************************************************************** ** 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 1, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Scheduled tornado warning test Dec. 2 2. Travel Survey 3. OUS Newsletter - December 2009 4. San Antonio Service Trip Leaders Needed 5. The Spirit of Giving 6. Jingle Bell Ride 7. TIAA-CREF December 2009 Free One-On-One Counseling Schedule 8. Fidelity December 2009 Free One-On-One Counseling Schedule EVENTS TO ATTEND: 9. Benefit Enrollment Help Sessions 10. NU Women's Gymnastics IntraSquad Meet 11. Edible Cars Roll Again 12. NU Technology Meeting: CIO's First 90 Days 13. Holland Computing Center Orientation Meeting, Dec. 9 or Dec. 10 14. UNOPA December General Meeting and Holiday Luncheon 15. Mathematics colloquium Dec. 4 16. Biochemistry Department Faculty Research Seminar 17. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture 18. Agronomy and Horticulture Friday Seminar Series 19. Nebraska Colloquium Dec. 3 20. Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar Series 21. Cognitive and Biopsychology Brownbag Dec. 7 22. Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2009 Seminar Series 23. Geography Seminar: GIS in Redistricting 24. School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series 25. Biotechnology / Life Sciences Seminar Dec. 2 26. Research Seminar Dec. 2 27. Work Place Dignity Dec. 9 28. Santa's Coming To The Credit Union 29. I2E Club - Inventors, Investors and Entrepreneurs Club ARTS AND MEDIA: 30. Nebraska Repertory Theatre reprises The Santaland Diaries 31. King Lear in final 4 performances 32. Nebraska Battlefields book signing 33. School of Music Events: Dec. 1-7 34. Riders in the Sky do Christmas "The Cowboy Way" at the Lied Center 35. Warren Miller's Dynasty Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Ross 36. Bright Star and Worlds Greatest Dad open Friday at the Ross ************************************************************************* 1. Scheduled tornado warning test Dec. 2 UNL will join Lincoln/Lancaster County Emergency Management in testing all outdoor tornado warning sirens at 10:15 a.m. Dec. 2 weather permitting. New tornado sirens have been installed at Love Library North and Landscape Services. ************************************************************************* 2. Travel Survey To better assess opportunities for improvement in the University's travel management program, the UN Travel Committee has engaged the services of Survey Monkey to make an electronic travel survey available to you. This survey is intended to measure both traveler and travel arranger needs. Your feedback is critical in guiding this effort. The survey is posted on the Web site listed below, and will be available until Dec. 22. For additional information, contact Jim Vogel at 472-3330. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=s8xdblo6Wk1pPHDp58Tqkg_3d_3d ************************************************************************* 3. OUS Newsletter - December 2009 The Office of Undergraduate Studies newsletter for December 2009 is now available: http://www.unl.edu/ous/welcome/ousnews_dec2009.shtml ************************************************************************* 4. San Antonio Service Trip Leaders Needed Come serve with 50 other faculty/staff/students as they travel to San Antonio over winter break. Work with AIDS Foundation, Family Violence Prevention Services, urban housing remodeling, education, environment, and more. The trip is scheduled for Jan. 2-9. The application deadline is Dec. 4. Faculty/staff trip leaders go free. http://involved.unl.edu/events/service/asb.php ************************************************************************* 5. The Spirit of Giving The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union is teaming up with Lincoln Action Program to collect toys for low-income families in Lancaster County. You can drop off unwrapped gifts at either Credit Union location through Dec. 12. Help them make this holiday season a day to remember for the children in our community. http://www.nufcu.org ************************************************************************* 6. Jingle Bell Ride Help the UNL Equestrian Team collect gifts for CEDARS on Dec. 10. Bring new, unwrapped Christmas gifts to the East Campus Loop from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and the Equestrian Team will pick them up as they ride around on horses and a horse-drawn wagon. Bring your children to meet Santa and eat cookies and hot chocolate in front of the East Campus Dairy Store. CEDARS especially needs gifts for teenagers, but presents for all ages are always appreciated. Look for collection bins on both campuses. http://equestrianteam.