American Indian Heritage Month Celebration Begins Oct. 31

The positive effect native peoples have had on the cultural development and growth of the United States, as well as the struggles and challenges they have faced, will be recognized beginning Monday, Oct. 31, during a month-long celebration at UNO.

American Indian Heritage Month will be observed with a variety of activities, including keynote speakers, storytelling and more.  All events are free and open to the public.  The schedule of events is listed below. 

Monday, Oct. 31

Fred Leroy will present a program on the 15-year anniversary of Ponca Tribe Restoration.

Noon

Milo Bail Student Center (MBSC) Nebraska Room

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Native Art, Craft & Culture Exhibit and Storyteller Maynard Hinman

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

MBSC Ballroom

Thursday, Nov. 3

Frank LaMere will present "Tribal Politics and the Power of Native Activism."

11:30 a.m.

MBSC Dodge Room

Thursday, Nov. 10

Cora Jones will present "Indigenous Women in Leadership."

Noon

MBSC Nebraska Room

Thursday, Nov. 17

Theresa LaFramboise will present "The Cultural Tailoring Issue in Evidence-Based Practice."

1 p.m.

306 Arts and Sciences Hall

(This event is being co-sponsored by the UNO Department of Psychology.)   

Wednesday, Nov. 30

F.L.G. (Hip Hop artists)

Noon

MBSC Nebraska Room

Cultural Awareness Programs in the Office of Student Organizations and Leadership Programs is sponsoring American Indian Heritage Month activities at UNO.

For more information, contact Sharif Liwaru at 402.554.2711.

PRSSA to Trick-Or-Treat for Omaha Food Bank

A group of UNO students will be trick-or-treating for a cause this Halloween.

Members of the UNO chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will dress up Monday, Oct. 31, and go door-to-door in local neighborhoods seeking donations of cans or boxes of food.  Nebraska Furniture Mart has loaned the students shopping carts to collect the food. All of the donations will be combined with the Nebraska Furniture Mart food drive for the Omaha Food Bank.  Monetary donations also are welcome.

The PRSSA hopes to raise more than 1,000 pounds of food to help feed those in need, said event organizers Sarah Julius and Jackie Normington.  Nearly 50,000 people live below the poverty level in Douglas County, 41 percent of which are children.

Due to Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief efforts, local food banks have depleted supplies. The most needed food items at the Omaha Food Bank include coffee, tuna fish and other canned meats, cereal, soup, canned fruits and vegetables, 100 percent fruit juices, peanut butter, and macaroni and cheese.

For more information on how to participate or donate, contact Julius at sjulius@mail.unomaha.edu or Normington at jnormington@mail.unomaha.edu.

For more information about Omaha Food Bank, visit the Web at http://www.omahafoodbank.org.

UNO to Observe Day of the Dead Nov. 2

The Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) at UNO will celebrate the Day of the Dead Wednesday, Nov. 2.  The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the UNO Art Gallery.

The Day of the Dead tradition, later mixed with Catholic rituals, is celebrated throughout the Americas, said Lourdes Gouveia, OLLAS director and professor of sociology at UNO.  In Mexico and Central America, people build elaborate altars in honor of a particular person or group.  They then fill the altars with items that the honored person or group enjoyed in life.

The 2005 OLLAS altar will honor the Latino/a victims of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Gouveia said.  It will feature food, candy, beverages and other items that were used and enjoyed by those the altar honors.

The Nov. 2 event also will feature Day of the Dead bread from South Omaha and hot chocolate prepared with Mexican ingredients by Maria Arbelaez, associate professor of history and a member of the OLLAS faculty at UNO.

At noon, OLLAS faculty will give a presentation on the history and contemporary manifestation of this pre-colonial tradition across the Americas.

The UNO Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the Weber Fine Arts Building.  Funding for this event is provided in part by the U.S. Department of Education. 

For more information, contact Lucy Garza, OLLAS project coordinator, at 402.554.3835 or lgarza@mail.unomaha.edu.

SPO Event This Week

The Student Programming Organization will host and event this week on campus.  The details are listed below.

Thursday, Nov. 3

Lee Camp, comedian

Milo Bail Student Center (MBSC) Nebraska Room

11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information, call 402.554.2711.

2005-06 Philosophy Colloquia Series Begins Nov. 3

Jennifer McKitrick, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor of philosophy, will kick off the 2005-06 Philosophy Colloquia Series Thursday, Nov. 3.  She will present "Dispositions, Causation and Reduction" at 2:30 p.m. in 392 Arts and Sciences Hall (ASH). 

The event is free and open to the public.  A reception will follow in 205 ASH.

For more information, contact Kathy Cox Schwartz at 402.554.2628 or philosophy@unomaha.edu.

NBS, Communication to Host Screening, Discussion Nov. 4

The UNO chapter of the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) and the UNO School of Communication will unveil a DVD chronicling the life of broadcast news journalist Floyd Kalber Friday, Nov. 4.  The screening of "And finally…the Floyd Kalber Story: The Life and Legacy of a Broadcast News Journalist" will be held at 6 p.m. in 438 Arts and Sciences Hall. 

"His career spanning 50 years took him from Omaha, Neb., to NBC News," said Renee Harvey, NBS president.  "The DVD archives the life of this television news pioneer." 

Following the screening, a panel discussion featuring veteran Omaha media professionals will take place.  Panelists will include:

- Arthur Jacobson, a 36-year KMTV Channel 3 veteran;

- Galen Lillethrop, veteran broadcast journalist and a former news team employee of Kalber's;

- Terry Forsberg, past president of The Omaha Press Club; and

- Dave Hamer, retired WOWT Channel 6 field producer and former UNO professor.

NBS members also will be collecting donations at the screening for two scholarships established in Kalber's name.  The scholarships are sponsored by Northwestern University and The Omaha Press Club.  A tour of the new UNO School of Communication facility will be available to interested participants immediately following the event.

For more information, contact Harvey at rharvey@mail.unomaha.edu or 402.707.9775.

Graduate and Professional School Fair Nov. 9

Are you thinking about graduate school?  Plan to attend the UNO Graduate and Professional School Fair Wednesday, Nov. 9.  The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Milo Bail Student Center Ballroom.

Students and alumni will have the opportunity to meet representatives from institutions with academic programs in business, medicine, law, pharmacy, education, liberal arts, science and more.

In addition, Kaplan will be presenting a workshop on graduate school admission at 11 a.m. in the Milo Bail Student Center Aksarben Room on the day of the event.

Career Exploration and Outreach also holds résumé reviews and mock interviews each Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. in 211 Eppley Administration Building (EAB).  To schedule an appointment, call Pat Cotton at 404.554.3672.

Students can visit the Web at http://unoceo.unomaha.edu and register on CareerConnect, the on-line job search system. They are granted full access to the system upon creating a profile and uploading a résumé.  Registering provides students with 24-7 access to job listings, on-campus interview schedules and more at no cost.

For more information about the fair, CareerConnect and other services, contact Career Exploration and Outreach at 402.554.3672, or stop by 211 EAB.

Governor's Humanities Lecture to Feature Juan Williams

The UNO College of Arts and Sciences will sponsor the 2005 Governor's Lecture in the Humanities featuring journalist and historian Juan Williams Wednesday, Nov. 9.  The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Joslyn Art Museum beginning at 7:30 p.m.  All interested members of the UNO community are invited to attend.

Williams is one of America's leading political writers and thinkers.  He is a senior correspondent for National Public Radio, a political analyst for Fox Television, and a former prize-winning columnist and editorial writer for The Washington Post.

For more information, call 402.474.2131, ext. 102.

UNO to Host Batchelder Biblical Archaeology Conference Nov. 10-12

The Bethsaida Excavations Project at UNO will host the seventh annual Biblical Archaeology Conference and Reunion Nov. 10-12. 

Scholars from all over the world will meet to discuss and present their research on the 2005 dig season at Bethsaida, an ancient city located near the north coast of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.  Bethsaida was the capital city of the forgotten biblical kingdom of Geshur.  It is one of the most frequently mentioned towns in the New Testament and the purported place where Jesus performed several of his major miracles.

All conference activities will be held on the UNO campus, and the keynote lecture is free and open to the public.

Geography historian and biblical archaeologist professor Anson Rainey will deliver the opening keynote address Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Milo Bail Student Center (MBSC) Ballroom.  Dr. Rainey is a professor emeritus of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University, Israel.  The title of his address is "The Rise and Fall of the Aramean Kingdom of Damascus."

Conference activities will continue Friday, Nov. 11, in the MBSC Ballroom and conclude Saturday, Nov. 12, in Eppley Auditorium.

