************************************************************** ** 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 28, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. UNL/IS Computer and Phone Shop offers Computer Recycling 2. Teaching Outside the Box - PowerClassroom Training EVENTS TO ATTEND: 3. APC hearing July 30 4. Memorial Service for Dr. Donald Gregory 5. Rick Waldren Retirement Reception Aug. 7 6. UNL Computer and Phone Shop Grand Opening 7. Liferay Users Group Meeting Aug. 20 8. CBC/RBC Seminar Series 9. Free Home Buying Seminar: Preparing Your Finances ARTS AND MEDIA: 10. Conversations with Dick Cavett 11. Hillestad Gallery Friends seeking items for annual fundraiser 12. Speech and Debate second of NRT's Destinations series 13. This Week at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre 14. Summer Hours and Three Monkeys open Friday at the Ross 15. University of Nebraska Press Summer Reading Book Sale 16. New NET Television Special on Husker Football Walk-on Program ************************************************************************* 1. UNL/IS Computer and Phone Shop offers Computer Recycling Faculty, staff and students - do you have any old computers, printers or hard drives that you don't know what to do with? Recycle your computer electronics at the East Campus Warehouse 1 on the north side - dock area, Aug. 7, 10 and 14. Drop off times are from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 7 and 14, and 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 10. Sponsored by the UNL Computer and Phone Shop and Environmental Health and Safety. For more information see the Web site listed below. http://sales.unl.edu/catalog/recycling.asp ************************************************************************* 2. 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. 17-20. To view the schedule and register go to: http://is.unl.edu/powerclassroom/ ************************************************************************* 3. APC hearing July 30 The APC hearing on proposed budget reductions is 2 to 5 p.m. July 30 at the Nebraska Union. The task of the APC is to review the Chancellor's proposed cuts in light of their probable impact on the university's academic mission and approve them or suggest other ways of meeting the budget reduction goal. To accomplish this task, the APC welcomes information from all who may be affected by the proposed reductions. A schedule and procedures are at the site below. Another hearing is Sept. 18. http://www.unl.edu/ucomm/chancllr/2009budget/ ************************************************************************* 4. Memorial Service for Dr. Donald Gregory A memorial service for Donald Gregory, director of the Division of General Studies, and associate professor, Department of English, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 18 in the Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The memorial will be hosted by Dr. Gregory's family. All are welcome. ************************************************************************* 5. Rick Waldren Retirement Reception Aug. 7 A retirement reception for Rick Waldren, Agronomy and Horticulture, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Cottonwood Room, Nebraska East Union. Waldren has been a professor at UNL for 35 years. Join the department in honoring him for his service to UNL. Refreshments will be served. ************************************************************************* 6. UNL Computer and Phone Shop Grand Opening Come help the UNL Computer and Phone Shop celebrate their new store on Aug. 12 in 211 Nebraska Hall. The first 25 customers will receive a free t-shirt. There will also be free popcorn, free activations, free phonebook transfers and phone specials (with eligibility), and get 50 percent off phone accessories in stock. ************************************************************************* 7. Liferay Users Group Meeting Aug. 20 The next Liferay Users Group sponsored by Communications and Information Technology will show how to can convert a site's content to Liferay in minutes, reviewing how your site can be ready to run in the new UNL templates, and going to the next level of data driven web design by further tracking student recruitment. The meeting is at 10 a.m. Aug. 20 in the Nebraska East Union. For more info go to the Web site listed below. http://liferay.unl.edu/home ************************************************************************* 8. CBC/RBC Seminar Series Dr. William Self of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Dept., University of Central Florida, will present "The Metabolism and Use of Seleniem in Bacterial Selenoenzymes," at 4 p.m. Aug. 4 in N172 Beadle. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be available. http://biochem.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 9. Free Home Buying Seminar: Preparing Your Finances This free home buying seminar is designed to teach you how to prepare your finances before you start shopping. They will also discuss the current market, the first time home buyers tax credit, and more. Pick from two sessions: Aug. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Nebraska Union or Aug. 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Nebraska East Union. Seating is limited and lunch/dinner will be served, so call 472-2087 to reserve your seat. http://www.nufcu.org ************************************************************************* 10. Conversations with Dick Cavett Join the Nebraska Repertory Theatre as they welcome Dick Cavett, in person, for a candid and personal conversation about his singular interviews with the great icons of the entertainment world. Big screen video excerpts from his television encounters with Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Robert Mitchum, Carol Burnett and others will be featured along with personal anecdotes and highlights of the life of a kid from Nebraska. Now available: Show only tickets for $40 for the 7 p.m. Aug. 1 "Conversations." Contact Julie Hagemeier at 472-1619 to make a reservation. http://www.unl.edu/rep ************************************************************************* 11. Hillestad Gallery Friends seeking items for annual fundraiser Textiles, Clothing and Design's Hillestad Gallery support group, The Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, will hold its annual benefit garage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 at 2925 Apple St., south of East Campus. This event is the one of the group's most important activities and raises funds to underwrite exhibitions and related gallery events. The Friends are seeking donations to the sale, which may be brought to the TCD office, 234 Home Economics Building, during normal business hours. The deadline for donations is 4 p.m. Aug. 11. Examples of items being sought include vintage household and ethnic textiles; usable textile materials; buttons, notions, yarns; textile and fiber related books and tools; dollmaking and art and craft supplies. Clothing/garments will not be accepted. For further information send an email to hillestadfriends@yahoo.com. ************************************************************************* 12. Speech and Debate second of NRT's Destinations series Sex. Secrets. Performance-art video blogs with a George Michael beat. Just another typical day when you're a teenager in Salem, Oregon. Speech and Debate is Stephen Karam's fiercely funny and surprisingly timely new play which will have a staged reading as the second of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre's Destinations series. One performance only at 7:30 p.m. July 28 in Studio Theatre, Temple Building. Tickets are $7 at the door, free to NRT 09 Season Pass holders. http://www.unl.edu/rep ************************************************************************* 13. This Week at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre The Nebraska Repertory Theatre schedule for the Week of July 28-Aug. 2: * July 28 - 7:30 p.m., Destinations: Speech and Debate * July 29 - 7:30 p.m., Anatomy of Gray * July 30 - 7:30 p.m., Vino Veritas * July 31 - 7:30 p.m., The Drawer Boy * Aug. 1 - 7 p.m., "Conversations with Dick Cavett" * Aug. 2 - 2 p.m., Vino Veritas Tickets available at the Lied Center Ticket Office at 472-4747 for the main stage shows and at 472-1619 for Destinations and Cavett. http://www.unl.edu/rep ************************************************************************* 14. Summer Hours and Three Monkeys open Friday at the Ross * Summer Hours (July 31-Aug. 6) - Three siblings must come to terms with their mother's mortality as they decide what to do with her valuable belongings in this warm family drama from filmmaker Olivier Assayas. * Three Monkeys (July 31-Aug. 6) - Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Three Monkeys tells a twisty, noirish tale that opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyüp to take the rap. The film concerns the effects of this devil's bargain on Eyup's family as simmering tensions and sexual intrigue wreak havoc in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 15. University of Nebraska Press Summer Reading Book Sale Save 25 percent off a selection of summer reading books available from the University of Nebraska Press. The featured books include a variety of memoirs and works of fiction. The offer expires Aug. 15. Browse these books and find the discount code at the University of Nebraska Press Web page listed below. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/pages/SummerReading.aspx ************************************************************************* 16. New NET Television Special on Husker Football Walk-on Program Whether from Alliance to Auburn, or Ogallala to Omaha, there is a never-say-die, hard-working attitude that unites Nebraskans. That attitude is exemplified by the special way football is played at the University of Nebraska and the honored tradition of the Big Red walk-on program. A new NET Television special, "Walk Ons: Huskers' Edge," premiering at 7 p.m. Aug. 4 on NET1 Cable 12, over-the-air 12.1 and in high-definition on NET-HD, tells the story of the University of Nebraska's football walk-on program, following the young men raised with Nebraska values and dreaming of becoming Huskers and playing in Memorial Stadium. The program also airs at 8 p.m. Aug. 6, and at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 on NET1 Cable 12, over-the-air 12.1 and NET-HD. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *