Thursday, September 20, 2012
ARDC celebrates 50 years with Sept. 23 open house
UNL's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead will celebrate 50 years of research and education with a Sept. 23 open house. The event, noon to 5 p.m., is free and open to the public. It will include tours, exhibits, presentations and refreshments.
In the past 50 years, the ARDC has been involved in many advances in agriculture. The open house will celebrate those accomplishments and its future. Activities, exhibits and presentations are planned that visitors of all ages will enjoy, focusing on UNL research, education and extension. Read more about this open house and find out how to RSVP in Today@UNL.
Mid-Semester Check is Sept. 17-20
UNL's eighth annual Mid-Semester Check for first year students is Sept. 17 to 20. The program highlights and reminds students of academic expectations while providing information on advising resources.
Mid-Semester check is offered in two sessions, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., each night in the Nebraska Union. Read more about Mid-Semester Check in Today@UNL.
UNL named to Military Friendly Schools list
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been named to 2013 list of Military Friendly Schools ®. The list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, university and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus. The complete list of 1,739 schools can be found online and includes a detailed listing about UNL including two student testimonials.
Now in its fourth year, the 2013 list of Military Friendly Schools® was compiled through extensive research and a data-driven survey of more than 12,000 VA-approved schools nationwide. A full story and detailed list of 2013 Military Friendly Schools® will be highlighted in the annual G.I. Jobs Guide to Military Friendly Schools®, distributed in print and digital format to hundreds of thousands of active and former military personnel in early October. More information is available on the Online and Distance Education website.
Ag Olympics set for tonight on East Campus
The third annual East Campus Ag Olympics is 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 20 on the East Campus Mall in front of Chase Hall. UNL students are invited to join the Olympiad by forming teams of four. Teams will be competing in challenges and events to earn points to go towards their teams overall score. At the end of the Ag Olympics, teams with the highest points will be awarded with prizes.
Weiss, Kreimer exhibition at Tugboat through Sept. 28
"The Everyday Interests of Young People," a three-room installation by Wendy Weiss and Jay Kreimer, is on exhibition at Tugboat Gallery through Sept. 28. "The Everyday Interest of Young People" is about mixing, and watching, and at least three species of containment.
Weiss, a Professor of Textile Design in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and Kreimer's "The Everyday Interests of Young People" plays with human spaces, interior and exterior, and the passage between the open and the enclosed. The contrasts and continuities in the three rooms charge each other and invoke qualities of the many spaces humans inhabit. Read more about this exhibit in Today@UNL.
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Be a part of #UNL24 on Sept. 24
One day at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln involves tens of thousands of students, faculty and staff, each one with a unique story. On Monday, Sept. 24, University Communications will lead a project to help the entire campus tell the collective story of 24 hours of life at UNL.
The UNL community – including alumni and friends - can share their story through social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by including the hashtag #UNL24 in their post and via email at unl24@unl.edu. More information is available on the #UNL24 website.
New Husker Hire Link features launched for faculty, staff
Career Services has launched new Husker Hire Link features that allow faculty and staff to connect students with job and internship opportunities. Those new features are "Job Widget" and "Husker Hire Link Faculty/Staff Accounts."
The Job Widget provides a customized, scrolling list of current job and internship opportunities on department web pages. The list can be customized to highlight items related to students in individual departments. Students and alumni can view the list and log in to Husker Hire Link to see the details, including application instructions. Read more about these features in Today@UNL.
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, 11:30PMGlobal Studies Colloquium, "Civic Movements for Turkish-American Friendship"
Ferhat Ozturk, Ph.D. Niagara Foundation of Nebraska, Turkish American Society of Nebraska
BIOC Grad Student Seminar, "Functional roles for Cu chaperones in Cd delivery to Pca1 and ER homeostasis"
Nathan Smith
Discipline-based education research meeting, "Young Children's Understanding of Conservation Concepts"
Julia Torquati, Associate Professor, Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies
"Willa Cather and the Lavender Scare"
Marilee Lindemann, Cather Scholar, University of Maryland
SBS Seminar, "The role of divergent sexual selection in speciation"
Rebecca Safran, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
"Sharing Water: Water Allocation, Water Quality, and Conflict Management"
Jacob W. Kijne, Director of Research (retired) of the International Water Management Institute
UNL launches Nebraska App
UNL has launched the Nebraska App, a suite of mobile applications that makes essential university resources available on mobile devices. Students can check grades, access course content and browse the course catalog. They can access the public directory and get in touch instantly, keep tabs on Husker sports, find places on the campus map, stay informed with the latest campus news, watch videos, and even listen to podcasts of popular lectures in iTunesU.
"UNL is moving services to the where the students are in terms of devices and network access"," said Mark Askren, Chief Information Officer. "Students now have a much more powerful connection to UNL via their mobile device." Read more about Nebraska App in Today@UNL.
