The NUtech Ventures series continues at noon Nov. 21 in the Nebraska Union, with Jane Garrity speaking on the 2011 Startup Visa Act. Explore how the legislation may help foreign-born entrepreneurs create American companies and jobs. View live stream at http://nutechventures.org/thinkersandtinkerers
MME Professor Shane Farritor, founder of two startups, presents the final FREE session on How to Be More Creative, focusing this time on communicating ideas to build buy-in. Choose 12:30 p.m. at Jorgensen 110 or 6 p.m. at NET Studios. View session videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/nutechventure Add to my calendar (.ics)
HDR's Brett Kollars will speak at the UNL College of Engineering MAES/SHPE student chapter event on ways to land an internship. Session is open to all students (casual attire) and scheduled in PKI room 270 at 6 p.m. Enjoy free food and drinks. Questions? Email Andrew Martinez: amartinez@unomaha.edu.
Volunteers are needed to help "FIRST LEGO League" events (this year themed "Food Factor) for middle school students, with tourneys in Lincoln, Omaha, Kearney and Ashland. Sign up by Nov. 28 at http://4hset.unl.edu/4hdrupal/node/638. Questions? Contact Kathy Morgan: kmorgan3@unl.edu or 402-472-5027.
UNL's Center for Civic Engagement is partnering with the Big Ten Network LiveBIG initiative to award a $1,000 scholarship for outstanding service. Applications will be accepted Nov. 14 to Dec. 9. The winner will be selected by an online vote. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/ceo
[LNK] If so, please schedule an appointment with Lark Bear so that you can complete the paperwork necessary to maintain your full-time student status while you are away. Appointments generally take about 15 minutes. Questions? Email lbear1@unl.edu or call 402-472-7073.
Engineering students in Omaha: a Fund for Undergraduate Scholarly Experiences (FUSE) offers grants for faculty-mentored undergraduate research and creative activity at UNO. Grants of up to $2,500 per student are available. Questions? Email unofuse@unomaha.edu.
Via study abroad opportunities led by Nebraska Engineering faculty you can earn credit on trips to ENGLAND (spring break: March 16 - 26, 2012); CHINA (May 5 - 30, 2012); ITALY (May 8 - 27, 2012) and FRANCE (June 2 - July 6, 2012). For more information contact the faculty listed at the link below.