************************************************************** ** 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: Dec 2, 2008 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Winter Weather information 2. City Campus Chilled Water Outage Jan. 5-9 3. OUS Newsletter - December 2008 4. Nominations Sought for 2009 'Fulfilling the Dream' Awards 5. Advertise Spring Student Jobs With Career Services 6. Win a Giant Stocking from the Credit Union 7. Become a Volunteer Income Tax Assistant at UNL's EITC Super Site EVENTS TO ATTEND: 8. Wick Alumni Center Holiday Open House 9. "Staying Close to Home" 10. The Incredible, Edible Car Competition 11. Department of Agricultural Economics Fall Seminar Series 12. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture Dec. 5 13. Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2008 Seminar Series 14. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar 15. Chemistry Colloquium Dec. 5 16. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Seminar Dec. 5 17. Kelley Mathematics colloquium 18. Research Seminar, Dec. 3 19. The Drought of the 1890s on the Western High Plains 20. Santa's Coming to the Credit Union 21. SmartPen Demonstration - UNL Computer and Phone Shop (East Campus) 22. NU Technology Group ARTS AND MEDIA: 23. The Secrets opens Friday at the Ross 24. Lied Center Hosts A Holiday with Canadian Brass 25. School of Music Events: Dec. 2-8 ************************************************************************* 1. Winter Weather information When the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is closed due to winter weather, the University Operator will provide closing information to anyone who calls into the University's main number, 472-7211. Make sure you notify the operator if your office decides to open. ************************************************************************* 2. City Campus Chilled Water Outage Jan. 5-9 A City Campus Chilled Water Outage is tentatively planned to occur Jan. 5 to Jan. 9. These dates were selected to coincide with a low level of student activity on the campus. The outage is necessary to perform maintenance at the City Campus Utility Plant that is not possible during normal operations. During this Chilled Water Outage, there will be no chilled water for equipment cooling or air-conditioning. Building air-conditioning will continue to be provided using cold outside air. If warm days occur during this outage, interior building temperatures may be elevated. Contact Charlie Griesen at 472-8612 or cgriesen@unlnotes.unl.edu if you have any questions or concerns regarding the outage or need accommodations during this time period. ************************************************************************* 3. OUS Newsletter - December 2008 The Office of Undergraduate Studies newsletter for December 2008 is available at the URL below: http://www.unl.edu/ous/welcome/ousnews_dec2008.shtml ************************************************************************* 4. Nominations Sought for 2009 'Fulfilling the Dream' Awards The Fulfilling the Dream award was established in 1997 to honor individuals who have contributed to the UNL community or the wider Lincoln community by their exemplary action in promoting the goals and vision of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nomination materials, including a letter of nomination and no more than three letters of support, should be sent by Jan. 5 to Jody Wood, MLK Committee Secretary, 128 Canfield Administration Building, 0437. Contact Jody Wood at 472-0085 for more information. ************************************************************************* 5. Advertise Spring Student Jobs With Career Services Need a student worker? New students will be on campus soon. Get a head start recruiting them by advertising your spring job openings, including Work-Study jobs, through Career Services' Husker Hire Link at the Web site listed below. For more information, contact Tania at tgreene2@unl.edu. http://www.unl.edu/careers/hhl ************************************************************************* 6. Win a Giant Stocking from the Credit Union The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union will give away two giant Christmas stockings filled with great toys to two lucky Credit Union members. Enter to win a giant stocking by stopping by one of their lobbies from now until Dec. 17. The drawing will be held and the winners will be notified on or around Dec. 18. http://www.nufcu.org ************************************************************************* 7. Become a Volunteer Income Tax Assistant at UNL's EITC Super Site It's tax time. Sign up to become a Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) and help low-income working families in Lincoln receive thousands of dollars in Earned Income Tax and Child Credits. The UNL EITC Super Site is sponsored by Student Involvement. The deadline for sign-up is Dec. 12. Help sessions are at 5 p.m. Dec. 9; noon on Dec. 10, and 5:30 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Nebraska Union. http://involved.unl.edu/eitc ************************************************************************* 8. Wick Alumni Center Holiday Open House Join the Nebraska Alumni Association for a pre-Star City Parade Reception from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Dec. 6 at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. The event is free and open to the public, and features holiday piano music and refreshments - including hot chocolate, coffee, raspberry cider and cookies. Enjoy the festive decorations and even do a little holiday shopping at the N Shop. http://www.huskeralum.com ************************************************************************* 9. "Staying Close to Home" "Staying Close to Home," an exhibition and slide presentation by Keith Jacobshagen, and an introductory poetry reading by Ted Kooser, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. The event is part of Nebraska Statewide Arboretum's 30th anniversary celebrations, closing a statewide arboretum tour of Jacobshagen's notebooks. http://arboretum.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 10. The Incredible, Edible Car Competition The Incredible, Edible Car competition will roll into the East Campus Union at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Come to the Great Plains Room and see what happens when students in the Biological Systems Engineering department play with their food. No charge and open to the public. Contact Gail Ogden, 472-3953, for more information. http://bse.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 11. Department of Agricultural Economics Fall Seminar Series Bailey Norwood, Oklahoma State University, will present the seminar, "A Calibrated Auction-Conjoint Valuation Method: Valuing Pork and Eggs Produced Under Differing Animal Welfare Conditions," at 3 p.m. Dec. 5 in 210 Filley. This seminar is free and open to the public. http://www.agecon.unl.edu/seminar.html ************************************************************************* 12. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture Dec. 5 Joe Schaefer, NOAA, will present, "Severe Thunderstorm Forecasting Research at the Storm Prediction Center" at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Bessey Auditorium. ************************************************************************* 13. Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2008 Seminar Series Matt Giovanni, graduate student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and School of Natural Resource Sciences, UNL, will present "Birds and Plants in the Nebraska Sandhills: Interactions and Conservation" at 3 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Nebraska East Union. Refreshments will be available. http://www.grassland.unl.edu/semf08.html ************************************************************************* 14. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar Kate S. Carroll, with the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, will present "Painting the Cysteine Chapel: New Tools to Probe Oxidation Biology" at 4 p.m. Dec. 9 in Beadle N172. Refreshments will be available prior to the seminar and all are welcome to attend. http://biochem.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 15. Chemistry Colloquium Dec. 5 Professor Joseph P. Noel, Salk Institute, will present "Peeling Back the Layers of Time: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Nature's Chemical Toolbox" at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in room 112 Hamilton Hall. The lecture is open to the public. http://www.chem.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 16. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Seminar Dec. 5 Dr. Peter Iwen, Pathology and Microbiology of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present "Utilization of Molecular Targets for the Identification of Invasive Fungal Pathogens," at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in N172 Beadle Center. The seminar is sponsored by the School of Biological Sciences and free to all interested faculty, staff and students. ************************************************************************* 17. Kelley Mathematics colloquium Christine Kelley, UNL, Will speak on "Algebraic Constructions of Codes Using Voltage Graphs" at 4 p.m. Dec. 5 in 115 Avery. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in 348 Avery. The event is free and open to the public. http://www.math.unl.edu/~swiegand1/schfa08 ************************************************************************* 18. Research Seminar, Dec. 3 "Cadherin Regulation in Vascular Development and in the Autoimmune Blistering Disease Pemphigus Vulgaris," will be presented by Dr. Andrew Kowalczyk, associate professor, Department of Cell Biology and Dermatology at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., at 4 p.m. Dec. 3 in Dixon Lecture Hall, UNMC College of Dentistry (UNL East Campus), 40th and Holdrege. The seminar is sponsored by the College of Dentistry, Research Committee, Oral Biology and the Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling. The seminar is free and open to all interested faculty, staff and students. ************************************************************************* 19. The Drought of the 1890s on the Western High Plains The Great Plains have been settled in a series of advances and retreats, with people's optimism and ambitions running up against the grim reality of drought. Dr. David Wishart will present a talk which will focus on settlers early experiences with drought at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 in Hardin Hall, East Campus. He'll highlight some of the characters of the time, such as Melbourne the Rain wizard, a con man who made a business of promising what he could not deliver. SNR Outreach Seminar Series includes free parking and refreshments and is open to the general public. http://snr.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 20. Santa's Coming to the Credit Union Santa Claus will make a special stop at The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union (1630 Q St.) from 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 13. Credit union members are invited to bring their children to meet Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas. Cookies and punch will be served. http://www.nufcu.org ************************************************************************* 21. SmartPen Demonstration - UNL Computer and Phone Shop (East Campus) You'll never miss a word in a lecture or meeting again. Come see the SmartPen's powerful abilities to record and synchronize with your notes at a demonstration from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 3 in the East Campus Union at a booth next to the Computer Shop Kiosk. For more information, call Mana at 472-2049. http://sales.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 22. NU Technology Group The NU Technology Dec. 4 meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. The agenda is Cyber-infrastructure - What's Really New About This New Wave? See the URL below for more information. http://nutech.unl.edu/meetings.asp ************************************************************************* 23. The Secrets opens Friday at the Ross * Opening Friday: "The Secrets" (Dec. 5-11): Naomi, the brilliant and pious daughter of an ultra orthodox rabbi finds herself at a crossroads of life choices when her mother dies and she is expected to immediately marry her father's prodigy. The Secrets presents the complexities of a religious lifestyle in a vibrant environment of youth, rebellion and desire. * Now playing: "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Nov. 28-Dec. 21): Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a 30-year-old Londoner with a bright outlook on life. Mike Leigh's critically-acclaimed new film follows her over a few weeks one spring as she learns to drive and embarks on a new romance. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 24. Lied Center Hosts A Holiday with Canadian Brass The Canadian Brass offers an energetic blend of traditional holiday tunes including "Frosty the Snowman" and many other favorites at the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. Tickets are $46 / $41 / $36. Students and youth age 18 and under may purchase tickets at half-price. ************************************************************************* 25. School of Music Events: Dec. 2-8 * Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m., the Moran Woodwind Quintet will give a recital in Kimball Recital Hall. * Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m., the Big Red Singers and Vocal Jazz Ensembles will give a recital in Kimball Recital Hall. * Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m., the Symphonic Band will give a concert in Kimball Recital Hall. * Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. and Dec 7 at 2 p.m., the Chamber Singers will perform their annual holiday recital in the Sheldon Art Gallery. This program is free and open to the public. * Dec. 6 and Dec. 7, both at 3 p.m., the University Singers, University Chorale, East Campus Choir, City Campus Choir, Chamber Singers, and Varsity Men's Chorus will come together on the Kimball Recital Hall stage in the annual Choral Garland concert. * Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m., the Large Brass Ensembles will give a recital in Kimball Recital Hall. Unless otherwise noted tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors and will be available at the door approximately one hour before the performance. Additional information can be found on the UNL School of Music Web site. http://www.unl.edu/music * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *