2020 B&B Porkfest
Date: Time: 5:00 am–7:00 am Location: Animal Sciences Complex
The 5th annual Porkfest is put on by the Pork interest group of the Block and Bridle Club. Faculty and members dish up dinner that consist of pork loin sandwiches, cheesy potatoes, cookie and drinks. It’s a good meal and a chance to mingle with …
Around Me, A Photography Exhibition
Date:
Time:
7:00 am–10:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Innovation Campus
With the rush of every day, we do not realize the beauty around us; the people, the architecture, the sunset, and the flowers. Most of the photos included in this exhibition speak for Lincoln, but photos on display will also include many places in …
Donation Drive for Matt Talbot
Date:
Time:
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Innovation Campus
Nebraska Innovation Campus is hosting a campus-wide donation drive to benefit Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach. Items needed include hand and foot warmers, travel size shampoo, travel size deodorant, backpacks, and bike locks. Donation items will be …
Mardi Gras Lunch
Date:
Time:
10:30 am–2:00 pm
Location:
Cather Dining Center
A Mardi Gras celebration is nothing without the food. Come and join us celebrate with some Mardi Gras favorites.
Mardi Gras Lunch
Date:
Time:
10:30 am–2:00 pm
Location:
East Campus Dining Center
Join us for a Mardi Gras celebration with some authentic cuisine.
Celebrate Body Positivity with a Cookie
Part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Date:
Time:
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Location:
University Health Center
Connect with UNL NEDN (Nebraska Eating Disorders Network) members and enjoy a FREE cookie.
Celebrate Body Positivity with a Cookie
Part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Date:
Time:
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Union
Connect with UNL NEDN (Nebraska Eating Disorders Network) members and enjoy a FREE cookie.
Contests of Inclusion: A Comparative Ethnography of Iranians in the U.S. & Canada
A Global Cafe Event
Date:
Time:
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Location:
Oldfather Hall
Join us for a Global Cafe with anthropologist and Iranian diaspora expert Dr. Amy Malek from Princeton University. She is a sociocultural anthropologist specializing in the intersections of citizenship and cultural production in the Iranian diaspora …
Pop-up Zen Room
Take a few minutes to engage in some Zen activities before you move on with your day!
Date:
Time:
11:30 am–2:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Union
Big Red Resilience & Well-being is hosting a Pop-up Zen Room. We’ll be at the kiosks on the first floor with three quick Zen activities: essential oil play dough, make your own stress ball, and coloring. Come by to take a moment for yourself!
Dish It Up
hosted by OASIS
Date:
Time:
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Location:
Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center
Join a lively weekly discussion about current and hot topics affecting students’ lives, the campus, and society in the United States and globally. Dish It Up is a safe space for students, staff and faculty to share their personal views, engage in …
Body Acceptance Program
Date:
Time:
2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Location:
University Health Center
The Body Acceptance Program is a dissonance-based body-acceptance workshop. It is designed to help college-age women resist and challenge sociocultural pressures to conform to the thin-ideal and reduce their pursuit of unrealistic appearance …
Stress Management Consultation for International Students
Group Screening Required
If you are feeling stressed and aren’t sure where to turn, make an appointment for this free, confidential consultation designed specifically for international students. To reserve your spot, email Xiping.qiu@unl.edu.
UNL Arabic Conversation Table
Date:
Time:
2:30 pm–3:00 pm
Location:
Oldfather Hall
Learn the culture, speak the language, and make new friends!
Chinese Hour 2020
Date:
Time:
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Location:
Oldfather Hall
Join us in the Department of Modern Languages for Chinese Hour, coordinated by Chinese Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Yi Yu.
Ohiyesa: The Soul of a Man
Date:
Time:
4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Location:
Love Library South
This documentary follows Kate Beane, a young Dakota woman, as she examines the extraordinary life of her celebrated relative, Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa). Biography and journey come together as Kate traces Eastman’s path—from traditional Dakota …
Fat Tuesday Dinner
Date:
Time:
4:30 pm–8:30 pm
Location:
Abel Dining Center
Come and celebrate Fat Tuesday with us at Abel Dining Center. We’re serving some of our favorites.
Fat Tuesday Dinner
Date:
Time:
4:30 pm–8:30 pm
Location:
Selleck Dining Center
We’re celebrating Fat Tuesday with some of our favorites for dinner. Come and join us.
Mardi Gras Dinner
Date:
Time:
4:30 pm–7:00 pm
Location:
East Campus Dining Center
Ron’s cooking up more goodies for Mardi Gras dinner. Join us as we celebrate this annual New Orleans celebration.
A Taste of Rwanda
Hosted by the Residence Life Multicultural Awareness and Diversity Education (MADE) committee
Date:
Time:
5:00 pm–7:30 pm
Location:
Cather Dining Center
Join us for a fun event as we learn more about the Rwandan culture. We’ll be dining on some delicious cuisine and learning interesting facts about the country of Rwanda.
Discriminatory Algorithms and Cultural Complexities
Date:
Time:
5:30 pm–6:30 pm
Location:
Nebraska Union
A CAS INQUIRE event, for students who want to delve deeper. Presented by Dr. Carrie Heitman, associate professor of anthropology and associate director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanitie and Dr. Heather Richards-Rissetto, assistant …
Black History Month Movie Series – Soul Food
Date: Time: 6:00 pm–9:00 pm Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center
“Soul Food” tells the story of a big African-American family from Chicago with warm-hearted good cheer; in the way it cuts between stories of romance and trouble, it’s like “Waiting to Exhale,” but more down to earth and believable—and …
Black History Month Choral Performance
University Singers and All-Collegiate Choir
Date:
Time:
7:30 pm
Location:
Westminster Presbyterian Church
The All-Collegiate Choir will open the night with music that includes Hold On, We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace and Take It to the Lord in Prayer. The University Singers close out the night with music including Keep Your Lamps, Amazing Grace …
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist
with Dr. Frank Turek
Date:
Time:
8:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Union
Dr. Frank Turek of Cross Examined will present “I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist.” He will address four questions to help establish why it is most reasonable to conclude that Christianity is true: Does truth exist? Does God exist? Are …
Ongoing Events
NATIVE VOICES: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness
a Traveling Exhibit
Date:
–
Time:
All Day
Location:
Love Library South
Vision Maker Media, in partnership with the University Libraries, introduces a new traveling exhibition, Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, which examines concepts of health and medicine among contemporary American …
