June 6, 1997


Scarlet Resumes Printed Format Aug. 15

During the summer the Scarlet will be updated monthly (June 6 and July 11) at this website and will return to its printed format Aug. 15.

Brownson Reception June 12

E. Ramona "Monie" Brownson of the Department of Human Resources will retire July 4. Human Resources will honor her at a reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. June 12 at the Wick Center. Brownson has been with the University since 1989.

McMahon Reception June 26

A retirement reception for Monty McMahon, director of the Division of Continuing Studies, Department of Distance Education will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. June 26 in the Omaha Room of the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Education. A program and short presentation will begin at 3 p.m. McMahon retires after nearly 30 years with the university.

Husker Basketball Camp

Head Women's Basketball Coach Angela Beck has announced the dates and sessions being offered this summer for the Husker Basketball Camp held in the Devaney Sports Center. The sessions are open to all girls from 3rd to 12th grades. Faculty and staff personnel will be discounted $10 on the camp of their choice. Sessions include: For more information and brochures, contact Theresa Becker, Camp Director at 472-6462.

Mechanical Engineering Department Moves

The Mechanical Engineering Department has moved their offices to 104N (the first floor link) Walter Scott Engineering Center (0656). All faculty are located in this area. The only thing that has changed in the address is the room number.

Video Services Deadline is July 1

Departments or individuals planning to offer televised courses during the 1998 Spring semester, via either the UNL-UNO/UNMC two-way interactive fiber or the NEB*SAT satellite, are asked to contact Ken Johnson, 472-9333 X457 for information and/or request forms. Deadline for the receipt of initial requests is July 1 for use of the two-way fiber.

Third Annual 4-H, FFA Golf Benefit June 9

The third annual golf tournament to benefit 4-H and FFA is June 9 at the Crooked Creek Golf Club, 134th and O streets.

The net proceeds will be divided equally between the Nebraska 4-H Development Foundation and the Nebraska FFA Foundation, said Sue Friesen, manager of the 4-H foundation based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Nebraska 4-H and FFA for scholarships, awards, leadership programs and innovative program grants.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the event will conclude with dinner and awards at 5 p.m.

Registration Under Way for ExpoVisions '97

Nebraska teen-agers will have an opportunity to explore paleontology, the World Wide Web, marketing, self-discovery, the martial arts and much more at this year's annual ExpoVisions.

ExpoVisions '97 is July 9-11 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Speakers include career consultant Patrick T. Grady of Charlotte, N.C., and humorist T. Marni Vos of Lincoln.

ExpoVisions will help 13- to 19-year-olds explore careers, learn new skills and practice making decisions in a structured setting, said Kathleen Lodl, NU 4-H youth development specialist. Membership in 4-H is not required to attend.

ExpoVisions delegates may select from 44 learnshops, or sessions providing hands-on experience in diverse subjects. New topics include "Introduction to Screenwriting," "Our Place in the Universe," "Science at the Beadle Center" and "Personalize Your Energy."

Tours of 27 workplaces will help teen-agers explore careers such as aeronautics, agriculture, child care, engineering, finance, interior design, journalism and publishing. In-depth tours of UNL will be offered to acquaint students with college life, Lodl said. Delegates will stay in NU residence halls.

Registration is $130, which includes a trip to Omaha's Old Market and a moonlight dinner and dance aboard the Belle of Bellevue riverboat.

Registration forms are available at local Cooperative Extension offices, by calling 472-2175 or by writing via e-mail to dscreg@unl.edu. Completed forms and payment may be mailed to: Division of Continuing Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 271 NCCE, Lincoln NE 68583-9100.

Payment is due June 13. Registrations taken June 14-20 will be an additional $25. Registration closes after June 20. For more information, call Lodl at 472-9012.

ExpoVisions '97 is sponsored by Cooperative Extension in NU's Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Families Needed to Host Japanese Exchange Students

Nebraska families are needed to host eight Japanese boys participating in a Cooperative Extension 4-H exchange program July 28-Aug. 22.

"We are in the process of selecting families who would be interested in having an educational and international experience in their home this summer," said Bill Caldwell, 4-H international coordinator at the University of Nebraska.

For 25 years LABO, a Japanese youth organization, has had a reciprocal exchange with 4-H in emphasizing cultural education and learning English.

The boys are ages 12-15. Prospective host families must have a boy within 2 years of age of the visiting youth.

Families interested in serving as hosts should contact Caldwell as soon as possible by calling 472-9011, e-mailing fhyd007@unlvm.unl.edu or by writing Room 114 Ag Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE 68585-0700.

Fiscal Year 1996-97 Cut Off Dates Announced

Purchase orders must be written by June 30 to encumber funds prior to the end of the fiscal year. Requisitions for items requiring bidding procedures must be received in Purchasing by June 21, to allow time to complete the bid process and ensure that funds will be encumbered and/or carried forward. Requisitions for items requiring vendor quotations must be received in the Purchasing Department by June 9. Requisitions for items not requiring the bidding or quotation process must be received by June 23 to allow for purchase order writing. Also, please remember, verbal purchase orders do not encumber funds. Any outstanding paperwork on phone/verbal purchase orders should be processed within the same time frames as listed above.

It is also important to forward the copies of the Quick Order/Quick Pay documents designated "Accounting Copy" directly to Accounting to avoid delay in recording and processing.

All Purchasing Card (MasterCard) transactions made during June, must be reconciled by June 30, to appear on the June, 1997 Ledger. All remaining transactions for June purchases must be reconciled by July 16. Any other remaining June, 1997, transactions will be posted to the July 1997 Ledger.

Requisitions for University Stores' merchandise must be received by June 23. To avoid confusion and ensure accuracy, please note the fiscal year preference on requisitions forwarded to Stores during the month of June. Orders that should be charged to the FY 97-98 budget will be charged and delivered after July 1.

