Tuesday November 17, 2009
Enrollment Now Open for Chinese Courses With UNL's Confucius Institute
Enrollment is now open for non-credit conversational Chinese courses from the Confucius Institute. Courses offered include Chinese Language, Culture and Music. Classes start January 19th. Sign up on the Undergraduate Online and Distance Education website.
International Education Week Noted at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate International Education Week with a variety of activities focusing on international education on campus through Nov. 19.
An initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education, International Education Week was first held in 2000, and today is celebrated in more than 100 countries. It promotes the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide by promoting international understanding and building support for international educational exchange through programs that prepare students to live and work in a global environment and to attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States. International education, according to the federal government, is a vital service industry contributing more than $15.5 billion to the U.S. economy. more...
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Research Fellows Program Seeks Applicants
The Office of Research and Economic Development seeks applicants for the competitive Research Development Fellows Program, an initiative to help pre-tenure, tenure-track UNL faculty successfully compete for grants. Twelve fellows will be selected to participate in the yearlong program, which begins Jan. 25. The application deadline is Nov. 20. A complete program description, preliminary calendar of events and an online application form are available at the Office of Research website.
The program, now entering its second year, provides practical information and experience pre-tenure, tenure track faculty need to successfully compete for grants. The program's three main elements are mentoring, learning and consultation. Each participant teams with a senior faculty member with success in securing external funding who acts as a mentor. Formal and informal learning sessions enable fellows to plan and write effective grant proposals, build budgets and understand the proposal review process. more...
Lectures
QUILT STUDY CENTER, NOONTuesday Talk - "Quilts for Veterans"
Jonathan Gregory, Graduate Curatorial Assistant - Exhibitions, IQSC
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Peridynamics-based analysis methods for composite aerospace structures"
Dr. Ebrahim "Abe" Askari, Boeing Phantom Works, Seattle. Informal reception at 3 PM in W317.1 Nebraska Hall, preceding the seminar.
Crude, Coco Before Chanel Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Crude and Coco Before Chanel. Both films will screen through November 19.
More information about each of the films and schedules are available at the Ross website.
H1N1 Page at UNL Updated for Fall
The university continues to closely monitor the worldwide and local impact of H1N1 flu. At this time there is no immediate impact on UNL, its community or operations, except heightened alert and awareness, and efforts to communicate the necessity of proper hygiene and stemming the spread of the virus.
For more information, including Student and Employee attendence policies, visit the H1N1 Information page at http://emergency.unl.edu/.
