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11-2004

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Cate Weeks University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute

Holly Ivy De Vore University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Gian Galassi University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Diane Russell University of Nevada, Las Vegas, [email protected]

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INSIDE From The President 2 Holiday Giving 3 Across Campus 4 Spotlight 6 Homecoming Photos 8 News & Information for UNLV Insiders November 2004

5 Ways You Can Help Save Energy Squeezing the 1. Do just what mom and dad told you when you lived at home – turn off the lights when you leave a room. Energy Dollar 2. Do something that your parents, depending on your age, had no need to Lowering UNLV’s management to decrease tell you to do – shut off your computer when you leave for the day. Utility Costs Takes energy usage and eliminate energy waste anywhere we 3. Keep exterior doors closed. Effort from All can,” said Wilhelm. “We’re constantly making changes to 4. Work in a room that is as warm as you by Diane Russell become more energy efficient can tolerate in the summer and as cool When Jim Wilhelm walks while not compromising com- as you can take in the winter by an open loading door at fort. It’s an ongoing process Boyd Hall on a hot summer that will never end because 5. Avoid use of individual fans and day, he doesn’t enjoy the brief new and better technologies space heaters. relief the blast of cold air pro- always are being introduced vides; instead he sees energy and we’re always on the look- dollars wafting away on the out for affordable ways to artificially cool breeze. save energy. Faced with a lighted vend- “Every penny spent on ing machine, he worries not energy is a penny you’ll never about whether the machine see again; you can’t get it – or will “eat” his change, but the energy – back,” Wilhelm instead about what kind of said. bite that machine takes out of the university’s budget Zapping Electricity Costs each week. The electric bill, Wilhelm cal costs $300,000 between footage on the main campus $6 million the previous year, But then, Wilhelm is the said, accounts for about 70 fiscal year ’03 and fiscal year and increased the number of he said, adding that those university’s assistant director percent of the university’s ’04. That’s excellent progress students, faculty, and staff,” figures are for the main cam- of energy management and is utility expenditures, while when you consider that dur- he said. pus only and do not include paid to worry about exactly water and natural gas each ing that time not only did UNLV spent $5.7 million the student union, residence those sorts of things. account for about 15 percent. electrical rates climb, but on electricity during fiscal halls, or Thomas & Mack “It’s our job in facilities “We reduced our electri- UNLV also added square year ’04, as compared with lSEE ENERGY ON PAGE 8

Taking on the Accreditation Process Academic Affairs Fellow, Committee Tackle Challenge Interim Report Saddler’s first task is overseeing By Holly Ivy De Vore and once his one-year fellowship ends he the interim report that must be pre- Diane Russell will return full time to the education pared before the commission’s visit In his new job as UNLV’s first faculty where he serves as executive in April. The report will focus on two Academic Affairs Fellow, professor director of the Center for Workforce major topics: Sterling Saddler is something like the Development and Research. • How UNLV has addressed the second runner on a relay team. Working on accreditation is a nine recommendations the commis- He’s been handed the time- challenging task, but Saddler, who sion made in its 2000 report. consuming baton that is the university- joined UNLV in 1998, said he is confi- • How UNLV deals with nine wide accreditation process and is car- dent the work will prove worthwhile standards in higher education – rying it forward – through a scheduled both for the university and for him. institutional mission and goals, April visit from representatives of the “Being an accredited university is educational programs and efforts, stu- Northwest Commission on Colleges important. It sends a positive signal dents, faculty, library and information and Universities. that UNLV is a credible institution, resources, governance and administra- After that he’ll pass the baton to and it really plays a major role in tion, finance, physical resources, and others to carry forward through the the university achieving research- institutional integrity. Saddler full-scale accreditation report in 2010; intensive status,” he said. lSEE ACCREDITATION ON PAGE 2 From The President

Shadow Lane’s Official Opening Signals New Era for UNLV

Last month we officially Variety of Tenants our work in developing the Shad- opened our new Shadow Lane In addition to housing the dental ow Lane campus has been made campus, and although the cam- school, the Shadow Lane campus has possible by major federal grants pus has been effectively opera- also created a mini-infrastructure to facilitated by our Nevada congres- tional for some time now, I felt its support various forms of biomedical sional delegation, led by the valued grand opening was a significant and biotechnological research and efforts of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and day in the life of our institution. education through partnerships with U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons. As always, Its 18 acres house some very the Nevada Cancer Institute, the Las we are grateful for this funding important university functions, Vegas Metropolitan Police Depart- support, as well as the philosophi- and its sheer existence as our ment, and other community entities. cal commitment to higher educa- first regional campus makes it Professional development workshops tion that it represents. By Carol C. Harter especially meaningful to the uni- in several related fields are being versity. As I know that many of offered. For example, a DNA finger- Exploring Future Possibilities you have not yet had the chance the Shadow Lane campus, and it is printing workshop will be held at the Although some of our plans are to visit the new campus, I would remarkable to witness how far the campus to train law enforcement per- still evolving at the Shadow Lane like to take this opportunity to school facilities have come in such a sonnel from around the world. campus, I am pleased to see that share with you some of its finer short time. Some of the space in this area at we are thinking outside the box features and discuss how it will The School of Dental Medicine Shadow Lane is being (or will soon about use of these facilities; we are impact our institution. clinics, for example, are treating be) leased to private businesses and/ still exploring possibilities, many The campus, which has three virtually all Clark County Medicaid or nonprofit organizations with bio- of which will lead to innovative buildings, a 700-space parking patients in addition to offering medical or biotechnological orienta- and productive partnerships. This lot, and ample acreage for facil- low-cost care to any community tions in an effort to achieve several approach, I believe, allows us the ity expansion, is located in the members who seek it. Some 225 goals simultaneously: We are seeking flexibility to capitalize on the unique heart of the city’s major medical students are currently enrolled at to expand research opportunities for opportunities the site provides. district on Shadow Lane and West the school, studying in state-of- students and faculty, create a business As I have previously stated, the Charleston Boulevard. Soon after the-art laboratories and classrooms incubation environment, generate rev- development of this new regional acquiring this property in late there. Additionally, the School of enue, and create more public/private campus exemplifies our expansion 2001, we realized it would be an Dental Medicine recently forged a partnerships. A committee, led by both literally and figuratively; it excellent location for our School of major public-private partnership to Associate Provost Penny Amy, contin- offers us the chance to explore new Dental Medicine; it seemed ideally establish an orthodontics specialty; ues to review various proposals for avenues for growth and fresh ways suited to the dental school’s needs, this will provide a sizable revenue space utilization. One of the central of viewing our role within the given the self-contained nature stream of private funds over the criteria for use of the space is a com- community and the state. I hope of the program – its students can next 30 years that will allow us to mitment on the part of the businesses the UNLV community shares my attend classes in one place – and build another dental school facility, or nonprofits to involve students and enthusiasm for the new campus its health-care-related subject mat- employ highly trained orthodontics faculty in whatever research endeav- and will make time to visit the site. ter. Today, the School of Dental faculty, and contribute much-needed ors are undertaken there. I believe it truly represents a new Medicine is the largest tenant of specialty care to our community. I should acknowledge that much of era in the life of our institution.

lACCREDITATION: Provost’s Office Offers Faculty Development Opportunities

Accreditation Committee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the newly launched program is meet- program is a great opportunity for An accreditation committee is helping expectations. The program offers academic faculty who are interested Members of the accreditation coming to prepare the report. Team mem- faculty members the opportunity to in administration to gain hands-on mittee, which is assisting in the bers are faculty and staff from divi- gain experience in administration. experience and to decide whether this preparation of the interim accredi- sions whose work directly impacts the “Each fellow’s assignment will line of work is for them,” he said. “If tation report due in 2005, are: standards. Each member is in charge vary,” Bowers said. “This year, as a I survive this experience, I definitely • Bob Ackerman, department of of a subcommittee that also will assist result of the upcoming accreditation can see myself taking on a more educational leadership in preparing the report. visit by the Northwest Commission on administrative role in the future.” • Liz Baldizan, office of student Colleges and Universities, it seemed a development Planning for the Future good idea to have the academic fellow • Michael Bowers, provost’s office During his fellowship, Saddler working on that project. • Barbara Cloud, Hank plans to develop a manual that will “Sterling was a good choice for the Greenspun School of Journal- help guide the accreditation process in program in that we wanted someone ism and Media Studies the future. who had tenure and had been at the Editor: Diane Russell, • Lou Dubois, controller’s office “Not having a guidebook to follow university long enough to understand [email protected] • Jennifer Fager, provost’s office has been the most challenging part of it and the people who are involved in Assistant Editor: Cate Weeks • Tom Flagg, community relations this process for me,” he said. “Without each of the areas in which accredita- Writers: Holly Ivy De Vore • Julie Hopwood, office of one you have to try to interpret what tion is an issue, for example, academ- Gian Galassi research and graduate studies the regulations are and what the com- ics, finance, facilities.” Photographers: Geri Kodey • Lucy Klinkhammer, UNLV mission wants you to do. Everyone has The call for applications/nomina- Aaron Mayes Foundation been very helpful, but I feel reluctant tions and the specific assignment of • Russel Kost, alumni relations to impose on other people.” the fellow for next year will occur in Inside UNLV welcomes comments • Gail Munde, UNLV Libraries the spring. and suggestions. Please e-mail inside. • Kathy Robins, president’s office Fellowship Offers Faculty New Saddler, who once was a dean at a [email protected] or drop a note • Beth Rosenberg, English Development Opportunities two-year college, agrees that the pro- to Inside UNLV at mail code 1024. • Sterling Saddler, provost’s office Michael Bowers, who, as vice program is beneficial for faculty seeking Inside UNLV is a monthly publication by the • Mike Sauer, office of vice vost for academic affairs, oversees the an administrative experience. office of Marketing & Public Relations. president for administration academic affairs fellowship, said that “The academic affairs fellowship UNLV is an AA/EEO Institution.

Page 2 Inside UNLV Easy Does It: Plan Holiday Get-Togethers with Less Stress by Holly Ivy De Vore Whether you’re planning your Food Q&A office’s year-end get-together or fêting friends and co-workers at home, the Chefs Jean Hertzman and advice from UNLV food experts is the Claude Lambertz are asked many same: plan and prep ahead. questions when it comes to home “One of the biggest mistakes that entertaining. Among the frequently people make when having a party is asked questions: saving a lot to do for the last minute,” • How much food should said chef Jean Hertzman, director of I make? “The amount of food the food service management pro- depends a lot on the time of day. It gram. “You don’t want to spend all of is best to consider whether people your time in the kitchen and attend- are coming for a reception or for a ing to party details. You want to get full meal. If you have a large party out and talk to the guests.” with a variety of foods, people will eat less of each item and you won’t Perfect Office Parties need to cook large portions of each Carol Newman, director of cater- dish,” Hertzman said. ing on campus, said party planners • What foods go well togeth- should start their plans now. “It’s Chef Jean Hertzman, seen in one of the Beam Hall kitchens, says keeping things er? “It basically depends on never too soon to start planning for simple is the key to successful holiday entertaining. what you like to eat. There are a your holiday party to ensure it’s per- lot of good dinner-party books fect,” she said. just choose the old standbys. Add- and another the dessert. This way you out there … find one that you UNLV’s food service contractor, ing the monthly specials to the menu can spread the work as well as the like and follow that,” Hertzman Sodexho, handles an average of 160 keeps it interesting for your campus cost,” he said. suggested. “Nowadays, with so events each month, but “it seems like guests. This time of year Sodexho Lambertz describes himself as many people on so many differ- it changes from minute to minute,” offers such things as cranberry gela- “nontraditional” when it comes to ent diets, it is good to offer some Newman added. tin molds and pumpkin chocolate entertaining. “I think what makes low-carb items and some vegetar- Among her top tips for campus chip cookies. gatherings a tradition is just family ian items. Having a variety is bet- gatherings: and friends getting together. “You ter than just offering cheese and • Have a clear idea of what you Break With Tradition at Home should just cook what you like to eat. crackers or sandwiches.” want. She suggests a buffet for infor- For your personal events, the Some people feel pressured to cook a • Is preparing food in advance mal gatherings, a sit-down meal for campus experts agree that simplic- dish that their mother or grandmother an option? “It depends on the formal affairs, and cocktail parties for ity is best. “It is important to pick the used to make. Even if you have the item,” Hertzman said. “A lot of “a more adult or after-dinner event.” dishes that are special to you and fun same recipe, you can never make it things such as dips, salad dress- • Plan your budget. “You can to make,” Hertzman said. “You can taste the same.” ings, and cookies can be made in entertain with elegance and without supplement with convenience prod- Lambertz bypasses the traditional advance. But, keep in mind the extravagance by adding personal ucts available at grocery stores and turkey and stuffing – and advises amount of refrigerator space that touches — things as simple as a fruit delis. A vegetable tray is a vegetable never actually stuffing the turkey. advance preparation will require.” bowl where we write the name of the tray whether you make it yourself or “The biggest food safety issue that • Why doesn’t the recipe honoree or organization on the fruit,” buy it at the store.” comes up during the holiday season is “work?” Lambertz frequently Newman said. “You can also bring Claude Lambertz, chef instructor stuffing a turkey. It’s traditional, but hears this question after someone nice decorations to your campus func- and director of the culinary arts man- the internal temperature of a turkey has tried a recipe in a magazine tion by picking up grocery store flow- agement program, added, “The big- never gets hot enough. As a result, the or newspaper. “Usually, the recipe ers or making a simple arrangement gest mistake people make is trying to stuffing becomes contaminated. The does work, but it might leave out combining lemons and limes with cut get too extravagant.” best thing to do is to just leave it out,” some basic steps that the writer flowers.” He suggests a new twist on the Lambertz said. assumes you know. We food profes- • Set your RSVP deadline at least potluck: the “progressive” party. So, what does Lambertz like to do sionals tend to assume that people seven days before the event. “That “One person can make and serve the with a turkey? He follows Italian tradi- know something about cooking. gives you and the caterer enough time appetizer at his home, another person tion and cooks it with bacon or sau- But, I’ve learned over the years that to adjust quantities,” Newman said. could host the salad at her house, and sage. To get a copy of the recipe, you can’t assume anything.” • Try the monthly specials. Don’t another could make the main dish, e-mail [email protected].

Faculty/Staff Get In the Spirit of Giving Since 1967, faculty and staff generously have is pursuing an academic certificate in radiography, donated more than $30,000 to the Holiday Card Tree and communication studies major Travis Ivan Mow scholarship endowment fund – and soon will have received the scholarships this year. the chance to help more deserving students. When the scholarship information appears in Information about how to donate to this year’s faculty and staff mailboxes, donors will be able to Holiday Card Tree scholarship campaign will return the form attached to the bottom of the flier or appear soon in campus mailboxes. contribute online at www.unlv.edu/Foundation. Tony Allen, a senior majoring in communication Faculty and staff who participate in the fund- studies, is one of three students receiving a Holiday raising drive will have their names included on a Card Tree scholarship this year. custom-designed holiday greeting card sent to the “I am so thankful for the opportunity this UNLV community in early December. This year, scholarship has given to me to advance my college faculty and staff hope to raise $5,000 in support of career,” said Allen, who this year is honing his com- outstanding students. munication skills through an internship in the uni- Communication studies major Tony Allen is learning versity’s public affairs office. “My accomplishments More Info on the Holiday Card Tree Fund: more about his field through an internship in UNLV’s at UNLV sometimes seem to go unnoticed, and it iCall Deborah Young, UNLV Foundation, public affairs office. He is one of three students who means a lot to me to receive this recognition.” ext. 5-2818; visit www.unlv.edu/Foundation. benefitted this year from the Holiday Card Tree scholar- In addition to Allen, Ann Janette Weatherby, who ship endowment fund.

Inside UNLV Page 3 Across Campus

Board for Engineering and Technol- ogy (ABET) accreditation process. O r g a n T a k es ABET representatives assessed the C en t er S t a g e college for the first time under the organization’s new criteria. Those cri- UNLV is now home to the teria, established in 2000, focus less on state’s largest pipe organ – a strictly monitoring an institution quan- German-made instrument with titatively and more on using outcomes 38 stops, three manuals, and 53 assessment to determine how well its sets of pipes. graduates have acquired certain skills Located in the Doc Rando Recital and qualifications. The college, which Hall in Beam Music Center, the was last reviewed by ABET six years organ was dedicated Oct. 4 during a ago, spent more than a year preparing ceremony and recital. Edward Smith for this accreditation process. donated the instrument in memory of his late wife, Maurine Jackson Dishing Out More Power Smith, an organ aficionado. In 1995 The Center for Energy Research at age 59, she graduated magna cum recently dedicated a new solar dish laude from UNLV with a bachelor’s power generation system. At the same degree in history. Until UNLV time it is making modifications that installed its pipe organ, the largest will increase the capabilities and such instrument in Nevada was versatility of one of the two already the one at Reno’s Trinity Episcopal existing systems. The enhancements Church, which has 37 sets of pipes. will help instruction in solar energy The organ selection commit- technology and are expected to pro- tee reviewed numerous propos- mote additional research activities. als from American and European Directed by mechanical engineer- organ builders before selecting the ing professor Robert Boehm, the cen- firm of Rudolf von Beckerath. The ter serves as a catalyst for basic and instrument was built and partially applied research in areas such as solar assembled in Hamburg, Germany, and renewable energy, conventional then shipped to Las Vegas for final power generation systems, and energy assembly and tunings to suit the conservation devices and manage- acoustics of the recital hall. ment. The center also enhances aware- Plans for the pipe organ ness and education in a broad range of include a series of recitals by energy-related topics by coordinating prominent American and Europe- seminars and classes. an organists. The instrument also will help train a new generation of Graduate church musicians who prefer the Internet Makes Applying Easy traditional sound. In addition, students who simply want to study Applying to UNLV graduate pro- the increasingly rare instrument grams is now easier than ever. In an will be able to do so. ongoing effort to make the admissions application more convenient and acces- sible, the college is launching an online application this month. The online system will allow staff Business KIDS COUNT or Rennae Daneshvary, year, 14 students are participating in to process, track, and keep records of Kids Count Book Released interim Nevada KIDS COUNT coordi- the cohort program, 54 students in the applicant information more expedi- nator, at ext. 5-3191. ARL program, and 24 students in the tiously and accurately. This process UNLV’s Center for Business and STEP program. is a welcome change from the paper- Economic Research recently released Education During the four years that the based application. The college expects its Nevada KIDS COUNT Data Book: Special Ed Targets Shortage undergraduate early childhood edu- more than 90 percent of applications 2004 at events at the Jan Evans Juve- cation and EOB cooperative partner- to be submitted via Internet in the nile Justice Center in Reno and at the The department of special educa- ship has been in effect, more than 120 first year. Visit graduatecollege.unlv. Donald W. Reynolds Girl Scout Train- tion has formed partnerships with the students have participated. Currently, edu for more information. ing and Service Center in Las Vegas. Clark County School District (CCSD) there are 24 participants. KIDS COUNT is a well-known, and the Equal Opportunity Board The department of special educa- Health & Human Sciences well-respected project of the Annie E. (EOB) of Southern Nevada to help tion continues to strengthen its com- Dental Medicine Implements Casey Foundation. It tracks the well- meet the growing community need for munity relationships and partner- being of children at both the national special education and early childhood ships in order to meet the persistent Management System and state levels. All 50 states have a education teachers. Tuition for students teacher shortage both locally and The School of Dental Medicine KIDS COUNT project, allowing for who participate in these programs is nationally. The department has been recently implemented a state-of-the-art state-by-state comparisons of child subsidized by either CCSD or EOB. fortunate to partner with CCSD and electronic dental record and patient well-being indicators. Special education operates three EOB to help address the need for management system in its new Shadow The Data Book provides the best collaborative programs with CCSD: well-prepared and qualified teachers. Lane facility. It is the first dental school available data on Nevada demograph- the undergraduate generalist cohort in the country to use such a compre- ics, health conditions and health care, program, the graduate generalist Engineering hensive system. It incorporates a com- economic well-being, education and Alternative Route to Licensure (ARL) Accreditation Team Visits prehensive information management achievement, child and youth safety program, and the graduate Special- system with an electronic record and and welfare, and juvenile justice. ized Teacher Education Program A team of evaluators from indus- graphical charting and has the capabil- For additional information, visit (STEP). More than 500 special educa- try and academia nationwide visited ity of simultaneously creating patient kidscount.unlv.edu or call R. Keith tion teachers have completed these the college Oct. 18-19 for the on- appointments, ordering the necessary Schwer, executive director of Nevada programs in the past 11 years. This campus portion of the Accreditation instruments, tracking student progress,

Page 4 Inside UNLV and monitoring timely delivery of care Hotel The median LSAT score increased Country News and was featured in as well as financial management, insur- Alums Send Funds to College to 157 (from last year’s 155), and the George Will’s nationally syndicated ance management, and billing. median undergraduate GPA earned column. He narrated A&E’s 1996 Las In replacing traditional paper The PGA of America announced by the entering class is 3.52. The 150 Vegas, and has appeared in numer- records, the school embarked upon a that U.S. Ryder Cup team members entering students received their under- ous documentaries about the city. He bold venture to prepare students to Chad Campbell and Chris Riley, both graduate degrees from 69 different has been a featured guest on NPR’s deliver and manage all aspects of oral UNLV alumni, have chosen the Harrah colleges or universities. Once again, The Savvy Traveler, and hosts a radio health care in a contemporary environ- Hotel College to receive a total of UNLV supplied the greatest number program, Our Metropolis, on KUNV ment. To complement the paperless $180,000 to fund its Golf: For Business of entering students, with UNR and radio in Las Vegas. In 2004, he earned system, a sophisticated method for & Life program. Campbell, Riley, and Brigham Young University tying for the Harry Reid Silver State Research using digital radiography has been their 2004 Ryder Cup team members second place. Of the 73 law students Award, UNLV’s highest research implemented. It encompasses direct have designated a PGA of America who applied to transfer to Boyd, nine honor. Slate Magazine called him “the digital techniques and uses phosphor contribution of $1.3 million to go to were admitted and five enrolled. foremost guru of the new Las Vegas” plate technology. It also provides oral 14 colleges across the country to fund The admissions committee was and named an award after him. health practitioners with hands-on Golf: For Business & Life classes. impressed with the multitude of pro- experience with contemporary digital The Golf: For Business & Life professional accomplishments, advanced Libraries imaging systems, such as MRI and gram offers UNLV juniors, seniors, degrees, artistic and literary talents, Library Survey Successful CT, and takes advantage of numerous and graduate students the oppor- diverse ambitions, and commitment to other tools to augment diagnostic and tunity to learn the basics of the golf public service and professional values UNLV Libraries thanks the univer- treatment capabilities. Its rich data swing, course etiquette, and how reflected in the applicant pool. sity community for participating in its storage system also expands the ability to use golf as a business tool in any 2004 LibQual + Survey, a nationally of researchers to investigate the effi- career. The classes are taught by PGA Liberal Arts administered survey developed and cacy of various forms of treatment. professionals and feature business Rothman Makes Hall of Fame administered by the Association of By combining 21st-century technol- leaders who talk about how golf has Research Libraries. ogy with comprehensive patient care, enhanced their businesses. History professor Hal Rothman More than 200 libraries participated the school is transforming the mode of Campbell, who majored in hotel has been elected to the Nevada Writers in the survey, which was based on the oral health-care delivery for Nevadans. administration, graduated in 1997. Hall of Fame – only the fourth UNLV SERVQUAL instrument, a popular tool Riley, a communication studies major, faculty member to be given this honor. for assessing perceived levels of service Honors graduated in 1996. Rothman is well-respected for his quality in the private sector. The 2004 Wedding Named Top Alum work on Nevada and the West and response rate at UNLV was approxi- Law is considered a leading expert on mately twice as high as when the same Stacey DeVald Wedding was named Applications Set Record tourism, travel, and post-industrial survey was administered in 2002. The the 2004 Honors College Outstanding economies. He wrote the acclaimed survey garnered 622 responses: 234 Alumna. She graduated summa cum A record number of people applied Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started undergraduates, 273 graduate students, laude from the college in 1998 with a for admission to the William S. Boyd the 21st Century, and three prize-win- and 115 faculty. bachelor’s degree in communication School of Law for fall semester 2004. ning volumes, Devil’s Bargains: Tour- UNLV Libraries is currently ana- studies. She also received the Board A total of 2,199 applications were ism in the Twentieth Century American lyzing the responses and developing of Regents prestigious Undergraduate received – a 29 percent increase over West, LBJ’s Texas White House: “Our strategies to improve services. Prelimi- Scholar of the Year Award that year. the record set the previous year, Heart’s Home,” and The Culture of nary results show that undergraduates Wedding is vice president of donor according to Assistant Dean Frank Tourism, the Tourism of Culture. perceive the level of service as higher services and programs for the Nevada Durand. Of the 2,199 applicants, 265 He is widely seen and quoted in than their minimum expectations; Community Foundation (NCF). The were admitted and 150 enrolled. the national media. The New York graduate students find services above foundation is a leader in charitable Eighty-three percent of the enrolled Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, their minimum expectation in all giving programs to support commu- students are from Nevada, although U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, areas except depth of the collections. nity needs in various areas including 76 percent of the applicants were from numerous network and cable news Faculty find the level of service above education, health and human services, out of state. Of the enrolled students, programs, and Outside Magazine have their expectations in 14 out of 22 areas arts, and environment. She works 49 percent are female and 27 percent all sought his commentary. He writes surveyed. Most concerns expressed closely with the foundation president are minorities. for the Los Angeles Times and the High related to information control and the to carry out strategic and operating depth of the libraries’ collections. plans and also oversees the admin- Compared to 2002 results, the 2004 istration of 100 charitable funds that responses from undergraduates were total close to $19 million. very similar, while graduate responses She previously served as an account indicated a perception of improve- executive for Ballard Communications. ment. Faculty responses indicated While there she twice won a Public slight improvement in some areas, but Relations Society of America Pinnacle continued concern with the depth of, Award for news release writing and and access to, the collections. marketing communications. In addition to her involvement Libraries Add Hours with the college, Wedding is active in a number of organizations, including The Lied Library and three branch the Chamber of Commerce and the libraries will be open and staffed Association of Fundraising Profession- to offer their full range of services als. She donates time to coaching and on Nevada Day, Veterans Day, and motivating newly diagnosed diabetics Presidents Day. The libraries will close and their families or diabetics who are between Christmas and New Year’s. suffering from complications from the This change, which affects the disease. Wedding was diagnosed with Architecture, Curriculum Materials, insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes and Music libraries, will provide more when she was 2. access to resources and staff during Wedding and her husband Jeff (also the semesters rather than between Juanita Fain, vice president for administration, speaks to dozens of employees an Honors College graduate) have Christmas and New Year’s, when the attending the unveiling of a memorial plaque for Jazell “Jay” Gray. A well- established their own donor-advised liked custodian who had worked at UNLV since 1976, Gray died earlier this libraries are typically underutilized by fund through NCF called the Jeffrey year. The plaque hangs in the lobby of the Dungan Humanities Building. students, faculty, and staff. and Stacey Wedding Charitable Fund. lSEE ACROSS CAMPUS ON PAGE 7

Inside UNLV Page 5 Spotlight On People

l Paul Traudt (Journalism l Satish Sharma (Social and Media Studies) is author of Work) learned his book Gandhi’s Snelson Receives White House Research Award “Interactive Television,” a chap- Gurus: Rajchandra Ravjibhai ter in the book Technology Update Mehta will be published by the by Gian Galassi if underground testing at published by Focal Press. International Center for Jain Assistant geoscience professor Catherine the Nevada Test Site were Studies of Gujarat Vidyapith Snelson’s work in the Las Vegas Valley has to resume. l Edward Hawkins (Campus University, Ahmedabad, India. had a ripple effect in Washington, D.C. Snelson’s research has Computing Services) was named He also wrote the journal Snelson received the 2003 Presidential Early also become critical in iden- Classified Staff articles “Development of the Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, tifying areas that would be Snelson Employee of the Indian Religious Tradition and the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. gov- most adversely affected by seismic events Month for Octo- Popular Culture” for Asian ernment on young scientists at the outset of that occur in and around Southern Nevada. ber. A computer Profile and “Bhakti Tradition and their careers. Her work has been used to better educate network techni- the Role of Saint-Philosophers She received her award, which is given the public and government officials about cian II, he serves in Popular Indian Culture” for by the Executive Office of the President of earthquake preparedness. as the technical Popular Culture Review. The the United States, at a White House ceremo- President Carol C. Harter praised the Hawkins support super- latter article was presented at ny and reception in September. scientist for her achievements, saying, “In visor of desktop support services. the 16th annual meeting of the He began his UNLV career as a Far West Popular Culture and “I feel very humbled that my colleagues just a few short years, Catherine Snelson has student worker in telemedia ser- American Culture Associations. think so highly of my work and am very established herself as a leading scholar in the vices in 1996. The following year proud to be here at UNLV,” said Snelson, field of geophysics. Her work demonstrates he was hired in his current depart- l Robert Lynn (Facilities) and whose research focuses on the geological how important research is to the community ment as a classified employee. the UNLV grounds department structure and composition of the Las Vegas this university serves. She is to be congratu- recently received the grand Valley. “It is rewarding to be acknowledged lated on accomplishing so much so early in l Sandra Owens-Kane (Social award in the urban universi- for my science, especially after having her career.” Work) is the author of two recent ties grounds category from the worked so hard and sacrificed so much to According to Ronald Yasbin, dean of journal articles, “Mosaic of Dif- Professional Grounds Manage- get where I am today.” the College of Sciences, Snelson’s applied ference: Enhancing Cultur- ment Society (PGMS). Lynn will Snelson also will receive five years of research activities are hallmarks of her ally Competent Aging-Related accept the award on behalf of additional funding from Lawrence Liver- young career. “Cathy has focused her impor- Knowledge Among Social Work- UNLV this month at the 2004 more National Laboratory. Since 2002, she tant research endeavors on serving the edu- ers” in the Journal of Gerontologi- PGMS School of Grounds Man- has collaborated closely with the laboratory cational and security interests of the commu- cal Social Work and “Respite Care agement in Charlotte, N.C. to assess the level of ground motion that nity,” Yasbin said. “She is clearly deserving Outcomes for Kinship and Non- would occur in the Las Vegas Valley of the recognition that she is now receiving.” Kinship Caregivers” in Journal of l Richard Dohme (Public Human Behavior. Safety) recently was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He now Morally Responsive Therapists,” l Erika Engstrom (Communi- Council on Social Work Educa- l Jennifer Bevan (Communi- is in charge of Police Officer at the national conference for cation Studies) wrote an article, tion’s 50th annual program meet- cation Studies) received the Dis- Standards and Training (POST). the American Association of “Hegemony and Counterhege- ing in Anaheim, Calif. sertation Award for the Interper- He also will assist in the man- Marriage and Family Therapy in mony in Bravo’s Gay Weddings,” sonal Communication Division agement of special events and in Atlanta in September. for Popular Culture Review. l Andrew Nazarechuk (Tour- at the International Communica- general patrol duties. He joined ism & Convention Administra- tion Association’s convention in the department as an officer l John Mess (UNLV Librar- l An-Pyng Sun (Social Work), tion) was one of the featured May. Her dissertation was titled in 1999 after spending a year ies), a hypnotherapist certified Margaret Freese (Nevada Divi- speakers at the 2004 Australian “Intrapersonal Consequences of with the Las Vegas Metropolitan by the National Guild of Hyp- sion of Child Gaming Expo held in Sydney. In Another’s Jealousy Expression: Police Department. He is pur- notists and a graduate student and Family his presentation, “Secrets You Toward a Reaction Model of Jeal- suing an associate’s degree in in the department of marriage, Services), and Should Know: Las Vegas Funda- ousy in Close Relationships.” criminal justice at CCSN. family, and community counsel- Mark Fitzgerald mentals,” he discussed key fac- ing, recently completed guild (Clark County tors that made Las Vegas what l Ellis Pryce-Jones (Theatre) l Stephen Fife certifications in complementary Department of it is today. He also was the key- received a letter of appreciation (Marriage, Fam- medical hypnosis and forensic Family Services) note speaker for the prestigious from the Las Vegas Metropolitan ily, and Com- hypnotism. One of his goals is have had their Sun industry dinner held during Police Department for training he munity Coun- developing multidisciplinary paper “An Exploratory Study of the conference. His speech dis- provided undercover officers in seling) made a classes to educate professionals Drug-Exposed Infants: Case Sub- cussed Australian gaming issues the robbery decoy program. He research poster on the nature and use of medical, stantiation and Subsequent Child and trends. showed the officers, who pose as presentation, “A clinical, and forensic hypnosis in Maltreatment” accepted for pub- vulnerable citizens to attract rob- Grounded The- Fife health and helping professions lication in Child Welfare. Sun also bers, how to use makeup to sub- ory of Change in Marital Therapy and new applications for perfor- presented her paper “Program Submit Your Info to: stantially change their appear- from the Therapist’s Perspec- mance enhancement and hyp- Factors Related to Female Sub- [email protected]. ances so that they can better go tive,” and presented a workshop, notic techniques in sales, market- stance Abuse Treatment Reten- Items should be no more than 75 words. undetected by the criminals. “Character and Competence: ing, and advertising. tion and Other Outcomes” at the

and the new prescription drug benefit. • Retirement Age: “Many peo- Benefits Forum Set for Nov. 15 She said state employees are typically ple think that the retirement age to by Cate Weeks of confusion on these issues,” La Putt concerned about a number of areas: receive full benefits is still just 65,” The employee on the phone, just said. “We want to help people make • Windfall Elimination Provi- Meier said. “It’s not.” days away from retirement, is shocked good retirement decisions.” sion: This provision affects workers Currently, retirement age is 65 to hear that his income won’t be So UNLV’s human resources who have earned a state pension and plus four months and will gradually what he thought it would be when department is holding “A Forum on who have paid into Social Security increase until it tops out at age 67 he leaves the university. He made Your Retirement Benefits, Social Secu- through previous private sector work. for those born in 1960 or later. Early the mistake of adding the amount he rity, and Medicare” at 1 p.m. Nov. 15 The provision reduces the amount of retirement, with reduced benefits, is expected to receive each month from in MSU, Room 203. Social Security benefits you receive. still available at age 62. his UNLV retirement benefits to what Representatives of the Public • Government Pension Offset: he thought he would get for the Social Employees’ Benefits Program will The Government Pension Offset affects Security contributions he made in 15 address retiree health insurance state workers who receive a pension Attend: “A Forum on Your years of private sector work. issues. Rita Meier of the Social Secu- based on work where they did not iRetirement Benefits, Social It’s a frustrating scenario that rity Administration will answer ques- pay Social Security taxes. It reduces Security, and Medicare,” 1 p.m., UNLV benefits manager Pat La Putt tions about disability benefits, retire- the Social Security benefits of the state Nov. 15, MSU, Room 203. has seen all too often. “There’s a lot ment benefits, Medicare eligibility, employee’s spouse. Online: www.socialsecurity.gov

Page 6 Inside UNLV The Quiet Zone lEditor’s Note: This continues our series construction is completed later this of UNLV’s “bests,” compiled from an month. Originally built in 1988, the online staff survey over the summer. garden features drought-tolerant plants from around the world. Best Place to Catch a “The landscaping around Wright Bit of Peace and Quiet Hall will be an extension of the gar- When employees need a break den,” said grounds supervisor Rob- from their hectic days, they head ert Lynn. “We also plan in the near outside. Benches tucked along the future to improve the desert land- academic malls, alongside the athletic scaping south of the Barrick Museum complex, and sandwiched between with crushed granite and new plants. buildings offer employees a quiet As the landscaping matures in the escape. Quite a few respondents next two or three years, the garden lamented losing the peacefulness of will once again be a peaceful, beauti- the Xeric Garden between Wright ful spot.” Hall and the Barrick Natural History When the weather’s too hot or too Museum to the noise of construction. cold, though, people on campus head Wright Hall’s renovation has cut to the top floors of the Lied Library. into the garden, but the grounds The couches there offer a comfortable As Wright Hall construction crews clear out this month, the Xeric Garden will once crew will restore it to full bloom after spot for gazing at the cityscape. again become a favorite spot for solitude.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 2004 Wellness Fair habits, including smoking, drinking, As NCAA academic requirements Sciences drug use, and poor nutrition. Faculty continue to increase, as athletic For State of Nevada PEBP and staff members have the opportuni- demands placed on student-athletes Biology Professor Gains Self-Funded PPO Plan Participants ty to help students modify or eliminate continue to rise, and as methods by International Experience Nov. 4 & 5 these risky behaviors, he said. which an institution’s academic suc- The college continues to stress the Cashman Center, Rooms 103-106 Faculty members interested in cess is measured continue to grow, recognition received by its faculty 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North exploring curriculum options can call Student-Athlete Academic Services and the involvement of its faculty, To find out which services are Davidson at ext. 5-0683. will continue providing students staff, and students in enhancing the offered and what time you may with the tools needed to succeed quality of life in Las Vegas, Nevada, attend (admission times are based University College academically. As a result, the institu- and the nation. on last names), call ext. 5-3504 or Inside Student-Athlete tion’s student-athlete retention and Professor Peter Starkweather (bio- visit www.pebp.state.nv.us and go Academic Services graduation rates will increase. logical sciences) is back after a year- to “Wellness Fairs.” long sabbatical in Europe. The focal Student-Athlete Academic Ser- Urban Affairs point of his activity there was the Ital- vices provides support for more than Social Work Receives ian National Research Council’s Insti- Smith will be organizing education 400 student-athletes who are faced tute for Ecosystem Studies (Istituto programs and actual donor drives. with the difficult challenge of meet- Reaccreditation per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi) situ- The college is proud to sponsor ing the academic rigors of a major The School of Social Work recently ated in a frescoed villa on the shore of this type of community outreach and research institution while tackling received full reaccreditation from the Lake Maggiore. congratulates Smith for his work. Peo- the demands of their chosen sports. Council of Social Work Education His projects centered on the genet- ple interested in learning more about They must adhere to strict NCAA (CSWE), the national accrediting body ics of zooplankton in high-elevation the project or in becoming donors can academic requirements mandating for all professional schools of social Alpine lakes and the impact of zoo- contact Smith at ext. 5-4284. both minimum grade-point averages work. The CSWE accredits profession- plankton feeding on the deposition and specific progress toward degree al baccalaureate and master’s degree of photosynthetic pigments in lake Student Life requirements. programs in social work education sedimentary paleorecords. New data Faculty Partners Sought Student-Athlete Academic Services in the United States, with programs on zooplankton genetics, behavior, helps student-athletes succeed in the undergoing review every seven years. and ecophysiology resulted from his The Division of Student Life is classroom by providing tutoring, Accreditation involves an intensive studies. Some of this work has already looking for faculty members willing learning assistants, and study hall; by self-study process beginning two years been accepted for publication. He also to partner with its staff in incorporat- serving as advisors and mentors; and prior to review; schools are evaluated taught a two-week international short ing information on healthy lifestyles by working with other campus advis- for their curricula, faculty and univer- course, “Zooplankton Feeding Ecol- into the curriculum. ing entities. sity resources, organization and gov- ogy,” to Ph.D. students at the Univer- Universities, including UNLV, The academic accomplishments of ernance, student professional develop- sity of Milan. have a great opportunity to educate student-athletes should not go unno- ment, support for nondiscrimination Student Leads Bone students about wellness and to lay the ticed. While balancing the demands of and diversity, collaboration with com- foundation for a lifetime of healthy their respective sports: munity agencies, field education, and Marrow Donation Drive habits, said Jamie Davidson, assistant • 68 student-athletes were named ongoing program assessment. Accredi- Senior Justin Smith (biological vice president for student wellness. to the fall 2003 dean’s honor list. tation is significant because social sciences), chair of the college’s Under- Student Life already has implemented • 73 student-athletes were named workers must have graduated from a graduate Council, has begun develop- a number of innovative programs, to the spring 2004 dean’s honor CSWE-accredited program to receive ing a bone marrow registration drive including the Wellness Roadshow and list. licensure from the various states. in cooperation with Oscar Correa of an expanded number of free well-care • 111 students received Mountain The school, which is one of two the National Marrow Donor Program. services at the Student Health Center, West Conference academic all- in Nevada providing undergraduate A desperate need exists to regis- he said. Infusing wellness information conference awards. and graduate social work education, is ter bone marrow donors – especially into the curriculum seems like a logi- • 44 students received Mountain in its third year of a $2.4 million con- among minority groups. Too many cal next step, he added. West Conference scholar-athlete tract with the state Division of Child people, especially children, are dying Davidson pointed out that college awards. and Family Services through which for lack of a suitable donor. Donating is a time when many students, living • nine of the 17 sports teams it assists the state in its child welfare is easy and usually involves nothing away from home for the first time, may earned cumulative GPAs of 3.0 programs through research, training, more complicated than giving blood. begin establishing less-than-healthy or better. and curriculum development.

