UNK Theatre Presents The Rocky Horror Show 

Beginning October 26, with Jack Garrison directing, UNK Theatre will present The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien. Not to be confused with the movie, this will be a live actor/audience interactive stage production. Theatre personnel will be selling bags of goodies to be used throughout the performance, and they invite audience members to come "dressed to kill" as their favorite "Rocky" character. The Rocky Horror Show is an "in your face" rock-and-roll production that should be exciting for the whole audience, and audience members should be aware that the production does contain mature subject matter.

Production dates are October 26-31 in the Miriam Drake Theatre. Show times are Wednesday through Sunday at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances at midnight on Saturday, October 29 and a 10:00 p.m. showing for Halloween on Monday, October 31. 

- written in collaboration with Jack Garrison, Associate Professor of Theatre

CBT Hosts Morality of Capitalism Symposium November 1-2

The College of Business and Technology - with financial support from the Anthem Foundation, Peavy Grain, and the J.A. Baldwin Free Enterprise Lecture Series Fund - is sponsoring a two day symposium on November 1 & 2 entitled The Morality of Capitalism.  The Keynote address on the evening of November 1 will feature Dr. Yaron Brook, the president of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights.  Sessions during the symposium will include a panel discussion on Atlas Shrugged and Objectivism, the restructuring of the Soviet economy, tort reform, regulatory issues, and the morality of capitalism. 

The speakers featured at the symposium include:  

The symposium’s schedule of events is as follows:

Tuesday, November 1 

Wednesday, November 2 

Faculty interested in questions of outside donors’ influence on hiring and curriculum decisions may be particularly interested in the 3:00 session on Wednesday, which features Wade Maki, Director of the BB&T Program on Capitalism, Markets, and Morality at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. For more information about BB&T, see http://www.clemson.edu/capitalism/capres/bbtp/bbtp.html.

CBT invites all UNK faculty and students to participate in the symposium. Faculty who desire to send an entire class to a session, please contact Jake Messersmith for space availability.

Contact Allan Jenkins (Economics) or Jake Messersmith (Management) with any other questions about the event.

- written in collaboration with Allan Jenkins, Professor of Economics

UNK Students Studying Abroad in China Fall 2011 and Peru Spring 2012

In August, seven students began their semester abroad at Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, China, along with faculty director, Richard Meznarich, retired UNK Industrial Technology professor.

As part of their credit requirements, the students are journaling and blogging about their experiences. Read their accounts at:

The Office of International Education (OIE) is preparing to send another faculty-directed student group on a semester abroad to Lima, Peru, in the Spring of 2012.

Beginning January 9, Dr. Will Avilés (Political Science) will lead a group of 20 students to the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) where they will study the Spanish language, as well as Peruvian culture and literature.

Students must have completed SPAN 204 or the equivalent. Students will earn 12 UNK hours of Spanish credit and will participate in several organized fieldtrips and various activities in Peru.

For more information on this program, see: http://www.unk.edu/international/studyabroad/USA_-_Peru/  

- written in collaboration with Ann Marie Park, Study Abroad Office

Library - In Brief Online  

Louie the Loper Learns a Lot!: a YouTube Parable 

Written by Jon Ritterbush, Electronic Resources Librarian 
ritterbushjr@unk.edu 

As the Fall semester picks up steam, the first round of research assignments are quickly coming due for many students. The UNK mascot, Louie Loper, learns some valuable lessons about academic success in this YouTube video produced by the Calvin T. Ryan Library and Learning Commons.

Research assistance is available at the Calvin T. Ryan Library in-person, by telephone, email, or 24-7 chat. The Writing Center, located on the library’s second floor, is available to help students organize their ideas and put them into writing. Academic Peer Tutoring is also available at the Learning Commons, to help students with a variety of classes.

