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said David Brinkerhoff, Interim
Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs. He said the
new policy would be more in
depth.
“It still needs a little fine
tuning and has not been fully
established,” Brinkerhoff said.
Harvey Perlman, dean of the
University of Nebraska’s Col
lege of Law, said the five-year
plan would be appropriate.
Yearly evaluations are not very
easy to do on administrators, he
said, because they are expected
to have long-term goals.
Robert Simerly, dean of the
Division of Continuing Studies,
said the new policy would en
able administrators as well as
those working for them to com
municate about expectations and
job environment.
“This is t very far thinking
idea,” Simerly said. “I think it’s
a very positive step and I whole
hearti ly endorse it. We need to
have that two-way communica
tion.”
There has been no opposi
tion to the plan as of yet, Spanier
said.
Choobineh said the goals of
the five-year plan were to create
a better faculty-administration
relationship, giving way to a
better working environment and
consequently a better learning
environment and better univer
sity. -
“I think this is going to be a
step in the right direction to
achieving those goals,” he said.
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Insects donated to NU
By DeDra Janssen
Staff Reporter
An insect collection donated re
cently to the University of Nebraska
State Museum gives researchers a
view backward in time, which en
ables them to look forward to the
future, an insect expert said.
Brett C Rate line. Professor and
Curator of Insects at the NU State
Museum, said a collection of about
4,000 insect specimens given to the
museum by Erwin Froemel of Co
lumbus, as part of his estate, contains
a number or species that can no longer
bt found in the Platte County area.
Because die natural habitat of that
area has been significantly altered to
accommodate agriculture, Ratcliffe,
said many of the insects in Froemel’s
collection have been wiped out in that
area.
"Insects found there in the ivjus
can't be found there anymore,"
Ratcliffe said. "This collection gives
us a view backward in time as to what
the ecosystem was like in those days.”
But, it will also provide insight for
the future.
"The more we know about what
happened in the past, the more we
know about what could happen in the
future,” he said.
Beginning in about 1930, Froe
mel's collection covers a 50-year span
It includes mostly butterflies and
moths native to Nebraska, which
Froemel caught with a light trap in his
backyard.
Particularly abundant in the col
lection are Underwing Moths, which
have brightly colored orange and red
markings on their hind legs. Ratcliffe
said these specimens, which are espe
cially hard to catch, are all perfectly
labeled and mounted.
The collection also includes some
tropical butterflies and moths, mostly
from Asia and Africa, that Froemel
purchased from dealers. It also in
cludes some other specimens, such as
beetles.
Froemel also left NU some books
and cabinetry from his estate.
Ratcliffe said the appraised value
of FroemePs collection was $17,000,
but that figure is conservative.
However, Ratcliffe said, the real
value of the collection lies in the
educational value it provides.
As well as documenting SO years
of change in the Columbus area,
Froemel’s collection represents some
species that the museum has never
had in its collection of about 2 million
specimens.
“We have increased our divors^ty," «
Ratcliffe said. “This puts us in a better
position to identify insects people
bring in. It increases our reference
capability.”
And some of the new specimens,
like the Birdwing Butterflies, would
be nearly impossible to obtain now
because they are protected by law as
endangered species, and collectors
are not permitted to collect them any
more.
Ratcliffe said the insects also made
a fine teaching tod.
“In the USA, most people are afraid
of insects or don’t like them,** he said.
“Yet adults interact with insects more
than any other lifeform. Most people
recoil when they see an insect be
cause they are not educated.
“We’re all screwed up as a society
in the way we think of insects; we’re
led as a society to fear them. It’sreally
craz> They’re more beneficial than
harmful,” he said.
Ratcliffe said he was pleased that
Froemel left NU the collection be
cause all the information it contains
would have been lost if he hadn’t
“If it had remained in the attic, his .
collection would have been totally
degraded,” he said. “What a loss that
would have been — we would have
lost a lot of good scientific informa
tion.”
Since proper care is essential for
the preservation of such important
information, Ratcliffe said he wants
other collectors to know about NU’s
facility. The museum does not have
funds to buy new specimens, so it
must rely on gifts such as Froemel’s
to continually diversify its library.
“Itmight sound I ike a funeral home,
but we offer a perpetual resting place
for their collections,” he said. “TTtis is
the state depository for animals in the
state of Nebraska.”
