| 8:00 am-12:00 pm | Wellness Wednesday UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTERGo to the UHC lab and have a Wellness Profiles drawn. The profiles includes total cholesterol (both LDL and HDL), triglycerides, hemoglobin, and glucose. Wellness Wednesday (first Wednesday of the month at UHC lab and second Wednesday at East Campus Union Room 316) is a good opportunity to know your numbers. It is recommended you fast 8-10 hours prior to the test in order to have a more accurate reading.
Wellness Profiles are available to UNL students for $20 and faculty and staff at $25. |
| 8:00 am-10:00 am | UNLcms Introduction ARCHITECTURE HALLNew Web content editors and creators are invited to bring sign-on credentials (username and password) and their converted site URL (http://unlcms.unl.edu/~/ and spend a couple of hours with Mark Hiatt, going over the basics of creating, editing and deleting pages and components of your Web site in the new UNLcms. Learn to edit pages, footers, navigation and headings and learn to assign roles and permissions to users. A short break is provided, along with plenty of time for questions and answers. |
| 8:00 am-10:00 am | UNLcms Introduction ARCHITECTURE HALLNew Web content editors and creators are invited to bring sign-on credentials (username and password) and their converted site URL (http://unlcms.unl.edu/~/ and spend a couple of hours with Mark Hiatt, going over the basics of creating, editing and deleting pages and components of your Web site in the new UNLcms. Learn to edit pages, footers, navigation and headings and learn to assign roles and permissions to users. A short break is provided, along with plenty of time for questions and answers. http://training.unl.edu |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | New Employee Orientation NEBRASKA EAST UNIONAn information session to welcome new employees and share key employment information. |
| 9:00 am-11:00 am | Flu Shot Clinics UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTERThe University Health Center offers walk-in flu shot clinics - no appointments required. Flu shots are free for UNL students paying UPFF facility fees and $30 for faculty and staff. The UHC will file Blue Cross Blue Shield claims for faculty and staff members under the wellness benefit. You must have your insurance card at the time of vaccination in order to file a Blue Cross Blue Shield claim only. If you have used up your wellness benefit for the 2012 coverage period, you will be sent a bill from the UHC. The clinics will be held from 11:30am to 1pm on the following dates at:
Dec. 3: Harper Schramm Smith Dining Hall
Dec. 4: Abel/Sandoz Dining Hall
Dec. 5: East Campus Union
Dec. 6: Nebraska Union - Wellness Booth
Forms are available on-line for you to fill out prior to coming to one of the flu shot clinics to speed up the process. If you are unable to make one of the clinics, you can make an appointment at 402-472-5000. |
| 9:30 am-1:00 pm | Faculty help sessions for Blackboard migration East Campus UnionHelp sessions for faculty needing to migrate old course content to the current MyUNL Blackboard environment will be held throughout October on both City and East campuses. After Nov. 1, courses prior to, and including, Spring 2011 will no longer be available online. Faculty must migrate content if they wish to keep it. Until Nov. 1, past course content can be accessed in the former Blackboard 9 environment http://bb9.unl.edu .
MyUNL (http://my.unl.edu) is the university’s Learning Management System. A new software version, Blackboard 9.1, was installed for courses beginning in Summer 2011, providing greater functionality and security.
For a complete schedule of help sessions and more information on Blackboard migration go to: http://is.unl.edu/myunlupdate |
| 11:00 am | International Quilt Study Center and Museum Public Guided Tour International Quilt Study Center & MuseumEnjoy a guided tour of current exhibitions with a trained docent. Tour is free with admission. |
| 11:30 am-1:00 pm | Political Science Brown Bag Speaker Series Presents Jill Irvine OLDFATHER HALLCynthia Enloe and others have argued that while war has a devastating impact on women it can also open up space for a reconfiguration of gender relations. But, under what conditions can a more egalitarian postwar order be achieved? This is the focus of my study of women’s organizing during war and post war reconstruction in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo attempts to answer this question. How did rapidly shifting and intersecting ethnic, class, and gender identities shape the forms and aims of women’s organizing? To what extent were women’s organizations able to achieve their goals of political transformation and gender equality? In seeking to understand strategies and their impact, Irvine focuses on the interplay between structure and agency—examining the ways in which domestic and particularly international actors and forces shaped the strategic choices of women’s organizations and activists |
| 12:00 pm-1:00 pm | Double Major Information Session City Campus UnionAre you already earning Political Science and International Studies credit hours?
Double Major
Information Session
*Overview of the International Studies and Political Science majors
*Discussion on how the two majors work together to increase your career options and competitive edge on the job market
*Q&A on Internships and Study Abroad
*Add your second major |
| 2:00 pm-5:00 pm | Braided Channels: A Reseach & Region Event Great Plains Art MuseumFeatured Speakers:
Mandy Martin. One of Australia's leading contemporary artists, Martin has spearheaded innovative projects combining art with ecological awareness.
Guy Fitzhardinge. A pastorialist (rancher) managing several properties in New South Wales and Queensland, Fitzhardinge has been involved in developing sustainable ranching techniques.
Panel discussion includes these university and community experts: Dana Fritz, Robert Brooke, Teresa Franta, Jeff Thompson, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Mark Burbach, Martin Massengale, Donna Woudenberg, and Larkin Powell.
Sponsored by the Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources, the University Research Council, Plains Humanities Alliance, Center for Great Plains Studies, and the UNL Department of English |
| 2:00 pm-4:00 pm | Walk-in Wednesdays ARCHITECTURE HALLHave a question? Stop by and ask. Our experts are available every Wednesday to guide you to the answer. Specialties include Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Blackboard, Web technologies, and more. http://training.unl.edu |
| 2:00 pm-4:00 pm | Faculty help sessions for Blackboard migration ARCHITECTURE HALLHelp sessions for faculty needing to migrate old course content to the current MyUNL Blackboard environment will be held throughout October on both City and East campuses. After Nov. 1, courses prior to, and including, Spring 2011 will no longer be available online. Faculty must migrate content if they wish to keep it. Until Nov. 1, past course content can be accessed in the former Blackboard 9 environment http://bb9.unl.edu .
MyUNL (http://my.unl.edu) is the university’s Learning Management System. A new software version, Blackboard 9.1, was installed for courses beginning in Summer 2011, providing greater functionality and security.
For a complete schedule of help sessions and more information on Blackboard migration go to: http://is.unl.edu/myunlupdate |
| 3:30 pm-5:00 pm | SNR Fall Research Seminar HARDIN HALLAndy Bishop, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Coordinator will be presenting on the topic “Independent Environmental Acts of Kindness or Focused Conservation Delivery the Changing Conservation Delivery Paradigm.” |
| 3:30 pm-4:30 pm | Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar Series Jorgensen Hall Presenter: Valery Bliznyuk
Materials Science and Engineering Department
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. |
| 4:00 pm-5:00 pm | Big Ten National Academy of Sciences Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar BEADLE CENTER“Multi-Tasking, Mind, and Brain: Challenges to Healthy Productive Living in The Digital Information Age,” will be presented by National Academy of Sciences’ David Meyer, University of Michigan. Because of emerging technological, economic, and cultural forces, multi-tasking has become an increasingly pervasive way of life in contemporary society. At the same time, fundamental limitations of the human mind and brain for processing information and coping with cognitive task requirements have persisted and will continue to do so. Consequently, to meet these inter-related challenges, basic research by psychological science and neuroscience is needed to understand the mental processes and brain mechanisms whereby attempts to multi-task are made, and beneficial practical applications based on this research must be developed. Given such considerations, the present talk will survey where we now stand with respect to understanding multitasking and confronting its many challenges.
A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The seminar is free and open to the public. |