Hispanic Heritage Month 

Written by Tone Mendoza, Diversity Specialist Librarian 
mendozaac@unk.edu 

Hispanic Heritage Month, observed annually from September 15 to October 15, was created to celebrate Hispanic culture.  Hispanic Heritage Week was approved by President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover this 30-day period.

To learn more about this month, check out the Library’s online catalog to discover our resources.  

A few books include:   

• The disinherited : exile and the making of Spanish culture, 1492-1975, by Henry Kamen 
• Ideologies of Hispanism, by Mabel Moraña, editor 
• Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States, by Ilan Stavans, editor 

Government Documents:  

• Subcommittee hearing on minority and Hispanic participation in the federal workforce and the impact United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulations, Health Care, and Trade Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2008
• Toolkit material for Hispanic outreach, partnership development and training [Washington, D.C] : United States Department of Health & Human Services, c2008

For materials directed toward children: 

• La familia student workbook, by Ana Consuelo Matiella ; illustrations by Ron Salinas 
• Grandma Francisca remembers : a Hispanic-American family story, by Ann Morris  
• A kid’s guide to Latino history : more than 50 activities, by Valerie Petrillo 
• Picture books by Latino writers : a guide for librarians, teachers, parents, and students, by Sherry York 
• Teaching music with a multicultural approach, by William M. Anderson 

When you are in the building, please take a moment to check out the Hispanic Heritage Month display, located on the second level, adjacent to the Learning Commons Welcome Desk. 

Recognition   

2011-2012 Department Chairs

- Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

Items to Note for Faculty and Faculty Committees

• Academic Affairs Committee 
  The link to the CAP ("Course Approval Process") information is located on the Academic Affairs Committee page. CAP is the electronic approval system that allows department chairs to initiate course proposals (create, alter, inactivate, or discontinue). Worksheets for both the creation of new courses and the alteration of existing courses are available on the CAP web site for faculty members to use as they gather the information department chairs will need to submit requests. Department chairs initiate program proposals (create, alter, or discontinue) using a paper form, which is available on the Academic Affairs Committee page, along with instructions.
  
  The schedule of Academic Affairs deadlines for the 2011-2012 academic year is available on the Academic Affairs Committee page. The page also contains a committee roster and a link to the approved Academic Affairs minutes. Department or program chairs needing to make curricular changes should be aware of these deadlines and instructions.
   
• Faculty Handbook 
  The online Faculty Handbook contains the most current policy information. The purpose of the handbook is to gather the documents and policies that inform and guide critical decisions, including the Collective Bargaining Agreement (2011-2013). 
   
• Faculty Senate
  To keep faculty informed and in the spirit of shared governance, the Faculty Senate website contains links to the senate roster, meeting agendas and packets, meeting minutes of both the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate committees, and the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws.
   
• General Studies 
  The General Studies web site contains a description of the new General Studies Program effective for students entering UNK in the Fall of 2010. The site contains a list of the approved General Studies courses effective for the 2011-2012 academic year, a list of all of the approved Portal and Capstone topics, as well as lists of the Portals and Capstones offerings for the current semester. 
   
• Graduate Council 
  The Graduate Council webpage contains information regarding changes to graduate courses or programs, as well as a list of the 2011 Graduate Program Committees.  
   
• WI/CD Committee 
  The WI/CD Committee has posted a schedule of deadlines for the fall semester on the WI/CD Committee page. The page also contains instructions for applying for WI or CD designation, as well as a committee roster, agendas, and minutes. These resources are provided for those wishing to offer courses as WI or CD.   

Deadlines Approach for Various Opportunities  

CBT Featured Monthly on KGFW's "Talk of the Town"

Colleagues from the College of Business and Technology will be talking with Steve Altmaier on KGFW's "Talk of the Town" program throughout the coming academic year. Listen to the interviews at 9:30 a.m.:  

- written in collaboration with Marsha Yeagley, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Management Information Systems

 Calendar of Events within the Academic and Student Affairs Division

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