Hours
The English Advising Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Appointments
You can make an appointment with Dr. Lacey at this link: https://unlincoln.my.site.com/SSH/0058W00000BUU9I
Walk-in Hours
No appointment necessary
Zoom drop-in hours are Tuesdays from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and Fridays from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
To join, follow this link or copy & paste into your browser: https://unl.zoom.us/my/casadvising
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Reminders
Fri, Nov 10: Last day to withdraw from a fall semester course.
Wed, Nov 23 thru Fri, Nov 25: Thanksgiving. NO CLASS!
Mon, Dec 4 thru Fri, Dec 8: Last week of fall classes.
Mon, Dec 11 thru Fri, Dec 15: Finals week.
Sat, Dec 16: Graduation!
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Department of English Announcements and Events
University Announcements and Events
- Metro Jazz Quintet
- Big Red Pawp-Up
- Cookie Baking + Soup Night
- Nebraska Repertory Theatre Presents “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play”
- What to read right now on Gaza and the Hamas-Israel war.
- How Anne Boleyn Captured Our Collective Imagination
- Do I Sound Asian? Do I Sound Gay? Curtis Chin on Finding His Voice While Narrating His Memoir
Student Spotlight: Julia Rucker
Major: English (creative writing)
Minor: Film
Year: Junior
The ASKus desk in Love Library’s South lobby presents a great place to observe people and learn how they tick according to Julia Rucker, a junior English major with a creative writing specialization and minor in film. She started working at the ASKus Desk for the University Libraries August 2021. Her job as a student library assistant, in part, provides her with some preparation to become a writer of horror fiction and screenplays.
To read more:
https://www.unl.edu/english/news/student-spotlight-julia-rucker
Student Spotlight: Grace Reiman
Major: English
Minor: Law and Business
Year: Senior
To read more about Grace:
https://www.unl.edu/english/news/student-spotlight-grace-reiman
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Alumni in the News
Alumni Spotlight: DeMoine Adams
Undergraduate: B.A., 2001, Political Science (English, History, Communication Studies, Ethnic Studies, African Studies minors)
Graduate: M.A., 2006, Education Psychology (CEHS)
Originally from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, DeMoine Adams is a former University of Nebraska standout football player. He was instrumental in the Big 12 Conference Championship in 1999 and helped lead them to the National Championship Rose Bowl in January 2002. He also spent time in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers.
To read more about Demoine Adams:
https://www.unl.edu/english/news/alumni-spotlight-demoine-adams
Department of English Announcements and Events
SJ Sindu, “The Goth House Experiment”
Date: Nov. 3, 2023
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: University Bookstore
UNL Creative Writing alum SJ Sindu reads from her new collection of stories, THE GOTH HOUSE EXPERIMENT. In “Dark Academia and the Lesbian Masterdoc,” a millennial English professor facing mounting personal crises puts her energies into TikTok, but her newfound viral fame could wreck her already unstable life. In “Patriots’; Day,” a man trying to leave his marriage for the woman he loves finds himself caught up in larger currents of anti-Asian violence. In other stories, an array of loners and artists—a young poet haunted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde, a queer beer brewer, a boy with wings—struggle for connection and fulfillment in a world battered by the pandemic and reactionary politics.
SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels (MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES, which won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award and BLUE-SKINNED GODS, which was an Indie Next Pick and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award), the graphic novel SHAKTI, and other works. She is the co-editor of Zero Street Fiction, the LGBTQ+ fiction series of the University of Nebraska Press.
University Announcements and Events
Metro Jazz Quintet
Date: Nov. 3, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm–9:00 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts Room: Lied Commons
Experience jazz “club style” with the Metro Jazz Quintet in the intimate setting of the Lied Commons. This new quintet includes many of the finest jazz musicians in Nebraska performing a wide variety of your favorite legendary jazz composers. The Lied Commons club scene will feature table and theater seating, a candlelight atmosphere, and cocktails available for purchase throughout the evening.
Enjoy songs like “Take The A Train” & More
Table Seating $39
Theater Chair Seating $29
https://www.liedcenter.org/event/metro-jazz-quintet-ellington
Big Red Pawp-Up
Date: Nov. 9, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location: Love Library South Room: 221 - Peterson Room
Come pet a dog and de-stress! Certified therapy dog teams visit Love Library and the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons monthly in this program for students, faculty, and staff.
Big Red Pawp-Ups are organized by Big Red Resilience and Well-being, Department of Entomology, and University Libraries in compliance with the University Policy on the Use of Animals.
A special thank you to our community partners and local therapy dog teams:
Domesti-PUPS
Healing Heart Therapy Dogs
Uplifting PawsTime:12:00 pm–1:30 pm
Time:12:00 pm–1:30 pLocation:
Cookie Baking + Soup Night
Date: Nov. 9, 2023
Time: 5:00 pmTime:
Location: University Health Center Room: UHC Kitchen
Unleash your inner baker and roll up your sleeves to create delicious holiday cookies. We’ll provide all the ingredients you need to bake yummy treats that capture the essence of the holiday season. While your cookies are baking to perfection, prepare for colder weather by shifting into soup mode. It’s the perfect way to get cozy ahead of a Nebraska winter!
We are SOUP-ER excited to see you there!
No RSVP or advance registration needed. First gen RSO events are open to all first gen students and allies.
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The First-Generation Student Club sponsors events to build friendships and social networks across the first-generation student community. We meet every other Thursday from 5-6 pm. First generation students and their allies are welcome to all events. Join our email list so that you receive reminders about events and updates on other special opportunities for first generation students, such as free basketball and Lied Center tickets, lunches with faculty and staff in the dining halls, and more!
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The term “first-generation” applies to the one in four UNL students who come from families whose parents/guardians do not have a four-year degree.
Nebraska Repertory Theatre Presents “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play”
Date: Nov. 10, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Temple Building Room: Studio Theatre
“Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” by Anne Washburn is a darkly humorous exploration of the power of storytelling and its evolution in a post-apocalyptic world. Set in a future where civilization has crumbled, survivors gather to retell episodes from “The Simpsons” which provides solace and connection.
Literary News
What to read right now on Gaza and the Hamas-Israel war.
By: Literary Hub | October 23, 2023
https://lithub.com/what-to-read-right-now-on-gaza-and-the-hamas-israel-war/
How Anne Boleyn Captured Our Collective Imagination
By: John Guy and Julia Fox | October 23, 2023
https://lithub.com/how-anne-boleyn-captured-our-collective-imagination/
Do I Sound Asian? Do I Sound Gay? Curtis Chin on Finding His Voice While Narrating His Memoir
By: Curtis Chin | October 23, 2023
Film News
Showing This Week at the Ross
Buzzy London ‘Cabaret’ Heading To Broadway This Spring With Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin Starring
By: Greg Evans | October 23, 2023
https://deadline.com/2023/10/eddie-redmayne-gayle-rankin-cabaret-broadway-1235580507/
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Blooms With $44M Global; India’s ‘Leo’ Sweet In Opening; ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Rises To $165M WW – International Box Office
By: Nancy Tartaglione | October 23, 2023
Other Announcements
Submit Your Work To Laurus Magazine!
Laurus is back and calling for submissions of your own work!! Have the chance to get your personal work featured in the Spring 2024 issue of Laurus Magazine!
Laurus encourages undergraduate students to submit their visual art, fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction pieces. Submissions are open now through Sunday, January 31, 2024.
To submit your work, go to laurusmagazine.submittable.com. You must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to have your work included in Laurus.