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.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/User/0058W00000BUU9IQAX/view
Walk-in Hours
No appointment necessary
Zoom drop-in hours are Tuesdays from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and Thursdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm.
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Reminders
Fri, Oct 18: Last day to change a fall semester course to or from Pass/No Pass.
Mon, Oct 21 & Tues, Oct 22: Fall Break. No class.
Mon, Oct 28: Priority registration for spring 2025 begins.
Fri, Nov 15: Last day to withdraw from a fall semester course.
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Department of English Announcements and Events
- Kwame Dawes to read from ‘Sturge Town’
- Pre-Performance Gallery Talk on Artist Jacob Lawrence
- Pascha Sotolongo discusses ‘The Only Sound is the Wind’
- First Friday at Sheldon Museum of Art
- CAS Inquire
- Civil Discourse Workshop presented by SLICE
- DeMisty Bellinger to read from ‘All Daughters are Awesome Everywhere’
University Announcements and Events
- IGNITE featuring Rick Endacott
- RHA Husker Volleyball Watch Party
- Showtime at the Coliseum
- Homecoming - Battle of the Bands
- Cornstock Festival
- Resident Appreciation Week
- LGBTQA+ BIPoC Social
Student Spotlight: Vida Davidovic
Area of study: Creative Writing (English, Masters)
Degrees: BA in Playwrighting and Dramaturg, MA in Theory of Dramatic Arts and Media
Hometown: Banjauka, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Why did you select your program?
I gained a Fulbright stipend at UNL. Apart from that, I wanted to experience the U.S. Creative Writing programs and workshops, since there are not many opportunities in my country to actually learn something about Creative Writing as a discipline. My culture focuses more on teaching playwriting, which I deeply appreciate, but I wanted to broaden my horizons a bit, maybe
by trying to write more fiction.
What has been your best experience as a graduate student at Nebraska?
An opportunity to learn things about American history and culture. An opportunity to engage in conversations with brilliant writers, poets, theorists, and people.
Who have been some of your strongest mentors or role models here?
I enjoyed Amanda Gailey's classes quite a lot. This professor is both intellectually and personally inspiring in so many ways.
Do you have research experience? If so, please describe.
I did an MA back in Belgrade, Serbia, at the University of Arts in Belgrade. It was on dramatic theory, questioning the dramatic structure of three contemporary Serbian playwrights (Tanja Sljivar, Maja Pelevic, Dimitrije Kokanov) to confirm the hypothesis that the dramatical structure of these writings shows patriarchal discourses on a woman and sexual violence (especially acts of initiation into patriarchal society - rape being seen as a "rite-of-passage").
What are your plans once you have earned the degree?
To write. Always to write.
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Department of English Announcements and Events
Kwame Dawes to read from ‘Sturge Town’
Date: Oct. 1, 2024
Time: Starts at 5:30 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
Celebrated author and editor Kwame Dawes – and recently appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica — will read from his new book of poetry. “Sturge Town” is a stunning collection that connects with the earliest days of Kwame Dawes’ work as a poet, from the roots of childhood in Ghana to the reflections of a man turned 60 who is witnessing his children occupying the space he once considered his own.
The site of the ruined ancestral home of Dawes’ family, in one of the earliest post-slavery free villages in Jamaica, Sturge Town is at once a place of myth and, for Dawes, a metaphor of the journeying that has taken him from Ghana, through Jamaica and to Nebraska. The poet ranges through time, pursued by a keen sense of mortality and engages in an intimate dialogue with the reader — serious, confessional, alarmed and sometimes teasing. Whether finding beauty in the quotidian or taking astonishing imaginative leaps, these poems speak movingly of self-reflection, family crises, loss, transcendence, the shattering realities of political engagement and an unremitting investment in the vivid indeterminacy of poetry.
Dawes is the author of 22 books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism and essays. A member of the creative writing faculty in the UNL Department of English, he is Glenna Luschei Editor-in-Chief of Prairie Schooner and a George W. Holmes University Professor. Dawes is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His awards include an Emmy, the Felix Dennis (Forward) Prize for Poetry, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing and the Windham Campbell Prize for poetry.
This UNL Creative Writing event is presented in collaboration with Sheldon Museum of Art.
Pre-Performance Gallery Talk on Artist Jacob Lawrence
Date: Oct. 3, 2024
Time: Starts at 6:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
In conjunction with the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Sheldon Museum of Art presents a gallery talk on artist Jacob Lawrence by Christian Wurst, associate curator for exhibitions. The talk immediately precedes Step Afrika’s Lied Center performance of “The Migration,” based on Lawrence’s iconic paintings “The Migration Series.”
The gallery talk is free and open to the public. For more information and tickets to Step Afrika’s performance at the Lied Center, visit liedcenter.org.
Pascha Sotolongo discusses ‘The Only Sound is the Wind’
Date: Oct. 3, 2024
Time: Starts at 7:00 pm
Location: Virtual Location:Zoom; Francie and Finch
Pascha Sotolongo will discuss her new short story collection with author and UNL Creative Writing Director Timothy Schaffert in a Zoom session sponsored by Francie & Finch.
In the tradition of narrativa de lo inusual (narrative of the unusual), “The Only Sound is the Wind,” the new short story collection by Sotolongo, combines the fantastic with the everyday, weaving elements of magical realism and surrealist twists to sharpen our view of human (and animal) connection. In the title story, the arrival of a mail-order clone complicates a burgeoning romance; a lonely librarian longing for her homeland strikes up an unusual relationship in the award-winning “The Moth”; when humans start giving birth to puppies and kittens in “This New Turn,” a realignment of the natural order ensues. With a playful tenderness and satirical bent, “The Only Sound is the Wind” explores solitude and communion, opening strange new worlds where characters try to make their way toward love, in stories that feature Cuban American characters and uncanny, speculative twists.
Sotolongo Stevenson is an assistant professor of practice in the UNL Department of English and a member of the Creative Writing faculty. Her fiction has appeared in such esteemed journals as Pleiades, American Short Fiction, the Pinch and the Normal School.
First Friday at Sheldon Museum of Art
Date: Oct. 4, 2024
Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
Start your weekend off with First Friday at Sheldon. Explore the exhibitions, participate in creative activities, and socialize with friends.
This event is free and open to the public.
CAS Inquire
Date: Oct. 8, 2024
Time: Starts at 5:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Anne Duncan from the Department of Classics and Religious Studies will give the second talk for this year’s theme, “War, Peace, and Reconciliation.” Talk details and Zoom registration are available at the link.
https://cas.unl.edu/cas-inquire
Civil Discourse Workshop presented by SLICE
Date: Oct. 10, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Heritage Room
The Civil Discourse Workshop builds the capacity of students, staff, and faculty to understand differences through dialogue and civil discourse. The workshop weaves together concepts for discourse across differences and provides space to stimulate discussion around the examination and exploration of social and political norms, values, and beliefs.
This workshop offers:
-Define and explain the importance of civil discourse.
-Learn how to communicate better with people who differ from you politically.
-Talk about what steps we can take to build community.
-Case studies to put into practice what you have learned.
Through learn-by-doing, this workshop will help participants structure and engage in meaningful discourse. From impactful classroom lessons to engaging dialogue at Recognized Student Organization meetings; productive and transformative discussion in higher education has endless possibilities.
https://unl.campuslabs.com/engage/event/10302786
DeMisty Bellinger to read from ‘All Daughters are Awesome Everywhere’
Date: Oct. 10, 2024
Time: Starts at 6:00 pm
Location: Francie & Finch Bookshop
UNL Creative Writing alum DeMisty Bellinger will read from her new collection of short fiction, “All Daughters are Awesome Everywhere,” which Kirkus Reviews called “a thoughtful, observant collection of short stories from an important voice.” The collection is the winner of the Barbara DiBernard Award.
A violinist nearly hits a bicyclist with her car on her rush to rehearsal, leading to a blissful affair and speculation about the effect of love on her violin playing. The whispering of schoolgirls leads a teacher to consider her own fears and failings. In the title story, the nature of motherhood, fatherhood and familial pride plays against a backdrop of death and high school theater. These are stories of human frailty and newfound strengths, with surprising confrontations.
Bellinger is the author of the novel “New to Liberty” and two collections of poetry, “Peculiar Heritage” and “Rubbing Elbows.” She is an associate professor of English and coordinator of the Center of Faculty Scholarship at Fitchburg State University.
UNL Creative Writing alum DeMisty Bellinger will read from her new collection of short fiction, “All Daughters are Awesome Everywhere,” which Kirkus Reviews called “a thoughtful, observant collection of short stories from an important voice.” The collection is the winner of the Barbara DiBernard Award.
A violinist nearly hits a bicyclist with her car on her rush to rehearsal, leading to a blissful affair and speculation about the effect of love on her violin playing. The whispering of schoolgirls leads a teacher to consider her own fears and failings. In the title story, the nature of motherhood, fatherhood and familial pride plays against a backdrop of death and high school theater. These are stories of human frailty and newfound strengths, with surprising confrontations.
Bellinger is the author of the novel “New to Liberty” and two collections of poetry, “Peculiar Heritage” and “Rubbing Elbows.” She is an associate professor of English and coordinator of the Center of Faculty Scholarship at Fitchburg State University.
University Announcements and Events
IGNITE featuring Rick Endacott
Date: Sep. 27, 2024
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
Location: Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Join us for this Ignite Colloquium featuring UNL professor and filmmaker Rick Endacott to discuss his recent short film “Turn Over.”
“Turn Over” centers around an antique tractor and the conflict it provokes between two brothers. The film explores what it means to be part of a family, a community, and a global world, as well as highlighting the difficulties modern farmers face.
Endacott’s screenplay has won numerous awards including Best Short Screenplay at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival in Hollywood, California, Best Short Script at the Snake Alley Festival of Film in Burlington, Iowa, and Best Short Script in the Copa Shorts Film Festival in Maricopa, Arizona, among many other recognitions.
“Turn Over” was produced with the help of Emerging Media Arts students, UNL faculty, and local film professionals.
For more about “Turn Over” https://news.unl.edu/article/huskers-work-behind-the-camera-alongside-professionals-on-film-set
For more about Professor Rick Endacott https://arts.unl.edu/theatre-and-film/faculty/richard-endacott
Additional Public Info:
This event is free and open to the public.
https://arts.unl.edu/carson-center/beyond-classroom/ignite
RHA Husker Volleyball Watch Party
Date: Sep. 27, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Willa Cather Dining Complex Room: Outdoor - Lawn
Come join RHA on the lawn outside of Willa Cather Dining Center for a Husker Volleyball Watch Party. Fun for the entire family! We will have refreshments and a 20 foot screen like you are at an outdoor theater! Bring your own blankets and chairs and join us for a fantastic evening. Rain/inclement weather location will be held in Willa Cather Dining Complex in the Red Cloud Suite.
Huskers vs. UCLA - Game begins at 7 p.m. CST
Showtime at the Coliseum
Date: Sep. 30, 2024
Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Coliseum
Watch and enjoy a fast-paced and lively show as student organizations, fraternities, sororities and residence halls battle against each other with 2-minute group performances full of music, dance, and theatrics for Homecoming competition points and ultimate bragging rights.
Doors Open at 7 - Event begins at 8.
For more information about rules and attendance points visit: https://homecoming.unl.edu/showtime-coliseum/
Homecoming - Battle of the Bands
Date: Oct. 2, 2024
Time: 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Bourbon Theatre
This event is FREE and open to UNL students with their Event Pass and audience members will earn Attendance Points for Homecoming. Battle of the Bands will feature six local bands that include UNL students. The bands will compete for a spot as the final two bands that will perform during Cornstock. Students can vote on their favorite bands after the competition ends.
Cornstock Festival
Date: Oct. 4, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Memorial Stadium Room: East Stadium Loop
Cornstock offers a memorable evening for Husker fans of all ages. Grab your spot to watch the homecoming parade, enjoy food trucks (free for students with NCard), mocktails, hair braiding/tinsel, balloon twisting, face painting, tattoo station, tractor hayrack rides, live music, scarecrow crafting and more! Two finalists from the Battle of the Bands event will perform.
5 pm – Cornstock opens
6 pm – Parade begins
7:15 pm – Battle of the Bands Finalists Compete
8 pm – Cornstock closes
*schedule subject to change
Resident Appreciation Week
Recurring Date Info:
Daily: Oct. 7, 2024 – Oct. 11, 2024
Date: Oct. 8, 2024
Time: TBD
University Housing and Dining will celebrate students living on campus during Resident Appreciation Week October 7-11. The week-long celebration features a line-up of activities to show appreciation and thank students for living on campus.
MONDAY, OCT. 7
7:30-8:30am | Sunrise Yoga in the Massengale Multipurpose Room
8-10:30am | Donuts and coffee at Massengale, Kauffman, and Love Memorial
7-9pm | Board Game Night in the Abel/Sandoz Welcome Center
-Games brought to you by Mana Games
TUESDAY, OCT. 8
8-10:30am | Donuts and coffee at University Suites and Knoll lobbies
1-3pm | Coffee tasting & crafts in the Knoll lobby
-Coffee brought to you by The Mill Coffee & Tea
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
8-10:30am | Donuts and coffee at Harper, Schramm, Smith, and Village lobbies
2-4pm | Well-being Day at the Village Clubhouse
-Massage therapists, coloring pages, and a build-your-own trail mix bar!
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
8-10:30am | Donuts and coffee at Abel, Sandoz, and Courtyards lobbies
Steak Night at Cather, Abel, Harper, East Campus, and Selleck (breakfast hours)
Friday, OCT. 11
7pm | Movie on the Green behind Neihardt, presenting ‘Shrek’
-Shrek-themed snacks
-Costume contest - come as your favorite Shrek character
-Bring a blanket to sit on!
-Movie brought to you by RHA
LGBTQA+ BIPoC Social
Date: Oct. 10, 2024
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Unity Room
This event provides a space to recognize Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous people of color and allows attendees to connect with a greater network of an affirmative community.
The social is a casual mixer where guests can come and go as they please. Appetizers will be provided.
