Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Confucius Institute at UNL Offering Non-Credit Chinese Language, Music, Culture Classes
The UNL Confucius Institute is offering non-credit Chinese courses during the fall semester. Courses offered are Beginning Chinese, Intermediate Chinese, and Advanced Chinese for Adults; Chinese Music for children; and Chinese Culture, Calligraphy and Painting for all ages.
Register today at the UNL Confucius Institute website.
Journal Features Texas Golk Songs, WWII in Saskatoon, Farm Women
In the summer issue of Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, researchers wrote about Texas folk songs, World War II patriotism in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and farm women on the prairie during the latter half of the 19th century.
In "'It's Now We've Crossed Pease River': Themes of Voyage and Return in Texas Folk Songs," Ken Baake writes about the underlying plots of human narratives in song writing. "The hardship of travel and its ensuing lessons is a common theme," writes Baake, associate professor of English at Texas Tech University. Baake recorded samples of Texas folk songs such as "The Buffalo Skinners," "Dakota Land," and "Hell in Texas," which can be heard on the quarterly's website.
MTV Casting Reps on Campus Today and Tomorrow
MTV casting reps will be on campus Sept. 1-2 interviewing students to compete on the television network's next season of "mtvU Student Bodies." The program pits two teams in a head-to-head fitness competition. The winning team earns an all-expenses paid trip to MTV Spring Break 2011.
The MTV interview sessions are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sept. 1 in the Nebraska Union Pewter Room; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sept. 2 in the Gaughan Multicultural Center, room 331. Interested students can e-mail contact information, a photo and why they want to be on the show to castme@mtvu.com
Lectures
JORGENSEN HALL ROOM 136, 3:30PMNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience 2010 Seminar - "New Compunds, New Chemistries, and Nanoconfinement: Advances in Complex Hydrides for Storing Hydrogen"
Professor Frederick E. Pinkerton, Chemical Sciences and Materials Systems Laboratory, General Motors Research Development Center. Refreshments following the lecture.
Husker Cats Continue Work on UNL's Feral Cat Population
Husker Cats is continuing to make a positive impact on UNL's feral feline population. Formed two years ago, the all-volunteer, award-winning group has trapped and lined up veterinary care (including spaying and neutering) for 70 cats that live on City Campus. Of those 70, 15 were adopted into area homes, while the rest were returned to campus to help with rodent control.
Along with the trap-and-release program, the Husker Cats volunteers also continue to provide food in a series of feeding stations positioned strategically across campus. more...
Get Low; Exit Through The Gift Shop Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Get Low and Exit Through The Gift Shop. Both films will show through Sept. 7.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
