Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Olson Seminar to Examine Importance of Elders in Omaha Tribe
Wynne L. Summers
Elders in the Omaha tribe and their life stories is the topic of the March 16 Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at UNL.
Wynne L. Summers, assistant professor of English at Southern Utah University, will speak from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Great Plains Art Museum. The seminar and a 3 p.m. reception at the museum are free and open to the public.
Summers is the author of "Women Elders' Life Stories of the Omaha Tribe: Macy, Nebraska, 2004-2005." Her talk will feature the research and interaction she found with three women elders of the Omaha tribe - Eleanor Baxter, Alice Saunsoci and Hawate (Wenona Caramony). They grew up on the Omaha reservation, moved away in later life, and held careers outside the reservation. Yet all returned to their community bringing the skills they learned in the "white world" and the knowledge they gained as children from their own elders. more...
WICK ALUMNI CENTER, 2:30PM
Omtvedt to Talk About IANR, East Campus History
John "Jack" Goebel talks UNL history during his Jan. 27 "Oral History" interview at the Wick Alumni Center.
UNL's "Emeriti Event: Oral History" series continues today with Irv Omtvedt, former vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The interview, led by Dan Wheeler, president of the UNL Emeriti Association, is 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., in the Wick Alumni Center.
Omtvedt, who retired in 2000 after a 25-year career at UNL, will discuss IANR and East Campus events he experienced first hand. more...
Women's Week Celebration March 14-18
UNL will observe Women's Week March 14-18, with a variety or events and displays. The theme for the celebration is "Visions of Sisterhood."
Women's Week events are organized by Student Involvement. For more information, go to Student Involvement website or call (402) 472-2597.
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, 12:30PMEthics Center Brown Bag Discussion - "Diversity and Collaborative Learning"
Jitender Deogun, professor; and Charles Riedesel, assistant professor of practice.
Institute for Ethnic Studies Colloquium Panel Discussion - "Chittenlings & Oxtail Stew: Dorothy Dandridge, Food, Blackness, and Lily-white Hollywood"
Kwakiutl Dreher, Assoc. Professor English and Ethnic Studies
Institute for Ethnic Studies Colloquium Panel Discussion - "Water Availability and Livelihood Security in East Hararghe, Ethiopia"
Shimelis Beyene, Lecturer Anthropology and Ethnic Studies
English Department Lecture - "Re-Deeming Scripture: Contemporary Midrash in America"
Alicia Ostriker, 2011 UNL Writer in Residence
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2011 Seminar - "Mechanisms for altering eukaryotic signal transduction: How bacterial pathogens promote disease during infection"
Dr. Mary Beth Mudgett, Stanford University. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, MAR. 23 8AM - 4PM
NU Tech Day 2011 is Wednesday, March 23
The University of Nebraska's 2011 annual NU Tech Day is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Nebraska Union on East Campus.
This year's theme, "The Role of Technology in the Future of the University" will focus on new and evolving uses of IT in teaching, learning and research. Sessions include talks by some of the nation's top IT leaders in higher education. For more information and to register, visit the Nu Tech Day website.
UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE, 7PM
Jones to Discuss Book 'In Search of Brightest Africa'
Jeannette Eileen Jones
Jeannette Eileen Jones, associate professor of history and ethnic studies, will discuss her new book, "In Search of Brightest Africa," at 7 p.m., March 16 in the University Bookstore. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the reading and discussion.
Jones' book traces the history of the idea of Africa with an eye to recovering the emergence of a belief in "Brightest Africa" - a tradition that runs through American cultural and intellectual history with equal force to its "Dark Continent" counterpart.
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Water Center Hosts 'Porous Pavements' Seminar
Bruce Ferguson
The UNL Extension Stormwater Management Team and the UNL Water Center are co-sponsoring a lecture on "Porous Pavements in North America," 3:30-4:30 p.m., March 16 in the Hardin Hall Auditorium. The lecture, part of the Water Center's spring seminar series, is free and open to the public.
The lecture will be presented by Bruce Ferguson, a landscape architect at University of Georgia. Ferguson is an international expert on permeable pavements, stormwater infiltration, urban design, and environmental resources in urban development. more...
Free Spring Break 'Survival Kits' to be Distributed Today
The University Health Center and Campus Rec Centers are teaming up to distribute spring break survival kits on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the week of March 14-16. All kits consist of a BPA-free water bottle filled with useful travel items.
The kits will be distributed at the following times and locations:
- 10 a.m., March 16 - Campus Rec Center
- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., March 16 - Nebraska Union at the "Safe Spring Break Fair" sponsored by the University Health Center
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen; White Material at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen and White Material. Both films will screen through Mar. 17.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
