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| Students sell their books back at the University Bookstore in the basement of the Nebraska Union Tuesday. The Spring semester ends today with commencement Saturday in the Bob Devaney Sports Center. (Photo: Richard Wright) |
A group of Lincoln bicycling enthusiasts is urging Lincoln employers and workers to support national Bike-to-Work Day on May 19.
Lincolnites who bike to work regularly can easily save $40 per month in parking fees and $100 to $120 in gasoline and wear and tear on their cars.
A new group, BIKE (Bicycling: Invigorating, Kinetic Exercise) Lincoln, is made up of citizens who believe that bicycling can be a fun, healthy and often a practical way to get around. BIKE Lincoln encourages residents to explore the city 75-mile system of hiker-biker trails and to bike safely at all times.
For more information, contact Bob Boyce, 441-8530.
Teachers College has been accredited under the performance standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
The council is responsible for professional accreditation of teacher education and praised Nebraska's Teachers College for being highly effective in producing educators who link teaching and research and prepare educators for other roles such as administrators, speech pathologists or school psychologists.
The accrediting group also praised the efforts of Teachers College to instill ability in students to become reflective professionals and for developing professional collaborations to improve education quality. For example, Teachers College led the effort to create the Nebraska Network for Educational Renewal, a group of higher education personnel focused on teacher and school improvement.
"This accreditation team conducted the most rigorous review we have experienced in 44 years of accreditation and seemed very impressed with the quality and productivity of our faculty and students. We're very pleased that the team's report is so positive," Ellen Weissinger, associate dean and accreditation coordinator said of the report. Such accreditation review occurs every five years, she said.
The accrediting council said Teachers College provides good opportunities for candidates to build upon and extend their knowledge through field experience and programs are well planned and rely upon national standards.
-Peg Strain, Public Relations
The UNL Emeriti Association will meet at 12:30 p.m. May 21 in the East Union. The speaker will be David Stoeffler, editor, Lincoln Journal Star. His presentation will focus on selecting, editing and printing the news.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Iowa State University, the University of Nebraska-Kearney and the University of Nebraska-Omaha have been awarded a mini-grant from members of Mid-America Universities International (MAUI) to organize a symposium titled "Alternatives on Global Food Security." The symposium is organized around three themes: Politics, Economics and Policy; Biophysical and Economic Sustainability; Social Issues and Rural Communities. For each theme, time will be set aside for discussion of the posters, followed by two speakers who will present alternative views or information on the topic and a wrapup discussion session.
The symposium will be occur in the Nebraska East Union on Nov. 6 and 7. There will be a minimal registration fee to cover meals. Posters are being solicited from faculty/staff and students for the symposium. Poster presentations that identify the contributions of the MAUI institutions to world food security are particularly welcome.
Additional information about the three themes is available from International Programs. Abstracts for poster sessions should be sent to International Programs Division, 110 Agriculture Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0706 or e-mail to iaip002@unlvm.unl.edu or fax: (402) 472-2759. Intent to submit a poster session should be sent by June 1. Abstracts for poster sessions must be sent by August 24. For more information call 472-2758.
A brown bag lunch will occur from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 13 at the East Union to hear Dennis Muchisky, campus Fulbright Program Adviser, explain the criteria and process to apply for a grant. There are opportunities to teach or conduct research in one of nearly 130 countries around the world. Former Fulbright scholars are encouraged to attend and share their experience with this program. Call International Programs, 472-2758, to make reservations.
A statewide English as a Second Language workshop will occur June 26 and 27 at the Beadle Center. Anyone interested in ESL or working with international students, immigrants or refugees is encouraged to attend.
The Colorado-based Spring Institute for International Studies will present half-day hands-on sessions on best practices, model programs, teaching techniques and ESL program development. Additional sessions include mental health, disability and immigration issues, and using internet resources for ESL.
The workshop is sponsored by Nebraska Coordinators for Adult Literacy, the Nebraska Health and Human Service System, UNL's Programs in English as a Second Language, the Nebraska Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy and Lincoln City Libraries. Registration is $20. For more information, contact: Sheila Jacobs, Lincoln City Libraries, 441-8546; e-mail smjacobs@rand.lcl.lib.ne.
A retirement reception for Dale McKnight will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. May 13 in the Wick Alumni Center. McKnight will retire after 10 years of service at the Nebraska Alumni Assocation.
See the complete list of summer enrichment classes offered by Bright Lights on the Web at http://www.brightlights.org. There are over 575 class openings, and class closings are updated daily. About 50 percent of the classes are offered in math, science and technology; 35 percent in fine arts; and 15 percent in social studies. The university will host classes like TV Production for 7-9 Graders at ETV with instructor Annie Mumgaard, Public Relations Office; Genetics with Daniel Pomp, associate professor of Animal Science; Engineering Odyssey Day Camp at Scott Engineering Building and Entrepreneur Day Camp in CBA. Rochelle Ondracek, visiting assistant professor, and Roger Kieckhafer, associate professor, are teaching science classes at Rousseau Elementary.
There are more than 110 summer enrichment classes for students who have completed grades kindergarten through ninth grade. More than 10 percent of the Bright Lights students come from out-of-town, 10 percent from parochial schools and 20 percent are on partial financial need scholarships.
Mini-classes cost $70 and are held 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m.; day camps cost $145 and are held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The programs are held the weeks of June 22, July 13 and July 27. Brochures can be picked up in the schools or at community sites such as Amigos restaurants, Cornhusker Banks and Schlotzsky's Restaurant. "Before Care," an 8 to 9 a.m. service to parents, will be offered for $10 in summer '98. Scholarships are available. Call 434-8851 for information or to be mailed a copy of a brochure.
In May and June the Land Grant Training Alliance will be delivering a new electronic class - a set of six lessons on WordPerfect 8.0 for Windows 95 program.
The lessons will be posted on the web starting the week of May 11. One lesson will be posted each week for six weeks. We will focus on basic document creation in the word processor, including new features in WordPerfect 8.0 and such things as basics in saving and printing, selecting/moving/copying text, basic document formatting such as margins, line spacing, pagination, tabs, using selected toolbars, find and replace, using templates, headers and footers, numbered and bulleted lists, and using special characters. Graphics, tables, macros and doing form letters will not be covered in this introductory class.
For this workshop to be useful to you, you should have Windows 95 and WordPerfect 8.0 installed on your computer. There is no charge for this electronic workshop. To register for this class, send a mail message by May 8 to: LISTSERV@UNL.EDU. In the body of the message, type ONLY the command: <SUBSCRIBE WP8INTRO>. The items above are case insensitive. Do not include your signature or any additional text.
More workshops are under way, including Word97 and WordPerfect Tables.
Businesses that want to establish a World Wide Web site can learn how through a popular, award-winning noncredit distance education course at UNL. "Web Site Development: Design, Build and Maintain Your Own Site," runs June 11 through Aug. 27 and is co-sponsored by UNL's Engineeering Extension, Cooperative Extension and the Division of Continuing Studies. Enrollment is limited to 30 and the registration deadline is June 5.
The cost is $349 per person, which includes Microsoft FrontPage software and manuals, instructional CD-ROM and resource notebook and three months of Internet publication of the web site. For more information or to register, call the Division of Continuing Studies at 472-2175 or visit http://www.unl.edu/co nted/telecom/index.html.
The majority of the campus received the May 1 Scarlet on May 4 or later. Due to an error at the off-campus printer, the Scarlet was delayed in publishing, hence the late delivery. The staff of the Scarlet apologize for any inconvenience this unforeseeable error may have caused.
Peg Blake, associate vice chancellor of student affairs and director of admissions at the University Nebraska, has resigned to become vice president for student affairs at Idaho's 15,000-student Boise State University. Her last day at Nebraska will be June 12.