Additional Public Info:
A Relationship activity within Husker Student Power. Learn more: https://go.unl.edu/power
Literary News
How Chinese and Italian Opera Helped Her Write and Grieve
By: Liu Hong | September 23, 2024
https://lithub.com/how-chinese-and-italian-opera-helped-her-write-and-grieve/
Amanda Jones on Banned Librarians
By: Write-minded | September 23, 2024
Film News
Showing This Week at the Ross
The Great Migration: Jacob Lawrence & Spencer Williams
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (The Met: Live in HD)
‘Shawshank Redemption’s’ ‘River of S**t’ Was Full of Actual Poop
By: Simon Bland | Sep. 23, 2024
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shawshank-redemptions-river-of-st-was-full-of-actual-cow-poop
The Apocalypse Comes for the World’s Politicians in Rumours‘ Wild New Trailer
By: Cheryl Eddy | Sep. 23, 2024
https://gizmodo.com/rumors-trailer-cate-blanchett-charles-dance-alicia-vikander-2000502116
Soo Film Festival announces 2024 winners in multiple categories
By: Brendan Wiesner | Sep. 23, 2024
Other Announcements
Blood Drive
Date: Sep. 30, 2024
Time: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Centennial
This 4-day event is the state’s biggest blood supplier each year. Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to donate.
Blood donors and event volunteers can sign up to participate as part of the annual Homecoming Competition here: https://homecoming.unl.edu/blood-drive/
SIGNUP OPENS: 8 a.m. Sept 23, 2024
EVENT DATES:
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Sept 30, 2024 | Nebraska Union, Centennial Room
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Oct 1, 2024 | Nebraska Union, Centennial Room
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Oct 2, 2024 | Nebraska East Union, Great Plains Room
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Oct 3, 2024 | Nebraska Union, Centennial Room
Food Drive for Husker Pantry
Recurring Date Info:
Daily: Sep. 30, 2024 – Oct. 2, 2024
Date: Sep. 30, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: University Health Center Room: 127
Students can support the Husker Pantry and fellow students at Nebraska through a food drive competition. Homecoming points will be awarded categorically.
https://homecoming.unl.edu/food-drive/
Drop-in Flu Shot Clinic for Students
Date: Oct. 2, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union Room: Outside the Great Plains Room
Current UNL students can get their free flu shot by attending a drop-in flu shot clinic, no appointment needed.
Bring these items with you:
- NCard
- Completed 2023-24 Flu Vaccination Form: https://health.unl.edu/forms/Fillable%20Flu%20Form%2009.24.pdf
Only students are eligible to attend drop-in flu vaccine clinics. Faculty and staff must make an appointment at the medical clinic by calling 402.472.5000.
Learn more about this year’s flu shot and common questions about the vaccine by visiting https://health.unl.edu/flu.
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Plant Sale
Date: Oct. 4, 2024
Time: 12:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Greenhouse
The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum will hold a fall plant sale at its greenhouses on UNL’s East Campus (2150 N. 38th St.) on Friday, October 4, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Perennials for shade and sun, herbs, grasses and a selection of shrubs and trees will be available for sale. NSA members receive a 15% discount on plant purchases.
NSA accepts debit and credit cards and checks at its plant sales; no cash, please.
https://www.plantnebraska.org/plantsales
Huskers Abroad 101
Recurring Date Info:
Weekly: Sep. 10, 2024 – Dec. 10, 2024
Date: Oct. 8, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Louise Pound Hall Room: 137
Join Global Experiences for a 30-minute interactive workshop to help you start planning your global experience. During the workshop, we’ll discuss global experience types, funding, the timeline for planning your experience, and thinking through your goals to go abroad. Just show up, no registration is needed, and both undergraduate and graduate students from all colleges are welcome!
https://globalexperiences.unl.edu/
Iceland Study Abroad Program Info Session
Date: Oct. 10, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Location: Plant Sciences Hall Room: 280
Students will spend a 12-day period onsite exploring Iceland for an immersive experience learning about the country’s human and physical geographies including sustainabilities. This course is designed to get students outside, learn methods, gain new perspectives, practice leadership, think critically, and learn how to navigate different cultures.
Please join us for info sessions, to learn more about the program and meet the faculty:
EAST CAMPUS
Thursday, October 10th 12-12:30pm 280 PLSH
Tuesday, December 10th 12-12:30pm 280 PLSH
CITY CAMPUS
Wednesday, October 9th 2-2:30pm Multicultural Center: Ubuntu Room
Monday, December 9th 12-12:30pm Multicultural Center: Ubuntu Room
Tuesday, February 4th 1-1:30pm Multicultural Center: Ubuntu Room
12 days traveling throughout Iceland
Explore Iceland’s unique geography.
Learn about sustainability in Iceland.
Open to both graduate and undergraduate students.
Open to all majors.