News in brief
Women’s basketball team to visit hospital
The 12th annual Crimson and Blue Holiday Project will take new head coach
Bonnie Henrickson and members of the KU women’s basketball team
to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 17. The team will
give away KU gear donated by businesses and organizations licensed to
use the university’s name and logo.
Employee benefits statements online
2005 Benefits Confirmation Statements for KU employees are available
for review at the State of Kansas Employee Self Service Center. All actively
employed, benefits-eligible faculty and staff are strongly encouraged
to keep a copy of their statement. For more information visit www.hreo.ku.edu or call the Division of Personnel Services at (866) 999-3001.
Research library displays exhibit on architect
The Spencer Research Library is featuring “The Legacy of Christopher
Wren: Architect and Urban Planner.” A description of upcoming exhibits
and a link to a retrospective of online materials from past exhibits
can be found at spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits. The Spencer Library staff
welcome suggestions for exhibits for the 2005-06 school term and encourage
faculty to include upcoming exhibits in teaching or outreach plans.
Wheat State tour dates announced
The 2005 Wheat State Whirlwind Tour will take place May 20 and 23-27
at stops including Fort Scott, Topeka, Concordia, Nicodemus, Palco, Colby,
Garden City, Dodge City, Medicine Lodge, Pratt, Hutchinson, Wichita and
points in between. This six-day guided bus tour, which began in 1996,
introduces faculty to the home communities of many KU students. For more
information visit www.wheatstate.ku.edu.
Former center director establishes professorship
William R. Jewell, former director of the Kansas Masonic Cancer Research
Institute at KU, and his wife, Sheila, have committed $500,000 to a professorship
already established in his name. The Jewells’ pledge will double
the size of the fund, which was created in 2003 with more than $500,000
from the Kansas Masonic Foundation. The fund provides resources for a
nationally recognized researcher as director. The center’s director
is Roy Jensen, M.D.
Quilt comes to Spencer for World AIDS Day
The Spencer Museum of Art again has joined with the Douglas County
AIDS Project to host the NAMES Project Quilt Display in observance
of World
AIDS Day. Through Dec. 12, the Spencer will display panels honoring
the lives of Robert Granberg, a KU Spanish professor, and Kim Marie
D. Smith,
mother of KU graduate student Justin LaBerge, who is a member of
the DCAP board of directors. At the close of the display the panels
will
be added to the quilt.
KPR comedy show wins four awards
“
Right Between the Ears,” the sketch comedy show produced by Kansas
Public Radio, has received four awards in the 2004 Communicator Awards.
The program received four Crystal Awards of Excellence, the top prize
given in the annual competition, in Writing/Humor; Creativity/On-Air
Talent/Humor; Creativity/On-Air Talent/Acting; and Radio Programs/Live
Broadcast. The four Crystal Awards were the most handed out to any single
entrant in the 2004 competition.
Hall Center seeking nominations of authors
The Hall Center for the Humanities seeks nominations for the Byron
Caldwell Smith Award, given biennially to an individual who lives
or is employed
in Kansas and who has authored an outstanding book published in
2003 or 2004. The $2,000 award will be presented in September 2005
in
Lawrence. The deadline for nominations is March 1. For more information
visit
www.hallcenter.ku.edu/Competitions or call 864-4798.