NOVEMBER 15, 2004
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, NOV 15-19
University to Celebrate International
Education Week
International Education Week will be observed
with a series of events at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nov.
15-19.
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department
of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs
that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future
leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences in the
United States.
"It has become very clear that broadening our international understanding is
critical," said Rod Paige, Secretary of Education. "This will mean renewed efforts
to encourage the study of foreign languages and cultures, and to provide opportunities
for all students to broaden their knowledge of the world." Secretary of State
Colin Powell added that, "People-to-people diplomacy, created through international
education and exchanges, is critical to our national interests. Americans who
study abroad expand their global perspective and become more internationally
engaged. Foreign students and individuals who participate in citizen exchanges
return home with a greater knowledge of our democratic institutions and America's
enduring values."
In observance of International Education Week, the UNL Office of
International Affairs will promote international education under
the theme "Nebraska Innovates Around the World." For more detailed
information and a full schedule of events, visit the International
Affairs Web site or call (402) 472-5358.
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EAST UNION , 3PM
Center for Grassland Studies Seminar -
'A Sea of Grass: Using Grasses in Landscape'
Kim Todd, UNL
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HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN
University to Present Annual 'People
of Color in Predominantly White Institutions' Conference
The ninth annual national conference,
People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions, will be held
Nov. 15-16 at the Holiday Inn Downtown, 141 N. Ninth St. The conference
topic this year is '50 Years Since Brown -- Are We There Yet?'
A variety of registration types are available.
Walk-up registration will be from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 15. Full
registration for both days is $249. Student registration is $99.
Contact Academic Conferences at (402) 472-5733 for other rates. The
conference fee includes all sessions and materials, speakers and
panel discussions, lunches, refreshment breaks and a reception at
Hewit Place, 1155 Q St., at 5 p.m. on Nov. 15.
People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions is an interdisciplinary
national conference that explores a wide range of issues facing people
of color in academic settings. The program features nationally known
keynote speakers, invited plenary sessions, more than 40 concurrent
sessions, workshops and panel discussions and other opportunities
for networking and dialogue.
Sessions that are open to the public free of charge are listed below.
A complete schedule for the conference can be viewed online.
Nov. 15, 8:45 - 9:45am -- Joseph L. White, professor emeritus, psychology
and psychiatry, University of California-Irvine. "Brown v. Board
of Education 50 Years Later: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Trying
to Go?"
Nov. 15, 10 - 10:50am -- Jeanett Castellanos, lecturer, department
of social sciences and Chicano/Latino studies, California-Irvine. "Transforming
PWIs to Have Racial and Cultural Integrative Climates: A Call for
Collective Exploration and Consciousness in Higher Education."
Nov. 15, 4 - 5pm -- A panel discussion concerning the recruitment
of students of color.
Other keynote speakers include Teresita E. Aguilar, dean of graduate
studies, University of New Mexico; John Leonard Harris, Harris Consulting
Services, Lincoln; Paul Miles, associate athletic director for corporate
marketing, UNL; and Anna Williams Shavers, associate professor of
law, UNL.
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OF COLOR IN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS SCHEDULE
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FRI 8AM - 3:30PM
Admissions Hosts Red Letter Day
Monday (Nov. 15) is the seventh Red Letter
Day of ten scheduled this academic year. Red Letter Days are Nebraska's
open-house-style campus visit option for high school seniors. From
about 8am to 3:30pm, approximately 300 high school seniors and family
members will be touring campus and attending information sessions.
The last Red Letter Day of the school year is scheduled for Friday,
December 3.
Visiting campus is the best way to learn more about the University – and
it's fun. Visitors meet current students, faculty and staff, receive
important information about majors, dine in a residence hall, and
more. Even if you've been to campus before, it's important to take
part in a Red Letter Day or Admissions Campus Visit. To learn more
about visit options and to print off a registration form for a Red
Letter Day, visit the UNL Undergraduate Admissions website.
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ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Playing this week at the Ross: Tying
The Knot, A Dirty Shame
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the John Waters' new film A Dirty Shame and the
documentary Tying The Knot, playing this week at the
center, 313 N. 13th St.
From the wondrously fertile mind of writer/director
John Waters comes A Dirty Shame, America's first carnal
concussion comedy. Set in the Harford Road area of Waters' native
Baltimore, A Dirty Shame tells what happens when a horny
horde of "sex addicts" invade a blue-collar neighborhood, to the
shock and dismay of the "neuter" neighbors. Rude, joyous and full
of sexual anarchy, A Dirty Shame is a movie with a generous
heart and a dirty mind: in other words, a classic John Waters comedy.
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of police officer Lois
Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, is honored as her surviving
spouse but denied all pension benefits. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher,
loses his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of
his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie
and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the
tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriages mean nothing.
From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming
the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, Tying The Knot digs
deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil
marriage in America today.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | A
DIRTY SHAME | TYING
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