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Faculty input
encouraged
in budget talks
By Adeana Leftin
Senior Reporter____
Although proposed budget cuts have
sparked outrage in the past week, fac
ulty, staff and students now have
“something on the table” to work with, a state
senator said Monday.
Sen. Scott Moore of Seward, chairman of
the Appropriations Committee in the Nebraska
Legislature, said faculty could share their opin
ions about recommended cuts with the Budget
Reduction Review Committee at public hear
ings, which will begin in October.
But, “as they say their piece, they better
have alternatives,” he said.
The recommendations, which were proposed
Dl m/'rr ,ast wee*c» have prompted
BUDGET students to start petition
drives protesting cuts and
have spurred members of
g the Academic Senate to
w condemn the lack of fac
ulty input in the proposals.
The proposed cuts are in response to a
Nebraska Legislature mandate last spring that
demanded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
cut its budget 2 percent this year and 1 percent
next year.
Stan Liberty, interim vice chancellor for
academic affairs, said an “emotional reaction”
to the cuts was natural.
But, Liberty said, “the process allows for all
interested parties to affect the eventual out
come,” ana he encouraged faculty to be in
volved in public hearings.
Thomas Zorn, chairman of the BRRC, said
he felt the ongoing appeals process would
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. Donna MaranvHle, a kindergarten teacher at the University Child Care Project, helps Maddie Hansen, 4, write a story
about a walk the class toon Wednesday.
Kids and collegians
UNL students helping with kindergarten child-care program
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Staff Reporter
NL students are learning fiom the
talents of a far younger generation
through a new kindergarten program
at the University Child Care Project.
This year’s addition of the kindergarten
program was prompted by parents voicing
concerns about adjustments their children
had to make between child-care providers,
said Barbara Vigil, program director.
“Some children can have as many as four
different child-care providers in the course
of a day.... With this program, children can
maintain some sort of consistency, because
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The child-care project, located at 1432 N
St., is primarily financed by parental fees,
but the University of Nebraska-Lmcoin assists
in accounting aspects of the program, such
as payroll and advertising. The program
began 21 years ago as a parent cooperative,
Vigil said.
To maintain a connection to the univcr:
sily, he said, 60 percent of children at the
center are children of university employees.
The fee per week is $70 to $85 a child,
with an annual cost of about $4,000 a child.
Vigil said that about 50 to 55 university
students work at the center through work
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Stacy Pickering, a sophomore nursing
student, is beginning her third year at the
child-care center. She has worked in other
areas of the center but now is working in the
new kindergarten program.
Although she doesn ’ t receive credit from
UNL for her work at the center, Pickering
said she is receiving valuable experience
working with children.
The most amazing aspect of working
with the kindergarten children is their in
sight, Pickering said.
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Employment picture better in Nebraska
Persistence key
to finding jobs in
competitive market
By Wendy Nivratil
Senior Reporter
Prospects of employment for
college graduates of 1991-92
are looking up from last year,
but many UNL graduates may find
that persistence is the most critical
requirement for finding a job.
Jobs in some fields, such as engi
neering, business and management
are more readily available, even in
troubled economic times. But stu
dents graduating with bachelor’s
degrees in areas such as social sci
ences, liberal arts and communica
tions will face a more competitive job
market.
Larry Routh, director of Career
Planning and Placement at the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln, said that
passively looking for jobs won’t suf
fice in this year’s competitive job
market.
“The effort people put into it is
going to determine their success (in
finding employment),” Routh said.
“People need to be more directly
seeking jobs, not just writing letters.”
The National Center for Educa
tion Statistics reported that 1.06 mil
lion people will receive bachelor’s’
degrees in 1991-92. This translates
into a job market that favors the
employer — the employer has a lim
ited number of positions open and a
wealth of candidates to fill them.
The Career Placement Council, Inc.,
based in Bethlehem, Pa., recommends
beginning job campaigns early and
pursuing opportunities aggressively.
A “take-charge” altitude is even more
crucial as corporate recruiting slows
down from higher levels in the 1980s,
according to a council report.
Recruiting nationwide is down for
defense- and energy-related indus
tries, Routh said. Although this nar
rows the job selection from which
engineers have to choose, plenty of
other engineering employment op
portunities exist to make up for it.
Other industries, such as consumer
products manufacturing, are shedding
their cautious recessionary approaches
to hiring, which will open up oppor
tunities for business, engineering and
even liberal arts graduates, Routh said.
“Maytag is wanting to expand their
recruiting (on the UNL campus),”
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Estimated job demand
for '91 *'92 bachelor’s
degree graduates_
Reids: Education, Protective Services, Mathematics,
Architecture end Environmental Design,
Communications Technologies, other.
Social Sciences, Communications,
Psychology, Letters, Lile Sciences, Visual
■ and Performing Arts, Home Economics
:V&(. „ " '■ Liborul,General Studies, Public Affairs,
■ Multi Interdisciplinary Studies, Hieoloyy,
■ Agrit liltwir and Natural Hesoun.es fmelyn
'* ■ X v. Languages, Philosophy and Religion, Parks
^ and Recreation, Area and Ethnic Studies,
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Consultant says
job opportunities
up in Midwest
By Eric Snyder
Staff Reporter
Cob opportunities for UNL gradu
ates may be in their own back
yard, an economist said re
cently.
Jeff Hallett, an economic consult
ant for Present Futures Group in Falls
Church, Va., and author of “Worklife
Visions,” said in a phone interview
last week that job opportunities are
increasing in the Midwest.
Hallett said the migration of people
and the relocation of firms to the
Midwest has become a “huge trend.”
He cited three reasons for the move
ment to the nation’s heartland:
• Businesses are able to operate
from long distances.
In the past, Hallett said, businesses
located themselves in' the coastal
regions of the country because the
coasts hosted the centers of economic
activity.
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