January 24, 1997



Celebrating 20 Years

Christy Davis, left, and Angela Boedrum serve cake Wednesday in the East Campus Union as part of a week-long celebration of the building's 20 anniversary. The celebration continues today with a cafeteria special offering food items at 1977 prices. (Photo by Richard Wright)


Women's Center Offers Variety of Workshops, Sessions

The Women's Center is offering a variety of support groups, workshops and discussion groups this spring. They are as follows:

Support Groups

Workshops

Discussion Groups

Human Resource Announces Workshops

The following upcoming events are sponsored by the UNL Department of Human Resources. Some events require registration. Call the Human Resources department at 472-3101 for more information. For a complete listing of Spring 1997 events sponsored by Human Resources please visit its web homepage at: http://www.unl.edu/unlhr/hrhomepage.html.

Child Development Venture Brown Bag "The Joy of Reading to Your Child."

Take a break over lunch and join us to see and hear about some of the latest books for kids. Learn more about the importance of reading to children and take home reading lists for children of all ages. This event will be presented by Lynn Murray, CDV Family Resource Specialist, and is co-sponsored by the CDV and UNL's Department of Human Resources. Registration is not required.

Special Topic Brown Bag "The Threat of Violence in the Workplace."

Representatives from the Department of Human Resources, the Employee Assistance Program, and the UNL Police Department will review resources and options available to employees who feel threatened by violence at work. Behavioral indicators of potential violence will also be reviewed. Registration is not required.

New Employee Orientation

Call the UNL Employment Office at 472-2120 or the main UNL Human Resources Office at 472-3101 for more information. All UNL employees are welcome. Registration is recommended but not required.

EAP Brown Bag "The Ghost of Christmas Past: What to Do When You are Haunted by Holiday Spending."

Kathy Prochaska-Cue will share some practical tips on dealing with the aftermath of overspending. Prochaska-Cue, associate professor at UNL, has been a financial counselor and educator for more than 20 years. Registration is not required. Call the EAP at 472-3107 for more information.

Human Resources Brown Bag
"Now Hear This."

Designed to help you be more proactive in your approach to listening. Presented by Faye Moulton, assistant director of Human Resources and Staff Ombudsperson. Call Human Resources at 472-3101 for more information. Registration is not required.

"Communicating with Others."

A one-session workshop, designed primarily for non-supervisory personnel, to help participants become more effective when interacting and communicating with others. Registration is required and enrollment is limited. Call Human Resources at 472-3101.

Sue Tidball Award Nominations Sought

The Sue Tidball Award committee for 1997 has announced that nominations for the 1997 Award will open on the UNL campus on Jan. 27 and close Feb. 17. The 16th annual award celebration, honoring all 1997 nominees and announcing the 1997 award recipients, will be at 7 p.m. March 16 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1309 R St., Lincoln.

The Sue Tidball Award for Creative Humanity honors those students, faculty and staff nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions, beyond role or job expectations, to the building of a creative, just and humane community on the UNL campus.

Since 1982, 34 faculty, staff and students have been honored as award recipients, and nearly 170 nominees have been publicly recognized for their creative work.

Fliers and posters giving information about the award, and nomination forms, will be available in many campus offices prior to the opening of the nomination period, or may be obtained by calling Cornerstone-UMHE at 476-0355, during weekdays.

Funds Appropriated for Mead Remediation Project

Funding has been allocated by the U.S. Army for the removal of asbestos and the demolition of dilapidated structures at the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant at Mead. Dan Duncan, director of the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center, located on the site of the former military munitions installation, said the efforts of U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey have resulted in an appropriation of $13.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the remediation effort.

The University of Nebraska, which acquired much of the land in the 1960s after the Ordnance Plant ceased operations, has been working with the state and federal government for years to clean up the site which is listed on the Superfund National Priority List. Substantial work has been done on soil and water remediation, but work to remove asbestos and demolish dilapidated structures has been stymied by lack of funds. Last fall, Kerrey worked with colleagues in the U.S. Senate and with the Department of the Army to have funds appropriated for clean up of the Mead site.

"This is an essential step in the clean up process," Duncan said. "It will ensure that all of the land and facilities at the Research and Development Center will benefit the people of Nebraska."

The Mead site was placed on the NPL in August 1990, pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. An Army report in 1986 found extensive use of asbestos-containing materials at the Nebraska Ordnance Plant. The funding from the Army will be used to remediate asbestos-containing materials in the load lines, piping and storage facilities, and to demolish dilapidated structures.

Domestic Violence Subject of Olson Seminar

Domestic violence is the most prevalent form of violence within United States culture, but research on the causes and frequency of domestic violence is of recent origin.

Cynthia Willis Esqueda, assistant professor of psychology and Native American studies, will discuss that research at the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies Jan. 29. The seminar, free and open to the public, will be conducted from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Collection on the second floor of Love Library. A reception will precede the seminar at 3 p.m.

Esqueda will address research findings from the Great Plains on perceptions of domestic violence culpability, focusing particularly on the perceptions of violence between interracial and intraracial couples. She will also examine the legal system's response to domestic violence.

The Olson seminars are presented by the Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL. Visitors to the Jan. 29 seminar will also be able to view the Great Plains Art Collection exhibit, Visions of New Mexico: FSA Photographers. The exhibit features photographs by Russell Lee and John Collier Jr. and is on display through Feb. 28.

Effects of Climate Change on Aquifer Subject of Water Conference

An examination of how drought and climate change can affect Nebraska's single largest groundwater resource will be the focus of the 26th Annual Nebraska Water Conference.

The Great Plains Symposium 1997 is set for March 10-12 at Lincoln's Cornhusker Hotel and Burnham Yates Convention Center.

The subject of this year's conference lies beneath Nebraska's soil and contains nearly five times the water volume of Lake Erie. The 688 trillion-gallon Ogallala Aquifer reaches beneath several neighboring states, but nearly 80 percent of it lies beneath Nebraska.

It is the state's single largest source of high quality, easily accessible groundwater, said Bob Kuzelka, assistant to the director of the Water Center/Environmental Programs unit at UNL.

"During the two-day symposium, speakers will address the effects that drought, changing climate and increasing usage have upon the aquifer and those of us dependent upon it as a source of high quality water," Kuzelka said.

Speakers will include hydrogeologists, environmentalists, economists, meteorologists, farmers, manufacturers, food processors and government representatives. Representatives from adjoining states will also attend.

Climatic conditions effecting the aquifer will be explored from historical perspectives, as well as examining what impacts current and future weather changes could have on the aquifer's water.

Concurrent sessions will address management responses and sustainable aquifer management.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Nebraska Water Conference Council, the Conservation and Survey Division, Water Center/Environmental Programs and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, all at UNL, and the Nebraska Department of Water Resources.

For more information, contact Tricia Liedle of UNL's Water Center/Environmental Programs unit at 472-3305.

Copyright Working Group Organizing

Faculty and staff interested in joining a copyright working group are invited to meet in the Library Instruction Room, room 226 Love Library, at 4 p.m Jan. 30.

The working group seeks persons from across campus who wish to contribute to efforts to arrive at an understanding of copyright that will advance scholarly communication, higher education, and free inquiry in a networked environment. For more information, contact Agnes Adams at 472-3628 or by email at agnesa@unllib.unl.edu.

Nominees Sought for Mentoring Award

The Office of Graduate Studies is offering a new award to recognize outstanding mentoring of undergraduate students of color by graduate research or teaching assistants.

The Graduate Assistant Mentoring Award was developed to recognize the important contribution that graduate assistants make as role models and mentors to the academic success of students from underrepresented groups.

This new award will be presented in conjunction with the Spring Honors Convocation on April 11.

Nominations must include a nomination letter outlining the mentoring activities and successes of the nominee; a curriculum vitae; and letters of support from at least one faculty advisor or peer and at least one undergraduate student/mentee.

Send completed applications by Feb. 28 to Dean of Graduate Studies, 301 Canfield Administration Building, City Campus, 0434.

For more information, contact the Office of Graduate Studies at 472-2875.

Engineering & Technology Career Fair is Feb. 6

The Engineering and Technology Career Fair '97 will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union.

Approximately 60 employers from across the country will be available to speak with engineering and technology students and alumni. Employers are also interested in speaking with computer science students and may be interested in other science majors such as chemistry, biology, and physics. The fair is appropriate for students looking for career information, co-ops, internships or permanent post graduation positions. For more information, contact Connie Husa, 472-7094 or Chris Timm, 472-8049.

Outstanding Volunteers Sought for Recognition

"Volunteers-Real People, Real Connections" is the theme for national Volunteer Recognition week that will be observed April 13-19. Lincoln's annual citywide celebration of volunteering will occur in a 2 p.m. program April 20 at the Lincoln Station Great Hall.

Volunteer Recognition awards will be presented at the program in categories that include outstanding individual volunteer, group, unsung hero, business and youth. All nominees are considered to be outstanding volunteers and will receive a certificate of appreciation to be presented by Mayor Mike Johanns.

Nomination forms and guidelines for nominations may be obtained from and must be submitted to the United Way Volunteer Center. Nominations are accepted from agencies, businesses and members of the community. Deadline for submitting nominations is 5 p.m. Feb. 14.

Breast Cancer Sessions Offered by Women's Center

The Women's Center is offering informational sessions on the facts of breast cancer and breast self-exam techniques for every woman. These are informal sessions open to questions and discussion.

Participants are free to bring their lunch, and drinks will be provided.

