Hours
The English Advising Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Appointments
To make an appointment with Dr. Lacey, use this link: https://unlincoln.my.site.com/SSH/0058W00000BUU9I
Walk-in Hours
No appointment necessaryZoom drop-in hours are Wednesdays from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm and Fridays from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
To join, follow this link or copy & paste into your browser: https://unl.zoom.us/my/casadvising
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Reminders
Sat, Feb 3 thru Fri, Apr 19: All spring semester courses withdrawals noted with grade of W on academic record.
Fri, Feb 9: Last day to withdraw from a semester course and receive a 50% refund.
Fri, Feb 16: Last day to withdraw from a spring semester course and receive a 25% refund.
Table of Contents
- Education Career Fair
- Lunar New Year Lunch
- Inclusive Teaching Through Writing
- Mardi Gras Lunch
- Spikeball Tournament
- Open House at the Student Observatory
- AI Petting Zoo: Introduction and Hands-On Work with Artificial Intelligence
- Adventure and Authenticity
- Life In Lincoln: East Coast Swing Dancing
- Am I the Literary Assh*le? To Blurb, To Follow, To Ghost (Or Not to Ghost)?
- How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s The Shining to the Big Screen
- How Corporations Tried—And Failed—To Control the Spread of Content Online
- Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art
- Jacinda Townsend and James Bernard Short on American Fiction
- Films at the Ross
- ‘Moana 2’ Set at Disney With Surprise 2024 Release Date
- ‘Quiet On Set’: Investigation Discovery Docuseries Reveals New Allegations Of “Toxic Environment” On Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon Shows – Watch Trailer
- Super Bowl Movie Trailers: ‘Deadpool 3,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel Spots Poised to Dominate Big Game
- Disney+ Drops 1.3 Million Subscribers Amid Price Hike, Streaming Loss Shrinks by $300 Million
Alumni in the News
Jiménez longlisted for PEN/Faulkner Award
Alumna Claire Jiménez, who earned a Ph.D. in 2022 in English with a concentration in ethnic studies and digital humanities, was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, her debut novel and second book. The award honors the best published works of fiction by American residents, chosen annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's Board of Directors to avoid commercial influence.
Now an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, she was previously part of a national team that received a $1.35 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to archive Puerto Rican literature.
She is also the author of the short story collection Staten Island Stories (Johns Hopkins Press, December 2019), which received the 2019 Hornblower Award for a first book from the New York Society Library. Her fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in Remezcla, Afro-Hispanic Review, PANK, The Rumpus, el roommate, Eater, District Lit, The Toast and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications.
Jiménez earned her M.F.A. from Vanderbilt University and was a research fellow at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and an assistant fiction editor at Prairie Schooner. She received the Institute for Ethnic Studies program's inaugural Rafael "Ralph" Grajeda Award.
Department of English Announcements and Events
Humanities on the Edge presents: Dr. Jesse Cohn
Date: Feb. 21, 2024
Time: 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: auditorium
Dr. Cohn is Associate Professor of English, Purdue University Northwest. For more on his work:
University Announcements and Events
Education Career Fair
Date: Feb. 12, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm–3:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Centennial
Come talk to districts about their full-time jobs and student teaching opportunities at the upcoming Fall 2023 Education Career Fair. The in-person event will allow you to connect and network with districts & education employers to discover new career opportunities.
Lunar New Year Lunch
Date: Feb. 12, 2024
Time: 11:00 am–2:00 pm
Location: Willa Cather Dining Complex
Menu includes:
BBQ Pork Steamed Buns
Chinese Sticky Rice with Pork
BBQ Pork Ribs
Chicken Leg Char Siu
Wonton Soup with Pork & Shrimp
Taro Salad with Prawn Crackers
Veggie Spring Rolls
Caramel Coffee
Boba Tea
Fortune Cookies
Included with meal plans! For staff/faculty and guest pricing, please visit: https://dining.unl.edu/
Inclusive Teaching Through Writing
Date: Feb. 13, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Location: Linguistic Justice and You
In the classroom, instructors work with students from diverse backgrounds whose writing may diverge to a greater or lesser degree from what they tend to expect. Rather than considering this divergence a barrier to student success, this workshop invites participants to consider the benefits of fostering linguistic diversity. This workshop will introduce the framework of linguistic justice and challenge the idea of “Standard American English.” Participants will reflect on their own experiences of learning to write both within and outside academic contexts, and they will explore how they might begin applying principles of linguistic justice toward a more inclusive classroom. Participants will leave with a plan for at least one concrete change they will make to their teaching practices or assignment design with linguistic justice in mind.
https://teaching.unl.edu/programming/workshops/linguistic-justice-2024-spring/
Mardi Gras Lunch
Date: Feb. 13, 2024
Time: 11:00 am
Location: East Campus Dining Center
The East Campus Dining staff is celebrating Fat Tuesday with a delicious lunch spread. Join us as we celebrate Mardi Gras in the dining center.
