************************************************************** ** 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: Jul 21, 2009 Update: The UNL Computer and Phone Shop Tent Sale is from 10 a.m - 3 p.m July 23 & 24th - originally advertised as 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Parking Permit Order Reminder 2. Volunteers for Sports Classic 3. Teaching Outside the Box - PowerClassroom Training EVENTS TO ATTEND: 4. Yoga on the Green For a Cause this Wednesday July 22 5. Garden Market Walks Wednesday July 22 6. SWAP Meet: Facebook and LinkedIn 7. UNL Computer and Phone Shop Tent Sale 8. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series 9. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series 10. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series ARTS AND MEDIA: 11. Goodbye Solo and Tyson open Friday at the Ross 12. NRT Continues Season with Opening of Anatomy of Gray 13. NRT's Destinations Series opens with The Lark and the Lounge Lizard 14. NU State Museum offering free admission Thursday nights in July 15. NU State Museum's 'Wildlife and Nature Photo Contest' 16. New Books from the University of Nebraska Press 17. Nebraska All-Star Basketball and Volleyball Live on NET Television ************************************************************************* 1. Parking Permit Order Reminder The Parking Office reminds you that the 2008-2009 parking permits expire on Aug. 16. If you are planning to renew your 2009-2010 permit on-line or over-the-counter, have your NU ID number (found on your NCard) and current vehicle information (license plate, state, color, make, model, and year) available for all vehicles you plan to have on campus. To avoid the last minute rush at the Parking office, renew on-line at the Web site listed below and select "Parking Permits" button. To purchase a permit over-the-counter visit their office at 625 Stadium Drive, Suite A. To be guaranteed receipt of your permit before the Aug. 16 expiration date, order before Aug. 7. http://parking.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 2. Volunteers for Sports Classic The Special Olympics Sports Classic is in Lincoln Aug. 14-16. They need volunteers for all the events. A venue schedule and a group volunteer form is available at the URL listed below. If anyone is interested in volunteering, contact Kelly Wacker, 472-8824, kwacker2@unl.edu, or fill out a form and send it in. http://www.sone.org/volunteers.asp ************************************************************************* 3. Teaching Outside the Box - PowerClassroom Training PowerClassroom training teaches instructors how to effectively use instructional technology in and out of the classroom. Learn Blackboard, podcasting, PRS clickers, Adobe Connect, Linking with Libraries, Twitter, Facebook and more. Sign up today for free one-hour workshops Aug. 19-21. To enroll and for more information go to: http://is.unl.edu/powerclassroom/ ************************************************************************* 4. Yoga on the Green For a Cause this Wednesday July 22 Join your UNL Wellness Team and Cathy Jewell, certified yoga instructor and fitness coordinator at Campus Recreation, on the green space north of UNL city campus for a fun, safe, 30-minute yoga workout from noon to 12:30 p.m. July 22. Be assured: you do NOT need to be a yoga expert to participate. Bring your own mat or towel and water bottle. Time to clean out your pantry? Donations of non-perishable food items for the Lincoln Backpack Program will be accepted. Donations are not required, but much appreciated. http://wellness.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 5. Garden Market Walks Wednesday July 22 Join your UNL Wellness Team for walks to the Centennial Mall Garden Market at noon July 22. Pick up fresh produce for lunch/dinner. Recipe cards will be given at each walk. Meet on the south side of Nebraska Union. http://wellness.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 6. SWAP Meet: Facebook and LinkedIn Bring your lunch to the Nebraska Union (room to be posted) from noon to 1 p.m. July 29 to learn about the difference between Facebook pages and groups. Also learn the best way to create a LinkedIn Profile and manage a LinkedIn group or subgroup for your organization. http://swap.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 7. UNL Computer and Phone Shop Tent Sale The UNL Computer and Phone Shop will hold a Tent Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 23 and 24 on the north side of the Nebraska Union. ************************************************************************* 8. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series "Viscoelastic Properties of the Cell Walls of Arabidopsis thaliana Using Nanoindentation," a MS thesis defense, will be presented by Celine Hayot, at 10 a.m. July 29 in 237 SEC. The public is welcome. ************************************************************************* 9. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series "The Effects of Combined Compression and Aging on the Properties of Glassy Polycarbonate," a MS thesis defense, will be presented by Kyle Wayne Strabala at 2 p.m. July 29 in 237 SEC. The public is welcome. ************************************************************************* 10. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series "Nanoflakes: A Coupled Material Chemistry and Mechanics Approach for Warfighter Protection Against Blast-Induced Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)," a MS thesis defense, will be presented by Lucie Rupert at 2 p.m. July 28 in 237 SEC. The public is welcome. ************************************************************************* 11. Goodbye Solo and Tyson open Friday at the Ross * Goodbye Solo (July 24-30) - Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family. William is a tough Southern good ol' boy with a lifetime of regrets. Through this unlikely but unforgettable friendship, Goodbye Solo deftly explores the passing of a generation as well as the rapidly changing face of America. * Tyson (July 24-30) - A mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 12. NRT Continues Season with Opening of Anatomy of Gray The third NRT production, Jim Leonard's Anatomy of Gray, opens at 7:30 p.m. July 22 in Howell Theatre. A 15-yr-old girl, grieving her dead father, wishes up a tempest and the mysterious balloonist who blows in brings newfangled ideas to mythical Gray, Indiana. Change spins through this isolated little community, shaking everyone with laughter, suspicion, wistful yearning, love, and hope. Tickets available at the Lied Center Ticket Office: 472-4747. Additional performances are at 7:30 p.m. July 23, 25, 29, 31, Aug. 5 and 6, and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 9. http://www.unl.edu/rep ************************************************************************* 13. NRT's Destinations Series opens with The Lark and the Lounge Lizard One night only - July 21 at 7:30 p.m. Lab Theatre, third floor, Temple Building. Rita Stinner and Brian Mathers, well-known for their tour de force performance in NRT 08's production of Souvenir, return to the Nebraska Rep stage for a cabaret performance featuring an eclectic array of music in The Lark and the Lounge Lizard. Tickets are $7 and available only at the door. NRT 09 season pass holders free. http://www.unl.edu/rep/Destinations.html ************************************************************************* 14. NU State Museum offering free admission Thursday nights in July Spend a night at the NU State Museum. Explore Morrill Hall free of charge from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on July 30. Mueller Planetarium will feature "Secret of the Cardboard Rocket" at 5:30 p.m. and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon: The Fulldome Experience" at 7 p.m. Tickets sold at the museum's front gate the day of the show. http://www.museum.unl.edu and http://www.spacelaser.com ************************************************************************* 15. NU State Museum's 'Wildlife and Nature Photo Contest' The NU State Museum's "Wildlife and Nature Photo Contest" will run through Sept. 30. Amateur photographers who are Nebraska residents age 18 or older are invited to submit striking photos of wildlife and natural settings taken anywhere in the world. All entries will be displayed in Morrill Hall in November. For entry form and contest rules visit the Web site listed below. http://www.museum.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 16. New Books from the University of Nebraska Press New this month from the University of Nebraska Press: the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of "Sapphira and the Slave Girl," with a textual essay and editing by UNL Faculty members Charles W. Mignon, Kari A. Ronning, and Frederick M. Link, and "White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940" by Margaret D. Jacobs, professor of history and director of UNL's Women's and Gender Studies Program. To learn more about these books and other new titles, visit the Web site listed below. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/pages/NewJuly09.aspx ************************************************************************* 17. Nebraska All-Star Basketball and Volleyball Live on NET Television All the action of the "Nebraska All-Star Girls and Boys Basketball" and "Nebraska All-Star Volleyball" contests will be broadcast live across the state on July 27 and July 28, on NET1 Cable 12, over-the-air 12.1 and in high-definition on NET-HD. Girls basketball will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, followed at 8 p.m. by the boys game. The volleyball competition begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *