Thursday, March 7, 2013
Perlman to chair BCS presidents' group
Chancellor Harvey Perlman has been named chairman of the 12-member Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee. He replaces Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger, whose term is expiring. "Harvey Perlman cares deeply about college football and will help guide us as we usher in the new playoff structure. We appreciate his continued leadership," said Bill Hancock, the executive director of the BCS and the new playoff.
The Presidential Oversight Committee, which includes a university president or chancellor representing each Football Bowl Subdivision conference and the University of Notre Dame, manages the BCS with particular focus on policy, format, revenue distribution and contractual obligations. Read more about this chairmanship in Today@UNL.
COLLEGE OF LAW, NOON
Levinson to deliver Pound Lecture today
The annual Pound Lecture will be delivered by Sanford Levinson, professor of law at the University of Texas, at noon in the College of Law. The lecture, "Is Government by 'Reflection and Choice' a One-Time Experience," is free and open to the public.
For the talk, Levinson will focus on how Alexander Hamilton, in the Federalist No. 1, emphasized the opportunity for Americans to engage in unfettered "reflection and choice" about the system of government they wish to live under. Levinson will discuss what Hamilton's argument means today and when issued in 1787.
HIVE hosts Startup weekend
UNL CEO, UNL Ad Club, UNL ACM, and UNL HIVE (four student orgs that represent entrepreneurship, creativity, coding, and inter-disciplinary collaboration on UNL campus) are coming together to bring Startup Weekend to UNL from March 8-10. Startup Weekends are events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups, all in 1 weekend.
For more information on the weekend and signup information, go to the HIVE website.
Register for Employee Business and Tech training online
UNL employees can register for business, finance and technology training classes through a new website. Classes available include SAP, eSHOP, UNL business processes, Blackboard, Microsoft Office and Adobe. Employees can enroll and later access past training records and certifications.
"Employees often aren't aware of what training is available to them campuswide," Ranelle Maltas, technology training services manager for Information Services, said. "We've designed our registration system to be the one place to find everything available-and be able to enroll yourself in a class" Read more about available training and sign-up in Today@UNL.
New app functions as a digital beef anatomy textbook
A new app from NUBeef takes the user inside the carcasses of beef cattle.
NUBeef-Anatomy allows users to navigate through the anatomy of beef cattle and learn more about bones and muscles found in the carcass. The app functions as a digital beef anatomy textbook, said Steven Jones, professor of animal science at UNL, who developed the media with EdMedia's instructional multimedia designer Vishal Singh. Read more about this app in Today@UNL.
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Four students win Wasson award
Four UNL students received the William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award presented by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association during the organization's national conference March 4–7 in Las Vegas, Nev.
The award is named after NIRSA's founder Dr. William N. Wasson and is given to 24 undergraduate and 12 graduate students nationwide each year. It recognizes outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are active participants, employees or volunteers in collegiate recreational sports departments. Read more about this award in Today@UNL.
'Elvis Lives' at the Lied March 7-8
The Lied Center for Performing Arts will present the multimedia performance of "Elvis Lives" at 7:30 p.m. March 7 and 8. Ticket prices start at $38 for adults and $19 for youth. Tickets can be purchased at the Lied Center box office, by phone at 402-472-4747 or online at the Lied Center website.
Three of the top Elvis performers in the country, chosen through national auditions by Elvis Presley Enterprises, create a theatrical concert experience that takes a multimedia musical journey through the legend's life. Audiences will enjoy the latest in acoustical excellence showcased by a live band, backup singers and an Ann-Margret tribute artist. Read more about this seminar in Today@UNL.
Lectures
BEADLE CENTER ROOM E228, NOONBiochemistry Graduate Student Seminar
Janani Prahlad
Discipline-Based Education Research Seminar, "Assessing Retention in Two Freshman Natural Resource Orientation Courses"
Mark Burbach and Shannon Moncure, UNL
Biological Sciences Seminar
Brian Couch, University of Colorado
Library Seminar, "We Deliver on Demand! Finding and Getting What You Need, When You Need It"
Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, UNL