"Over the years, the Batchelder Conference for Biblical Archaeology has gained the prestige of a high quality international conference that attracts scholars and laypeople from around the world," said Rami Arav, director of the Bethsaida Excavations Project at UNO.  "It brings to a large audience the most updated discoveries and thoughts."

In 1991, the Consortium of the Bethsaida Excavations Project (CBEP) was formed and has been housed at UNO since its inception.  Its mission is to excavate the ancient city of Bethsaida, research the data discernible from the remains, and disseminate the conclusions to both academic and popular audiences.

The conference is co-sponsored by International Studies and Programs at UNO, and the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. 

To register or for more information and a complete schedule of events, contact Steve Reynolds, Bethsaida Excavations Project coordinator, at 402.554.3108.

For more information about the Bethsaida Excavations Project, visit the Web at http://www.unomaha.edu/bethsaida/.

Golden Key Induction Ceremony Nov. 13

The Golden Key International Honour Society will hold its induction ceremony Sunday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m. in the Milo Bail Student Center Ballroom. 

The society gives academic recognition to college juniors and seniors in the top 15 percent of their class.  Membership is by invitation only and is open to students in all fields of study.  Membership benefits include assistance with graduate program applications, career placement, scholarship opportunities and more.  This ceremony is open to all juniors and seniors that applied to be in UNO's Golden Key chapter this year. 

For more information, contact Carol Mitchell at 402.554.2428.

Program on Employment Discrimination Laws Nov. 14

UNO students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a program outlining employment discrimination laws Monday, Nov. 14.  The event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Milo Bail Student Center Gallery Room.

The program is designed to familiarize individuals with employment discrimination laws as they relate to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, religion, age and sexual orientation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Laws.

Sharon Ulmar, assistant to the chancellor for the UNO Office of Diversity, will conduct the workshop.

To register, call Pamela Gilmore at 402.554.2872, or contact Ulmar at sulmar@mail.unomaha.edu.

Wheels of Justice Tour to Visit Campus Nov. 15

The Wheels of Justice (WoJ) Tour will visit the UNO campus Tuesday, Nov. 15.  The bus will be parked in Lot N near the Henningson Memorial Campanile from noon to 4:30 p.m.

This traveling exhibition – which was founded in the summer of 2003 – provides education, outreach, nonviolence/action training, active resistance and community building across the United States. It is sponsored by Voices in the Wilderness, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition and the Middle East Children's Alliance, with support from affiliates of the International Solidarity Movement.

In conjunction with the tour's UNO stop, the UNO chapter of Nebraskans for Peace will host a special presentation and question-and-answer discussion titled "The Human Toll of the War in Iraq" Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Milo Bail Student Center Jenkins Room from 1 to 3:45 p.m.  "WoJ tour participants – having seen and lived with war, terror and occupation in Iraq and Palestine – will offer first-hand witness accounts to challenge and educate our community on the repercussions of war and occupation for people both abroad and at home," said Sarah Eades, UNO chapter president of Nebraskans for Peace.

For more information about the tour, visit the Web at http://justicewheels.org.  For more information on the presentation, contact Eades at seades@mail.unomaha.edu.

Entries Sought for Photo Contest

International Studies and Programs is sponsoring its annual "Eyes on the World" photo exhibit and contest.

UNO students, faculty and staff are encouraged to enter photos that depict local and international experiences.  Entry forms are available in 238 and 241 Arts and Sciences Hall (ASH).  There is a limit of three entries per person.  The deadline is Friday, Nov. 4.  All entry forms and photos should be turned in to 241 ASH.

The photos will be on display at University Library Nov. 9-20 as part of International Education Week.  During this time, UNO students, faculty and staff can vote for their favorite photos.  The winners will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m. during the Café International event.  Prizes will be awarded to the top four entries, and winners do not need to be present to win.

For more information, contact Jerrad Jones at 402.657.1209 or jgjones@mail.unomaha.edu.

Spirit Committee Announces October Winners

The UNO Spirit Committee announces the winners of the spirit drawings held at designated events during the month of October.  To collect your prize, contact Gale Roberts at 402.554.3213 or gbroberts@mail.unomaha.edu.

Event: Oct. 6 Spirit Day

Sponsor: UNO Spirit Committee

Prize: Microsoft USB Hub Port

Winner: Megan McKenna

Event: Oct. 14 performance of "SMASH"

Sponsor: UNO College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media Department of Theatre

Prize: Gift Card

Winning Ticket: No. 647689

Event: Oct. 20 Health Fair

Sponsor: UNO School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

Prize: Gym bag filled with goodies

Winning Ticket: No. 269623

UNO Forensics Results

The UNO Forensics Team attended its first competition of the 2005-06 season Oct. 15-16.  The competition, hosted by Creighton University and Concordia (Neb.) University, was held on the Creighton campus.  Twenty-five schools representing 13 states (Nebraska, Michigan, New Mexico, Illinois, Ohio, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Texas and Minnesota) were in attendance.  The competition included two separate tournaments.  Ten UNO students represented the university and brought home 10 awards.  The results are as follows:

At the Creighton University tournament held Oct. 15, the team placed seventh in the tournament sweepstakes and brought home four awards.  UNO senior Channa Rench finished in third place in after-dinner speaking, and senior Teresa Oberdorfer finished fourth in prose interpretation.  Sophomore Heather Knudsen was fifth in program oral interpretation, and senior Ross Rippe placed sixth in poetry interpretation.

At the Concordia University tournament held Oct. 16, the team placed sixth in the tournament sweepstakes and brought home six awards.  Rench placed fourth in after-dinner speaking and program oral interpretation.  Rippe was again sixth in poetry interpretation.  Oberdorfer finished fourth in dramatic interpretation and third in duo interpretation with her partner, Rachel Samson, a freshman.  Samson also placed second in program oral interpretation.

Knudsen, Rench, Oberdorfer and Samson are all students in the UNO College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media. 

The Maverick Forensics Team traveled to Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29-30 to compete in the Central States Invitational co-hosted by Longview Community College and Truman State University.

For more information, contact Susan Schnase, director of forensics, at 402.554.3967.

Maverick Watch

Go Mavs!  Support your Mavericks by attending their home events.

Students are admitted free to all home athletic games with a valid UNO ID and game-day ticket.  The spouses, significant others and children of students also are admitted free.  At the game, students must present a valid UNO ID to receive a ticket.  Tickets do not have to be ordered in advance, as they will be available on the day of the game at each home event.  For more information, call 402.554.MAVS (6287).

At home this week…

Saturday, Nov. 5

Football vs. Minnesota State, Mankato

Canigila Field

1 p.m.

Volleyball vs. St. Cloud State

Sapp Fieldhouse

6 p.m.

For more information about UNO Athletics, visit the Web at http://gomavs.unomaha.edu/.

Flu Shots Available Oct. 31 in the MBSC

Student Health Services (SHS) will be administering flu shots to interested UNO students, faculty and staff Monday, Oct. 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in SHS.

The shots are $15 for students, and $20 for faculty and staff. Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted, and an exact payment is appreciated. No appointment is necessary, and refreshments will be served. SHS is located on the first floor of the Milo Bail Student Center.

For more information, call 402.554.2374.

Les Sigman, Anastasia Kyvelidou Named Athletes of the Year

Three-time national wrestling champion Les Sigman and Anastasia Kyvelidou, a two-event national track champion, are the 2004-05 UNO Athletes of the Year.  The duo, selected by a panel of area sportswriters and sportscasters, will be honored at the 30th annual UNO Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet Wednesday, Nov. 2. 

The event will be held at the Holiday Convention Centre, 72nd and Grover Sts.  The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and the induction program at 8 p.m.  Tickets are $50 each or $500 for a table of 10 and may be ordered by calling 402.554.2506.

Three former All-Americans will be inducted into the Hall of Fame, including Carri Butler Hutcherson, who earned All-American honors 16 times during her track and field career; Pat Kelley III, a three-time wrestling All-American, and Tanya Cate, a volleyball All-American who helped lead the Mavs to the 1996 national title.

Youth Golf Lessons Offered This Fall

Campus Recreation and the UNO women's golf team will offer youth golf lessons this fall in the golf lab, located in 230 Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Building.  Openings are currently available for children ages eight to 15.

The class will meet Saturdays (Nov. 5, 12, 19 and Dec. 3) from 11 a.m. to noon.  The cost is $15 per child and $8 for additional children from the same family.  Members of the UNO women's golf team and head coach Tim Nelson will serve as instructors.

To register, stop by 100 HPER by Nov. 3.  For more information, call Dave Daniels at 402.554.2008.

