It's National Engineering Week--themed "Celebrate Awesome" and you can join the fun at Nebraska Engineering programs in Omaha.
Monday, Feb. 18
Pancake Man (limited food and drink)
9 - 11 a.m. PKI Atrium
Wii Tennis Tournament (sponsored by eSAB)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI 158G
Senior Shadow Day
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Toothpick Tower Competition (sponsored by eSAB)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI Atrium
The Durham School Luncheon - featuring Roger Helgoth, '70
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. / By invitation only WH Thompson Alumni Center, UNO
Senior Shadow Day
Wednesday, Feb. 20
PKI Junior High Discovery Day
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI
“Minute-To-Win-It” Competition (sponsored by ESAB)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI Atrium
Public Presentation: "The Path to Entrepreneurship through Creative Innovation"
Dr. Douglas Derrick, UNO IT Innovation
Dr. Dale Eesley, Director, UNO Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Franchising
2:30 - 4 p.m. PKI 279
Senior Shadow Day
Thursday, Feb. 21
PKI Senior High Discovery Day
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI
Jeopardy Competition & Toothpick Tower Testing
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI 158G
Senior Shadow Day
Friday, Feb. 22
Dodge Ball Tournament (sponsored by ESAB)
11 a.m. (start time) HPER, Court TBD
Industry/Student Networking Mixer (by invitation)
6 - 8 p.m.
RSVP by Feb. 21 / Business Attire
Questions or RSVP to nsbe@unlnotes.unl.edu PKI Atrium
Saturday, Feb. 23
Learning for Life Engineering Day
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. PKI
Spring Open House
1 - 3 p.m.
Pre-registration is encouraged.
Speaker: Dr. Kirk Dombrowski - Department of Anthropology, City University of New York; Anthropology and Criminal Justice, CUNY Graduate Center.
Kirk Dombrowski was trained as a cultural anthropologist who has expanded into research on social network analysis and public health. He is the former editor of "Dialectical Anthropology" and a book series with the University of Nebraska Press called "Fourth World Rising". Since 2012 he has been Associate Director for Theory at New York University's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research. This lecture will introduce research from an NSF-funded research project in Northern Labrador, Canada, carried out between 2010 and 2012.