The move coincides with a new job for her husband, Larry Blake, who will be director of facilities planning at Boise State. Larry Blake has been acting manager of architectural and engineering services for the past year and prior to that assistant manager of projects with facilities management and planning at NU for four years. Both Blakes begin their new jobs July 1.
"I have received tremendous support here. I have close friends, colleagues and family in Nebraska," said Peg Blake, who has been at the university for 12 years. "But the opportunities for both (of us) combined to make this an offer we couldn't refuse."
"For more than a decade, Peg has been a key leader in the division of student affairs," said James Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs. "She has a broad understanding of the university environment, knows how to efficiently organize work efforts and is one of the best human resources managers I have ever observed. She will certainly be missed by NU students, staff and faculty."
Larry Routh, director of career services, has been named interim assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and interim director of admissions. Geri Cotter, assistant director of career services, will be interim director of career services.
-Dave Fitzgibbon and Tom Simons, Public Relations
DAYDREAMINGTHE LESTER F. LARSEN TRACTOR TEST AND POWER MUSEUM was dedicated May 2 before a crowd of 400 people. The museum features 49 historic tractors, including the Allis Chalmers model above, and 97 pieces of farm equipment, most donated by Larsen, the engineer in charge of the Tractor Testing Lab from 1946-75. (Photo: Carson Fiske) |
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Operating budget guidelines for the second half of the 1997-99 biennium have been announced. They are essentially the same as those in effect for the first half of the biennium, said Kim Phelps, assistant vice chancellor for business and finance and director of fiscal affairs.
Phelps said all deans and directors have received allocations that would allow them to increase salaries by an average of 3 percent. Phelps cautioned that does not guarantee that each employee will receive a 3 percent increase.
From that allocation, deans and directors must address issues such as merit, increases in the university pay plans (classification categories) that will require employees be brought to the minimum pay scale, equity adjustments (which ensure that employees receive equal pay for equal work), compression (correcting a long-term employee's pay which may be less than a newly hired employee) and marketplace adjustments (where the university's pay scale is significantly less than the private sector).
"The 3 percent pool has to address many situations besides the performance issue," Phelps said. "We are trying to get a very small pool of dollars to stretch over a lot of needs."
Managerial/professional and office/service employees not performing with satisfactory service or on formal disciplinary probation may receive less than the minimum rates, including a zero increase. A written explanation approved by the appropriate vice chancellor or chancellor must accompany a salary 0 percent increase.
There are no operating expense increases for the second half of the biennium for state-funded, revolving centers.
Proposed salaries must be finalized by May 28.
-Kim Hachiya, Public Relations
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics will celebrate its 100th anniversary May 14-16 with a centennial symposium and reunion.
The centennial celebration will bring together members of the mathematics and statistics faculty as well as students, alumni, emeritus faculty and invited speakers.
The event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. May 14 at the Sheldon Art Gallery. On May 15, a banquet at the Cornhusker Hotel will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature a talk titled "A Century of Mathematics and Statistics at Nebraska" from department chairman Jim Lewis. Plenary addresses and special sessions led by faculty and invited speakers will take place May 15-16 in Burnett and Oldfather halls. Individual topics include mathematics and education, mathematics outside academia and statistics.
For more information about the Centennial Celebration, e-mail cent@math.unl.edu, visit the centennial's Web site http://www.math.unl.edu/~cent/ or call Associate Professor David Pitts at (402) 472-8806.
The centennial celebration overlaps with a May 11-15 international conference, Algorithemic Problems in Groups and Semigroups, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences discrete and experimental mathematics colloquium and the National Science Foundation.
Invited scholars include S.J. Kublansovsky of the University of St. Petersburg, Russia; Stephen Pride from the University of Glasgow; and Gilbert Baumslaug from City University of New York.
For more information on the conference, call Professor John Meakin at (402) 472-7244.
-Evelyn Audi, Arts and Sciences
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