Week 6 SGIS Newsletter

Week 6: Exams Exams Exams
Week 6: Exams Exams Exams

Week 6: Exams Exams Exams

Exams are here and midterms will be approaching soon. Remember to use your resources! Talk with your instructor about how to best prepare for their exams and get additional feedback afterward. You can also make an appointment with a CAST Success Coach to learn more about effective study tips.

 

Academic Advising Updates: Internships

Sydney WebbSydney Webb is the Academic Advisor for the School of Global Integrative Studies and the Modern Languages department. You can make an appointment with her through MyPLAN.

Be sure to read this newsletter's advising updates on internships, summer sessions, and MyRED.
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Student Spotlight: Abbey O'Brien

Student Spotlight: Abbey O'BrienMeet sophomore anthropology major Abbey O'Brien from Omaha. Abbey's favorite book is Lady Bird and she studies anthropology because it allows her to frame all of her interests. After graduation Abbey hopes to work in the great outdoors in some capacity and is an avid cyclist. Continue reading…

 
Undergraduate Thesis Deadline
Undergraduate Thesis Deadline

Undergraduate Thesis Deadline

Are you a junior and would like to attend graduate or law school someday, or perhaps you wish to engage in research? Writing an undergraduate thesis is a must for you. Deadline to submit paperwork to be able to complete an undergraduate thesis and graduate with distinction is March 14th. Continue reading…

 

NEW Global Experiential Courses

SGIS Global Experiences CoursesThree brand new courses will be offered this summer and fall to help SGIS students gain global experiences. This summer we're offering GEOG 491: Ethnographic Field School: Garden, Food and Community Outreach with Yazidi Farmers and GLST 391: Negotiating Peace: From Conflict to Coexistence. Continue reading…

 
2021 Great Plains Conference: Climate Change & Culture in the Great Plains
2021 Great Plains Conference: Climate Change & Culture in the Great Plains

2021 Great Plains Conference: Seeking Student Presenters!

The Center for Great Plains Studies will be holding it's conference virtually on April 1-2 and is looking for presenters! Apply to give a short presentation (4 minutes) on how you view climate change. It can be research, coursework, personal experience, artistic interpretation, etc.

Deadline: 3/5
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More details at: https://www.unl.edu/plains/2020-symposium
 
Cargill Global Scholars Program Application Deadline 3/4
Cargill Global Scholars Program Application Deadline 3/4

Cargill Global Scholars Program Application Deadline 3/4

Apply for the Cargill Global Scholars Program - a distinctive, 2-year scholarship and enrichment program providing financial support, mentorship, and the unique opportunity for U.S. college students to participate in leadership development seminars, including engaging with fellow Global Scholars. Continue reading…

 
CAS Career Coaches Meagan and Kristen
CAS Career Coaches Meagan and Kristen

CAS Career Coaching

Our CAS Career Coaches Meagan, Kristen, and Joanna want to help you set yourself up for career success! Check out these events and opportunities to enhance your career development.

Continue reading for more info about the Career Fair and other opportunities to gain experience! Continue reading…

 
Join Russian Conversation Hour!
Join Russian Conversation Hour!

Join Russian Conversation Hour!

Join us for Russian Conversation Hour every Friday at 2pm to practice Russian, discuss various topics of cultural and political importance, and meet other students in the Russian program!

Fridays, 2:00-3:00pm
Zoom ID: 956 7581 6238
Contact: olha.tytarenko@unl.edu

 
Helen Epstein's "Franci's War"
Helen Epstein's "Franci's War"

Helen Epstein's "Franci's War"

Join DMLL for this event in the "A World of Migrants" series featuring Helen Epstein: "Franci's War: Daughter on her mother's manuscript, Holocaust survival, and immigration."

March 25, 2021
12:30-2:00pm
Zoom ID: 961 1377 4767 Continue reading…

 
Photo by Odochi Akwani from http://www.dailynebraskan.com/culture/french-table-gives-unl-students-casual-atmosphere-to-learn-french/article_195e87f2-cc34-11e8-a675-6f497f5d94b8.html
Photo by Odochi Akwani from http://www.dailynebraskan.com/culture/french-table-gives-unl-students-casual-atmosphere-to-learn-french/article_195e87f2-cc34-11e8-a675-6f497f5d94b8.html

Join the French Table!

Students of French at all levels are warmly invited—come and join La Table Française for 15 minutes or an hour, to enjoy fun, free-flowing no-pressure conversation. The French invented the word camaraderie: come and experience it!

Thursdays, 3:30-4:30pm
Zoom: https://unl.zoom.us/s/99930922848

 
Photo from: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2017/july/cristina-rivera-garza-poetics-border-sarah-booker-and-aviva-kana
Photo from: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2017/july/cristina-rivera-garza-poetics-border-sarah-booker-and-aviva-kana

Cristina Rivera Garza's "Writing in communality: An aesthetics of disappropriation"

Join DMLL and Humanities on the Edge on March 18th for Cristina Rivera Garza's "Writing in communality: An aesthetics of disappropriation." Rivera Garza is a great Mexican novelist and McArthur fellow.

Thursday, March 18th at 5:30pm
Register at the provided link to access the event Zoom. Continue reading…

More details at: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_THubOC8QQv24b6aDt88WVw?fbclid=IwAR2E5RRblgQfJbWIaTd8WlI8bSqCudW9c-kc5Vl0xL0ZzN_D-V-KM8IbBfg
 
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