September 11 - September 25

University Announcements and Events

Virtual Huskers Abroad 101 Session

terested in going abroad but don’t know where to start? Attend a Huskers Abroad 101 session to take the first step toward going abroad!

This session will cover researching program options, selecting a program, funding and the timeline for the process.

Virtual sessions are held Tuesdays at 10:30am, Wednesdays at 4:30pm, and Thursdays at 2:00pm CT.

Coffee Talks: Conversations between International & Domestic Students

Grab a beverage and join in the twice-weekly casual gatherings to chat about each other’s cultures, meet friends, and learn about campus.

Two options to participate:
• Virtually at: http://bit.ly/unlcoffeetalks2020
• In-person in the Nebraska Union, Room 200 (Green Room). Face coverings and physical distancing are required. Hand sanitizer will be available.

• September 14, 3:30 - 4:30pm; Room 200 (Green Room), Nebraska Union, City Campus.

LGBTQA+ People of Color Panel and Mixer

Meet Queer People of Color from UNL and interact with a panel of guests to talk about their experiences.

Topic: QPOC Panel and Mixer
Meeting ID: 995 2888 7535 One tap mobile
Join Zoom meeting at: https://unl.zoom.us/j/99528887535

• September 14, 4:00pm, Via Zoom

Husker Dialogues

Husker Dialogues is a diversity and inclusion event designed to introduce first-year students to tools they can use to engage in meaningful conversations to help create an inclusive Husker community.

Husker Dialogues is led by student, faculty and staff who have the great responsibility of serving as conversation guides to facilitate the discussion between students.

For more information about how to join the discussion email or call OASIS at oasis@unl.edu, (402) 472-5500
 

• September 15, 7:00pm; Via Zoom

REACH Session for Students

All UNL students are invited to attend the REACH Suicide Prevention Training.

Participants who attend REACH will gain confidence to help others.
– Recognize warning signs
– Engage with empathy
– Ask directly about suicide
– Communicate hope
– Help suicidal individuals access care and treatment

To pre-register, go to: https://go.unl.edu/reach0916

For more information contact Kenzie Miers, mmiers2@unl.edu

• September 16, 3:00 - 4:30pm; Heritage Room, Nebraksa Union.

Pre-Law Orientation

This workshop is designed for any student considering applying to law school in the future. Freshmen through seniors will learn what makes a successful applicant. Students will break into groups and discuss specific timelines for undergraduate preparation for law school admission.

In person and via Zoom at: https://unl.zoom.us/j/91132734572

For a full list of Law School related events happening see here.

• September 16, 4:00 - 5:00 pm; Regency Room, Nebraska Union

Getting 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 answer a few exam questions during the session.

Live via Zoom: https://unl.zoom.us/j/92707578283

• September 17, 4:00 - 5:00pm; Via Zoom

Helen Frankenthaler, Woodcuts, and the Tale of Genji

Karen Kunc, artist/printmaker and professor emeritus, and Ikuho Amano, associate professor of Japanese at UNL, will give insight to “Tales of Genji I,” a thirty-four-color woodblock print inspired by the world’s first novel. The live, museum-from-home event will be moderated by Melissa Yuen, associate curator of exhibitions at Sheldon.

“The Tale of Genji,” written in the early years of the 11th-century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting in Japan’s imperial court during the Heian period, follows the life of fictional Prince Genji, the disowned son of an ancient emperor.

Frankenthaler’s “Tales of Genji I” is on view in Sheldon’s Focus Gallery through December.

Registration is available at: go.unl.edu/tale-of-genji

Additional Public Info: here

• September 17, 5:30pm; Via Zoom
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LGBTQA+ 101

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

Topic: LGBTQA+ 101
Meeting ID: 950 5827 1789 One tap mobile
Join Zoom meeting at: https://unl.zoom.us/j/95058271789

• September 22, 1:00pm; Via Zoom

Internships, Jobs, and Professional Development

Missouri Review is Open for Submissions

The Missouri Review has oppened their admissisons to writers and poets who are looking to have their work published in their 30^th annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize, which awards $5000 each to winners in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. they will be open for submissions until October 1^st, and welcome writers of all levels to submit. 

In addition to $5000, winners in each genre will have their winning piece published in our spring issue, and will be honored with a reading in spring of 2021. All submissions are considered for publication and runners-up and finalists for the prize are often published in the Missouri Review or, in the case of poetry, as part of our Poem of the Week online feature.

"We pride ourselves on focusing on the quality of the writing first and foremost—our allegiance is to finding and supporting strong work. Past winners have ranged from emerging writers to ones with established writing careers. We are particularly excited to let the writers at University of Nebraska, Lincoln know about this opportunity, in hopes that we may see some of their work." - Bailey Boyd, Contest Editor

Submissions will be accepted online or by mail (postmark deadline is October 1) and the winners will be announced in January of 2021.

For the second year, they are offering two options for entry fees. $25 is the standard entry fee, which includes a 1-year digital subscription to TMR and Strange Encounters: Stories from the Missouri Review. $30 is the All Access option, which includes the same goodies as the standard option, plus full access to our ten-year archive, complete with print and audio versions of TMR.

For more information about the literary magaize or how to submit see here.

Collision Literary Magazine is Accepting Submissions

 The Collision Literary Magazine has been established since 2001 and is  now accepting sumbissions from undergraduate students. They accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. Submissions for the anual magainze will be accepted until Friday, February 19th. For more information regarding submission guidelines or to learn more about Collison visit here.

For any questions that you may have, you can contact the magazine staff at this email: collision.pitt@gmail.com

Stay Woke: Readings in Social Justice

To John Lewis, Whose Strength and Sweetness Never Faltered

"Tonight, I am remembering that sweet story of you wanting to go to school, when you were six or so, your father, waking you early that one morning to tell you to go to the fields to work rather than to school to read. That story—and so many others about you—was sent back and forth across the community switchboard during the week of your crossing over. I can hear the rich inflection of your southern voice as you retell that story of how you hid beneath the porch, waiting for the right moment to hightail it to the school bus in order to sneak a day in with the books before paying back the two days in the field that you owed your father. John Robert Lewis, you are a boy, who I daresay, would never disobey his father, unless of course there was a book involved."

Read more of Nikki Finney's touching tribute to the late John Lewis.

Literary News

Fact & Fiction: 2020's Strange Summer in Books

Check out this quick study of our summer 2020 reading habits!

Film News

Showing This Week at the Ross

Babyteeth

The Flight

Yes, God, Yes

Chadwick Boseman: 1976-2020

"Since his appearance in “42” back in 2013, Chadwick Boseman achieved a mythical status, a shorthand that Spike Lee tapped into when he cast him as Stormin’ Norman in his Vietnam-era action drama “Da 5 Bloods.” Norman has a symbolic weight to carry in that film, and knowing what we know about Boseman’s prior roles contributes greatly to the narrative without requiring further explanation: He played American heroes, Black bastions of glory who meant something. People who changed the world."

See more of Odie Henderson's tribute to the late (and great) Chadwick Boseman.