Department of Art and Art History Welcomes Art Chantry to Campus

Next Wednesday, March 7, legendary graphic designer Art Chantry will be on campus to visit Art department classes and review portfolios with seniors, as well as present "An Evening With Art Chantry" at 7:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall.

Art Chantry was instrumental in the formation of the "punk" and "grunge" movements of the Seattle area. His low-tech, edgy approach has been used for posters promoting such bands as Hole, Nirvana, The Sonics, Tina Turner, The Gits, George Thorogood, A Flock of Seagulls, Man or Astro-Man?, Romeo Void and a whole host of others.  His work has been exhibited worldwide, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Louvre, The Museum of Modern  Art and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.   

Chantry’s schedule for the day includes:

	9:15 a.m.	Meet with senior design students to review portfolios and discuss designers entering the design and advertising profession
	10:15 a.m.	Meet with sophomore design students to review typographic exercises and discuss typographic design in his artwork
	1:30 p.m.	Meet with junior design students to review portfolios and discuss design approach related to poster layout and content branding
	2:45 p.m.	Meet with sophomore design students to review typographic exercises and discuss typographic design in his artwork
	7:00 p.m.	Present “An Evening with Art Chantry” in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall
		The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the UNK Department of Art and Art History, with support from a UNK Faculty Senate Artists and Lecturers Committee grant. Watch for screenprints of the poster Chantry designed for the event, which the Art department plans to make available for a fundraiser.

- written in collaboration with Doug Waterfield, Chair of the Department of Art and Art History and
Rick Schuessler, Professor of Art

"The Rescuers" Exhibit on Display at UNK Until March 15 

An exhibit entitled “The Rescuers” is on display at UNK now through Thursday, March 15. This exhibit is sponsored by PROOF: Media for Social Justice, an organization “dedicated to the power of visual artists to bear witness, and create images that can make the anonymous waves of human rights tragedies into personal and immediate calls to action” (see http://proofmsj.com/).

“The Rescuers” tells the stories of “'ordinary' citizens, who, by choosing to rescue the ‘other’ became heroes" (see the exhibit in the Health and Sports Center), and it focuses on the 20th century genocides of Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, and the Holocaust.

The Heartland Holocaust Educational Fund is sponsoring “The Rescuers” exhibit as well as hosting an evening with PROOF executive director Leora Kahn on Monday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cedar Room of the Nebraskan Student Union.

Visit the exhibit to read the stories and see images of these individuals. The display is set up in the main corridor of the Health and Sports Center, on the main floor of the Nebraskan Student Union, and on the second floor of the library, and each poster is different, so be sure to visit them all! Then plan to attend Kahn’s presentation to learn more about the exhibit and the mission of PROOF.

- written in collaboration with Carol Lilly, Professor of History and Director of International Studies

Library Updates

The Reference Collection is on the move!  

Written by Susan Mueller, Coordinator of Collection Services 
muellersm@unk.edu 

In order to make the collection more useful, it was thoughtfully examined. Titles that were available online were removed from the print collection. Other needed titles that were outdated were updated or replaced. Many titles were moved into the larger book collection.

Thanks to numerous individuals, ranging from Library staff to Facilities staff, the Reference Collection has been successfully relocated from its temporary location near the periodicals to its current location on 2nd floor in front of the Book Collection.

The vacated area on the lower level will be turned into additional open space for more study tables and soft seating.

Juvenile Literature Illustrator and Author Preston McDaniels Visits UNK March 8  

You are cordially invited to attend one or more of the four events sponsored by the library and featuring Preston McDaniels, juvenile literature illustrator, author, and Kearney native son. All the events will occur on March 8, 2012  

McDaniels has illustrated numerous books for young readers. His work includes illustrating books by Cynthia Rylant, a Newbery Award winning author. Lighthouse Family, written by Rylant and illustrated by McDaniels, was named a “Best of the Year” selection by the International Association of Independent booksellers.  

McDaniels has also illustrated Francis O’Roark Dowell’s critically acclaimed and popular series of Phineaus L. McGuire novels. Of additional interest to Kearney readers are the illustrations, influenced by McDaniels’ experiences at Kearney’s Park Elementary School.  

His work has appeared on the L. A. Times Bestseller list and his first self penned title, A Perfect Snowman has been called “enchanting” and “[a] tale to be passed on from generation to generation.”  

Please join the library in welcoming Preston home.  

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

Edited by Kim Elliott, Coordinator of Academic Publications  

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