All events are in Central time unless specified.

Friday, November 17

International Students’ Day

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All Day
Location: this is an observance not an event
An international observance of the student community. Originally commemorating the Czech universities which were stormed by Nazis in 1993 and the students who were subsequently killed and sent to concentration camps.
Exhibition

Opportunity & Opposition: A Century of Women’s Athletics

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All Day
Location: Love Library South Room: Second floor
Bounding over hurdles in billowing bloomers. Posing proudly with trophies and letter-sweaters. Hustling for the soccer ball on field where Love Library now stands. These are only a few of the images of women athletes featured in a new exhibit opening …
This event originated in Libraries.
Conference/Symposium

2023 Teaching and Learning Symposium

Emerging Pedagogies in Higher Education

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7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union Target Audiences:
Recent developments in technology and in society more broadly have created new patterns of behavior and attitudes in both students and instructors. Phenomena such as Artificial Intelligence and the upsurge in the flow of available data require that …
This event originated in Center for Transformative Teaching.
Lecture

Great Plains talk: “An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation”

2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize winners

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Center for Great Plains Studies Target Audiences:
Legal experts Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) will speak at the Center for Great Plains Studies on Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. about racism and reconciliation on Canada’s Great Plains.
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Lecture

Institute for Ethnic Studies’ 2023 Visiting Distinguished Fellow Dr. Tanisha Ford Lecture

Righting the ‘Sideways’ Archive, Or How I Uncovered the Hidden History of Black Women’s Philanthropy

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Wick Alumni Center Target Audiences:
You’re warmly invited to a Friday-evening public lecture by Dr. Tanisha C. Ford, the Institute for Ethnic Studies’ 2023 Visiting Distinguished Fellow.
This event originated in DEI Learning Opportunities.
Lecture

“Righting the ‘Sideways’ Archive”

Or How I Uncovered the Hidden History of Black Women’s Philanthropy

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Wick Alumni Center Target Audiences:
Historian Tanisha Ford, the Institute for Ethnic Studies’ 2023 Visiting Distinguished Fellow, is a professor of history at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She has written for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time, the Root, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and …
This event originated in Ethnic Studies.

Ongoing Events

National Native American Heritage Month

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All Day
Location: this is an observance not an event
A month to pay tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans,
Holiday

International Education Week

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All Day
Location: Global Education Center Target Audiences:
International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. A joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, it showcases programs that prepare …
This event originated in Global Nebraska.