September 13 - September 27, 2019

My Time Among the Whites: An Evening with Jennine Capó Crucet

Join us for a reading and reception in celebration of Jennine Capó Crucet’s new book.

To find the book, see here.

• September 17, 5:30 - 8:00pm; Wick Alumni Center, UNL Campus.

Big Ten Emerging Scholars Lecture by Stephanie Tsank: Inside Mary Johnson’s Mouth: Crane’s Realism and Sensing the Slums in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Dr. Tsank received her PhD from the University of Iowa. Her talk draws on material from a larger project examining how realist writers use food and the senses to depict immigrant characters and in turn, support constructions (or revisions) of American national identity. Her talk will focus on how Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets disrupts traditional sensory hierarchies through Crane’s representation of immigrant bodies, specifically mouths, throats, and teeth.

• September 26, 3:30 - 5:00pm; Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus.

Guy Reynolds Hosts ‘Everybody in the Place – An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992.’

Guy Reynolds will be hosting a showing of Jeremy Deller’s ‘Everybody in the Place – An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992.’ This one hour documentary film charts the development of dance music/rave culture in the UK during those years. Guy showed some stills during the ‘Rise of the Machines’ lecture, and this is an opportunity to see the full film, which is a fascinating collage of found footage and Deller’s analysis, developed as he talks to a classroom of high school students. Discussion to follow, if people are interested.

• September 27, 2:00 - 4:00pm; Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus

All English Department Events for September

• My Time Among the Whites: An Evening with Jennine Capó Crucet. September 17, 5:30 - 8:00pm; Wick Alumni Center, UNL Campus.
• Big Ten Emerging Scholars Lecture by Stephanie Tsank. September 26, 3:30 - 5:00pm; Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus.
• Guy Reynolds Hosts ‘Everybody in the Place – An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992.’ . September 27, 2:00 - 4:00pm, Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus

All English Department Events for the Fall Semester

• Jesmyn Ward, Essayist, memoirist, and National Book Award winner. October 17, 7:00 - 8:30pm; Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, Sheldon Museum of Art
• Uncommon DH Lecture: Roopika Risam. October 24, 3:30 - 5:00pm; Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus
• Reading by Author Terese Svoboda. October 28, 5:00 - 6:00om; Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus
• Humanities on the Edge Presents Claire Colebrook. October 31, 5:30 - 7:00; Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium,  Sheldon Museum of Art
• Building Your Career: Alt-Ac, Publishing, Fellowships, and Fullbrights. November 5, 12:00 - 1:30pm; Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, UNL Campus

Education Abroad Fair

Enhance your academic experience at Nebraska by participating in study, internship, research, or service learning abroad. With many unique programs in over 70 countries, students have the opportunity to find the perfect fit for their individual academic, personal, and professional goals, as well as their budget. Attend the Education Abroad fair to learn about program options, funding opportunities and how to get started!

• September 17, 11:00am - 2:00pm; Plaza, Nebraska Union

“From the Front Lines: Human Rights, Sex Trafficking and the Survival of the Yazidi People.” by Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, is a leading advocate for survivors of sexual violence and genocide. Murad’s life was brutally interrupted in 2014 when ISIS attacked her village in northern Iraq, killing 600 Yazidi men, including several of her family members. She and other young women were taken prisoner and subjected to beatings and rape. After three months in captivity, she managed to escape and make it to a refugee camp. Following her escape to Germany, she co-founded Nadia’s Initiative, which works to persuade governments and other organizations to support efforts to rebuild the Yazidi homeland

Her talk will be translated by Yazidi activist, co-founder of Nadia’s Initiative and University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumnus Abid Shamdeen.

• September 17, 6:00pm; Lied Center, UNL Campus

Pre-Law Orientation

This workshop is designed for any student considering applying to law school in the future. Freshmen through seniors will learn what it means to be Pre-Law, how to best plan your undergraduate education for law school success, and what makes a competitive applicant. Students will break into groups and discuss specific timelines for undergraduate preparation for law school admission.

