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Monday, October 8th

Time Event Title
8:00 am-7:00 pmMen's Choral Festival KIMBALL RECITAL HALL
The UNL School of Music will host the Men's Choral Festival, Monday, Oct 8.
Area high school men's choirs will participate in the day-long workshops on the UNL campus. The festival will conclude with a concert in Kimball Recital Hall and feature all the choirs.
10:00 am-Oct 12th 2:00 pmYou Are Loved Chalking Project Nebraska Union Plaza
For the week of Oct. 8, the LGBTQA Resource Center invites you to join us on the Union Plaza to chalk down messages of love and support for your friends and family and to spread awareness about suicide prevention, including on-campus resources
12:00 pm-1:00 pmDRUMBEAT: Building Resilience Through Rhythm LEVERTON HALL
DRUMBEAT is a flexible therapeutic music program that uses hand drumming to explore relationship issues. The program engages young people and adults who may be anxious or resistant to 'talk based' therapies. It is used by more than 2,000 facilitators who fields as diverse as school behavior management, adolescent mental health, juvenile justice, child trauma, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, eating disorders and refugee services. It is a fun program but theoretically sound and well evaluated.
12:00 pm-1:00 pm"Drumbeat" Workshop LEVERTON HALL
Presented by Simon Faulkner of University of New Castle, Australia. Flexible therapeutic music program that uses hand drumming to explore relationship issues. Designed to engage young people & adults who may be anxious or resistant to "talk-based" therapies. See http://www.youtube.com/hollyoakedrumbeat to see example. Free for faculty, staff, and students. Light refreshments available
12:30 pm-2:00 pmHealthy Husker Booth NEBRASKA UNION
The University Health Center's Healthy Husker peer educators sponsor a booth to educate UNL students about a variety of health and wellness topics.
1:00 pm-4:00 pmNURAMP Module 3: Budget preparation and development ALEXANDER BUILDING - WEST
Creating effective proposal budgets and budget justifications; understanding specific budget categories and allowability of costs; review of principles of cost sharing and subcontracting. Please register online.
2:00 pm-3:30 pmInstitutional Biosafety Committee Meeting Ag Warehouse 1 (EHS Offices)
The Institutional Biosafety Committee is charged with reviewing and approving biological research involving recombinant DNA and infectious agents on the UNL campuses.
3:00 pm-4:00 pmFall 2012 Grassland Seminar Series East Campus Union
Ron Bolze, Coordinator, Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, “Overview of the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition”
4:00 pm-7:00 pmEducation Mock Interviews NEBRASKA UNION
A great opportunity for current Student Teachers to practice their interviewing skills. Sign up through Husker Hire Link (full instructions were provided at Professional Development Day)for a 30 minute time slot which includes 20 minutes of questions and answers followed by 10 minutes of feedback. Dress professionally. All interviewers have a background in education and will have received a copy of your resume prior to the interview.
5:30 pm-6:30 pmChinese Corner NEBRASKA UNION
The Chinese Corner is a good place to practice your conversational Chinese. It is free! Learners at all levels are welcome. The Chinese Corner is sponsored by UNL Confucius Institute, organized by the Chinese instructors at the Institute who are native Chinese speakers.

For more information, please contact
Eve--suixin520@gmail.com
or
Annabelle--leileifruits@hotmail.com
5:30 pm-7:00 pmChinese Cooking Class LEVERTON HALL
In China, making and eating dumplings is an important activity for most families on New Year's Eve. Serving them is believed to bring prosperity. Dumplings are also eaten year-round and at any time of the day. They can be served as an appetizer, side dish, or as a main course.
In this class you will learn to make three kinds of dumplings using different ingredients and filling. You can also taste the dumplings made by other classmates.

NOTE: Class size is limited to the first 20 participants to register with full payment. The next class will be Nov. 26.
5:30 pm-7:00 pmChinese Dumpling Making Class LEVERTON HALL
UNL Confucius Institute offers a Chinese Dumpling Making Class which will include information on making 3 kinds of dumplings. Participants will experience hands-on dumpling making. $30 registration fee will cover all course materials, handouts, ingredients, and soft drinks. For more info or to register, contact Angela Rystrom--402-472-5370
7:00 pm-9:00 pmMen's Choral Festival Concert KIMBALL RECITAL HALL
The Men's Choral Festival will conclude with a concert that will feature all the choirs that took part in the festival. The concert will be on Monday, Oct 8 at 7:00 pm in Kimball Recital Hall.
This event is FREE and open to the public
7:30 pmWeek Without Violence: Project Unbreakable NEBRASKA UNION
On Monday, October 8, at 7:30 pm in the Nebraska Union Auditorium, Grace Brown will speak about Project Unbreakable, her effort to empower survivors of sexual assault through photography. Learn more at projectunbreakable.tumblr.com. Victims/survivors interested in being photographed should email projectunbreakable@gmail.com with the subject line “photograph me - Lincoln.” Co-sponsored by the Women's Center and PREVENT.
7:30 pmProject Unbreakable City Campus Union
Grace Brown will speak about "Project Unbreakable"--her effort to empower survivors of sexual assault through photography.

Victims/survivors interested in being photographed should email projectunbreakable@gmail.com with subject line "photograph me"
8:00 pm-9:00 pmSustainable Living Bi-Weekly Meeting! NuVibe
Join Sustainable Living for their bi-weekly meeting at the Downtown NuVibe. Anyone is welcome at any time; no commitment required.

*Officer positions available* (great resume builder)

Ongoing Events:

Time Event Title
Jan 13th-Dec 2ndExhibition: “What’s in a Name? Inscribed Quilts” International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Apr 21st-Nov 30thMinerals & Meteorites MORRILL HALL
Aug 3rd-Feb 24thExhibition: Studio Art Quilt Associate’s 20th Showcase International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Aug 3rd-Apr 21stExhibition: "Five Decades of Collecting" SHELDON MUSEUM of ART
Sep 7th-Jun 2ndExhibition: Indigo Gives America the Blues International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Sep 18th-Jan 13thExhibition: "Women Call for Peace: Global Vistas" SHELDON MUSEUM of ART
Oct 1st-Oct 30thProject Green Challenge
Oct 5th-Dec 9thWestward Bound: Big Color Landscape Photographs Great Plains Art Museum
Oct 5th-Jan 20thExhibition: "The Geometric Unconscious: A Century of Abstraction" SHELDON MUSEUM of ART
Oct 6th-Oct 19thWeek Without Violence, Oct 6 - 19 UNL

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