Tues, Feb 3 @ 4pm: Applying to Health Schools 101
Are you planning to apply to a professional health school in the next couple of years? Even if you are in your first or second year of college, it is important that you learn about the steps in the application process and what you can do now to prepare to submit your best application. This workshop will not cover information about applying to nursing school, radiography programs, or dental hygiene programs. (221 Love Library South)
Wed, Feb 4 @ 4pm: Get to Know the LSAT
Pre-Law students of all grade levels are encouraged to attend this presentation on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Topics covered will include an overview of the exam and its sections, how to best prepare for the exam during your undergraduate education, practice LSAT opportunities, and timing of the test with law school admissions cycles. (221 Love Library South)
Thurs, Feb 5 @ 5:30pm: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist: Kate Bingaman-Burt
Kate Bingaman-Burt (UNL M.F.A. 2004) is an illustrator, educator and community builder based in Portland, Oregon. She is professor and head of graphic design at Portland State University’s School of Art + Design, where she has taught since 2008. In 2017 she founded Outlet, a risograph print studio, zine library and workshop space. (Sheldon Museum of Art)
Fri, Feb 6 @ 12:3pm: IGNITE featuring Tracey E. Gilchrist
Tracy E. Gilchrist is VP, Editorial and Special Projects for equalpride, the parent company of The Advocate and Out. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. She was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate from 2020 to 2022 and the first feminism editor for the 57-year-old brand. Her cover stories for Out and The Advocate include interviews with Brandi Carlile, Cynthia Nixon, Janelle Mone, Kristen Stewart, and Harvey Guillen. In 2024, she went viral for her “holding space” interview with Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. In 2017, she launched the company’s first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, “Pandora’s Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV,” at universities throughout the country. She was the weekly culture expert on Sirius XM’s The Frank DeCaro Show from 2015-2016. (Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts)
Mon, Feb 9 @ 12pm: Gilman Scholarship Info Session I
Learn more about the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and get support with your application at this virtual information session. Register here: https://go.unl.edu/6tyk
Tues, Feb 10 @ 6pm: Open SARV Workshop
Engage in conversation with fellow Huskers in a safe and inclusive environment while increasing a shared sense of responsibility and community. First-year undergraduate students are required to attend an in-person SARV workshop. OPEN workshops are intended for first-year students who do not live on campus or for students who missed their workshop in their residence hall. Undergraduate students (of any level) who want to increase their understanding about sexual assault and relationship violence are welcome to join this open session. Facilitated by trained undergraduate Huskers CARE Peer Educators, SARV workshops are designed to help undergraduate students:
• Gain awareness of and increase understanding of sexual assault and relationship violence.
• Learn about programs and resources available on campus and in the community.
• Be empowered to become active in daily life through prevention of power-based violence by knowing how to intervene.
• Increase a shared sense of responsibility to prevent sexual violence and help create a safe community.
REGISTER HERE: care.unl.edu/sarv-workshop
Tues, Feb 10 @ 5:30pm: Book Launch: The Impossible Woman: Television, Feminism, and the Future, by Dr. Kristen Hoerl
Although it may seem like the proliferation of strong women on television is a feminist achievement, a deeper look into their stories tells us otherwise. The Impossible Woman examines a variety of scripted US television series across multiple genres to show how the cultural value of television’s extraordinarily talented female characters often rests upon their ability to endure — but not overcome — sexism. Looking at Parks and Recreation, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Queen’s Gambit, Game of Thrones, and Queen of the South, Hoerl argues that these series contribute to sexist realism, or the cultural assumption that there is no alternative to patriarchy. Kristen Hoerl is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (France & Finch Bookshop)
Thurs, Feb 12 @ 5:30pm: Humanities on the Edge Presents Alex Brostoff: “Paradoxes of Visibility, Transcreations of Opacity
Dr. Brostoff is an assistant professor of English and Women’s & Gender Studies at Georgetown University. They study how trans and queer cultural production recasts the relationship between self-figuration and decolonial critique. Their first book, a critical reframing of autotheory’s transnational place in the political history of trans and queer literatures, is under advance contract with Columbia University Press. (Sheldon Museum of Art)
Tues, Feb 17 @ 3:30pm: Gilman Scholarship Info Session 2
Learn more about the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and get support with your application at this information session. (LPH 141)
Tues, Feb 17 @ 4pm: Gap Year for Health Students
Are you considering a gap year before starting your professional health program but have questions? This workshop is for you! At this workshop, we will be discussing the many aspects of a gap year, such as why some students choose to take one and how to use your gap year effectively before starting your program. (221 Love Library South)
Tues, Feb 17 @ 6:30: Ignite Lincoln
Join The Foundry Community, Firespring Foundation, and the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues for an inspiring night where passionate speakers take the stage with just 5 minutes and 20 slides to share their stories of belonging to spark connection in a time of loneliness. Ignite’s goal is to make it possible for anyone, anywhere, to learn to present their ideas and their stories, welcoming speakers at all levels, in any occupation, from all walks of life to present. Ignite Lincoln 17 shares the E.N. Thompson Forum’s theme of “Belonging: Finding Connection in a Lonely World,” exploring the growing public health crisis of loneliness and isolation, and the vital role of human connection in improving individual and community well-being. Presentations are unique to the speaker’s own experience with the theme of “Belonging.” (Rococo Theater)