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c- I 1 11) pS5 f usns ling, staron new DIM eras Ey llsitSa Synovcc ELis will bs taken Aug. 24 for a $13 dUicn plant science complex on UNL's east campus, according to Tea Nycum, physical plant assistant director. Tkeccspfexwia consist of a "headhca3egrecnbcuss''oa v the north side of the tvpas, acd a laboratory building t north of Keim HaH. Nycum said. The bid may be approved at September's board of regents meeting. The plant science complex is one of several construction projects planned, underway or completed on UNL's campuses. Nycum said that construction is generally progressing. An $3 million Animal Health Center is under construction on the east campus. The veterinary diagnostic center is in use and Jan. 1 is the scheduled completion date for a basic science building and an animal research building. The new buildings will add faculty, staff and expertise to the department, said Lawrence McG2L assistant professor of veterinary science. Toxicology and virology programs will be added this year to the department's course offerings, he said. Also, new faculty positions will be added during the next few years to bring the department's total to 25. McGill said. ireegscpri : . The health center will be used for research and to help control animal diseases in the state. McGiH said. There was strong support from the state's agriculture ndustry for a center of this type, he' said, as well as a need for the new buildings. The department was competing with the cockroaches and mice for space in the old veterinary science buSdings," he said. Construction of the $5.2 million Life Sciences' Eldg. on the city campus is almost complete. Nycum said. Parts of ' ''' :l ,7 1 1 - u I I -- J - -" . I t. ml I .... ,t 1 i I ....... JfaJL... ...-. ! ! t --v' ' i . r it.-- if , , . I m i'A Tfc ir-r i if , - 1 -t - - , - g .ii--,:-" .fL. k., ; j ' - k v :. :r 1 ir -,f L , -. - - V- i LZ&smim f ,f i j r- i1 . - . I -r ,rr L 4 A r i: 11 LFX ! Tf n T Hrr.zr-1 . , ..... , , . . s.'" r f li ! ? ! i i-1 3 1 I . ... I . . -.t- ll . ..- HnflU V ' 1 w: fe .1' v I v im 4v L-r J L--c :7i.'iri in i , i irssii' W - , Joe Marostica, M.W. Anderson Co. employe, washes each brick as exterior work on UNL's Life Sciences BId completion. Construction of the $4 million East Union is on schedule the building may be used in the fall semester and the and parts of the building may be ready for occupancy Jan. building should be finished by January, he said. The building moves the department from 69-year-old Bessey Hall. The School of Life Sciences will be centralized . in one building and provided with modern equipment and specialized laboratories. East campus $1,5S3,CC0 Barkby Memorial Center is finished, Nycum said. The speech and audblogy department has used the building since April. 1. Nyeum said. The construction industry is more stable and not experiencing the rapid inflation of a few years ago. Nycum said. The construction situation in Lincoln is getting back to normal," he said. "Bidding is less erratic and estimates are closer to what they should be." AtJo Nycum added that one reason for the stabler conditions is that the recent building surge in the city is trailing off. Construction during the past year has not been hampered by strikes as it was last year. This reflects a more stable economy. Nycum said, and wiJlingness of labor unions to agree to more realistic wage and price conditions. Capital construction funds were not affected by the Legislature's budget cut of operating funds, Nycum said. i ...-. ! i SareiiD . (3ulDDuODVVQ0 fee f U Li Over thirty nominations for a new NU president have been received by the search committee charged with finding a replacement for NU President DJB. Varner. said Paul Schorr III. chairman of the et 1 For an unhampered, unpstled, unred view of ? Memorial Stadjumt.s .AWtW.v...v.v,v.v.;,,. What does it take to be a university president? According to Schorr, the committee stipulated that NU presidential candidates should have the following qualifications: major administrative ex perience, a philosophy devoted to the development of higher education, intellectual distinction and the ability to interpret the needs of the university community to the rest of the state. Schorr, a Lmeoln businessman, said the search committee sent about 103 letters to various persons and agencies advising them of the open position. Letters went to ether universities, to persons within the academic profession and an announcement was published in The Ckrcukts cZJTjJUr Education an education tr&ds magazine. Schorr said the date set to close nominations b Aug. 11. The 15-rnernber committee has been divided into three subcommittees for quicker review and fcBow-up of-candidates,- 'said VTESani Swansea. NU corporation secretary secretary of the search committee. He said from five to seven names of candidates will be submitted to the NU Board of Regents by Oct. 1. The deadline set for selection of the new president is Jan. 1. NU President DJJ. Varner resigned last month, effective on or before Jan. 1. to become chairman of the board of directors of the NU Foundation. Find 1 976 issua of Summer Nsbrasten. Daily Nebraslcan begins publishing Aug. 25.