UNL Parents Weekend is Sept. 24-26

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Parents Association in conjunction with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Office and UNL Housing will host the 2004 UNL Parents Weekend Sept. 24-26.

Parents of all freshman students are invited to register to attend with their student. This event is an opportunity for parents and students to spend time together and to learn more about the UNL campus. Among the activities scheduled are tours of various campus facilities where well-known faculty will give presentations, including: Andersen Hall (hosted by journalism professors Joe Starita and Jerry Renaud); Center for Great Plains Studies (hosted by Stacey Walsh, registrar of the Great Plains Art Collection); Morrill Hall (hosted by Priscilla Grew, director, University of Nebraska State Museum); and Othmer Hall (hosted by chemical engineering professor Michael Meagher).

Participants will also have an opportunity to tour the stadium and have their pictures taken with Lil' Red and Husker cheerleaders. Entertainment during the weekend will include a performance by UNL's Scarlet and Cream Singers, and a Ragtime performance at the Lied Center by Jack Oliva, dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Parents and students will also have a choice of movies at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, an opportunity to go bowling at Lanes N' Games Bowling in the Nebraska East Union, and a chance to enjoy root beer floats provided by the UNL Dairy Store on East Campus.

CONTACT: Barbara Wright-Chollet, Asst. Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, (402) 472-3755