Included with a meal plan, guest price without a meal plan.
See what’s on the menu here: https://menu.unl.edu
Spikeball Tournament
Date: Feb. 16, 2024
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Campus Recreation Center
FREE EVENT! Sign-up on site to enter.
Leagues: Open
The contest will be played in the Campus Recreation Center. All participants will need to be checked in on-site by 5:30 p.m. to participate in the event.
Winners will receive this year’s intramural sports championship t-shirt!
Find more information at: https://crec.unl.edu/intramural-sports
Open House at the Student Observatory
Date: Feb. 16, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
Location: Stadium Drive Parking Garage
- Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter
- Saturn’s rings
Located on top of Stadium Drive Parking Garage.
Additional Public Info:
Event maybe canceled due to clouds and weather. Decision to cancel will be posted on the calendar by 3pm on Friday. Events will occur twice a month on Friday evenings. Lets hope for good weather this semester!
AI Petting Zoo: Introduction and Hands-On Work with Artificial Intelligence
Date: Feb. 23, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall Room: 115
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has diversified and expanded since its impactful appearance on the world stage. Higher education was one of the greatest areas affected and many individuals have questions. This immersive hands-on workshop will introduce participants to what artificial intelligence is, the myriad of types of AI that exist, how to effectively engage and use them, and ethical uses for both professional and student use. Come take part in the demonstrations and discussions about where AI is and the new horizons of where AI could go.
https://teaching.unl.edu/programming/workshops/ai-petting-zoo/
Adventure and Authenticity
Date: Feb. 23, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium
*FREE EVENT*
Jedidiah Jenkins is committed to the natural world and passionately encourages enthusiasm in audiences for the vast possibilities that exploration and adventure hold. Jenkins will be sharing his story of journeys through nature, inspiring them to not only appreciate their surroundings more but also to believe that a life defined by a sense of wonder and fulfillment is possible if one is willing to take a risk.
Finding himself dissatisfied with his day-to-day life and eager to make a stronger connection with the natural world, Jenkins upended his life in the pursuit of adventure and personal fulfillment. He biked from Oregon to Patagonia and not only explored the earth’s wonders, which he shared on Instagram with an eager base of followers but also learned about himself.
This experience is the subject of Jenkins’s first book, the memoir To Shake The Sleeping Self: A 10,000-mile Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and One Man’s Quest to Wake Up the Soul, which offers an illuminating look at the impact travel can have on a person’s life and a meditation on meaningful questions about purpose, authenticity, and meaning.
His second book, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are is a collection of essays in which Jenkins explores the eight subjects that give life meaning: ego, family, home, friendship, love, work, death, the soul. He leads readers in a wide-ranging conversation about finding fulfillment in the people and places around us and discovering the courage to show our deepest selves to the world.
In his latest memoir, Mother, Nature, Jenkins sets off on a 5,000-mile journey with his wildly entertaining mother to discover whether they can bridge a common yet seemingly impossible divide between them and find a way to love each other and their differences.
The Beyond Adventure speaker series is sponsored by the Outdoor Adventures program through the financial gift of Joel and Patti Meier. Every speaker in this series comes to UNL to share their story about finding the outdoors and how it has challenged and transformed their life. Historically, the pursuit of the outdoors has been hard to access for many. The stories told here share that struggle and provide empowerment to seek the outdoors.
For more information on Jedidiah Jenkins, please visit: www.prhspeakers.com
Life In Lincoln: East Coast Swing Dancing
Date: Feb. 23, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Louise Pound Hall Room: Atrium (near Room 130)
Life in Lincoln is a series of select evenings for UNL students to gather and enjoy a nearby activity or tour to sample and learn about the local Lincoln culture, neighborhoods, and people.
Meet in Louise Pound Hall (near Room 130) at 6:30 p.m. and the group will depart together for the final destination. A facilitator/guide will meet the group and lead the evening’s activity.
FREE to attend. Open to all UNL students with Event Pass.
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THIS WEEK’s ACTIVITY:
East Coast Swing Dancing. Additional details and the location to be announced soon.
