Couple pledges money for KU engineering expansion
A Kansas University engineering alumnus and his wife have pledged $100,000 for an expansion project for the KU School of Engineering.
Lawrence residents Frank J. and Barbara Brinkman Becker made the donation to the Kansas University Endowment Association for the construction of an addition to the KU engineering complex.
The new School of Engineering building will add almost 50,000 square feet of useable space to the existing engineering complex. It will be constructed during the next two years at a cost of $16 million.
Frank J. Becker earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from KU in 1958. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and president of the KU student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
He is currently a member of the School of Engineering Advisory Board and a KU Endowment trustee, and has served as president of the Kansas University Alumni Association National Board of Directors and on the Kansas Board of Regents.
Senator introduces bill on absentee voting
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has introduced legislation giving states incentive for adopting uniform absentee ballots for military personnel and overseas citizens.
Under the plan, federal election officials would create a uniform military and overseas citizens absentee ballot that is easily identifiable to state election officials.
Roberts also recently sponsored legislation to help states improve and modernize their election procedures, including the handling of military and civilian absentee ballots.
KU professor to talk to Parkinson's group
Janet Hamburg, a registered movement therapist, certified Laban analyst and professor of dance at Kansas University, will speak at the Lawrence Parkinson Support Group meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.
Hamburg's talk is titled "Parkinson's Now and In the Future." The presentation is a preview of her March 31 talk at Stormont-Vail HealthCare and her April 21 talk at the Parkinson's Educational Symposium at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park.
Also, Linda Varberg, a massage therapist-in-training at Johnson County Community College, will give an overview of the benefits of massage for people with Parkinson's.
Herpetology center creates new, updated Web site
The Center for North American Herpetology has a new Web site that includes updated information.
According to the center's director, Joseph Collins, the site includes all of the previous features, articles and sections as well as new material.
Anyone accessing the former site, eagle.cc.ukans.edu/~cnaar, will automatically be forwarded to the new site.
DeSoto student wins bumper sticker contest
Samantha Ketchum, a fifth-grader at Woodsonia Elementary School, DeSoto, has been chosen as the winner of her grade division in a statewide bumper sticker contest.
Ketchum took first place in the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom contest, and will receive a $50 savings bond.
She and all the other grade winners, and their parents and teachers, will be honored at the Kansas Department of Agriculture awards program. Gov. Bill Graves will present the awards to the students, who will then take a tour of the state Capitol and visit with legislators from their home districts.
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