Facilities Management key desk will close today for relocation

The Facilities Management key desk will be closed today and tomorrow as it moves to a new location. The key desk will re-open on Monday, Nov. 4, in the parking garage on East Sixth Street just southwest of the Bio Sciences West building. Facilities Management recommends accessing the key desk via Lowell since East Fifth Street is currently closed due to construction on Highland Commons. The key desk will keep its regular hours ÷ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ÷ when it re-opens.

Museum pottery preservation project receives $1M pledge

The Arizona State Museum received a $1 million boost in its efforts to preserve its internationally recognized collection of Southwest Indian ceramics ÷ the largest, most comprehensive collection of its kind in the nation. In a decisive move, Agnese Nelms Haury, widow of Emil W. Haury, noted archaeologist and former director of the museum, pledged $1 million to help meet the museum's most pressing and urgent need ÷ raising nearly $2 million for the ASM Pottery Project.

The Pottery Project is an official project of the White House initiative, "Save America's Treasures." ASM has a mandate to protect and preserve the whole-vessel pottery collection. The pottery faces damage, deterioration and ultimate destruction from the lack of environmental controls in the museum's buildings. To date, nearly a third of the collection already shows damage.

The ASM north building needs renovation to create a storage vault for the 20,000-plus piece collection now housed in five rooms in two separate buildings. The proposed vault, with dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows, will gather the collection in one locale, provide environmentally-sound and adequate storage space, and present the collection to the public in its full expanse as never before. The project also provides for an upgraded conservation laboratory to provide ongoing care for the pottery and other museum collections.

President Pete Likins has identified the ASM efforts as a time-sensitive project of Campaign Arizona and has personally engaged in fund-raising for it. "We must come together in a public-private partnership that will provide stewardship for our state's treasures. This collection represents a shared cultural legacy and we all need to share in its well-being," Likins said.

December grads should apply for degree candidacy by Nov. 4

Students who plan to graduate in December should apply for degree candidacy by Monday, Nov. 4, in order to have their name printed in the commencement booklet.

Students do not need to have completed the degree check process by Nov. 4, but should apply by then.

Graduating seniors may apply for graduation after this date; however, their names will not be included in the commencement booklet.

For more information on how to apply for degree candidacy, students should contact their adviser. Questions concerning the commencement ceremony itself can be referred to the UofA Bookstore Web site at http://www.uofabookstores.com/uaz/events/commencement/event.asp.