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| NSE Orientation leader Rachel Daberkow tries to stay dry while directing parents to parking spots on East Campus last week during New Student Enrollment. NSE tours continue throughout the summer. (Photo: Richard Wright) |
The next summer Scarlet will publish July 17. The deadline for that issue is July 10. The Scarlet will resume weekly publication on Aug. 14. For information, contact Kim Hachiya at 472-8844 or Diane Taurins at 472-8518 or email the Scarlet at scarlet@unlinfo.unl.edu.
All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend Chancellor James Moeser's State of the University Address,beginning at 11 a.m. Aug. 21 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The All-University Picnic will follow the speech in the Lied Plaza gardens. Supervisors are encouraged to arrange time for all employees to attend, and offices are encouraged to avoid scheduling meetings that conflict with this time.
The dates of the new fall semester break were stated incorrectly by University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials in May. Correct dates for the break, newly instituted for the upcoming school year, are Oct. 19 and 20.
The Monday-Tuesday break coincides with a universitywide fall break that occurs on all University of Nebraska campuses.
In addition, dates for priority registration have been changed to Oct. 26 through Nov. 10.
Chancellor James Moeser has responded to a report from the Academic Rights and Responsibilities Committee on allegations made of sexual harassment in the department of political science.
"I have repeatedly called for a climate of tolerance and civility on this campus, so it disturbs me when I hear allegations to the contrary," Moeser said. "It is imperative that we look into this matter, assess it carefully and consider options for change if change is needed. I have asked three respected members of the faculty to serve as a special select committee. They will gather information about the climate in the political science department and determine if any changes need to be made to make it as hospitable an environment as possible."
Committee members include John Berman, professor and chair of the department of psychology; Joan Giesecke, dean of libraries; and Anna Shavers, associate professor of law.
"We welcome this review," said John Comer, political science department chair. "This is a good opportunity to participate in an objective and thorough appraisal of the department."
Moeser said he expects the special committee report before the fall semester begins. "If any recommendations are made by the committee, we will make them public as long as we remain consistent with policies of confidentiality in personnel issues," he said.
The next Master Planning Workshop will be held by NU's planning consultants on June 30 and July 1. Members of the campus community (faculty, staff and students) are invited to attend a review session in the Nebraska Union Colonial Room from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. June 30. The consultants are looking for feedback on master plan alternatives that are based on concepts developed at the first Master Planning Workshop in May.
Mileage logs for June travel are due at Transportation Services by July 7. To facilitate year end closing, mail the June mileage logs to Transportation Services, 1707 Y St., 0603, or FAX to 472-8660, as soon as possible after June 30.
A "Dialogue on Racism and Prejudice" will occur from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 25 at the UNL Culture Center, 333 N. 14th St.
Panelists are Dan Williams, president of Citizens Against Racism and Prejudice; Preston Thomas, commissioner for the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs; Thao Tham, representing the Asian Community and Cultural Center; and Sister Margarita Iturbide, representing the Catholic Hispanic Community in the Diocese of Lincoln.
The panel is sponsored by African American and African Studies; Citizens Against Racism and Prejudice; Governor's Office of Urban Affairs; Southeast Community College-Lincoln; and the Urban League of Nebraska, Lincoln.
As part of its voluntary self-evaluation of environmental regulatory compliance, Environmental Health and Safety is initiating Work Place Surveys. The surveys will be brief and provide faculty and staff with an overview of their level of compliance with significant environmental and safety regulations. The plan, standards and survey form are available from the EHS web page at http://www.unl.edu/e nviron/environ/workpl.htm or by calling EHS at 472-4928.
Purchasing Card training has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. July 23 at the Business Services Complex, 1700 Y St. Contact Darla Huff, 472-5050, to register for this session. Space is limited.
Fiscal year-end is rapidly approaching; the Purchasing Department reminds everyone of the time frames involved in large dollar equipment purchases. These guidelines help to determine estimate time frames when departments are planning major equipment purchases. Departments are encouraged to contact a procurement professional for specific information. The guidelines can be found on the following website http://www.unl.edu/purchas e/yearend.htm.
All money (checks, currency and coin) on hand the last working day of June, except authorized change funds, must be properly receipted and remitted as June business to the Bursar's office before 4 p.m. July 2. Those departments which normally remit at the IANR Finance Office should remit June business to that office before 4 p.m. July 2.
When preparing June's business deposits, date the Bursar Advice or Bursar Remittance June 30, 1998, or mark "June Receipts" across the top of your form. The only funds which should be retained in department offices are the change funds or petty cash funds which have been consigned to the department by this office. All other university collections should be taken to the Bursar's Office (or IANR Office) as requested above.
Dennis Dolezal will retire June 30 from the Printing Services Department after 28 years of service. Since starting in 1970, Dolezal has served the university in both Printing Services and Publications Management. A reception will occur from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. June 30 in Printing Services, 28 Nebraska Hall. All are welcome.
Bottom Line Training in "Reports and Year-End Closing" will be from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 13 in the Wick Alumni Center's microcomputer lab.
More than 90 departments across campus use Bottom Line, the departmental income/expense/budget tracking program for PCs. The class will be taught by Maggie Van Diest, Dean's Office, Love Library, and is free. Call 472-5108 to register.
The University's Year 2000 Task Force will meet at 1:30 p.m. June 24 in the Nebraska Union. Future meetings as well as university status reports for the Year 2000 can also be found on the web http://www.unl.edu/year2k. Task Force representatives are reminded that the deadline for developing their Year 2000 plans is June 30. Call 472-7690 for more information.
Faculty, staff and other groups who wish to use outdoor areas of campus for activities should obtain approval from the University of Nebraska Landscape Services Department prior to the event. Landscape Services can help choose the best location to fit the event's requirements, and will work with your representative to minimize damage to landscape plantings, lawns, soils, underground irrigation systems and lighting. They will also make sure that herbicide and pesticide applications have not been scheduled in the area to be used and that lawn sprinkler systems have been turned off.
In most cases, approval can be obtained by phone. Call 472-2679 when planning an event. For more information about outdoor space usage policies, visit the web page at http://www.unl.edu/unlbga.
"Grassy Groves," a series of informal concerts, will be from noon to 1 p.m. every Thursday in the area between the Administration Building and the Nebraska Union. The schedule for the rest of the summer: June 25, Andy Hall; July 2, Toasted Ponies; July 9, Aspen; July 16, TBA; July 23, Nebraska Jazz Sextet; July 30, Plain Label String; Aug. 6, Kusitaki and Aug. 13, Baby Needs Shoes. The concerts are free and open to the public.
UAAD will present "Meetings for the New Millennium" by LaVonne Braun from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. June 25 in the Nebraska Union.
This highly interactive workshop will cover topics such as timeliness, how to get people to look forward to coming to meetings, agenda planning and more. Activities for the workshop will include creating an agenda, small group breakout using a case study for discussion and a meeting demonstration (if time permits).
A brown bag lunch discussion with the presenter will follow with plenty of time to discuss individual questions or share ideas for making meeting times more productive and fun.
Braun is the State Quality Coordinator for the Nebraska Military Department and a highly sought after presenter/facilitator.
The 1998 Water Tour of Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas is scheduled for Aug. 11-13. "Back to the Future . . . Arkansas-Republican Rivers," is the theme of the tour sponsored by the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce, Central Nebraska Public Power District, Nebraska Public Power District, Nebraska Water Conference Council, Gateway Farm Expo and the University of Nebraska Water Center/Environmental Programs.
Join state legislators, water professionals and agricultural producers for an in-depth look at the results of the Arkansas Rivers dispute between Colorado and Kansas. This educational tour will also address current issues between Kansas and Nebraska on the Republican River.
Mike Jess, director of the Nebraska Department of Water Resources, is facilitator of this educational forum. Contact the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce for complete information on the tour.
Tour cost is $295 per person (includes food, motel, motor coach). Paid registration deadline is July 1.
The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship is announces the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program. This program awards top students with internships in locally based entrepreneurial companies. All internships are paid and the students will receive course credit.
Please help us attract a wide variety of student interests and majors to this program by spreading the word to qualified students.
Applications are due July 1, 1998. They can be picked up at the Student Employment and Internship Center, 345 Nebraska Union or the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship, CBA 209. For more information call 472-3353.
Creating cross-cultural connections through political discourse, processes and policies will be the focus of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics' Sixth Annual Conference on Oct. 2-3. "Civic Discourse in a Global Community: Creating Cross-cultural Connections" will feature noted political leaders and scholars, public policy-makers, and communication practitioners and academicians. It will meet in the Scheman Continuing Education Building at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
The Catt Center is soliciting abstracts of papers for presentation at the conference as well as proposals for the 1998 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics, which are both due - post-marked or faxed - by July 1. The Catt Prize includes a $1,000 award and travel expenses to Ames to present the research at the conference.
All abstracts of papers should relate to the conference's general theme. Of particular interest will be papers that explore how intersections of gender, race, ethnicity and class affect civic discourse, public policy and political processes in the United States and abroad.
To receive guidelines for the Call for Abstracts and/or the Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics, contact the Catt Center at 515-294-3181 or dbystrom@iastate.edu.
Purchasing has reached an agreement for the extension of the office supplies contract with Boise Cascade Office Products. This contract runs through December 1998. New 1998 UNL/Boise Cascade catalogs are available. If you have not received one, or need additional copies, contact Roger Spiehs at 472-5741.
Campus support for this program, along with other prime vendor contracts, has brought about significant overall benefits through consolidated invoicing, reduced total acquisition costs, improved delivery times and reduced keystroking/errors. Additionally, through consolidated purchasing activities, campus participation allows the university several important and unique advantages when these contracts are implemented.Purchasing hopes to provide several enhancements to these programs in the coming months. These enhancements entail such features as electronic catalogs, online requisitions, real time inventory and pricing.
As always the prime vendor contracts are here to allow a more productive and efficient working environment. Comments regarding this program or any of the other prime vendor programs are appreciated and valued.
The UNL Purchasing Department has a limited supply of the 1998 Multi-Ethnic Guide for the greater Omaha area. This directory focuses on the African American, Asian, Hispanic and Native American people of the community. It provides a brief history of each group and a list of community services, organizations, cultural events and religious entitites. Please contact Bill Bode, 472-3609, if you would like a copy of this guide.
Periodically, requests are made to purchase an item or service from a University faculty or staff member. According to Board of Regents Purchasing Policy, Section 14.1, no article or service shall be purchased from any university faculty or staff member without prior approval by the principal business officer (vice chancellor for business & finance), and any such purchase approved by the principal business officer shall comply fully with the requirements of the conflict of interest provisions of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act. Neb. Rev. Stat., SS 49-1493 through 49-14, 104. If you need further information, contact Bill Bode, 472-3609.
Stadium Drive from T Street to V Street is closed due to the construction on Memorial Stadium. It is scheduled to re-open Aug. 15.
For easy access to the Stadium Drive Parking Garage, enter from T Street. The Parking Garage and Parking Services' office will not be affected by the street closure.
A TIAA-CREF counselor will be available in the Nebraska Union June 23 and 24 for individual counseling sessions. The room will be posted. To reserve a space, contact Coco Chance in the Denver Office at 800-842-2009.
A Fidelity counselor will be available in the Nebraska Union on June 30 for individual counseling sessions. The room will be posted. To reserve a space, contact Central Reservation Systems in Boston at 800-642-7131.
If you have any questions, call the UNL Benefits Section at 472-2600.
The university has retained the services of two outside experts to determine whether the university's compliance efforts under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act have been effective.
Robert T. Grimit, a Lincoln attorney with the firm of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, will investigate and report his findings to the university general counsel's office on the university's compliance with federal and state laws.
Peer Moore-Jansen, a biological anthropologist at Wichita State University, will examine and refine the inventory of human remains in the collections of the anthropology department and the University of Nebraska State Museum. Moore-Jansen will use non-destructive methods of identification in preparing any supplemental inventory.
Richard Edwards, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, said he hopes both experts will be able to conclude their work by Aug. 1.
"We're very interested in working this out," Edwards said. "We believe we are in compliance with the Repatriation Act, but we want to go the extra mile to make sure we are."
Recently, allegations have been raised that the anthropology department and the museum have human remains in their possession that should be subject to disclosure under the Repatriation Act but are not cataloged as such, or that in some other way the department and the museum have not fully complied with applicable laws on the disposition of human remains.
-Tom Simons, Public Relations
Nebraska Network 21 will sponsor a Chautauqua June 29-30 at the Cornhusker Hotel and the Wagon Train Project in Lincoln. The Chautauqua is designed to spark creative thinking about positive changes in Nebraska education into the next century, said Ellen Russell, director of NN21.
The event incorporates the fine and performing arts to stimulate discussion about creative change and experimentation. NN21 action teams and demonstration projects will share and celebrate what they are learning, and higher-education leaders will discuss the changing learning needs of Nebraska citizens. Artists will work with each group to help them prepare presentations capturing the essence of what they've learned since NN21 began.
For more information, contact NN21 at (402)472-2758.
- Pamela Schmidt, NN21
The monthly public viewing at the Student Observatory will be from 9 to 11 p.m. June 26. Children are welcome.
At sunset the telescope will be trained on the thin crescent moon in the west. After it gets dark, the featured object of the evening will be the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, also known as M 13.
"This is the most spectacular globular cluster seen from our latitude and it's on most stargazers' top-10 list of attractions outside the solar system," said Martin Gaskell, associate professor of physics and astronomy. "From inside the dark telescope dome many hundreds of faint stars will be visible tightly clustered together."
Gaskell said smaller telescopes are also usually set up outside the dome for viewing other objects.
The Student Observatory is on top of the Stadium Parking Garage west of Memorial Stadium. Visitors should note that Stadium Boulevard is closed because of construction, but the parking garage can still be entered from either end.
The observatory's next public viewing night will be July 31.
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