Tuesday, November 15, 2011
UNL hosts variety of activities for International Education Week
It's International Education Week and UNL is celebrating with a variety of lectures, entertainment and other educational programming that focuses on the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.
UNL students are encouraged to study abroad because of the development of mutual understanding and respect that comes from living in another culture, and the opportunity to develop leadership, as well as fostering an appreciation for one's own culture and country. Many scholarship opportunities are available for UNL students to help pay for their study abroad experiences. More information is available at International Affairs website . At any given time, there are as many as 200 international scholars studying or doing research at UNL. And in 2009-2010 (the latest year data is available) 742 UNL students studied abroad. Read more about International Education Week and see a full schedule in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7PM
Thompson Forum to show film as tribute to environmentalist
Wangari Maathai
To honor the late Wangari Maathai - an internationally acclaimed environmental and political activist who died days before she was scheduled to speak at UNL as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues - a showing of the documentary film "Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai" will take place at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium.
The documentary tells the story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder, Maathai. The movement emphasizes community empowerment and conservation while promoting cultures of peace. As a result of the movement, women have planted more than 30 million trees on their farms and in school and church compounds across Kenya. It also helped influence the creation of similar initiatives in Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia, among other African countries. Read more about this film screening in Today@UNL.
Lectures
JORGENSEN HALL ROOM 110, 12:30PMInnovation Seminar Series with Shane Farritor - "Where Good Ideas Come From"
Shane Farritor, a Nebraska Engineering professor with two startup companies
Pierson Graduate Seminar Series - "Some advances in development and validation of virtual surgery systems"
Suvranu De, Sc.D., Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BIOC/RBC Seminar Series - "Trehalose: A new twist on sugar metabolism"
Mark Lagrimini, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Works by Margaret Rose Vendryes, author of "Barthe: A Life in Sculpture."
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART ETHEL S. ABBOTT AUDITORIUM, 5:30PMVendryes at Sheldon for talk
Margaret Rose Vendryes, artist and author of "Barthe: A Life in Sculpture," will give a gallery talk and a lecture on Nov. 15 at the Sheldon Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition "Richmond Barthe: Harlem Renaissance Sculptor."
Vendryes' gallery talk, cosponsored by UNL's LGBTQA Resource Center, will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the exhibition. At 5:30 p.m., Vendryes will speak in Sheldon's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. Read more about this talk on Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PM
'Going Global' workshop for career opportunities is today
Interested in working abroad or applying international interests working in the U.S.? Knowing where to look for opportunities is step one. Career Services will demonstrate the "Going Global" website and other resources to help you make connections. There will be two presentations - Nov. 15 on East Campus in the Nebraska East Union and Nov. 16 on City Campus in the Nebraska Union. The events are part of International Education Week.
Consider the Conversation: A taboo subject
End of life decision-making is the focus of the fall gerontology colloquium from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in room 110 of Jorgensen Hall. Kyle Haefele, M.D. - Lincoln Family Medicine Program and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Gerontology - will lead a discussion following the showing of the film, "Consider the Conversation."
