Friday, October 3.1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Mural, fund celebrate school's 50th birthday
Social welfare school gets boost from alumni
By Irene McShane Special to the Kansan
The School of Social Welfare received a birthday present from its alumni society recently- a 5-by-8-foot, 160-pound tile mural that celebrates 50 years of graduate social-work education at the University of Kansas.
The mural honors the school's past 50 years and shows the school moving into the next 50. Weck said.
Ann Weick, dean of social welfare, and Kansas City, Mo., artist Carolyn Payne unveiled the mural Sept. 18 during a reception for about 90 people who have donated to the school in the past year.
Payne designed and created the mural, which hangs in the foyer of Twente Hall, for the school's birthday and for the 50th Fund, the school's three-year fund-raising drive. "Beyond Boundaries" is the fund drive's theme.
Before unveiling the Twente Hall mural, Myers announced that the 50th Fund had received $644,000 in gifts and pledges.
"They wanted to stress people working together," said Payne, who received her bachelor's degree in art education from the University in 1969 and her master's in art education in 1971.
The goal of the fund drive, which began April 25,
is to raise $1 million within three years. Mvers said.
Inside of Twente Hall, this mural recognizes the School of Social Welfare's 50 years at the University of Kansas. Photo by Eric B. Howell/KANSAN
"The goal of $1 million seemed overwhelming to me," Myers said. "Social workers, after all, are not professionals at the higher end of anyone's pay scale. However, our strength as a school lies in the commitment of our alumni, who rank among the most thoughtful in remembering their school. This is something to be proud of."
Liz Swanson, development director for the
school, said the money raised would become an endowment, which means that only the income earned on the fund would be spent.
Income earned on the fund will be used to help provide financial assistance to students, to recognize and recruit outstanding faculty members and to create new community-service programs, she said.
Matt Loehr, past president of the social work alumni society, said the alumni society gave the mural to encourage others to contribute to the 50th Fund.
"We see this gift as a way to ensure the future of the school, but it also leaves a lasting tribute to the University," Lohr said.
Army ROTC will sponsor open house
By Tiffany A. Harrington Special to the Kansan
The KU Army ROTC Open House is scheduled for tomorrow. Information, recruiting tables and demonstrations by the drill and ranger teams will be a part of it.
Parents will also get hands-on information about the equipment Army ROTC uses during its training.
"It's a chance for all the cadets and parents to come together," Capt. Michael Geeza said. "We want to familiarize parents with what we do here, as well as familiarize them with the staff."
"I think a lot of people just see us and wonder what it is we do," said Cadet Laura Ellison, Ventura, Calif., senior. "There will be equipment for people to look at and actually touch. It's a great opportunity for everyone."
The open house is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Military Science Building. Last year, about 100 people came.
"There's a good amount of participation during the AROTC Open House," Captain Geeza said. "The cadets take care of everything for it, and they do a great job."
The open house is generally for cadets and their parents, but other people can attend.
"If someone wants to come and observe the open house," Geeza said, "they won't be kicked to the wayside. We'll enjoy having them join us."
Trash problems leave truck idling
Contamination halts recycling
By Daniel E. Thompson
dthompson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Poised on its rubber haunches in the motor pool is a brand-new, marshmallow-white truck that the Office of Recycling and Resource Conservation drove to the University of Kansas two weeks ago.
Contamination in the recycling bins has halted the plastic recycling program.
But the brand-spanking-new baby has not moved much since its journey from Westfall, Mo. It has not picked up anything to recycle, either.
"We've thrown away bags that are so highly contaminated," said Victoria Silva, environmental specialist for RCR.
She said liquid, food and other trash were being thrown into the containers, making it impossible to recycle the bottles already inside.
"We're not going to dig through the bags," she said.
Jayson Wylie, Topeka senior and RCR staff member; saio he dug through some bags, but Silva said the really bad ones were being thrown away.
Bottles thrown into the bins must be empty and have the lids removed, Silva said.
Until that happens, the truck probably will not move.
It has moved from Burt Hall, the home of RCR, to the KU motor pool,
Silva said. The RCR staff have practiced driving the 18-foot-long GMC truck with a V-8 engine that cost $24,200.
Theresa Klinkenberg, associate University director, said the truck was paid for using private, unrestricted funds from the endowment association.
For now, RCR is using a flatbed truck and walking to the buildings close to Burt Hall to collect the bags, Silva said. She said it wasn't efficient to bring the new truck out for a few bags.
"We haven't been inundated like we thought we would," Silva said. "People might be still putting them in the trash."
Once the newspaper and office paper recycling programs are in full swing, the truck will be put to the test.
A $2,000 lift was added to the back to help load heavy cargos.
Silva is getting the truck ready for its campus unwelling. She said she was going to coat the inside with polyeurthane to prevent damage from soda and hopefully paint a mural on the sides.
But Silva said none of that had been approved and Coca-Cola might want its logo on the side.
When *++* Coca Cola contract is finally signed and the money received, the University will be reimbursed for the cost of the truck. Klinkenberg said.
Silva said she expected the contract to be signed in middle to late November.
"Right now a bunch of attorneys are looking at it, making sure the l's are dotted and the t's are crossed," she said.
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