// Used by index.shtml and news_archive.shtml var n = new Array(); // [0]=postdate; [1]=heading; [2]=body. n[0]=new Array("2008-10-7","Congratulations",'Folsom and Graduate Studies award recipients for 2008: ','front/icon_gsawards.jpg'); n[1]=new Array("2008-10-7","Mentoring Handbook",'Faculty and student versions now online.'); n[2]=new Array("2008-10-7",'Latest UNL Gradcast Episode','"Campus Visits: Getting What You Came For."','front/icon_gradcast.jpg'); n[3]=new Array('2008-10-7','Graduate Connections','Check out the August issue of this newsletter for grad students.','front/logo_gradconnections.gif'); n[4]=new Array('2008-10-7','Student Spotlight','Meet Sara Reynolds, a Ph.D. student in Mathematics.','prospective/featuredstudents/Reynolds_Sara2.jpg'); n[5]=new Array('2008-10-7','Commencement','Starting in December 2008, commencement exercises for graduate students will be separate from the undergraduate commencement.'); n[6]=new Array('2008-10-31','Postdoc Website','Now online.'); n[7]=new Array('2008-10-31','Student Spotlight','Meet Darin Kelberlau, a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology.','prospective/featuredstudents/Kelberlau_Darin2.jpg'); n[8]=new Array('2008-11-05','Graduate Connections','Check out the November issue of this newsletter for grad students.','front/logo_gradconnections.gif'); n[9]=new Array('2008-12-04','Fellowship Application','Current students, the application for fellowship funding for the 2009-10 academic year is open until February 4th.'); n[10]=new Array('2008-12-17','Student Spotlight','Meet Leslie Martinez, a Ph.D. student in Psychology.','prospective/featuredstudents/Martinez_Leslie2.jpg'); // n[11]=new Array('2008-12-23','Winter Break','The Office of Graduate Studies will close at 5 PM on Dec. 23 and open on Jan. 5. We will continue to accept applications during the break.'); n[11]=new Array('2009-01-23','New for Faculty','The Graduate Committee Chair Resource Guide is now available.'); n[12]=new Array("2009-01-27",'Latest UNL Gradcast Episode','"Effective Scientific Writing."','front/icon_gradcast.jpg'); n[13]=new Array("2009-02-05",'Student Spotlight','Meet Joan Dreiling, a Ph.D. student in Physics and Astronomy.','prospective/featuredstudents/Dreiling_Joan2.jpg'); n[14]=new Array('2009-02-12','Graduate Connections','Check out the February issue of this newsletter for grad students.','front/logo_gradconnections.gif'); n[15]=new Array('2009-02-24','Research Fair April 14-16','Now accepting registrations for the Graduate Poster Session.','front/icon_researchfair_2009.jpg'); n[16]=new Array("2009-02-26",'Student Spotlight','Meet Steve Frese, a Ph.D. student in Food Science & Technology.','prospective/featuredstudents/Frese_Steve2.jpg'); n[17]=new Array("2009-04-01",'Student Spotlight','Meet Xiaoyue Song, an M.S. student in Construction.','prospective/featuredstudents/Song_Xiaoyue2.jpg'); n[18]=new Array('2009-08-03','Graduate Connections','Check out the August issue of this newsletter for grad students.','front/logo_gradconnections.gif'); n[19]=new Array('2009-08-03','Teaching Assistants','Sign up now for the Graduate TA Workshop on Tues., Aug. 18th.','front/icon_chalk.jpg'); n[20]=new Array('2009-08-03','New Grad Students','Grad Student Welcome is Fri., Aug. 21st. Pre-registration encouraged.'); n[21]=new Array('2009-08-03','GS & Folsom Awards','Accepting nominations until 10/7 & 10/28.','front/icon_gsawards.jpg'); n[22]=new Array("2009-09-29",'Student Spotlight','Meet Jalele Defa, a Ph.D. student in Political Science.','prospective/featuredstudents/Defa_Jalele2.jpg'); n[23]=new Array("2009-10-07",'Master\'s Thesis Support Group','CAPS is offering 3 sessions in October.'); n[24]=new Array("2009-10-13",'Workshop 10/28','The Writing Center wants to help you keep your disertation/thesis on track.'); n[25]=new Array("2009-10-14",'Roundtables 10/26','The NCE wants to help you connect with mentors outside academia.'); n[26]=new Array("2009-10-26",'Student Spotlight','Meet Enoch Ulmer, an M.M. student in Music.','prospective/featuredstudents/Ulmer_Enoch2.jpg'); n[27]=new Array('2009-11-10','Graduate Connections','Check out the November issue of this newsletter for grad students.','front/logo_gradconnections.gif'); // n[6]=new Array('','',''); function writeNews(nCount,showDate) { var lastItem = nCount<1 ? -1 : n.length-nCount-1; document.write('