Thursday, February 16, 2012
NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 6PM
NET series to feature Black History Month film
NET's new winter/spring film and discussion series "Coffee and Conversation in the Community" continues today with a free showing of the Black History Month-related movie "More Than a Month." The event, which is open to the public, begins at 6 p.m. at NET studios, 1800 N. 33rd St.
In "More Than a Month," filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. The tongue-in-cheek journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group's history to one month in a so-called "post-racial" America. Read more about this film series in Today@UNL.
Deadline for Gilman scholarship to study abroad is March 1
UNL students interested in studying abroad during the 2012-2013 school year should consider applying for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. The scholarship is open to all U.S. citizen undergraduate students who receive federal Pell Grant funding. In order to help defray costs while studying abroad, awards are given for both summer and semester long programs with award amounts ranging up to $5,000.
In 2011, four UNL students received the award for travel to Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Botswana and Germany. The application for the Gilman Scholarship can be found online. The campus deadline to submit an application is 11:59 p.m. CST March 1. Read more about this scholarship in Today@UNL.
(From left) Mogens Bay and E. Robert Meaney.
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7PMThompson Forum to feature Valmont execs
The global crisis in the supply and quality of water for agriculture will be the focus of the next lecture in the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. The lecture will feature two executives from the world's largest manufacturer of mechanized irrigation equipment.
Mogens C. Bay, the chairman and chief executive officer of Omaha-based Valmont Industries, and Valmont's senior vice president, E. Robert Meaney, will present "Is a Global Water Crisis Avoidable?" The free lecture begins at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The lecture is this season's Lewis E. Harris Lecture on Public Policy. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
Dancers needed for 'dance marathon' to benefit children's hospital
The annual UNL Dance Marathon is 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Feb. 17-18 in the Nebraska Union. Help support the Omaha Children's Hospital while dancing the night away for the kids!
Dance Marathon is a student organization that raises money each year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Our local Miracle Hospital is Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha. Over the last 10 years, we have raised more than $250,000 for the kids Sign up to participate or volunteer on the Dance Marathon website.
VPN required for secure remote computer access by Feb. 29
UNL will begin requiring the use of the Virtual Private Network for remote desktop access using the Remote Desktop Protocol beginning Feb. 29. Computer users trying to access office computers or servers from off-campus after Feb. 29 will need to do so using the UNL VPN.
VPN encrypts the UNL data transmitted through an off-campus connection and provides another layer of security to protect you and your data. Computers with open RDP ports have been subject to brute force attacks on a consistent basis over the past several months. Read more about this change in Today@UNL.
Lectures
VAN BRUNT VISITORS CENTER ROOM 202, 5:30PMIAS Lecture - "Immigrants and Cities: Old and New Destinations"
Dr. Caroline Bettrell, SMU
