An April event at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will focus on the role of community in the professional context.

All UNL faculty, staff and students are invited to “Building Community – Thriving not just Surviving,” an April 10 workshop hosted by UNL’s chapter of the Association for Women in Science, a partnership of the Office of Research and Innovation, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Registration is required for the event, which will take place 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Willa Cather Dining Complex Red Cloud A. Seating is limited to the first 100 registrants. The workshop includes a complimentary lunch.

Register here: https://research.unl.edu/events/event_nuramp.php?EMSEventUUID=3befa6cb-1233-42f3-8c9b-9b7347cc9cb6

The event will feature panelists who will discuss their experiences, insights and advice about finding or building a professional community to help them thrive throughout their careers. In short “spark talks,” each panelist will discuss how cultivating a community can enhance a professional career. They will then engage with attendees in interactive breakout discussions.

The panelists are:

-Jentry Barrett, UNL campus engagement zone coordinator, Nebraska Extension;
-Megan Elliott, founding director, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts;
-Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences;
-Sunayana Malla, graduate student, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering;
-Lise Pingault, research assistant professor of entomology; and
-Jennifer Wood, professor of animal science and associate dean of graduate studies.

The panel is part of the spring AWIS workshop series named after Mary Bomberger Brown, a longtime Husker ornithologist who died in 2019. Bomberger Brown played a key role in launching the UNL AWIS chapter, https://executivevc.unl.edu/faculty/development/awis/, which works to build a campus culture that increases the participation and impact of women in STEM.