September 5, 2003 In this issue: -Dates & Deadlines -Attn: Freshman -Attn: Seniors -New Rooms in Neihardt -New HP Website -New Receptionist -Honors Semester in Wales -Information Services Updates -Computer Science & Engineering Research Facility Open House -Cather Project & Plains Humanities Alliance Open House -Gamma Sigma Delta Seminar -'From Recipe to Reality' Seminar -Center for Grassland Studies Fall Seminar -Food Processing Center Celebrating 20 yrs. -OASIS Open House -Independent Study Courses -Computer & Phone Store Grand Opening -Hugo Wolf Recital -University Theater Ticket Sales -NETV & NPR Events -- Dates and Deadlines: Friday, September 5: Last day to withdraw from a class with 75% tuition refund Friday, September 12: Last day to withdraw from a class with 50% tuition refund Monday, September 15: Neihardt Open House Friday, September 19: Last day to withdraw from a class with 25% tuition refund Friday, September 26: Degree application deadline Wednesday, October 8: Tuition and fee payment deadline Friday, October 17: Last day to submit Honors Contracts Last day to change a class to P/N (Honors classes must be taken for a grade) Monday, October 20-Tuesday October 21: Fall break Friday, November 14: Last day to submit Thesis Completion Forms for December graduation Monday, December 1: Completed Theses for December graduation due Friday, December 12: Statement of Academic Interest due for those completing their 4th semester Friday, December 12: Memorandum of Study due for those completing their 6th semester -- Attention freshmen: Your accounts are now working, however, you will need to activate them when you first access them. The website to do so is http://activedir.unl.edu. Read the instructions and follow the directions. The account will take approximately 10 minutes to register. -- Attention seniors graduating in December: Friday, Sept. 26 is the deadline for applying for a degree to be received on Dec. 20. A $25 non-refundable degree application fee must accompany the Application For Degree form. Applications are to be filed at the Graduation Services Office, 109 Canfield Administration Building. -- Be sure to check out the remodeling to Neihardt. The new study rooms, reading room, tutoring rooms, resource room and commuter student lounge are open to ALL Honors students. You should plan to take full advantage of them. If you need to schedule a study group, peer mentor meeting, or want a quiet place to read, please come there to use the facilities. They've been remodeled for you, and we want them to have the utmost use. Rooms should be reserved in the resource room; the reservation process is in the front of the reservation book. The resource room contains such things as a dictionary and thesaurus, foreign language dictionaries, publications, graduate and professional school preparation books, information from international affairs, Honors Program forms and information, and will continue to grow as we receive suggestions from you. Please DO NOT remove publications from this room: they are there for all Honors students. Dr. Lyons' office is now in 2100 Neihardt. -- Be sure to check out the new Honors Program website. Our computer tech, Darren Johnston, spent many hours this summer giving it the new look and improving it substantially. All Honors Program requirements and information is now available there, and we will no longer be providing handbooks to incoming students. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the site, and to forward any suggestions about items which should appear on it to the main Honors office. Don't forget to thank Darren for his hard work. Also, all forms for the program are now available on the website. You can print them off, but cannot submit them online; you must bring them into the main Honors Office. -- Vicki Brown, our receptionist for the last 2 years, has taken another position on campus. We are currently looking for a new receptionist. Until we hire a person and s/he's on board and while we're training him/her, please be understanding. -- HONORS SEMESTER IN WALES WITH UNCW Many UNL students have taken advantage of this opportunity, finding the experience exciting, challenging and rewarding. If you're interested, please contact the appropriate people as noted below. Again for Spring 2004, the Honors Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will sponsor a semester study abroad program in Great Britain at the University of Wales at Swansea. We welcome honors students from other universities to join us. The semester will be hosted by Dr. Diane Levy, Sociology Professor at UNCW, and former director of the Honors Scholars Program. Below are the particulars. The Setting: The University of Wales at Swansea, overlooking Swansea Bay, is situated within a large area of landscaped parkland within walking distance of the city center. To the west is Gower Peninsula with broad bays and sandy coves. Swansea is a modern city of 200,000 with well-equipped leisure center and cultural facilities. Swansea can be reached by train from London in about 3 hours. Course of study: Students may earn 15-18 credits at Swansea by enrolling in four courses and completing an internship. The course load will be as follows: * honors seminar: 2 credits * internship: 4 credits * courses of the student's choice from the Swansea catalog: 9-12 credits Students from any major are welcome. Students must be honors students in good standing at their home universities. The students will be assisted by the American Studies Office at the University of Wales at Swansea in course selection and internship arrangements. Dr. Levy will teach the honors seminar and be available to arrange field trips and other events. Internship: Internships will be arranged in an area of the student's choice. Some examples are Swansea City Council, BBC Radio, Magistrate Court, the local Archaeological Trust, hospitals, county environmental protection agency, schools, and financial establishments. Housing: Students will live with British students in the Hendrefoilan Student Village, an apartment style living arrangement. Dates: Arrival and orientation: Jan. 9, 2004 Easter vacation: March 20- April 18 (free time to travel on your own) Semester ends: Mid-May for most majors. (Some few may need to stay into June.) Costs and Application: This year the cost was $6059 and we expect that there will be a modest increase in the price next year. The cost includes tuition and fees, internship placement and supervision, room, study abroad health insurance, orientation, local bus pass, and scheduled field trips. Airfare, meals, and books are not included. The first deposit of $200 (non-refundable) is due October 15 with the completed application. The rest of the payment may be made in installments- early November and early December. (Late applications will be accepted with a $40 late fee on a "space available" basis.) Applications may be requested from the Office of International Programs, UNCW, Wilmington NC 28403.E-mail: adamse@uncw.edu More information about the program and photos are available on Dr. Levy's homepage(click on Swansea): http://www.uncwil.edu/people/levyd/ Please feel free to contact Dr. Levy (levyd@uncw.edu) or Ms. Elizabeth A. Adams, Education Abroad Coordinator at UNC Wilmington (adamse@uncw.edu) with any questions. -- Campus News: Information Services providing periodic updates on IS website Information Services will be providing periodic updates on the current status of services such as the Campus Network, Internet, Blackboard and E-mail on our web site. To view the updates please visit the IS web site regularly. http://www.unl.edu/IS -- Computer Science and Engineering Research Facility open house The Computer Science and Engineering Research Visualization Facility is holding an open house on Friday, September 5, 3:00-5:00 PM at 121 S. 13th, Suite 304 (Miller & Paine Bldg). Access Grid/Tiled Wall Display Demonstrations - 3:15 & 4:15; PrairieFire Tours - 3:30; 4:00; 4:30. http://rcf.unl.edu -- Open House - Cather Project and Plains Humanities Alliance The Plains Humanities Alliance and The Cather Project invite you to an open house on Friday, Sept. 5, from 2-5 pm, Seaton Hall (in the Selleck Quad). Come see our latest projects, our new offices and welcome Timothy Mahoney as new director of the PHA and Guy Reynolds, professor of English and American Literature. -- Gamma Sigma Delta Seminar: Obesity Implications Gamma Sigma Delta Seminar: Obesity Implications for Agriculture, the Food Industry and Nutrition and Health. Sept. 18, East Campus Union, 2:30 p.m. Panel: Jeff Armitage, Nebraska Department of Health; Don Beermann, Department of Animal Science; Ann Grandjean, UNMC; Ed O'Neill, Food Processing Center, UNL. -- FPC announces 'From Recipe to Reality' seminar in Scottsbluff The next Food Processing Center "From Recipe to Reality" seminar will be held at the Panhandle Research & Extension Center in Scottsbluff on Oct. 14. It is open to the public with a registration deadline of Oct. 1. The seminar provides an overview of the many issues to be considered when taking a food product to the marketplace. For an information packet and registration form, please contact: Arlis Burney 472-8930, or aburney1@unl.edu. http://fpc.unl.edu/marketing/ent.htm -- Center for Grassland Studies Fall seminar series Center for Grassland Studies Seminar Series, 3:00-4:00, East Union. Sep. 8 - "Improving Native Grasses Increases Grassland Production," Rob Mitchell, USDA, Agricultural Research Service. http://www.grassland.unl.edu/semf03.html -- Food Processing Center celebrating 20 