************************************************************** ** To submit an announcement to E-News or to read this ** ** issue or past issues on the web go to: ** ** ** ** http://www.unl.edu/e-news ** ************************************************************** In this Issue of UNL E-News: May 8, 2007 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Big 12 Faculty Fellowships 2. National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Stipends 3. Service-Learning Conference Proposals 4. On-Site Chair Massage, May 7-11 5. 2007 Doc Sadler Basketball Camps EVENTS TO ATTEND: 6. UAAD Annual Cookout May 23 7. Role of the Modern Manager: Understanding Human Behavior 8. EC Speakers: Help for the Tongue-Tied ARTS AND MEDIA: 9. New books in May from the University of Nebraska Press 10. Avenue Montaigne and Air Guitar Nation Open Friday at the Ross 11. NET Radio's "Friday Live" for May 11 12. Husker Baseball Games Against Baylor and Creighton on NET1 and NET-HD ************************************************************************* 1. Big 12 Faculty Fellowships The Big 12 Faculty Fellowship program is intended to stimulate scholarly exchanges with Big 12 institutions. The program offers faculty the opportunity to travel to member institutions to collaborate on projects and research. Deadline for submitting proposals is June 1, 2007. The maximum fellowship award per applicant is $2,500. http://www.unl.edu/svcaa/programs/big12/ ************************************************************************* 2. National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Stipends The deadline for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends is Oct. 2, 2007 (NEH will start accepting applications electronically beginning Aug. 1). Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two faculty members who teach full time. If you are interested in making a nomination or being nominated, contact Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, at 472-2851, no later then June 4. For complete details, visit the website below. http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html ************************************************************************* 3. Service-Learning Conference Proposals Service-learning at UNL encourages faculty and staff members participating in service-learning courses or programs to submit conference proposals to the 2007 Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education Conference in Kearney. Proposals are due June 1. Contact Linda Moody with questions at lmoody2@unl.edu or 472-8158. http://www.unk.edu/acad/mcslhe/ ************************************************************************* 4. On-Site Chair Massage, May 7-11 Give your staff the ultimate appreciation day. Unwind and de-stress with massage therapy. Schedule a Campus Recreation massage therapist to come to your office to provide chair massages for you and your staff during the week of May 7-11. Call Becky Ohlson at 472-0738 for prices and availability. ************************************************************************* 5. 2007 Doc Sadler Basketball Camps With the first camp set to begin in early June, now is the time to register for the 2007 Doc Sadler Basketball Camps. First-year Nebraska men's basketball coach Doc Sadler and his staff will offer eight camps for children ages 5 to 18 between June 11 and Aug. 3. Log on to the Website below for more information. http://www.huskers.com ************************************************************************* 6. UAAD Annual Cookout May 23 All current UAAD members are invited to attend the Annual Cookout from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23 between Kimball Recital Hall and Westbrook Music Building. Hot dogs, chips and drinks provided. Jeanne Wicks, 2007-08 president will announce the newly elected officers for the next term. Following the cookout, you are invited to a behind the scenes tour of the Lied Center for Performing Arts. http://uaad.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 7. Role of the Modern Manager: Understanding Human Behavior Learn how to design and implement reward systems to maximize productivity, understand the power of goal setting techniques, design work teams to maximize productivity, and motivate employees at this interactive seminar from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 16, at the Ferguson Center, Lincoln. UNL faculty and staff receive a 30 percent discount. To register or for details, call the Department of Management Business Seminars at 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 8. EC Speakers: Help for the Tongue-Tied Learn the skills to become a confident speaker, leader and listener. You can do it, in a supportive and fun atmosphere with Toastmasters. The E.C. Speakers Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday in the East Union. Call 472-9707 for more information. Visitors are always welcome. http://toastmasters.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 9. New books in May from the University of Nebraska Press The University of Nebraska Press has announced publication of "The Big Empty: Contemporary Nebraska Nonfiction Writers," edited by Ladette Randolph and Nina Shevchuk-Murray. Ladette Randolph is associate director and editor-in-chief at the University of Nebraska Press. Shevchuk-Murray is a former editorial assistant at the University of Nebraska Press. Learn more about their new books at the URL below: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/special/newThisMonth.jsp ************************************************************************* 10. Avenue Montaigne and Air Guitar Nation Open Friday at the Ross * Opening Friday: Air Guitar Nation (May 11-17)chronicles the birth of the US Air Guitar Championships and the personal journeys of those talented contestants who are vying to become the first World Air Guitar Champion from the United States. * Avenue Montaigne (May 11-24): A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next to a theater. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and begin to have her own dreams of fame and fortune. * Ending Thursday: The Host and The Animation Show. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 11. NET Radio's "Friday Live" for May 11 Join host William Stibor Friday at 9 a.m. to learn about the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra's season finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony and the Center for Great Plains Studies symposium on homesteading. Also meet the composer of the "Gilligan's Island" musical premiering regionally May 10. Tune in to NET Radio on 91.1 FM in Lincoln or listen live on the Web by going to the site below and clicking on Listen Now! http://www.netNebraska.org/radio ************************************************************************* 12. Husker Baseball Games Against Baylor and Creighton on NET1 and NET-HD Tune in to NET Television for live broadcasts of two Husker baseball games. Watch the Huskers face the Bears from Baylor at 2 p.m. May 12, then the Big Red battles in-state rival, the Creighton Bluejays, at Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium at 7 p.m. May 15. Both games are telecast on NET1 Channel 12 and in high-definition on NET-HD. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *