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Thursday, April 15

Conference/Symposium

Interface Teaching Conference

Better Together: Unstoppable Student Teams

Date:
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1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Creating diverse teams that collaborate on creative assignments can energize students and result in greater learning, incorporating multiple perspectives. Faculty and staff from Unizin schools may register for this two-day virtual conference free of …
Activity

CANCELED - Coffee Talks: Conversations between International & Domestic Students

hosted by Student Involvement

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly: –
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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: 200 (Green Room)
NOTE: Coffee Talks are suspended for the remainder of the Spring 2021 semester, yet the twice-weekly events will resume in late August for the Fall 2021 term. Questions? Email Veronica Riepe vriepe2@unl.edu
Workshop

GRE Prep for Health School Applications

Live via Zoom

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Zoom
This session is for students applying to a professional health school that requires the GRE. This session will cover the format of the GRE, exam prep timelines, and helpful resources for GRE prep.
Program

What does it mean to Be a Man?

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6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Zoom
How do you define what it means to be a man? Who shaped this definition? Do you think that it’s an accurate representation of yourself? This virtual event explores what it means to be a man and topics related to masculinity.
This event originated in Gender and Sexuality Center.
Activity

A Conversation with Anti-Bullying Activist and Author Lizzie Velásquez

Presented by UPC Nebraska

Date:
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7:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Location: Zoom
UPC Nebraska is pleased to offer a UNL-student exclusive Zoom session with motivational speaker, YouTube personality, anti-bullying activist and author Lizzie Velásquez.
Activity

An Evening with Lizzie Velasquez

Presented by UPC Nebraska

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7:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Ever since she was dubbed the “World’s Ugliest Woman” in a video posted on YouTube in 2006, when she was 17, Velásquez has spoken out against bullying. She is an executive producer of the award-winning documentary based on her life, A Brave …
Performing Arts - Music

Silkroad Ensemble

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7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
Founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Silkroad Ensemble has been called “vibrant and virtuosic” by the Wall Street Journal and “one of the 21st century’s great ensembles” by the Vancouver Sun. The group creates music that engages difference, …
This event originated in Lied Center 2020-2021 Season.

Ongoing Events

Other

Autism Awareness Month

Recurring Date Info:
Annually: –
Date:
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Time:
All Day
Location: This is in observance and not an event on campus.
Established to raise awareness about the developmental disorder that affects children’s normal development of social and communication skills.
This event originated in Diversity at UNL.
Memorial

Deaf History Month

Recurring Date Info:
Annually: –
Date:
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Time:
All Day
Location: This is in observance and not an event on campus.
This observance celebrates key events in deaf history, including the founding of Gallaudet University and the American School for the Deaf.
This event originated in Diversity at UNL.
Activity

Diversity Month

Recurring Date Info:
Annually: –
Date:
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Time:
All Day
Location: This is in observance and not an event on campus.
Started in 2004 to recognize and honor the diversity surrounding us all. By celebrating differences and similarities during this month, organizers hope that people will get a deeper understanding of each other.
This event originated in Diversity at UNL.
Other

Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi)

Recurring Date Info:
Annually: –
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Time:
All Day
Location: This is in observance and not an event on campus.
The celebration the founding of the Sikh community as the Khalsa (community of the initiated) and the birth of the Khalsa.
This event originated in Diversity at UNL.