· Jan. 28, noon to 1 p.m., East Union (room to be posted), Paula Railsback, OBGYN nurse practictioner of Women's Clinic of Lincoln.
· Jan. 29, noon to 1 p.m., Women's Center, 338 Nebraska Union, Pat Tetrault, sexuality education coordinator, University Health Center.

For more information, call the Women's Center at 472-2597.

English Heritage Tea is Feb. 23

St. Mark's on the Campus will celebrate the English heritage of the Episcopal Church with an "English Heritage Sampler: Texts, Tastes and Tunes," an English tea, Evensong service and book display celebrating the Anglican tradition Feb. 23.

This event will include a display of historic English Bibles and Books of Common Prayer. The show and tea are slated from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in St. Mark's lounge at 13th and R Streets, with Evensong to follow from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in the chapel.

Evensong will be celebrated with music, both choral and congregational, that is contemporary with the earliest Bibles and Prayer Books on display. It will feature music by English Elizabethan composers Orlando Gibbons and William Smith.

Books from private collections and from the archives of UNL's Love Library will be included in the show. Highlights of the show include: A Gutenberg Bible leaf; Geneva Bibles from 1576, 1578 and 1609; A Great Bible, Book of Common Prayer, and Psalter from 1594; and several Polyglot Bibles (with texts in a number of languages).

This event is open to all. There is no charge for the tea, but donations will be accepted.

For more information, call the church office at 474-1979.

South America Topic of Winter Lecture Series

Peace & Justice Ministries at Vine Congregational Church, UCC, in conjunction with the Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems at UNL announces its 13th Annual Winter Lecture Series. The series of Sunday evening sessions is designed to foster a better understanding of South America.

Each two-hour session will begin at 7 p.m. with the first hour featuring a presentation by an area expert, followed by a refreshment break and an open opportunity for questions and dialogue. The lecture sessions will be capped off by a festive South American dinner.

Sessions includes:

TIAA/CREF Coming to Campus

On Feb. 4 and March 4 a representative from TIAA/CREF will be on campus in the Nebraska Union for individual counseling sessions. To schedule an appointment, please call the Denver TIAA/CREF regional office at 800-842-2009. Other questions can be directed to the Benefits Office at 472-2600.

Homes Sought for Foreign Students

Lincoln Friends of Foreign Students, a community organization that collaborates with International Affairs for the goal of making Lincoln a friendlier place to live and more like home for international students, is seeking new "Friends" (individuals or families) for students who have arrived this semester.

The commitment is minimal. Participants are asked to contact their assigned student at least once a month and share with them cultural or recreational experiences.

If interested, contact Mary Helen Peters at 474-0061.

Undergraduate Research Conference April 18-19

UNL's third Undergraduate Research Conference is scheduled for April 18 and 19, 1997. The purpose of the conference is to highlight the research conducted by undergraduates and to give our young researchers opportunities to present the result of their creative work to their peers and the faculty across campus.

Faculty members are asked to bring the conference to the attention of their students. Since the conference is scheduled late in the spring semester, students engaged in research at that time should be close enough to completing their projects to make a presentation.

Students preparing honors theses should be very strongly encouraged to report on their research at the conference. Research undertaken in independent study, in departmental or college "capstone" seminars, in senior project classes, as well as research conducted on a common theme for a class, also offer excellent possibilities for a conference presentation.

The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday, March 21, but earlier notification will facilitate the scheduling of sessions and allow the timely publication of the conference program.

For more information contact Patrice Berger, Honors Program, 472-5425; fax 472-8204.

Welsch Talks with Cather Foundation Director

Pat Phillips, executive director for the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation, is this week's guest on Roger Welsch &, when the interview series airs at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31, on the Nebraska ETV Network.

Welsch comments, "I'm always impressed with Pat Phillips' genuine, personal commitment to Red Cloud, Nebraska and Willa Cather. Under her leadership, the Willa Cather Foundation has become more than a mecca and resource for literary historians, scholars and those of us who simply love reading the works of this Nebraska Hall of Famer. With the help of Pat Phillips, Cather and Red Cloud have become an important tourism resource and financial boon for our state. And you don't have to be a literature nut to understand that!"

The weekly Roger Welsch & series features humorist and author Welsch in discussion with a variety of Nebraskans-from authors and educators to historians and prominent citizens - whose contributions to the good life in Nebraska make for interesting conversation.

'Statewide' Follows Hagel to Washington

What's it like to be the newest member of "the most exclusive club in the world?" Find out at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31, when Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly magazine, follows Nebraska's newly elected U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel on his first day in the Senate.

The program, which repeats at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2, also provides up-to-the minute news reports from across the state and other features of interest.

Statewide Correspondent Brad Penner joined Hagel on his historic first day in the Senate. It's a day set aside for ceremony and celebration, but it didn't take long for the Republican senator to get down to business. The report will examine how Hagel got the Senate and what he wants to do there.

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

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