The last day for ordering merchandise from VWR, Sigma, and Boise Cascade is 4 p.m. on June 25. Any merchandise ordered after 4 p.m. will be posted to July, 1997 business.

Blanket Order Renewals

Requisitions for renewal of blanket orders for FY 97-98 have been sent to departments. If the blanket order is not to be renewed for FY 97-98, please mark CANCELLED across the face of the requisition and return it to the Purchasing Department.

Please review and make any necessary changes. Return the signed original to the Purchasing Department as soon as possible (keep a copy for departmental records).

Please remember - you cannot make equipment purchases on blanket orders.

Additional Year End Information can be found on the following web sites:
Purchasing, http://www.unl.edu/purchas e/yearend.htm
Accounting, http://www.unl.edu/unaccweb/

Blanket Travel Authorizations

Requests for blanket travel authorizations for FY 97-98, must be submitted directly to the Accounting Office prior to June 30, 1997. A blanket travel authorization covers all in-state travel by departmental personnel for the entire fiscal year.

In the past, the Accounting Department has required an annual renewal of departmental blanket authorizations, including a list of approved travelers and company/centers. Effective with the annual renewal process for 1997-98, the Accounting Department will be assigning departments a "perpetual" travel authorization number that will not require future renewal.

Accounting is also discontinuing the requirement for a list of approved travelers and company/centers on blanket authorizations. When an Employee Expense Voucher for in-state travel is received by the Accounting Department, they will accept the dean/director/chairperson approval signature as an indication that the employee was authorized to travel and that the source of funding is valid.

When annual blanket travel authorization renewals are submitted this year, they will be given a four-digit number. The first three digits will be the department number and the fourth digit will indicate any desired division within the department. These authorization numbers should be included on all Employee Expense Vouchers for in-state travel that occurs on or after July 1, 1997. If you have any questions about the assignment of these numbers, contact Eva Bass at 472-8642.

"Backyard Farmer" Program Launches Internet Video

Nebraska's oldest gardening show is using Internet technology to cultivate knowledge among green-thumbed Cornhuskers.

Night or day, "Backyard Farmer" fans can watch video from the Nebraska Educational Television program on the World Wide Web via computer, said Jim Randall, communications specialist for the University of Nebraska's Communications and Information Technology unit.

Recent advancements in the technology that runs video on computers have made posting video on the web more feasible, said Randall, executive producer of "Backyard Farmer" for NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Viewing "Backyard Farmer" video posted on the web requires: a computer, a modem that connects to the Internet at 28.8 bits per second or faster and Real Video software. The software is available free on the Internet at IANR's "Backyard Farmer" video web site, Randall said.

"Backyard Farmer" airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m. through Aug. 26. Video clips from each show, such as the "Landscaping, Nebraska Style" segments airing this year, will be posted on the web site by 10 a.m. the next day and archived for future reference, Randall said.

The video segments can be viewed at this web address: http://byf.unl.edu.

IANR staff developed Internet access to "Backyard Farmer" video segments as a service to the program's viewers, Randall said. Posting the video clips on the web enhances NU's "multi-media approach to learning about gardening," he said.

The "Backyard Farmer" video web site is a gateway for gardening enthusiasts to reach other information, Randall said.

For example, computer users can access gardening tips from NU Cooperative Extension publications. Another mouse click links them to "Backyard Farmer" information that Nebraska Educational Television posts on the web such as: the NU Cooperative Extension panelists' biographies, a gardener's calendar, Plant of the Week, plus Nebraska and Internet gardening resources.

"Backyard Farmer" is a cooperative effort of IANR and the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission.

- Molly Klocksin

Roger Welsch to Visit with UNL's Kuzelka

Bob Kuzelka, assistant to the director of the Water Center/Environmental Programs at UNL, is the guest on Roger Welsch &, at 8:30 p.m. June 13 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

Welsch notes that, "It's always puzzled me why Nebraska was once thought of as being part of the Great American Desert. After all, we have the Platte and Missouri Rivers, we're sitting on one of the world's largest underground water systems and the word Nebraska comes from the Indian phrase for flat water. Water is one of Nebraska's most important resources, next only to its people and its soil. Bob Kuzelka devotes much of his life and energy to this resource, and we'll find out what he has to say about it this week."

Joel Sartore, contract photographer for National Geographic magazine, is the guest on Roger Welsch &, at 8:30 p.m. June 20.

For complete listings of Nebraska ETV programming, check out their website at http://net.unl.edu.

Welcome New Employees - May 1997

Rick Abel, Facilities Maintenance
Yvonne Arendsen-Wilms, Food Science & Technology
Sam Bahr, Landscape Services
Deborah Burkey, Housing
Patricia Claussen, Vet. & Biomedical Sciences
Marilyn Cunnings, Biochemistry
Mindy Curtis, University Child Care
Pamela Gandera, Entomology
Valerie Graves, Agronomy
Donald Gunning, Housing
Lenora Hanna, Forestry, Fisheries & Wildlife
LuAnn Innes, Housing
Michael Jackson, Instructional Design Center
Brian Lessman, ARDC
Cheryl Livingston, Registration & Records
Jill Martinsen, School of Biological Sciences
Karla Meyer, University Bookstore
Julie Moore, University Health Center
Gail Ogden, Communication & Info. Technology
Seth Richardson, Housing
James Ryan, Housing
Scott Sewell, Architecture
Stacy Vollmar, Landscape Services
Carol Weidenthaler, College of Law

Back to menu

For questions regarding the Scarlet's Web pages, contact:
dtaurins@unlinfo.unl.edu
(402) 472-8518, Fax: (402) 472-7825