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At right, UNLV running back Dominique Dorsey tries to elude a New Mexico player as UNLV line- man Chris Bowser, 77, blocks during the second half of the Rebels’ 24-20 homecoming loss to the Lobos last month. Bottom, from left: students kick up their heels in the annual talent show sponsored by the Rebel Pride Council; a future Rebel poses for a photo with a clown during the children’s events that accompanied the Friday night parade; and Hey Reb! surveys the fun.

lENERGY: Projects to Lower Utility Costs Under Way

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the generation of sensors installed in more conservation-friendly systems America program, was able to have Center. Those buildings, he noted, pay Grant is, Wilhelm said. as we can,” Wilhelm said, noting Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for their energy costs through the rev- “With the older sensors, it some- that the installation of a new energy study the Lied’s cooling system. enues they produce. times was a problem if someone was management system in Bigelow The study indicated it would be “One major electrical cost is light- in an office but was being very still Health Sciences is almost complete. cheaper to turn off the boilers and ing,” Wilhelm said. “We’re making – say, a professor reading quietly McDermott Physical Education is increase fan speed instead. The uni- strides in that area in several ways. at her desk,” he said. “The sensors scheduled to have a new system versity did that and found the new For a few years now we have been were motion sensitive and might installed in December, while Dungan operation saved money without sac- systematically replacing less efficient turn off the lights if there wasn’t Humanities is slated to receive a new rificing employee or patron comfort, lights with new, more efficient ballast enough movement. The newer sen- system over winter break. Wilhelm said. technology.” sors, though, are more sophisticated. One particularly positive change They’re supposed to detect the pres- already has taken place at Lied Campuswide Crusade Grant Hall Experiment ence of a person and keep the lights Library. When the building opened in To be successful, however, energy And recently Grant Hall became on even if there isn’t any movement. 2001, its air conditioning system relied, conservation efforts can’t be left entire- the guinea pig for new technology I’m eager to see what changes in ener- in part, on boilers running on even the ly to the facilities management crews, that Wilhelm thinks will be standard gy consumption we see in Grant Hall hottest summer days to ensure that Wilhelm pointed out. It has to be a not only across campus, but in homes, over the next year.” the library was evenly cooled through- campuswide effort. within the next several years. out its 302,000 square feet and that The single most important thing The light switches in Grant were Chilling the Cost of Cooling rooms closest to the air distribution faculty and staff can do to aid in that replaced with sensors that automati- The campus’ other major energy system weren’t uncomfortably cold. effort, according to Wilhelm, surely cally turn the lights off when a room eater, not surprisingly, is air condi- That plan, however, used considerable will have a familiar ring. It’s exactly is left empty and turn them on when tioning. quantities of natural gas. what your parents told you to do someone re-enters. While this type “We’re making progress there, too, UNLV, as a participant in the U.S. when you lived at home – turn out the of technology is not entirely new, replacing older systems with new, Department of Energy’s Rebuild lights when you’re leaving the room.

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