Heartland Philharmonic to Present "Hauntcert" Oct. 31

The UNO Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra will present its annual "Hauntcert" Monday, Oct. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Strauss Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.  Tickets are $4 for students and seniors, and $5 for adults.   

"'Hauntcert,' an audience favorite, will feature an exciting program of spooky music and guests," said Christopher Stanichar, assistant professor of music at UNO.  "Everyone is invited to attend this family-friendly event and come dressed in costumes."

The program will feature Webber's Selections from The Phantom of the Opera, Bach's Toccata in D minor, Davis's Suite from Dracula and Dvorak's The Noonwitch.  The orchestra also will be joined by Michael Shuman, pianist and winner of this year's UNO Concerto-Aria competition, in a performance of Liszt's Dance of Death.  The orchestra, conducted by Dr. Stanichar, will present the concert in costume.

Complimentary doughnuts and cider will be provided following the concert.

For tickets or more information, call 402.554.3427.

UNO Art Gallery to Host Family Fun Day Nov. 5

The UNO Art Gallery will host a family fun day Saturday, Nov. 5, in conjunction with the current Faith Ringgold exhibit. 

The event, sponsored by Friends of Art, will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  It is free and open to the public.  Activities will include:

- Art-making activities with artists Gail Dickel, Leah Lowe and Gabrielle Gaines-Liwaru;

- A dance event titled "Aunt Harriet's Journey: Making a Dance Movement Map" featuring The Moving Company, UNO's modern dance performing group;

- Improvisation and dramatic interpretation with students from the UNO Department of Theatre;

- A story corner featuring Ringgold's stories read by members of the Metropolitan Reading Council;

- A treasure hunt in the gallery; and

- Quilting demonstrations.

"Faith Ringgold's work is owned by many of the prestigious museums in the country, and UNO is thrilled to be able to offer families in the metro area this unique opportunity to view her works," said Shari Hofschire, director of the UNO Center for Innovation in Arts Education.

The special one-stop exhibition includes painted storyquilts, tankas – works of oil on canvas with quilted fabric borders, paintings, drawings and the complete set of original illustrations from Ringgold's "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky," a children's book.  It also includes the "Anyone Can Fly" Activities Center, where young people can read Ringgold's books, watch videos of her creating work and create their own projects.

"Art: Keep The Faith (Ringgold)!" runs through Nov. 20.  Exhibition sponsors include the Nebraska Arts Council, Joan Gibson and Donald Wurster, and Ray and Frances Gaines.

The gallery is located on the first floor of the Weber Fine Arts Building.  Admission is free, and gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 4 p.m., Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.  Excluding reserved stalls, UNO parking lots are free and open to visitors on Sunday afternoons.

For more information on the family fun day event, contact Hofschire at 402.554.2402.

Experimental Film and Media Series Continues Nov. 5

The UNO Experimental Film and Media Series continues Saturday, Nov. 5, with a screening of Dave Ellsworth's Super-8 experimental work.  The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the UNO Art Gallery.

Ellsworth teaches film and video production at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.  He worked in video post-production at Broadway Video in New York City for 10 years.  Since then, Ellsworth has made award-winning short films that have appeared at festivals in the United States and around the world.  His work as a filmmaker and still photographer is an ongoing exploration of the ways people of different cultures and locales navigate their built environment and public space.

The series is sponsored by Echotrope, a local arts group dedicated to expanding the presence of experimental art and digital literacy in the metro area, and the UNO Art Gallery.

Echotrope was founded by the wife and husband team of Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman, both art and art history faculty at UNO.  Boyer serves as the group's curator/organizer, and Nordman is Echotrope's technical director.

"With this new series, Echotrope hopes to offer Omaha and the UNO community more opportunities to engage with independent film and experimental video," Boyer said.  "Also, with the creation of a new digital cinema program in the UNO Department of Art and Art History, these screenings will also serve as a way for students to become more familiar with new media and independent film and video."

All screenings, which are free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in the UNO Art Gallery, located on the first floor of the Weber Fine Arts Building.  The remaining schedule is listed below.

Saturday, Nov. 19

"Conditioned Love" by filmmaker River Branch

The work of River Branch often arises from the political and is predicated upon the belief that one's most powerful action is to open an audience to the individual, subject matter or issue.  This film is a feature-length experimental documentary.

For more information about the series, contact Boyer at activate@echotrope.org.  For more information about Echotrope, visit the Web at http://www.echotrope.org.  For more information about the UNO Art Gallery, call 403.554.2796.