UNL will participate in a 13-state conference Dec. 1 that will explore the new “bioeconomy” that revolves around agriculturally based solutions to global climate and energy issues.
“Growing the Bioeconomy: Solutions for Sustainability” will be offered via distance technology, with keynote sessions originating at several different sites, including one hosted by UNL at Mahoney State Park, [...]

A series of hour-long, informational meetings about the 2010 University of Nebraska benefits program is being offered. The remaining sessions are: 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and 9:30 a.m. Dec. 1 in the Nebraska Union; and 2 p.m. Dec. 1 in the East Union.
All UNL employees should have received the NUFlex enrollment packet. The annual benefits [...]

• Becky Faber, an assistant director in Career Services, was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Association for Employment in Education at its annual conference in San Antonio in November. She will serve as secretary for the board in 2010 year.
• Shripat Kamble, UNL Extension professor in entomology, has been elected an [...]

Sylvana Airan will discuss Pakistan, the basic beliefs of Muslims, and how she has been helped following an attempted suicide in a series of talks in Lincoln, Nov. 17-18.
Airan is assistant director of business contracts/student services for University Housing. She grew up in Pakistan.
Airan has been speaking about her life in Pakistan since the attacks [...]

UNL Extension and the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association presented awards to a number of extension faculty and staff during its annual conference, held in October in Grand Island.
UNL Extension awards:
Distinguished Managerial Professional – Kerry Elsen, extension associate, Kimball, Banner and Cheyenne counties, teaches and coordinates programs for 4-H youth. Through a grant, she has been [...]

The Center for Great Plains Studies announced the appointment of Kaitlin Ek as the editor of its literary and arts journal, “Plains Song Review.”
Ek is a UNL junior English major from Colorado Springs, Colo. She will be assisted by an advisory board of UNL students who will help review and accept the submissions.
Plains Song Review [...]

A retirement reception for Ardis Holland, business team leader for the College of Education and Human Sciences, is 3 to 4 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Buros Library, room 23 in Teachers College Hall. Holland has served 35 years at UNL.

The 2009-2010 faculty/staff directories are being delivered across campus.
Faculty and staff can recycle the old directories in regular office paper bins. The plastic binding must be removed (by snipping in two or three places) and discarding.
Also, Windstream has changed the publishing schedule for the Lincoln phone book. The new directory will be released in [...]

The Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of People of Color is holding a welcoming reception for new faculty from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Hardin Hall lobby. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact Jody Wood at jwood2@unl.edu or 472-0085.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken will host Central Administration’s annual Service Awards program at 3 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Varner Hall Board Room. Individuals receiving Service Awards include:
35 years – Loren Blinde, administrative systems group; Julie Davids, administrative systems group; Karen Lenzen, administrative systems group; Edward Quade, computing services
30 years – Kevin [...]