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Thomas George, provost and aca demic vice president at Washington State University, is one of three chan cellor candidates at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. George met with administrators, faculty, students and staff during a reception at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Tuesday. He has been involved with a joint program between WSU and Microsoft called “Virtual WSU,” and was commended last week for being wired into the university of the future. The project will integrate computer technology and communication into all aspects of the university and have every student exposed to “Virtual WSU” by 1999. Joseph Leung, chairman of the com puter science engineering department, said he would like to see George’s “Virtual WSU” at UNL. “Virtual WSU” was started by a professor who applied at UNL two years ago, Leung said, but his depart ment didn ’ t have the funds to hire him. “We have faculty interested in multimedia in our department,” Leung said. “If George comes here, we’d have a lot of interesting things in com mon.” In a nine-point outline, George defined where he saw UNL in five to 10 years: • involving faculty, staff and stu dents in team projects • using technology to enhance tcachingand expanding distance, out reach education • emphasizing interuniversity co operation • using teaching portfolios to raise consciousness of the importance of instructors • bringing in more external fund ing to raise base funding • using enrollment management to determine what type of student body the university wants • having intercampus programs, such as engineering, work together instead of staging a “turf war” • encouraging funds campaigns • maintainingpre-eminence in ath letics Jim King, associate professor in communications and information tech nology, said he admired George’s vi sion for UNL. “He could carry us into 2020,” he said. “Plus, he likes cats and music.” George, and his wife Barbara Harbach, both play the organ, co-own a music publishing company that they run out of their basement, and own four cats. The couple laughed andjoked with guests and exchanged wishes for a happy Thanksgiving. “George is young, dynamic, ag gressive and very bright,” said Tice Miller, chairman ofthe Department of Theater Arts and Dance. Nancy Lindslcy-Griffin, director of the Women Investigating Sciences and Environments project, said she appreciated George’s support for ra cial and gender diversity. She said George agreed that diver sity meant putting more than one mi nority employee in a department. “You need a group,” she said, “not just a lone voice crying by itself.” The WSU provost was the last of three candidates to visit UNL. George, who said he met NU President Dennis Smith at a Nebraska-Washington State football game, said last week’s inter view with Smith went “delightfully well.” Smith has said he would make his recommendation to the NU Board of Regents soon after the interviews. Prospect focuses on money issues By Rebecca Pitmans Staff Reporter There was a time, shortly af ter World War II, when the im portance of higher education wasn ’ t questioned, a UNL chan cellor candidate said. > But in recent years, its value has come under increased scru tiny, Thomas George said at a Wednesday press conference. That scrutiny is evident in the decreasing percentage of state funds higher educat ion receives. In Nebraska, higher education took home 27 percent ofthe state’s budget 15 years ago, he said. Now, it’s less than 20 percent. George, provost and aca demic vice president at Wash ington State University, said technology could help improve the perception and funding of higher education. WSU discovered that while spending $25 million in the last three years on “Virtual WSU.” The program is basically technol ogy enhanced learning, he said. Yearly costs for the project are $4 million, he said. Money comes from fund raising and allocations, he said, but mostly from state funds. All this came at a time when WSU faced a 10 percent budget cut over four years. De spite thecuts,gcttingnioney from the legislature for Virtual WSU “has not been a difficult sell,” George said—when fund ing is asked for in terms of invest ingmore in technology and explo ration of new ways of education. Both UN L and W SU are work ing on the “third phase” of virtual redesign,changingthe way people think about education, he said. Matrixx Marketing Inc., the leader in the telemarketing industry, is seeking individuals to fill full and part-time day positions and part-time night positions. ;:1:. 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Moeser recommended a chancellor have regular meetings with the athletic director and direct control over hiring coaches. “My concern for the program is always founded on the basis of personal integrity,” he said. “They must be of the highest personal ethics and morals. We want these people to be of personal values.” Student athletes, or any student who repre sents the university, should have high stan dards, Moeser said, and they should be treated equally. “Athletes shouldn’t get favored treatment,” he said, “and they shouldn’t be singled out for harsher treatment.” The candidate also called for high standards in the classroom. Moeser complimented UNL’s honors program and said, if chosen, he would push for a separate honors college. The college would accept the top 2 percent of high school students and have its own dean, he said, and would target students in and outside Nebraska. “It’s not a costly matter,” he said. “It may be more cosmetic, and I might not have to go to the regents.” The university has a responsibility to attract and retain high-quality students, he said, and should also help students afford college in the face of federal financial aid cuts. “We need merit- and need-based scholar ships,” he said. “The university will have to step up to the plate to provide more than is currently available.” Along witn paying for college, he said, aca demic pursuit also should not be limited in regards to research. Limiting research was a highly debated topic with the NU Board of Regents earlier this fall. “It’s a mistake to dictate research,” Moeser said. “It’s a natural curiosity for students.” The board voted against restricting research to only support projects that benefit the state’s economy. “You can’t say to a student that it’s not important for you to be interested in an area4 because it’s not profitable to theiocal economy,” Moeser said. “It’s human nature, human spirit to push the envelope of knowledge,” he said. “The freedom of inquiry is one of the cornerstones of Ameri can democracy. “It’s also the key to the future.” Nebraskan Editor j. Christopher Hain Night News Editors Julie Sobczyk 472*1766 Matt Waite Managing Editor Rainbow Rowell Doug Peters Assoc. 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