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Take a behind the scenes guided tour through Nebraska’s premier Natural History Museum. Participants will get to enjoy the Museum on a day when it is closed to the public, kearn about when elephants roamed Nebraska and when marine reptiles swam over Lincoln, and get an in-depth tour of our newest floor, Cherish Nebraska. Plus, hear from the UNSM director, Susan Weller.

Relax the body and soothe the mind from the comfort of your own home in a remote yoga experience. All you will need is a chair with no arm rests and some comfy clothes or pajamas. Expect gentle mobility, breathing techniques, and mindful movement to improve sleep quality, reduce stress and enhance overall well-being.

Challenges and growth opportunities come in all shapes and sizes. Challenges can be opportunities for personal growth, development and self-discovery. The Challenge Course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers activities to enhance leadership, communication, teamwork, trust and confidence. Are you willing to risk sharing a little bit of yourself to allow other people to get to know you? Our morning will start off learning about yourself, the other people in the group and having some fun with activities on or near the ground. As the morning progresses, you have an opportunity to challenge yourself by attempting to climb the 50-foot tall Alpine Tower. Everyone that comes out will be able to choose the level of challenge that is right for you while supporting other people. Wear athletic shoes and comfortable attire.

Get an overview of early childhood education and an introduction to some of the key issues in the field today. Learn the importance of early childhood for families, communities and the state. Explore some of the challenges in the field and how Nebraska is addressing these challenges.

Get an overview of early childhood education and an introduction to some of the key issues in the field today. Learn the importance of early childhood for families, communities and the state. Explore some of the challenges in the field and how Nebraska is addressing these challenges.

A single experience of sexual or intimate partner violence can create a lifetime impact. Learning the facts prepares us to intervene and to prevent violence in all its forms. Learn about the issues of sexual and intimate partner violence, address myths that lead to victim blaming and isolation of survivors, and facts about abusive tactics and barriers to receiving support. We will illuminate the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner violence experienced by a variety of populations and identify the short-term and long-term impacts of trauma. We will identify supportive measures to positively impact abuse survivors. Receive disclosures of abuse and assist with safety planning as well as explore the culture that we live in, examine attitudes that perpetuate violence, and identify strategies for change.

A single experience of sexual or intimate partner violence can create a lifetime impact. Learning the facts prepares us to intervene and to prevent violence in all its forms. Learn about the issues of sexual and intimate partner violence, address myths that lead to victim blaming and isolation of survivors, and facts about abusive tactics and barriers to receiving support. We will illuminate the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner violence experienced by a variety of populations and identify the short-term and long-term impacts of trauma. We will identify supportive measures to positively impact abuse survivors. Receive disclosures of abuse and assist with safety planning as well as explore the culture that we live in, examine attitudes that perpetuate violence, and identify strategies for change.

Learn about the history of Lincoln’s Kennard House, originally the home of Thomas P. Kennard, Nebraska’s first Secretary of State. The Kennard House is the oldest building still standing that was part of Lincoln’s original town plat and was restored as a memorial to Nebraska statehood in 1967. We will tour the home, discuss its construction and architectural history, and learn about archeological investigations of the property conducted by UNL’s Summer Field School in Archeology and the History Nebraska State Archeology Office in the 1990s.

In Nebraska, mosquitoes and ticks can thrive and carry diseases such as West Nile Virus, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme Disease. Public health professionals will provide an overview of the mosquitoes and ticks found in the state, their diseases, how they are transmitted, risks for contracting, and how you can protect yourself and your family from these risks. Local public health resources will be provided, giving you ways to gather additional information on these diseases.

In Nebraska, mosquitoes and ticks can thrive and carry diseases such as West Nile Virus, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme Disease. Public health professionals will provide an overview of the mosquitoes and ticks found in the state, their diseases, how they are transmitted, risks for contracting, and how you can protect yourself and your family from these risks. Local public health resources will be provided, giving you ways to gather additional information on these diseases.

Join us on a nature walk to discuss native gardening in a relaxed, fun and social atmosphere. The tour will highlight the native Nebraska-style landscape that surrounds the Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Horticulturist Bob Henrickson will be our guide to showcase the different prairie and native plants. Come to learn more about native plants, what they look like, the benefits of using them and how to incorporate these important plants at your home. Be prepared for walking on uneven ground. A question and answer session with refreshments will complete the tour.

There is history painted on the walls of a dozen small-town Nebraska post offices that are notable examples of New Deal art produced during the years 1934–1943. This one-day tour will visit and discuss the post office murals in Red Cloud, Hebron, and Geneva. On the journey to Red Cloud, we will watch the History Nebraska brown bag seminar presented by Bob Puschendorf, author of the book “Nebraska’s Post Office Murals,” and the facilitator will share resources from History Nebraska about the murals.

Learn the lifesaving skills of adult hands-only CPR, Child CPR, Infant CPR and AED use. We will cover mild and severe airway block for adults, children and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment using the American Heart Association’s research-proven practice, while watching technique. Also learn the use of life-saving tourniquets in controlling serious extremity hemorrhage. This course is information only and does not lead to re-certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 

Learn about challenges and opportunities that lie ahead to maintain the fundamental roles that customers look to their electric provider to deliver. Keeping the lights on requires a balance that happens every minute of every day. The only time we notice an imbalance is when the lights go out. Yet, providing reliable service to customers is just one of at least three fundamental objectives that your public power provider is balancing. Prepare for this interactive conversation about the pursuit of decarbonization while ensuring the service your Lincoln Electric System provides is also reliable and affordable.

Learn about challenges and opportunities that lie ahead to maintain the fundamental roles that customers look to their electric provider to deliver. Keeping the lights on requires a balance that happens every minute of every day. The only time we notice an imbalance is when the lights go out. Yet, providing reliable service to customers is just one of at least three fundamental objectives that your public power provider is balancing. Prepare for this interactive conversation about the pursuit of decarbonization while ensuring the service your Lincoln Electric System provides is also reliable and affordable.

Americans have long been known for their optimism, but that trait has withered in recent years. Across a range of social and political issues, polls show Americans are now distinctly pessimistic. Yet, many of the beliefs that drive up pessimism are counterfactual. We, along with the rest of the world, face grave challenges. A distorted view of the past, present, and future saps many people’s sense of well-being, often with tragic consequences. Without trivializing either the problems we face, or the suffering people must endure, we will look at scientific evidence for happiness about our present and hope for our future.

Americans have long been known for their optimism, but that trait has withered in recent years. Across a range of social and political issues, polls show Americans are now distinctly pessimistic. Yet, many of the beliefs that drive up pessimism are counterfactual. We, along with the rest of the world, face grave challenges. A distorted view of the past, present, and future saps many people’s sense of well-being, often with tragic consequences. Without trivializing either the problems we face, or the suffering people must endure, we will look at scientific evidence for happiness about our present and hope for our future.

Academic libraries have been trending away from a centralized campus space for collections to utilizing their footprint for flexible student-activity centered space. UNL found itself in need of a plan to retain and easily retrieve its collections, while still providing adequate space for campus and community uses. In 2005, UNL began construction of the Library Depository and Retrieval Facility on East Campus to provide a high density, temperature and humidity- controlled environment that would preserve our collections for a century. Learn about the special challenges involved in construction, the process used to select the items stored there, and the unique location system we use; then tour the facility to see how books are retrieved.