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Regents discuss minorities, KSC Science center planned j By Mark Georgeff Staff Reporter Ground-breaking for the Nebraska Center for Science and Technology has been scheduled for November, 1991, John Goebel, UNL vice chan cellor for business and finance, told the NU Board of Regents at their meeting Saturday. The center will be built on the east edge of the University of Nebraska Lincoln City Campus, on Vine Street between 19th and 20th streets. Goebel said construction on the $23.7 million, federally funded proj ect should be completed no later than the summer of 1994. The new facility will house the department of Chemical Engineer ing, the Center for Biological Chem istry and the Center for Biotechnol ogy, he said, including space for undergraduate, graduate and research programs and laboratories. “One of the things that’s been important in pulling this program together has been to work toward flexibility. Laboratory needs, research needs change with time, and one of the things we have tried very hard to do is to provide an overall facility that can change as the limes change,” Goebel said. Regent Kcrmit Hansen of Elkhom said he thinks the biotechnology and agricultural experts from areas such as North Platte, Clay Center, Con cord and Mead may not feel part of the Lincoln-based facility. “My plea is that somewhere in the building there be cither space or simply designation that this is for our greater Nebraska cohorts. They do not feel that they arc part of this center,” Hansen said. ‘ ‘ I strongly recommend that you at least accord them some identity,” he said. Goebel agreed with Hansen’s views, saying, “One of the reasons this fa cility is important is to make Ne braska-and I do not mean simply Lincoln-the center for biotechnol ogy. And it will be important to pull In those people, and we arc working on it.” Also at the regents’ meeting, UNL Student Regent Phil Gosch called for continued improvement in the recruit ment of minority faculty members at UNL. “We need to develop an atmos phere of understanding and apprecia tion,” Gosch said. It’s important to students to be educated in a culturally rich environ ment, he said, emphasizing that UNL still has a long way to go. Gosch said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs James Gricscn has done valuable work for the programs. “His work has made an incredible difference in the past two years,” Gosch said. UNL Chancellor Martin Masscn galc called minority recruitment a “long term goal we're trying to achieve.” “We are working on il consis- | tently,” he said. Regent Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha ■ emphasized giving key consideration | to hiring American Indian faculty k members. 3 UNL Academic Senate President James McShane said Kearney State College has hired a “sizeable” num ber of minority faculty members, but difficulties exist in competition for such members when salaries arc low. He said hiring is an important matter, because the future will con sist of half the entry-level work force being women and minorities and stu dents will need access to varied cul tures. In other business, Masscngalc called the Kearney Stale College integra tion into the NU system “a mile stone.” He said the July, 1991, integration will help deliver quality education statewide. “We generate more energy by having all the parts together,” Mas sengalc said, addipg that the stale will be served better through this integra tion. 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