• September 18, 4:00 - 5:00pm; Room 221, Love Library South, UNL Campus

Learn to Earn Over Lunch Event

Presented collaboratively by the Military & Veteran Success Center and Career Services, please join us on Wednesday in the Military & Veteran Success Center located at 16 Nebraska Union for a Learn to Earn Over Lunch sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  We encourage you to share this information with military student veterans, service members and dependents.

Today’s FBI is an intelligence-driven and threat-focused national security organization with both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities that is staffed by a dedicated cadre of more than 30,000 agents, analysts, and other professionals who work around the clock and across the globe to protect the U.S. from terrorism, espionage, cyber attacks, and major criminal threats, and to provide its many partners with services, support, training, and leadership. 

Free lunch will be provided and a Career Advisor will be present to help students explore majors and answer questions regarding internships or careers.    

If you have any questions, please contact the Military & Veteran Success Center at 402-472-4130. 

• September 18, 11:00am - 2:00pm; Military & Veteran Success Center, Room 16, Nebraksa Union

Carleton Watkins: Making the West American

Tyler Green is a historian, critic, and the host of the Modern Art Notes Podcast, a weekly interview program that has aired over 400 episodes. His first book, “Carleton Watkins: Making the West American,” is both a biography of one of the greatest photographers of the nineteenth century and an exploration of an artist’s impact on the United States.

Green will shed light on Carleton Watkins’s role in the establishment of Yosemite as a national park—the first such act of landscape preservation in the world—
reminding us that artists don’t just respond to their world, they can change it.

• September 26, 9:30 - 10:45am; Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, Sheldon Mueseum of Art

Get To Know the LSAT

Pre-Law students of all grade levels are encouraged to attend this presentation on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Topics covered will include an overview of the exam and its sections, how to best prepare for the exam during your undergraduate education, practice LSAT opportunities, and timing of the test with law school admissions cycles. Bring your thinking cap and be prepared to do a few exam questions during the session for a prize!

• September 26, 4:00 - 5:00pm; Room 224, Love Library South, UNL Campus

Slam Poetry Event

UNL Slam Poetry is having a Slam Poetry event september 26 which will be the first Slam of the semster. Any UNL student can compete and anyone can come watch! It's a really laid back way to see if you might be interested in competing later on in the semester to be on the UNL team that goes to the national CUPSI competition each year in the spring. 

if you would like to know more about the event or the UNL Slam Poets organization visit here.

• September 26, 7:00pm; Union Crib, Nebraksa Union.

LGBTQ+ 101

 Explore the basic terminology of LGBTQA+ identities, inclusive language, pronouns, campus climate, and LGBTQA+ Resource Center offerings. Hosted by the LGBTQA+ Resource Center. 

• September 18, 2:00 - 3:00pm; Room: Ubuntu Room, Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, UNL Campus

UPC Nebraska and Nebraska College of Law presents “Hate: Resist It. Don’t Censor It," by Nadine Strossen

Nadine Strossen is an American civil liberties activist who was president of the American Civil Liberties Union from February 1991 to October 2008. She was the first woman and the youngest person to ever lead the ACLU. A professor at New York Law School, Strossen sits on the Council on Foreign Relations.

Event is FREE for everyone.
Co-sponsored by UPC Nebraska and Nebraska College of Law

• September 19, 7:30pm; Hamann Auditorium,  Nebraska College of Law, East Campus

Social Justice, Immigration, and the Law

Learn about the current state of immigration law and the things that lawyers and Nebraska Law students do to help people facing immigration issues;  take a tour of Nebraska Law’s Immigration Clinic and learn more about the path to becoming a lawyers; meet law students and hear about the kinds of things they learn and do; lunch and tours of the law school will be provided. Email Melissa McCoy atMelissa.mcccoy@unl.edu or 402-472-8394 to RSVP (RSVPs due by TUESDAY, Sept. 17^th).