years The Food Processing Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary of service to the food industry on Sept. 16. Pierce Hollingsworth, director of special projects, Stagnito Communications, Inc., Deerfield, Ill., is the featured guest speaker. Hollingsworth will present an overview of future trends in the food industry at 1 PM in the East Campus Union followed by tours of the Food Processing Center. Please RSVP to: jgifford1@unl.edu or call 472-2819. http://fpc.unl.edu/marketing/anniversary.htm -- OASIS open house/multicultural student welcome OASIS (Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services) is hosting its open house and welcoming multicultural students back to campus on Wednesday, Sept. 3, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the UNL Culture Center. All faculty, students and staff are invited. Contact Renita Tyrance or Chuck van Rossum at 472-5500. -- Remember College Independent Study If you are still looking for classes to round out your schedules, check College Independent Study. CIS courses don't count toward full-time status for financial aid purposes, but they offer students a convenient way to earn credit in some of UNL's most popular courses in a self-paced format. Call 2-0400 for more information or visit: http://extended.unl.edu/independent -- Grand Opening Sept. 9, 2003, for the Computer and Phone store Information Services will be celebrating the Grand Opening of our new store located in the City Union on Tuesday, Sept. 9th. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to come to the City Union from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Computer and Communication vendors include: Alltel, Apple, AT&T, Cellular One, Dell, Epson, Fellowes, Gateway, HP, IBM, Imation, Internet Nebraska, Microsoft, Offwire, Palm, RoadRunner, Sony and Viewsonic. Be sure to stop by to register for prizes. http://sales.unl.edu -- Hugo Wolf song recital William Shomos, UNL director of opera, and Lucinda Sloan of Midland Lutheran College will sing a recital of songs by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903). Accompanying them at the piano will be internationally renowned pianist John Wustman, who has appeared with some of the greatest singers from the second half of the century including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Birgit Nilsson and Luciano Pavarotti. Sept. 11, 7:30pm, Kimball Hall $5 *$3 http://www.unl.edu/music -- University Theatre tickets on sale beginning today Both season tickets and individual tickets go on sale today (Sept. 2) for the University Theatre 2003-2004 season. Included are "Romeo and Juliet" (Oct. 9-19), "The Boys Next Door" (Oct. 30-Nov. 8), "A Flea in her Ear" (Nov. 20-22 & Dec. 3-6), and "How I Learned to Drive" (Feb. 19-28). All tickets available through the Lied Center Box Office: 472-4747. -- Tom Osborne on season premiere of Big Red Wrap-Up on NETV "Big Red Wrap-Up" returns to the fall schedule for another season of analysis and highlights of Nebraska football games, with special guest Nebraska U.S. Congressman and former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne on the series' premiere. Sportscasters Kevin Kugler and Adrian Fiala will host the live broadcast each Tuesday at 7 p.m. beginning Sept. 2 on the Nebraska ETV Network, Channel 12. NETV's 'Statewide' begins series on Nebraska soldiers in Bosnia This week, NETV's "Statewide" takes you on patrol with Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers working to keep peace in war-torn Bosnia; the first of a three-part series on Nebraska soldiers in Bosnia. "Statewide" airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon on NETV, and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m., Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. on NETV2. "Statewide," Nebraska's award-winning weekly news journal, is a University Television production. http://netdb.unl.edu/statewide/ - NPR http://www.nprn.org 'Live From The Mill Statewide' to broadcast from The Loft Several arts groups have taken over the space above The Mill, and the renovations are nearly complete. The Third Chair Chamber Players, artist Larry Roots, The Angels Company and TADA Productions celebrate their new space as NPRN broadcasts "Live From The Mill Statewide" from The Loft at the Mill, 9 a.m. Friday. 'Nebraska Concerts' features encore concerts in September This week on the Nebraska Public Radio Network (NPRN) hear the St. Olaf Orchestra, conducted by Steven Amendson, at First-Plymouth Congregational Church. This encore concert features Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to "The Freeshooter" and Edward Gregson's Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra. Tune in 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday to KUCV 91.1 FM.