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Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, March 4, 1982
Proposal would increase benefits
Retirees employed by NU before I1
would receive greater benefits under a pro
posal by Lincoln Sen. Steve Fowler.
LBS 11 would raise benefits for 897
retirees from an average $660 a month to
about $1,000, said Roy Loudon, admini
strator of Personnel and Risk Management
at UNL.
The increased benefits would cost the
state about $000,000, 50 percent more
than the present $600,000, Loudon said.
Fowler said the change is needed be
cause of the small retirement pensions. But
he said the bill may not get out of com
mittee to be considered by the full Nebra
ska Legislature because of budget con
straints. In 1961, Loudon said, the university
adopted a new pension plan that greatly in
creased benefits. Benefits from the new
plan are 50 to 75 percent of a retiree's final
salary, he said. Under the old plan, benefits
were much smaller, he said.
The 1961 increase was not extended to
the time people spent under the previous
system. However, employees were switched
over to the new system. People who retir
ed after 1961 received benefits from both
plans based on the amount of time spent
under each plan, Loudon said.
Some people receive all or most of their
benefits from the old plan, he said. That
plan was readjusted once in 1978, but the
increase has not kept pace with inflation.
After the initial benefit increase, the bill
provides for yearly increases based on
faculty salary raises.
Loudon said that money invested in the
previous retirement fund drew 3 percent
interest. Now the money pulls in 14 per
cent interest so the percentage of benefits
can be greater, he said.
Lee Chatfield, who retired as dean of
Academic Services in 1972, said that for
some retirees, the bill would provide $200
a month more. However, because he
accrued 14 years of benefits from the old
plan and 11 years from the new plan, the
difference for him would be only $15 a
month.
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Al Papik
Admissions director at UNL likes
selling higher education to students
By Vicki Ruhga
Al Papik, UNL director of admissions, is
the first person that many incoming fresh
men correspond with at the university.
Papik said he likes his job because ot the
constant contact with prospective students
and secondary schools.
'Tin selling something 1 really believe in
- education, V Papik said. "It's easy for me
to look you in the eye and say UNL is the
best place for you because I believe the
university is a quality institution. I like to
see students who want to prepare them
selves for a richer, fuller life by attending
college."
Papik, a Crete native, has been director
of admissions at UNL for nine years. Prior
to that, he was the director of admissions
at Doane College in Crete for 16 years, and
was Doane's football and track coach for
15 of those years. He is a Doane graduate.
Papik said he definitely can affect in
coming students.
"The first contact is extremely import
ant," Papik said. "Incoming students meet
us before they meet the faculty or the ad
ministrators. This is probably unfair be
cause we see very little of students once
they arc here."
Papik said a student's first contacts with
the university also are important because
the student usually forms a positive or
negative opinion about higher education
based on them.
However, research has shown that
admissions offices do not influence a stu
dent's college choice as much as parents
and peers do, he said.
"High school counselors are also not as
strong an influence as parents and peers,
according to researchers," Papik said.'
The office of admissions has two major
responsibilities, Papik said.
"First we must get information to stu
dents interested in higher education, so
they can make a sound, intelligent
decision " he said. "Second, we must pro
vide the teaching faculty with a student
who is now ready to learn."
Papik s:ud he also considers the office of
admissions a data-collection agency.
"We gather information on students and
send it to housing, financial aids, athletics
or the appropriate academic areas," he
said.
In the future, Papik said he would like
to have more personal contact with high
school seniors.
"We have never been involved with re
cruitment as private colleges arc," he said.
"They are able to initiate the contact with
prospective students, but we don't have the
staff to do that."
Besides improving contact with pro
spective students, Papik wants to continue
improving the academic advisory program
for incoming freshmen. Many freshmen
students are overwhelmed by all the
choices of classes and do not know which
to take, unless they arc lucky enough to
have an older brother or sister to help, he
said.
"I would also like to see an increase in
the emphasis on recruitment of scholars,"
Papik said. "I think some very good stu
dents go out-of-state to other institutions."
Another area for improvement that
Papik mentioned was the physical setting
of the admissions office.
"We need a mote conducive space to
receive students and parents," he said. "We
don't have a large reception area, and there
is not even room for a student to sit down
without being in the middle of our work
area."
Commenting about his personal life,
Papik said his personal goals cannot be
separated from his professional goals.
Hobbies are important to relieve the pres
sures of work, Papik said.
"My personal goal is to improve my golf
score," he said.
Besides golf, Papik enjoys gardening and
watching football and track.
Students now are somewhat different
than students years ago, Papik said.
"You hear a lot about declining test
scores, but I believe students are better
prepared than ever before. They are
emotionally stable, and have given their
careers more consideration than ever
before," he said.
Papik said the lower test scores of
earlier years were a trend that has begun to
reverse.
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