• September 20, 10:00am - 2:00pm; College of Law, East Campus

All English / Film Studies Related University Events for September

• Education Abroad Fair. September 17, 11:00am - 2:00pm; Plaza, Nebraska Union
• “From the Front Lines: Human Rights, Sex Trafficking and the Survival of the Yazidi People,” by Nadia Murad. September 17, 6:00pm; Lied Center, UNL Campus
• Pre-Law Orientation. September 18, 4:00 - 5:00pm; Room 221, Love Library South, UNL Campus
• LGBTQ+ 101. September 18, 2:00 - 3:00pm; Room: Ubuntu Room, Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, UNL Campus
• Learn to Earn Over Lunch Event. September 18, 11:00am - 2:00pm; Military & Veteran Success Center, Room 16, Nebraksa Union
• UPC Nebraska and Nebraska College of Law presents “Hate: Resist It. Don’t Censor It," by Nadine Strossen. September 19, 7:30pm; Hamann Auditorium,  Nebraska College of Law, East Campus
• Social Justice, Immigration, and the Law. September 20, 10:00am - 2:00pm; College of Law, East Campus
• Carleton Watkins: Making the West American. September 26, 9:30 - 10:45am; Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, Sheldon Mueseum of Art
• Get To Know the LSAT. September 26, 4:00 - 5:00pm; Room 224, Love Library South, UNL Campus
• Slam Poetry Event. September 26, 7:00pm; Union Crib, Nebraksa Union.

All English/Film Studies Related University Events for the Fall Semester

• “Mighty Be Our Powers: Building Women, Building Peace,” presented by Leymah Gbowee. October 1, 6:00pm; Lied Center, UNL Campus
• “How We Win: Mobilizing Youth in the Fight Against Violent Extremism,” presented by Farah Pandith. October 8, 6:00pm; Lied Center, UNL Campus
• Law School Essay Workshop. October 10, 4:00 - 5:00pm; Room 24, Love Library South, UNL Campus
• Week Without Viloence: Brown Bag Lunchon on Peace. October 16, 12:00 - 1:30pm; Nebraska Union, See Kiosk 
• Phantom at the Opera. October 23 - November 3, Times Vary; Lied Center
• Agency, Power, and Social Justice. November 7, 3:30 - 5:30pm; Heritage Room, Nebraksa Union
• Epistemic Standpoints and the Epistemology of Injustice. November 8, 3:30 - 5:30; Room 308, Lousie Pound Hall, UNL Campus
• Global Cafe: Writing an Undergrad Thesis. November 30,12:00 - 1:00pm; Room 827, Oldfather Hall, UNL Campus

Student Employee, Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship

The Center for Entrepreneurship, located in the College of Business, is seeking applicants for student employee positions to assist with administrative, event hosting, community building and program management work to support the smooth functioning of the center and our programs and events. The position(s) will require approximately 15 hours per week. AM hours on Mon, Wed, and Fri. from 9am on are needed. Additional hours can be flexibly added per your interest and availability. We are a diverse office and welcome applicants from any college. See more details and application instructions on Handshake. Applications OPEN on Wednesday, September 18!

Member Services Staff, Campus Recreation

Member Services Staff will be knowledgeable of and functional in four areas: welcome center, program registration, equipment checkout, and membership registration. In all areas, they will be the customer service and information agents of Campus Recreation, promoting Campus Recreation programs and services. See more details and application instructions on Handshake. Deadline to apply is Monday, September 16!

Video Project Coordinator, Nebraska Food For Health Center

Video production: filming and editing of video content. Filming will take place in scientific settings such as laboratories. Ideal candidate will be proficient with Mac OS and editing programs such as iMovie & Adobe Creative Suite. Some daytime travel will be required. See more details and application instructions on Handshake. Deadline to apply is Thursday, September 26!