FEBRUARY 10, 2005
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FCLA WEB SITE
FCLA Presents Funniest Story Contest
The Freshman Campus Leadership Associates
is now taking entries on their website for a funniest freshman story
contest. All current UNL students are eligible to enter the contest,
but the embarrassing story, joke, or experience should be about freshman
year. The story must be under 500 words and entries can be made on
the FCLA
website.
Up for grabs are over $700 in prizes from a variety of Lincoln businesses,
and the winner of the contest will be selected by members of the
Freshmen Campus Leadership Associates. The deadline to submit an
entry is Friday, March 11. Entries with lewd or offensive language
will not be accepted.
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NEBRASKA UNION, 12:30AM
Theology for Lunch brown-bag series - 'Moral Values: Who Defines Them? How Are They Defined?'
Robert Hitchcock, UNL
110 HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar - 'Long-term Impacts of Landscape Change on Grassland Communities'
William Cook, Arizona State University
211 BRACE LAB, 4PM
Sigma Xi / Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education Lecture - 'Electrical Properties of Magnetic Junctions Made of a Few Atoms'
Bernard Doudin, UNL
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WRESTLING | 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Oklahoma State Cowboys
NU COLISEUM
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CORNHUSKER CONVENTION CENTER, 8:30AM - 5PM
Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship Presents Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise
To celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2005, the Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise will offer three curricular tracks -- empowering small business growth and success, technology transfer and intellectual property licensing, and new venture creation and expansion. The conference, an outreach program of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship and the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be held today at the Cornhusker Convention Center, 333 S. 13th St. The conference also serves as a regional conference of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization for its Midwest university chapters and members.
The curriculum addition for 2005 is the
'Research to Reality' track. It is aimed at inventors, university
department heads, professors and research teams who have an interest
in technology transfer and IP licensing. Conference faculty will
present the basics of protecting and licensing intellectual property,
and the alternative of making IP the foundation for a new venture
start-up.
The "Good to Great" track is intended for small business owners who want to move their businesses to the next level and beyond. The curriculum will focus on creating more new customers, improving operating efficiency, leading the organization and maximizing human resources, and integrating e-commerce into the business plan.
The "Plan to Profitability" track is structured for entrepreneurs who want to create or refine a new venture plan. Participants are encouraged to bring their draft plans with them. They will receive guidance on identifying and qualifying their product, service or business concept, validating prospects and market potential, putting together the organization and systems for success, pro forma financials and financing.
Keynote speaker for the general assembly kick-off is Aaron Davis, author of "10 Minute Truths;" the conference luncheon speaker is Dale Jensen, co-founder of Information Technology; and the final speaker is Scott Kaufman, co-author of "Secrets of the Young and Successful." Break times and lunch will offer networking opportunities and time to visit sponsor exhibits.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the program starting at 8:30. The conference is scheduled to end at 5 p.m. Sponsors support speaker costs and a reduced student rate of $24. The rate for business participants is $49. Registrations can be made by calling (402) 472-3353 or on the web.
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURS | COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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TIME WARNER CABLE
'An Evening With Ted Kooser' Airs Again
This Week
Ted Kooser's special Nebraska Lectures
event from Monday, February 7 will be rebroadcast on Lincoln Time Warner channels
5 and 21 with several showings during the next two days. The event was
co-presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the City of Lincoln
and afterwards Kooser was presented with a key to the city by Mayor Colleen Seng.
AIR DATES
Thursday, Feb. 10
10:30 a.m. on ch. 5
3:00 p.m. on ch. 21
9:00 p.m. on ch. 5
Friday, Feb. 11
10 a.m. on ch. 21
8:00 p.m. on ch. 5
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CULTURE CENTER, 7:30PM
Women's Center Concert to Benefit Organization for Torture Victims
Four local bands will play this evening in a concert sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Women's Center titled "Rock Against Violence: A Benefit for FIRST Project."
The concert is free, but freewill donations will be accepted. All money raised will benefit FIRST Project, a nonprofit agency that counsels and helps rehabilitate victims of torture from around the world. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the UNL Culture Center, 333 N. 14th St. and will feature a wide variety of musical genres with performances by four local groups: Once A Pawn, Piss Poor, Rent Money Big, and The Hornrimjobs.
Many torture victims were tortured by their home governments, were victims of war, or suffered because of the poor living conditions in their home countries. FIRST Project works to provide a holistic and sensitive approach to getting the individuals back on their feet. Several local organizations and individuals provide their services to FIRST Project to assist the torture victims. The Women's Center is sponsoring a variety of activities on campus to support FIRST Project, including the concert and a campuswide volunteer program.
For more information about the concert, or about FIRST Project, visit the Women's Center web site or at the project's web site.
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