Thursday, March 8, 2012
Final Buffett Institute candidate to interview March 8-9
Harolyn Belcher
Harolyn Belcher, the fourth and final candidate for the position of founding executive director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, will visit the University of Nebraska March 8-9.
Belcher is associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and developmental pediatrician in the Department of Neurology and Developmental Medicine at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She will attend open forums for faculty, staff, students and the public. The UNL session is 4 p.m., March 8 at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. A session at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is 3:30 p.m., March 9 in Roskens Hall, room 412. Read more about this visit in Today@UNL.
Scene from the movie "Cherry Blossoms."
NEBRASKA UNION HERITAGE ROOM, 3:30PMJapan Festival to feature workshops, movie screening
The UNL Japanese program will host the annual Japan Festival on March 8. The events are free and open to the public. This year's festival will feature a calligraphy workshop, an origami workshop and a movie screening.
A calligraphy workshop will be led by Koichi Sato, who holds the second highest degree in the discipline and is qualified to teach as a shihan — a master calligrapher. He placed first in the national calligraphy contest twice and won hundreds of prizes during the 11 years of his formal schooling. The calligraphy workshop starts at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, Heritage Room. Read more about the Japan Festival in Today@UNL.
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, 2PM
Iconic images the subject of lecture
Images of war that have appeared in the media have had an impact on U.S. policy, according to two visual culture experts who will talk today. John Lucaites of Indiana University and Robert Hariman of Northwestern University will present their research findings in a lecture at Sheldon Museum of Art from 2 to 3 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Lucaites and Hariman are two of the country's leading theorists and critics of visual culture. They will discuss a handful of photographs that are widely recognized and used repeatedly in the media by governments, commercial advertisers, journalists, grassroots advocates, bloggers and artists to shape cultural identity.Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
Student volunteers pose with a Lincoln resident during UNL's 2011 Big Event.
Big Event registration open through March 30
UNL will participate in the Big Event, a national day to volunteer and give back to the community, on April 21. Faculty, staff and students have until March 30 to register as a volunteer. Register at the Big Event website.
The Big Event, a national organization started at Texas A&M in 1982, aims to give back to local communities through one day of service. At UNL more than 2,500 students, faculty, and staff are expected to volunteer and give thanks to Lincoln this spring as part of The Big Event. The organization is entirely student-run and funded by donations from the community. More than 150 groups from UNL volunteered to serve last year. Read more about Big Event in Today@UNL.
TEMPLE BUILDING LAB THEATER, 7:30PM
New Artist Festival opens Theatrix's spring season
Theatrix will feature the world premieres of five new plays in the New Artist Festival, March 8-11. The festival theme is "Season of Fire." Show times are 7:30 p.m., March 8-10 and 2:30 p.m., March 11, all in the Temple Building's Lab Theater.
The New Artist's Festival is a collection of five short plays written by UNL students. Each playwright was giving the challenge of writing a short play that could be tied in with the theme of "fire," find a way to use an oil lamp as a significant prop within the show, and could work in a small theatrical space. Read more about these performances in Today@UNL.
TEACHERS COLLEGE ROOM 105, 2PM
Minnesota educational anthropologist to give talk
Peter Demerath
Peter Demerath, an educational anthropologist from the University of Minnesota, will discuss his research and the role of class culture in the perpetuation of social inequality through education at 2 p.m. in Teachers College Hall, room 105.
The title of Demerath's lecture is "The Hidden Curriculum for Personal Advancement in U.S. Schools." Read more about this talk in Today@UNL.
Nierman elected upcoming president for national music educators
Glenn Nierman
Glenn Nierman has been elected national president-elect of the National Association for Music Education. His term as national president-elect is 2012 to 2014.
Nierman, associate director of the School of Music, is the immediate past president of the association's North Central Division. He is past president of the Nebraska Music Educators Association. Read more about this talk in Today@UNL.
