Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Four complete 'Critical Language' program
Four UNL students won highly competitive Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes. The program, through the U.S. Department of State, selected 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students, including UNL's Skylar Falter, Christopher Reznicek, Michael Schuster and Zachary Smith.
The program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering "critical" foreign languages. The scholarships are particularly important because of their highly competitive nature and because they give students intensive, in-country language immersion experience that is so useful for their continuing study. They can also sometimes serve as a gateway to encourage students to other international scholarship programs, like the Fulbright U.S. student program, said Laura Damuth, UNL's director of national and international fellowships. Read more about these scholars in Today@UNL.
Prairie Schooner to go on Nebraska library tour
Kwame Dawes and Marianne Kunkel will embark on a driving tour in December to promote Prairie Schooner in public libraries across Nebraska. Dawes is Glenna Luschei Editor-in-Chief of the Prairie Schooner, an international literary journal based at UNL. Kunkel is managing editor of the publication.
This tour fulfills one of the goals that Dawes set for himself during the first few months of his tenure as editor-in-chief of Prairie Schooner. Read more about this tour in Today@UNL.
Thinkers and Tinkerers session is today
The NUtech Ventures "Thinkers and Tinkerers" series continues Nov. 27 with a preview of new resources available to area startups. The session is 4 to 5 p.m. at the Kauffman Center Great Hall.
Brian Ardinger and Luke Smith, NUtech's entrepreneurs in residence, will lead the program. Both will answer questions about how startups can better navigate the complex nature of launching a new business. They will also preview N/Motion, a new seed-stage accelerator program launching in 2013.
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Master plan open house today
Refined UNL Campus and Landscape Master Plan concepts will be presented today during the second of two open house sessions. The open house will be held at the East Union from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
During the open houses, representatives from Sasaki Associates will present a single refined idea for the new UNL Campus and Landscape Master Plan. The presentations will also include smaller options that could fit into the refined plans. Read more about these open houses in Today@UNL.
Student Money Management Center wins national award
UNL's Student Money Management Center was named 2012 Outstanding Financial Counseling and Planning Education Center from the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. The award was based on overall program quality, level of innovation, and ability to respond to needs of students. Several other higher education financial education programs were competing for this award.
The UNL Student Money Management Center was established in 2010. Their services include one-on-one money management advising sessions, financial education workshops and events, and a variety of interactive financial education activities. For more information about the program, visit the Student Money Management Center website.
Lectures
QUILT STUDY CENTER, NOONTuesday Talk, "Planning and Designing the Exhibition 'Perfecting the Past: Colonial Revival Quilts"
TBA
Entomology Lecture, "Seed Treatments: The Past, Present and Future"
Mitch Stamm, entomology graduate student
"The Geometric Unconscious"
Jorge Daniel Veneciano
UNL.edu now formatted for all devices
The Internet and Interactive Media group of University Communications and Information Services has concluded the first phase in its effort to provide full support to all devices - desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets - by implementing a suite of web technologies collectively known as 'responsive design.' This week, the internal and external homepages were re-launched as 'responsive' designs.
You can see the effects of responsive design in your desktop browser by simply re-sizing your browser window (the page will reformat as the window is narrowed), or by viewing on your tablet or smartphone. Please use the 'feedback' links at the bottom of the page if you would like to let us know of any issues. Thank you.
