April 11, 1997





Better Than a Coffee Break

Jan Sammet, a transfer credit evaluation specialist with the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, enjoys a relaxing massage from message therapist Brad Decker last Wednesday at the second annual For the Health of It festival at the East Campus Union. (Photo by Richard Wright)





Spring Affair Celebrates 'Colour'

"Colour" is the theme for the 11th annual Spring Affair Plant Sale and Educational Series from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 at State Fair Park in Lincoln.

A perennial favorite among area gardeners, the event is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Botanical Garden & Arboretum, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and State Fair Park Arboretum.

The plant sale features more than 200 varieties of new and unusual perennials. The educational program topics include natural dyeing with plants, garden designing for beginners, choosing woody and herbaceous plants for year-round color, water gardening and woodland gardening. There is no admission fee and the event is open to the public.

Expert to Discuss 'Use and Abuse' of Lincoln Remains

A pioneer in the study of medicine and the humanities will deliver "The Use and Abuse of Lincoln's Autopsy Remains" at 3:30 p.m. April 17 in Room 215 of Love Library.

Glen W. Davidson, Doane Professor and vice president for academic affairs at Doane College and adjunct professor of preventive and societal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will explore the ethical and medical questions raised by the recent attempt to perform DNA tests on the autopsy remains of Abraham Lincoln. His appearance is sponsored by UNL's Charles and Linda Wilson Program for Humanities in Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences. Davidson's address is free and open to the public.

Olson Seminar to Feature Panel on Community Health

The final Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies for the academic year will be a panel discussion on "Community Health Partners of Nebraska: Shaping Visions for Health and Lifestyles on the Great Plains."

The seminar will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. April 16 at the Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library. The seminar and a 3 p.m. reception at the Great Plains Art Collection are free and open to the public.

Panelists include Keith Mueller, professor of political science at UNL and of preventive medicine at UNMC and director of the Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research; Lorrie Benson, executive director of the association of Nebraska Community Action Agencies; Mary Hunter, Community Health Services Management Systems administrator for the Nebraska Department of Health; and John Roberts, vice president for policy research and development for the Nebraska Association of Hospital and Health Systems.

Jewish View of Jesus Topic of April 17 Talk

Susannah Heschel of Case Western Reserve University will discuss "Jewish Views of Jesus" at 7:30 p.m. April 17 in the Great Plains Art Gallery in Love Library.

Presented as the 1997 Norman and Helene Krivosha Lecture, Heschel will examine how Jewish thought in the modern period displays a fascination with Christianity and the figure of Jesus in particular.

Heschel holds the Abba Hillel Silver Chair in Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion at Case Western University, where she is also director of the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies.

NET Adds Four Schools to Sandhills Tech Project

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications engineers have added high schools in the Nebraska communities of Arcadia, Burwell, Taylor and Sargent to the Sandhills Technology Education Project, enabling them to send two-way audio and video signals with schools in Ansley, Broken Bow, Dunning, Loup City and Merna.

The project enables teachers at any of the nine schools to be seen and heard by - and see and hear - students at one, some or all of the other schools in the Sandhills system. Each school has at least one specially designed classroom equipped for two-way communications with the system.

Telelearning classrooms in the original five schools of the telelearning "pod" will be retrofitted this summer to be more compatible with the new links and new capabilities created by the expansion, said Hermann Siegl, chief engineer for research and development at NET.

NET designed and constructed both the original telecommunications system and the new addition as part of its mission to extend educational telecommunications technology to schools throughout the state.

The schools paid for the equipment with a state grant funded by receipts from gaming revenues, Siegl said.

The system ties the schools to existing fiber optic cables that connect nine communities. The fiber optic connection gives the schools the capacity to share high speed access to the Internet, he said.

The system is also connected to a satellite dish antenna that enables the schools to receive educational programming from NET headquarters in Lincoln.

Information Tech Training Classes

Communications and Information Technology is offering hands-on computer training classes beginning April 30. Topics include Windows 95, WordPerfect 7.0 & 6.1 for Windows, Powerpoint 7.0, Netscape Navigator, Eudora, and HTML. Classes are held in the computer lab in the Animal Science Complex on East Campus.

For information on registration, class topics and schedule call 472-5630 or send email to ianr022@unlvm.unl.edu.

Information on other learning opportunities also is available on the Web at: http://www.ianr. unl.edu/ianr/compute/training.htm.

Literacy Event

Those who want to learn more about promoting literacy are invited to a "Community Literacy Dialogue" from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 in the East Union.

Speakers from the YWCA, the Asian Center, the Hispanic Center, the Even Start Program, Lincoln Public Schools, UNL, the Lincoln Literacy Council and others will share their experiences.

For a complete schedule of events or to receive a free parking pass, contact Carol Gulyas, 421-1085 or Liz Rand, 477-7361.

Persuasion Workshop

The New Media Center will offer a workshop on Persuasion software from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 16 in 163 Mabel Lee. It is free to faculty and permanent staff but space is limited and reservations are required. To register, call 472-0600 or send email to nmc@unl.edu.

The web site at http://www.unl.edu/nmc/ has additional information.

Get to Know a Termite

Homeowners can learn to identify termites, their damage and understand how proper treatments should be conducted in a workshop at the Lancaster County Cooperative Extension office.

Learning to identify termites and their damage and how to make good decisions about their treatment is the focus of the April 22 workshop. It will be presented from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the county extension office at 444 Cherrycreek Road.

The workshop is $5 per household, including materials. For more information or to pre-register, contact Lancaster County cooperative extension at 441-7180.

Search Committee Briefings Offered

Search committee certification is required prior to serving on a search committee and is obtained by attending one of the following briefing sessions: Sessions also are available for faculty and staff whose search committee certification requires renewal during this academic year. You have the option of attending an update briefing that will provide only new information, or you may repeat the standard search committee briefing. Update briefings are: Reservations are required for all sessions. Call 472-3417.


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