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Wednesday, April 10th

Time Event Title
All dayOpen Registration begins for Fall Semester 2013
8:00 am-10:00 amWellness Wednesday East Campus Union
Go 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-Apr 11th 5:00 pmSpring UNL Research Fair NEBRASKA UNION
The spring Research Fair celebrates graduate and undergraduate research. Any UNL student is eligible to participate in the graduate or undergraduate sessions. Administrators, faculty, staff, students and the public are welcome to attend to learn more about the research and creative activity accomplishments of UNL students.
8:00 am-9:00 pmMidwest ClariFest KIMBALL RECITAL HALL
The Sixteenth Annual Midwest ClariFest will take place on Wednesday, Apr 10, all day in Kimball Recital Hall. Hosted by Hixson-Lied Professor of Clarinet, Dr. Diane Barger. This year's featured guest artist is Dr. Suzanne Tirk. Other guest artists will be David Kamran and Richard Viglucci, Hixson-Lied Fellows at UNL.

Dr. Suzanne Tirk is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oklahoma, member of the Oklahoma Wind Quintet, and Director of the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. A dynamic performer and teacher, Dr. Tirk has taught at several universities including Wichita State, Bemidji State, Lawrence University, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Montana State. During her tenure at Wichita State University, she performed with the Lieurance Wind Quintet, and was Principal Clarinet with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. She can be heard on the Lieurance Wind Quintet recording, Music from the Americas, released by Summit Records in 2011. Dr. Tirk has established a national and international reputation with numerous performances and masterclasses, throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Kazakhstan, China, Australia, Panama, and Great Britain. She holds degrees from Lawrence University and Michigan State University. Her teachers have included Elsa Ludewig Verdehr, Charles Neidich, Theodore Oien, Colin Lawson, and Fan Lei.
9:00 am-2:00 pmJunior Wednesdays Van Brunt Visitor Center
Junior Wednesdays are a Husker Weekday visit specifically for juniors on Wednesdays in the spring. The visit begins at 9:15am and ends at 2:00pm. You will learn more about academics, student life, scholarships, and the Husker traditions! You will also have the opportunity to eat in a residence hall for $5.00/person, tour a residence hall room, and meet current students.
9:00 am-10:45 amProgram of Excellence Conference - Security and Terrorism in the Modern World MCCOLLUM HALL
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/unlpoe/

3:30 pm-4:30 pmSpring 2013 Water Seminar Series HARDIN HALL
The Nebraska Water Center, a part of the Daugherty Water for Food Institute is hosting Jeremy Weiss from the University of Arizona to speak on the topic "Recent Variations in Low-Temperature and Moisture Constraints on Vegetation in the Southwestern U.S."
3:30 pmClimbing the Academic Ladder Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center
Interested in graduate or professional school after UNL? Come network with our panel of students and staff! Hear their stories and find out how they succeeded in graduate school.
3:30 pmDr. Robert Crosnoe City Campus Union
Research Associate, Population Research Center and Department of Sociology at University of Texas at Austin

"Adolescence, Peers, and the Challenges of High School?

Presented by Center for Children, Youth, Families, and Schools
4:00 pm-5:00 pmSpring 2013 Biotechnology / Life Sciences Seminar Series BEADLE CENTER
“Whole genome duplications and the origin of novelty,” will be presented by J. Chris Pires, University of Missouri Informatics Institute. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.
6:00 pm-7:00 pmChinese Corner NEBRASKA HALL
Free! Learners of all levels welcome! This is a good place to practice your conversational Chinese and make friends. Topics for spring semester: Chinese movie, travel, food, and other interesting topics. Sponsored by UNL Confucius Institute, organized by the Chinese instructors at the Institute who are native Chinese speakers. For more information, please contact: Julia at yangzhengiao@gmail.com or Robert at robertchina@live.cn
6:00 pm-May 10th 9:00 pm4-H Volunteer Training - North Platte, NE West Central Research & Extension Center
7:30 pm-9:00 pmMidwest ClariFest Concert KIMBALL RECITAL HALL
The Sixteenth Annual Midwest ClariFest will conclude with a concert featuring this year's guest artist, Suzanne Tirk. The concert will be on Wednesday, Apr 10 at 7:30 pm in Kimball Recital Hall. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Ongoing Events:

Time Event Title
Apr 21st-Nov 30thMinerals & Meteorites MORRILL HALL
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
Dec 7th-Sep 1stPerfecting the Past: Colonial Revival Quilts International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Jan 22nd-Apr 21stExhibition: "Modern Madness: The Armory Show Revisited" SHELDON MUSEUM of ART
Feb 1st-Apr 28thExhibition: "Encounters: Photography from the Sheldon Museum of Art" SHELDON MUSEUM of ART
Feb 1st-Apr 28thExhibition: "Making a Presence: F. Holland Day in Artistic Photography" SHELDON MUSEUM of ART
Apr 8th-Apr 12thE-Week 2013 OTHMER HALL

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