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NEWS IN BRIEF

Teaching award nominations open

Distinguished Teaching Award nominations are now being accepted in the Office of the Provost, 250 Strong Hall, or via e-mail at provost@ku.edu.

Funds are provided by the Ned Fleming Trust, by the late Byron T. Shutz and by the 25-year alumni class. The Fleming and Shutz awards are designated for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members. This year, the Shutz award is earmarked for faculty members who teach in the area of economic systems. The Silver Anniversary Award, funded by the 25-year alumni class, is intended for individuals in the tenure-track who have not yet been considered for tenure.

Any student, student organization, alumnus, colleague, department or school committee may nominate faculty. Previous recipients are not eligible to receive the awards.

Submit only the names of individuals who are being nominated for one of the awards. Later, information will be sought in support of the nomination.

Nominations should be submitted to the office of the provost no later than Dec. 20, 2007.

Bursar’s Office to make partial move

Part of the Bursar's Office will move to Strong Hall Rooms 21 and 23 from 20 Carruth-O’Leary. Student services, except student paychecks, will be offered in Strong Hall. All phone numbers will remain the same.

Departmental deposits may continue to be placed in the night depository on the east side of Carruth-O'Leary. A night depository is also available on the north side of Strong Hall. Departmental credit card and banking supplies will continue to be disbursed in Carruth.

To facilitate the move, the office will be closed Dec. 17. Drop boxes will be accessible that day. The move is effective Dec. 18. To learn what services will be offered in which rooms, or for more information, contact the Bursar's Office at 864-3322.

Rotating Art Faculty Series under way

The Department of Art has started a Rotating Faculty Series that brings in noted artists to work with students in the divisions of sculpture, painting/ drawing, expanded media and printmaking.

The first participant was Native American artist Norman Akers, who visited in October. Akers is a faculty member at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M.

The next guest in the series was New York artist Julia Randall. Randall arrived at KU in November and worked with students for a week. She holds a master’s from Rutgers University and completed her undergraduate work at Washington University in St. Louis.

Carol Ann Carter, professor of art, chairs the Rotating Faculty Committee, which manages the initiative.

Part of Dole photo collection online

The Dole Institute of Politics at has made part of its photographic collection available online to students, researchers and the public. The images span the career and life of former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan.

As part of an internship, students Susan Alig and Sally Campbell selected, described and digitized the photos, which highlight Dole’s major legislative and humanitarian contributions, as well as important events in his personal life. KU librarians John Miller and Sarah Goodwin Thiel provided technological assistance and guidance for the project.

The images can be viewed at http://doleimages.ku.edu.

New program takes students to Mexico

A group of students from the Department of Design will travel to central Mexico in January to study design and architecture.

The program, created through the Office of Study Abroad, will allow design students to explore the cultural aspects of Mexican arts and crafts through visits to contemporary art galleries, art and crafts museums and the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

The students will focus their studies on architectural murals by the artists O’Gorman, Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros, visiting several sites such as UNAM, Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Palacio Nacional.

Accompanying the students will be KU faculty members Lois Greene, associate dean and professor of design, and James Martell, lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese.

TOPONYMS

Robinson Health and Physical Education Center opened in 1966 on Sunnyside Avenue. It retained the name of the first Robinson Gymnasium, which was completed in 1907 (Wescoe Hall is now on the site) and largely designed by physical culture professor James Naismith. The building was named for Charles and Sara T.D. Robinson, who originally owned the land it stood on. They were founders of Lawrence, and he was the first governor of Kansas. For more, see www.buildings.ku.edu.