Literary News
Am I the Literary Assh*le? To Blurb, To Follow, To Ghost (Or Not to Ghost)?
By Kristen Arnett | February 8, 2024
https://lithub.com/am-i-the-literary-asshle-to-blurb-to-follow-to-ghost-or-not-to-ghost/
How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s The Shining to the Big Screen
By Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams | February 8, 2024
https://lithub.com/how-stanley-kubrick-brought-stephen-kings-the-shining-to-the-big-screen/
How Corporations Tried—And Failed—To Control the Spread of Content Online
By David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu | February 8, 2024
https://lithub.com/how-corporations-tried-and-failed-to-control-the-spread-of-content-online/
Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art
By Bianca Bosker | February 8, 2024
https://lithub.com/blood-sweat-and-paint-finding-the-work-behind-the-art/
Jacinda Townsend and James Bernard Short on American Fiction
By Fiction Non Fiction | February 8, 2024
https://lithub.com/jacinda-townsend-and-james-bernard-short-on-american-fiction/
Film News
Showing This Week at the Ross
‘Moana 2’ Set at Disney With Surprise 2024 Release Date
By Katcy Stephan | February 7, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/moana-2-disney-2024-release-date-1235901329/
‘Quiet On Set’: Investigation Discovery Docuseries Reveals New Allegations Of “Toxic Environment” On Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon Shows – Watch Trailer
By Denise Petski |
Super Bowl Movie Trailers: ‘Deadpool 3,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel Spots Poised to Dominate Big Game
By Tatiana Siegel, Rebecca Rubin | February 5, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/super-bowl-movie-trailers-wicked-deadpool-3-1235898197/
Disney+ Drops 1.3 Million Subscribers Amid Price Hike, Streaming Loss Shrinks by $300 Million
By Jennifer Maas | February 7, 2024
Other Announcements
University Career + Internship Fairs-
Date: Feb. 13, 2024 - Feb. 14, 2024 - Feb. 15, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm–4:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Centennial
The University Career + Internships Fairs gives students the chance to connect with hundreds of local, national, and global employers to learn more about their available job and internship opportunities. This event is open to students of all program levels (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, graduate).
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ Nebraska Union 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ Nebraska Union 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ Nebraska Union 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
DAY 1 Focus Areas:
Economics, Banking & Finance
Government, Policy, Public Administration & Law
Health & Wellness
Human Services & Non-Profit
DAY 2 Focus Areas:
Entertainment, Media & Design
Computing, Software & Data Analytics
Management, Human Resources, Marketing & Sales
DAY 3 Focus Areas:
Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Science, Research & Development
Glow Big Red: Hunt for Stocking Hats
Date: Date:Feb. 14, 2024
Date:
Time: All Day
Location: City and East Campuses
Students, the hunt is on! Ten stocking hats will be hidden across City and East Campuses on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Each bucket hat has a gift value assigned to it that you can designate to your favorite Glow Big Red cause.
How to play:
1. On Wednesday morning, the 10 stocking hats (shown in photo) will be hidden around City and East campuses.
2. Find a stocking hat, take a photo wearing it, post it to Instagram or X with the message, “I found a Husker stocking hat! #GlowBigRed.”
3. A representative will contact you to select the cause you want to receive the challenge funds.
4. You get to keep the bucket hat!
New Employee Orientation
Date: Feb. 14, 2024
Time: 8:30 am–12:00 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union Room: Great Plains Room C
You’ll receive useful information as you transition to work life at the university. You will:
• Gain a sense of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s community and culture.
• Learn about UNL’s strategic plan for the future and what it means to you.
• Meet and have conversations with other new employees from across campus.
• Find out how you can take advantage of all your benefits options.
• Discover many university resources available to you.
• During part of the morning, you’ll be able to talk with various areas on campus and learn what they have to offer. (Admissions, HealthierU Employee Wellness, Huskertech Computer & Phone Store, Nebraska University Credit Union, Print & Copy Services, Union Bank & Trust, University Dining Services, and UNL Sustainability)
Here are some of the comments from previous attendees:
“The in-person experience in very engaging and a great balance of information without being overwhelming.”
“It gives you a good overview of resources and expectations in addition to what your supervisor trains you on.”
Gilman Scholarship In-Person Info Session
Date: Feb. 20, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm–3:00 pmTime:2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Location: Louise Pound Hall Room: 103
Interested in studying or interning abroad, but not sure how you’ll fund it? The Gilman Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $5,000 for students receiving Pell Grants to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Come to this in-person info session to learn more.
https://careers.unl.edu/experiences/gilman-scholarship-program/