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 7. TIAA-CREF December 2009 Free One-On-One Counseling Schedule A TIAA-CREF consultant will be available on Dec. 17 and 23 at the Wick Alumni Center Library, and on Dec. 9 and 16 at the East Union (room posted) to provide free one-on-one counseling sessions. Sign up by calling the Omaha Office at 1-800-732-8353 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Messages may be left at the following number, 1-866-842-2908 ext. 0 after hours. For more information, contact Ethel Beetley at 472-0937 or ebeetley1@unl.edu. ************************************************************************* 8. Fidelity December 2009 Free One-On-One Counseling Schedule A Fidelity consultant will be available Dec. 2 and 7 at the Nebraska Union, and on Dec. 9 at the East Union (room posted) to provide free one-on-one counseling sessions. Sign up by calling Reservation Systems at 1-800-642-7131. For more information, contact Ethel Beetley at 472-0937 or ebeetley1@unl.edu. ************************************************************************* 9. Benefit Enrollment Help Sessions Faculty and Staff - The annual NuFlex employee benefits enrollment (firefly.nebraska.edu) will end at 5 p.m. Dec. 4. If you would like help with the new on-line enrollment, the UNL Benefits office will provide assistance on a walk-in basis from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4. Their office is located in Canfield Administration Building Room 405. If you have questions contact the UNL Benefits office at 472-2600. ************************************************************************* 10. NU Women's Gymnastics IntraSquad Meet Nebraska Women's Gymnastics invites you to preview the 2009-2010 team with their IntraSquad meet at 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at Bob Devaney. All are welcome to attend at no cost. ************************************************************************* 11. Edible Cars Roll Again Don't play with your food - unless it's for the Incredible, Edible, Car competition. Vehicles made entirely of food will be rolling to victory at Biological Systems Engineering's E-Day on Dec. 8 in the Great Plains Room of the East Union. Doors open at 2 p.m. and the competition begins at 2:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Contact Bonita Delhay for more information, 472-9390. See last year's competition online: http://www.engineering.unl.edu/movies/RealNebraskaEday08/ ************************************************************************* 12. NU Technology Meeting: CIO's First 90 Days The NU Technology Dec. 3 meeting is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. See URL below for more information. https://nutech.nebraska.edu/ ************************************************************************* 13. Holland Computing Center Orientation Meeting, Dec. 9 or Dec. 10 Learn more about the Holland Computing Center's high performance computing resources available at the Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha and the Schorr Center at UNL. The meeting will be offered in two different locations on two dates, at PKI in Omaha on from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 9, and at the Nebraska Union in Lincoln from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 10. The meeting is open to faculty, students and staff from all NU campuses, as well as corporate and non-university researchers interested in the services HCC has to offer. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required. For more information or to register, visit the Web site listed below. http://research.unl.edu/events/holland ************************************************************************* 14. UNOPA December General Meeting and Holiday Luncheon The UNOPA December general meeting and holiday luncheon will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Nebraska Union. Rhonda Saunders, event coordinator for CEDARS, will be the speaker. Registrations are due Dec. 3. They will be collecting gifts for the Giving Tree and 26 ounce cans of Spaghetti"O"s for the Back Pack Program and Food Bank. http://unopa.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 15. Mathematics colloquium Dec. 4 Mikil Foss, UNL, will speak on "Low-Order Regularity for Variational Problems" at 4 p.m. Dec. 4 in Avery Hall 115. The talk is free and open to the public. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348. http://www.math.unl.edu/~swiegand1/schfa09 ************************************************************************* 16. Biochemistry Department Faculty Research Seminar Robert L. Eoff, Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will present "Mechanistic Studies with Polymerases Give Insight into Complex Outcomes Following Oxidative Damage to DNA" at 4 p.m. Dec. 3 in Beadle N17. Refreshments will be available and all are welcome to attend. ************************************************************************* 17. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture Timothy Heaton, University of South Dakota, will present "Climate Change, Vertebrate Fossils, and Human History in Southeast Alaska" at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in Bessey Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public. ************************************************************************* 18. Agronomy and Horticulture Friday Seminar Series Martha Mamo, associate professor of Agronomy and Horticulture will present, "Avatar Alfisol Goes to Soils Class" at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Goodding Learning Center in Room 280 of the Plant Science Hall. Refreshments will be available at 3 p.m. ************************************************************************* 19. Nebraska Colloquium Dec. 3 UNL professor Peter Pinnell will present "The Silk Road and the Migration of Artistic Ideas" in the Nebraska Colloquium lecture at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. http://nebcolloquium.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 20. Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar Series Professor Ya-Hong Xie, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, at the University of California, Los Angeles, will present "Graphene: Promises and Challenges" at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in 237 Scott Engineering Center. Refreshments will be served at 1 p.m. and all are welcome to attend. http://www.unl.edu/ncmn/FinalSeminar%20Flyer%20Xie.pdf ************************************************************************* 21. Cognitive and Biopsychology Brownbag Dec. 7 Matt Keller, assistant professor in Psychology from the University of Colorado-Boulder, will give a talk entitled "An Evolutionary Understanding of Heritable Mental Disorders" at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in Room 79, Burnett Hall. ************************************************************************* 22. Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2009 Seminar Series Tala Awada, associate professor, School of Natural Resources, UNL, will present "Eastern Red Cedar: Ecophysiology and Ramifications of Its Invasion on Ecosystem Processes in Nebraska" at 3 p.m. Dec. 7 in the East Union. Refreshments will be available. http://www.grassland.unl.edu/semf09.html ************************************************************************* 23. Geography Seminar: GIS in Redistricting Jack Dohrman, GIS analyst with the Nebraska Legislative Research Office, will present "GIS in Redistricting" at 2 p.m. Dec. 4 in 228 Hardin Hall (NE Corner of 33rd and Holdrege). http://snr.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 24. School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series Marc Johnson, North Carolina State, will present "Exploring the Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Plant Sex Using a Comparative Phylogenetic Approach," at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in 110 Hamilton Hall. Refreshments will be available at 3 p.m. ************************************************************************* 25. Biotechnology / Life Sciences Seminar Dec. 2 "The Role of the Omentum in Peritoneal Metastases," will be presented by Dr. Edith Lord, University of Rochester, at 4 p.m. Dec. 2 in E103 Beadle. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. http://biotech.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 26. Research Seminar Dec. 2 "TGF-Beta Signaling in Midfacial Fusion" will be presented by Dr. Vesa Kaartinen, associate professor, Department of Biologic and Materials, University of Michigan, at 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Dixon Lecture Hall, College of Dentistry, 40th and Holdrege, East Campus. The seminar is sponsored by the College of Dentistry, Research Committee, Oral Biology and the Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling. The seminar is free of charge and open to all interested faculty, staff and students. ************************************************************************* 27. Work Place Dignity Dec. 9 Learn how communication contributes to creating and destroying workplace dignity, at this interactive seminar, presented by Kristen Lucas, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 9 at the Ferguson Center in Lincoln. UNL faculty and staff receive a 30 percent discount. To register or for details, call Department of Management, Business Seminars 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 28. Santa's Coming To The Credit Union Santa Claus will make a special stop at the University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union's downtown location (1630 Q St.), from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 12. Credit Union members are invited to bring their children to meet Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas. http://www.nufcu.org ************************************************************************* 29. I2E Club - Inventors, Investors and Entrepreneurs Club You are invited to network and learn with other talented individuals at the Inventors, Investors and Entrepreneurs (I2E) Club's end of the year celebration. Jo Morton, a Nebraska City entrepreneur, will share her journey of turning talents into profits as the guest speaker at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the UNL Kimmel Education and Research Center, 5985 G Road, Nebraska City, Neb. For more information about the I2E Club contact Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, 402-873-3166 or creimers2@unl.edu. The cost is $10 per evening or $45 for a year's membership http://www.kimmel.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 30. Nebraska Repertory Theatre reprises The Santaland Diaries NRT executive director/Carson School director Paul Steger is featured as Crumpet the elf in David Sedaris' wickedly funny The Santaland Diaries at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10; at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Dec. 11 and 12, and at 2 p.m. Dec. 13 in the Studio Theatre, first floor Temple. Tickets available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 472-4747. http://www.unl.edu/rep ************************************************************************* 31. King Lear in final 4 performances Shakespeare's King Lear, a story of greed, loyalty and betrayal, has its final four performances at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, 3, 4, 5 in Howell Theatre. Tickets still available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 472-4747. The production features professional actor Steven Patterson as Lear and the thesis project work of actors and designers in the Carson School graduate programs in acting and design/technology. http://carsonschool.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 32. Nebraska Battlefields book signing Tom Phillips, author of "Nebraska Battlefields," will discuss his research and read from his book at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 at the University Bookstore. Phillips traveled to Nebraska's battle sites and the resulting book is a vivid account of important historical clashes often forgotten. A book signing will follow the discussion. for more information, call the bookstore at 472-8560. ************************************************************************* 33. School of Music Events: Dec. 1-7 * Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., William McMullen will give an oboe recital in the Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium of Sheldon Museum of Art. Accompanying Dr. McMullen will be Catherine Herberner, piano, and Dr. Jeffrey McCray, bassoon. This event is free and open to the public. * Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., the Symphonic Band, under the direction of Anthony Falcone, conductor, and Jenn Forleo, graduate assistant conductor, will present a concert entitled Mood Music in Kimball Recital Hall. * Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., the Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Carolyn Barber, conductor, will give a concert in Kimball Recital Hall. Joining the Wind Ensemble will be the UNL Faculty Brass Quintet. * Dec. 4, 5 p.m., the Chamber Singers will give a recital in the Great Hall of Sheldon Museum of Art, entitled Songs Old and New, Texts and Textures. Dr. Therees Tkach Hibbard, conducts the Chamber Singers with Xiao Liang, rehearsal pianist, and James Wilson, graduate assistant conductor. This event is free and open to the public. * Dec. 4 and 5, 7:30 p.m., the UNL Student Dance Project will take place in Mabel Lee Hall, Room 304. * Dec. 6, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., all of UNL's traditional choral ensembles will be featured in individual and massed surround-sound holiday choral favorites entitled "Cocoa and Carols - Yuletide Family Festival." Join them for audience sing-alongs and then complimentary cocoa in the lower lobby of 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 ************************************************************************* 34. Riders in the Sky do Christmas "The Cowboy Way" at the Lied Center Take a nostalgic trip back to the days of the open range with "America's Favorite Cowboys," the Riders in the Sky, a foursome of boot-wearing, hat-tipping, musical buckaroos from Nashville, Tenn. They'll do Christmas "the cowboy way" at the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3. http://liedcenter.org ************************************************************************* 35. Warren Miller's Dynasty Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Ross * Dec. 4 at 7 p.m., Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., and Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. Warren Miller's Dynasty takes you on a breathtaking global tour of skiing and snowboarding in China, Alaska, Norway, Colorado, British Columbia, and more, with some of the sports' biggest names. Plus catch a rare glimpse at historic clips from Warren Miller Entertainment's vault of vintage footage. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 36. Bright Star and Worlds Greatest Dad open Friday at the Ross * Bright Star (Dec. 4-20) - The tragic but intensely passionate love affair between Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and the radiant Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is detailed in this romantic period drama from critically acclaimed writer/director Jane Campion. * World's Greatest Dad (Dec. 4-10) - A high school poetry teacher and single father discovers that the thing he covets most in life may not be what makes him truly happy in this pitch-black comedy directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, and starring Robin Williams. http://www.theross.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *