallery in the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences on East Campus. There will be an opening reception from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Home Economics Building, 35th and Holdrege streets. The Gallery is open Monday - Thursday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

This show is presented in recognition of the efforts of youth across Nebraska and exemplifies the artistic and creative fiber arts and textiles of youth participating at the Nebraska State Fair.

Teaching Portfolio Workshop Sept. 30

The Teaching and Learning Center will host The Teaching Portfolio & the Beginning Teacher: A Workshop for GTAs and New Faculty from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Nebraska Union. The workshop facilitator is Helen Moore, chair and professor of sociology.

Teaching portfolios are becoming the most effective tool for documenting scholarship and teaching experience. For the graduate teaching assistant, the teaching portfolio is an asset when applying for teaching positions. For new faculty, the teaching portfolio can serve as a catalyst for articulating teaching philosophies and goals, and for improving instruction.

This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the portfolio concept by focusing on the different purposes and types of teaching portfolios. Participants will explore the major components of a portfolio, examine different materials to be collected and included in a portfolio and assess how that information should be presented.

To register, contact the Teaching and Learning Center, e-mail: teaching@unlinfo.unl.edu or call 472-3079.

Portfolio Study Group Seeks Participants

The Portfolio Study Group is a colleague support group open to graduate teaching assistants and new faculty interested in developing a teaching portfolio. The group will meet once a month, October through April, to discuss the contents of their teaching portfolios and review and respond to each other's portfolio items. The goal is to produce the first draft of a portfolio for each member of the study group.

Contact Laurie Bellows, Teaching and Learning Center, for more information (lbellows@unlinfo.unl.edu or 472-9764.)

Women Mean Business Conference Nov. 1

The Women's Entrepreneurship Conference is designed for women who are current business owners or are aspiring to be business owners. This one-day workshop is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Cornhusker Hotel.

There will be panel discussions featuring successful women business owners who will address the critical aspects of business. Topics include: "Women in Family Business," "Building an External Team," "Advertising and Promotion," and "Successful Strategies for Getting Started." Ample time will be given for meaningful interaction.

Women Mean Business is an opportunity for you to face the challenges of starting and running a company of your own.

The workshop is sponsored by the Gupta Institute for Small Business Management, the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship and the College of Business Administration at UNL. Early registration by Oct. 24 is $35, after Oct. 25, registration is $45.

For further information and registration forms, contact Lena Rodriguez, 472-0629 or Heidi Thomas, 472-3353.

Solid State Conference Oct. 18-19 at UNL

The 44th Annual Midwest Solid State Conference, Oct. 18-19, is hosted by the Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Department of Physics and Astronomy and colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering and Technology. The two-day conference will feature pleanary, invited and contributed talks on topics in solid state and materials science and engineering.

The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 18 with registration at 12:45 p.m. at Hamilton Hall, Room 112 and will continue on at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19 in Room 211, Brace Laboratory. Both locations are on City Campus.

The registration fee of $30 for the conference includes the Friday night banquet. For more information about the conference or for registration, call the Department of Physics and Astronomy at 472-9223.

Cultural Diversity Retreat is Oct. 5-6

"Finding Common Ground," is the focus of the ninth Cultural Diversity Retreat scheduled for Oct. 5-6 at the Nebraska Youth Leadership Center in Aurora.

The Racial Pluralism Action Team and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs sponsor this annual off-campus experience for a diverse group of 70-80 administrators, faculty, staff and students. The retreat participants take part in a variety of interactive discussions and cultural exercises that seek to create a greater understanding of how cultural diversity enriches our lives. Additionally, the retreat seeks to create a body of individuals who will actively promote diversity as a tool for change and work for the betterment of the UNL campus community.

The Ninth Annual Cultural Diversity Retreat is open to all currently enrolled UNL students. The retreat facilitators will be John L. Harris, special assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Vernon Williams, assistant director of Career Services; Melissa Draper, United Ministries in Higher Education; and Reshell Ray, coordinator of Minority and Ethnic Programs at UNL.

Applications are available at the Office for Student Involvement, UNL Culture Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Women's Center, ASUN and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. The deadline for applications is Sept. 25. For more information, call Harris at 472-3755.

University Press to Host Regional Publishing Conference

The University of Nebraska Press will host the 1996 western regional meeting of the Association of American University Presses at the Cornhusker Hotel Oct. 6-8.

Approximately 100 registrants from member presses are expected to attend this professional meeting, which UNP employees have been planning for more than a year. Participants will discuss matters related to university press publishing including editorial, production and design, and business issues as well as marketing and sales, customer service and warehousing concerns. Industry suppliers such as printers and book and paper manufacturers will also be present.

A pre-meeting trip to the Fine Arts Press at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where hand setting, printing and binding of books is practiced and taught, is planned for Saturday.

'Food for Thought' Considers 'Integrity'

"Food for Thought," the faculty-staff-graduate student brown bag lunch program for the 1996 fall semester, is reviewing the book Integrity by Stephen Carter. The group will meet Oct. 19 and Nov. 21 in the East Campus Union with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the program at noon.

Rev. Melissa Draper of Cornerstone will be the presenter Oct. 19. Jim McShane, professor, Department of English and director of the University Foundations Program, will serve as respondent.

The Nov. 21 presenter will be Rev. Larry Meyer of the Lutheran Student Center while Kim Turnage, psychology graduate fellow, will be the respondent.

"Food for Thought," is co-sponsored by the UNL campus ministries of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the UNL Lutheran Center (ELCA) and United Ministries in Higher Education-Lincoln, in cooperation with the UNL Program in Religious Studies.

'Theology for Lunch' to Discuss Postman Book

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman will be reviewed in the faculty-staff-graduate student brown bag lunch series, "Theology for Lunch." Programs will be at the Nebraska Union Oct. 11 and Nov. 22 with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the program at noon.

Rev. Larry Meyer, Lutheran Student Center, is the presenter of the Oct. 11 program with response by James Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs.

The Nov. 22 presenter is The Rev. Don Hanway, St. Mark's on the Campus, and a panel of students will serve as respondents.

The program is sponsored by the Program in Religious Studies, UNL, in cooperation with St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Lutheran Student Center, and United Ministries in Higher Education.

On Public Television


Epic Saga 'The West' Continues on ETV

The West, a new landmark public television series, is the tale of a vast and mythic place ion America and the turbulent history of those who have been drawn to it, often struggled against it, and sometimes fought and died over it. The eight-part series began last week in the 1500's and examined the history of the region up to 1874. The final episodes of The West continues from 1874 through 1914 and will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Sept. 22-24 on the Nebraska ETV Network.

Ken Burns, the celebrated producer/director of the award-winning series The Civil War and Baseball, is executive producer and creative consultant for The West.

'Statewide' Examines Sand Hills Ranch Sales

Some of the largest ranches in Nebraska's Sand Hills are on the sale block and you just might be surprised to find out who's interested in buying them.

The sudden interest in Sand Hills ranches will be examined in the "Perspective" segment of Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly news series, airing at 8 p.m. Sept. 27. The program, which repeats at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 and at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29, also provides up-to-the minute news reports from across the state and other features of interest.

Statewide correspondent Bill Kelly has learned that the large, family-owned ranches are being sought by out-of-state buyers including rich city dwellers looking for country estates, environmentalists out to preserve the land and ranchers from further west who sold out to movie stars.

Welsch Talks with Author, Humorist Shirley Lueth

Author, humorist and popular public speaker Shirley Lueth of Aurora is this week's guest on Roger Welsch &, when the interview series airs at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 27 on the Nebraska ETV Network.

Lueth's published works include Prayer & Peanut Butter, I Didn't Plan to Be a Witch and Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble. Her weekly column "Prayer & Peanut Butter" is distributed to a number of newspapers in Nebraska and other states.


The Nebraska ETV Network is a service of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET). The complete program schedule for Nebraska ETV is available on NET's World Wide Web site, http://net.unl.edu.

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