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Accreditation places Morrill Hall among elite crowd By Paula Lavigne Staff Reporter_ The University of Nebraska State Museum joined 650 other museums across the nation this month when it received a 10-ycar accreditation from the American Association of Muse ums. Dr. Judy Diamond, assistant direc tor for public programs, said only 10 percent of the museums in the United States were accredited. The museum, which specializes in natural sciences and science educa tion, is headquartered at Morrill Hall on the University of Ncbraska-Lin coln campus. “This accreditation is the highest recognition of quality in collections, research and programs that currently exists for museums,” she said. Diamond said the accreditation meant the museum was fulfilling its mission in a manner that met the highest standards of the museum pro fession. The accreditation committee ex amined a 14 ft. stack of materials “about the same height as Archie, our mammoth,” which included docu ments and photographs of everything in the museum collection and the museum’s future plans. After pouring through the materi als, Diamond said the accreditation committee organized a three-day site visit to observe the museum and its programs. The director of the site visit. Dr. M ichael Marcs, and other members of the committee released a report of their findings. According to the report, “...the UnivcrsityofNebraska Slate Museum fills an important roll on the Univer sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln campus and has expanded this roll across the state...” “It is a facility that can attract potential students to the university from the lime they are preschoolers to the time they are ready to select an institution for university education.” Diamond said the committee was impressed with the museum’s educa tional programs, especially the NASA Teacher Resource Center, the Encoun ter Center, grant-funded science edu cational activities and planetarium programs. She said the report stated the muse um’s programs would serve as models for other university and state museums. Jason Levkulich/DN Welcoming visitors into the University Museum’s Elephant Hall, this African elephant represents one of the two types of pachyderms left in the world. July Jamm to feature fine food, art, music By Ann Stack Staff Reporter _ Lincoln is in for a weekend of the blues. July Jamm, a three-day festival featuring theme food, music and art, kicks off tomorrow at 11 a.m. The festival, sponsored by the Lin coln Downtown Merchant Associ ation and the Updownlowners, will be held at 12th and N streets. “July Jamm in its current form has been around for three years,” said Marcia White,co-chairperson of the July Jamm’s Steering Com mittee. “Before it became a three-day festival, Lincoln had a one-night festival as early as ’88 or ’89, with some variation on jazz and blues,” White said. “ Since then it’s grown into July Jamm.*’ This year the festival has sever al new additions, including a fine arts show, a wine tasting booth and a children's fair called KidzJamm. “Twenty-one artists from five different states were selected through a jurying process to exhib it their work,” White said. The fine arts display will in clude watercolors, porcelains, jew elry and photography. The display will be set up in tents along N Street for the duration of the festival. < Of course, an outdoor festival would not be complete without food. Seventeen food vendors will be on hand to satisfy almost any craving. Returning are favoritcsOK Cafe from Hastings, Valentino’s, Bil ly’s, George’s Greek Gyros, Vien Dong and Crane River Brcwpub and Cafe. New to the festival arc Sooo Gutc, which features authentic German cuisine, gourmet desserts from the Lincoln University Club, Falk’s Classic Homemade lee Cream, Just Pretzels, Oom-Pah Tacos from Cheyenne, Wyo., Blue Heron W ine and Bar Bistro. Huey’s Fine Foods and Spirits and P.O. Pears. The Updowntowners/Family Services will be selling gourmet cookies from The Cookie Compa ny. The weekend’s spotlight will be %fh the musical entertainment, fea turing jazz and blues artists play ing non-stop throughout the festi val. Headlining the street dances on Friday and Saturday nights will be zydcco blues hero C J. Chenier and blues queen KoKo Taylor, respec tively. “We have the best entertain ment lincupevcr,” White said. “C.J. Chenier and KoKo Taylor arc names you hear at Kansas City and Chicago jazz festivals... itpuls ours in a bigger and better league.” TwoCalifomia-based bands will open the dances. The Loved Ones, a rhythm and blues oriented group, will open for Chenier at 7 p.m. Friday. Chris Cain will open for Taylor at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Also appearing arc Jumpin’ Kate, Spiral, The Grylls, Johnny and the Whcczctoncs, Justice League of the Blues, Annette Murrell and the Jim Williamson Trio, Simbiko, Kasi Taki and the Lincoln Community Gospel Choir. 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