All events are in Central time unless specified.

Wednesday, September 7

Activity

Writing a Diversity Statement

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Diversity Statements are increasingly part of applying for faculty jobs. This workshop will help you prepare to write a Diversity Statement. We will discuss the main components, brainstorm what you could write about in your statement, and help you …
This event originated in Graduate Studies Dates.
Lecture

Alaina Roberts: Black Freedom on Native Land

Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize lecture

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Time:
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Center for Great Plains Studies
Dr. Alaina Roberts will speak about her book “I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land,” the winner of the 2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). Books will be …
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Special Event

Husker Dialogues

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7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union
A diversity and inclusion event designed to introduce first-year students to tools they can use to engage in meaningful conversations to help create an inclusive Husker community.
Presentation

Nika King

Actress, Comedian, Writer, & Mental Health Advocate

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Time:
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium
Nika King stars as Leslie Bennett, on the Emmy-winning HBO series, Euphoria, opposite her television daughters, Zendaya and Storm Reid. In this role, King pulls from her early life watching family members battle addiction and triumphantly overcoming …