JANUARY 6, 2005
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REAL NEBRASKA WEB SITE
Voting on Fourth Round of Real Nebraska
Videos Continues
Voting on the fourth round of the Fall
2004 Real Nebraska video contest continues today on the Real Nebraska
website. Using the theme "There is No Place Like Nebraska," entries
were taken from full time UNL students and/or teams of full time
UNL students.
In addition to three monetary prizes, winners of the contest will
be screened at a film festival that will take place in March at the
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. All entries will be shown and
the "Viewer's Choice" winners, as well as the Grand Prize winner,
will be announced at this event. The festival will be open to the
public and the campus.
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GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, FRI JAN 7,
Forsberg Photography Exhibit to Open at Great Plains Art Museum
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'Fall migration across Alaska range'
Michael Forsberg
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'On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill
Cranes of North America,' featuring the photography of Michael Forsberg,
opens January 7 and continues through February 27 at the Great Plains
Art Museum located at 1155 Q Street, Hewit Place in Lincoln, Nebraska.
With stunningly beautiful photography, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild, but increasingly compromised, habitats today. With an intimate lens, photographer and author Michael Forsberg documents the tall gray birds from Alaskan tundra to the arid High Plains, and from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty, an ear to those for whom cranes matter most, and an uncommon persistence Forsberg shares his discoveries during a five-year journey across North America.
Forsberg grew up in Nebraska and is dedicated to working extensively in the prairies of the Great Plains. Ultimately, he hopes his photographs capture the true spirit of the wide-open spaces of the Great Plains, build appreciation for its often misunderstood wildlife and landscapes, and inspire conservation efforts far into the future.
Forsberg's work has appeared in publications including National Geographic, Audubon, Natural History, and National Wildlife and in books published by National Geographic and Smithsonian, among others. His fine art photographic prints can be found at the Michael Forberg Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska and in private and public collections around the world.
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OBSERVE
Martin Luther King, Jr. Week to Open with Keynote Address from Student
The first student to give the keynote
address in the UNL celebration's eight-year history, Collin Sullivan
will speak as part of a program beginning at 2 pm in the Mary Riepma
Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St. The program, which will kick
off a weeklong series of activities at UNL, will also include musical
performances by Ellie Kirke and the River City Mixed Chorus, and
the presentation of the "Fulfilling the Dream" Awards by Chancellor
Harvey Perlman. The program will be followed by a 3 pm reception
in the great hall of the adjacent Van Brunt Visitors Center.
Sullivan, a junior from Pawtucket, R.I., is co-president of Amnesty International-UNL and writes weekly opinion columns for the Daily Nebraskan student newspaper. He is a first-year participant in the Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences program, studying human rights in comparative foreign policy, and is a community assistant in the Cornhusker Courtyards residence hall. He has majors in political science, international studies and Spanish.
The Jan. 17 program and reception and all MLK Week activities are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted, and are presented under the theme "Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On . . . Not at Day Off."
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