Please send your announcements, Bravos

and events for the weekly newsletter

to Casandra (csiefkes2@unl.edu)

by 5 pm on Thursdays.

Department NewsExpecting Travel Reimbursement?The university has a policy that all employees traveling on university business complete a travel authorization prior to traveling in order to submit a reimbursement. It is imperative that you do this – they have considered stating that anyone traveling without an approved TA is not eligible for reimbursement. See Shannon before you travel and she will assist you with completion.

Also, the 60 day rule continues to apply. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE AWARDED if it is past the 60 day rule – this is a state law and therefore no one is exempt.

Reminder: Faculty Development Leave Applications for Faculty Development Leaves for 2014-2015 academic year are due to department chair by December 9th

2013 Holiday Closing Dates UNL will be closed, Monday, December 23, 2013 through Wednesday, January 1, 2014, except for essential designated operations.

Department WallsAs you have probably noticed the staff has been making an effort to personalize and liven up our department. If you have any items you think would look good on our walls or set in the locked cases in 1126 please bring them to 1111!

Important D

ates

November

20th- Vladimir Vertlib Presentation

December

9th- Faculty Development Leave Requests Due

Department News ........................... 1Important Events ............................... 1

Arabic Cultural Event ........................... 2International Education Week ............... 2

International Food Bazaar ......................... 2Graduate Connections ................................. 2

Student Leadership ........................................ 2Chicago DHCS ................................................. 2

Calls for Paper .................................................... 3Bravo!................................................................... 3

Russian Club ......................................................... 3Language Clubs ..................................................... 3Department Calendar ............................................ 4Attachments .........................................................5-8

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Arabic Cultural Event

December 2Gaughan Multicultural Center

Unity Room 21212:00-2:00 pm

Try traditional Arabic Clothes, Hinna tattoo, food, and prizes.

International Food BazaarThis week is the International Food Bazaar. It will take place on

Friday, November 15th, 11:00-1:30 in the Nebraska Union. There will be a variety of food from different student clubs, representing Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. Students of Russian and of Czech representing the Russian Club and The Czech Komensky Club will be cooking for the Food Bazaar on Thursday, November 14th 8.00-2.00 and in the morning November 15th in the Saint Mark on the Campus church kitchen. Everybody who wants to help, or learn how to prepare pirozhki, pilaf, or Moravian goulash and dumplings, is welcome.

We hope that the department will support the culinary efforts of our students. Please, announce in your classes.

Graduate Connections In the November 2013 issue of Graduate Connections•Working Effectively with Faculty and Colleagues•Meet Our Graduate Ambassadors•Graduate Students as Stewards of the Discipline

•Book Review: James Lang’s Cheating Lessons•Preparing for Your Future Career

•Funding Your Dissertation•Teaching Tip: Teaching Critical Thinking

•Writing Tip: Using Commas Correctly•Graduate Student Spotlight

•Funding Opportunities

http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/news/

Outstanding Student LeadershipPlease consider nominating students for the 2013-2014 Outstanding Student Leadership Award. Please use nomination form attached

Chicago Digital Humanities ColloquiumIf you are planning on attending the Chicago DHCS 2013 colloquium December 5-6th at DePaul University registration is now available at the following URL: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/9074240297

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“The Dialogue,” a new documentary that follows four

American and four Chinese students as they travel across

China together.

Another traditional activity for the week is the International

Food Bazaar, returning on Friday, November 15 (from 11-2)

to the Nebraska Union.

If you have an activity that you’d like added to our calendar of

events, please email international@unl.edu. I hope we’ll see you at one

(or more) of the week’s activities.

International Education Week (November 11-15)

International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the

benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. To

learn more about International Education Week activities at UNL, visit http://international.unl.edu/international-education-week.

Please help us spread the word.

One highlight of the week (on Thursday, November 14 at

6:30 in the Nebraska Union auditorium) is a showing of

Russian TableTuesdays2-3:30pm

1107 OLDH#UNLRussClub

Japanese TableLvl 1: Mon // 4-5Lvl 2: Thur // 4-5Lvl 3: Wed // 3:30-

4:30Kawasaki Reading

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Russian Club12Sept // 10 Oct

30 Oct 7pm // 203 OLDH

#UNLRussClub

StammtischTuesdays

5:30pm-7pmPanera Bread

#UNLStammtischPortuguese Table

20 Sept // 5:00 pmYia Yia’s

#UNLBatePapo

Spanish Table

Thursdays6pm

Yia Yia’s#UNLMesa

French TableFridays

4pm-6pmYia Yia’s

#UNLTableau

Arabic TableWednesdays

3:30pm-5:30pm1126 OLDH

#UNLArabicNadii

Komenský Club4 Sept

6:30 Union#UNLKomensky

Language Clubs

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Calls for PapersSee Bulletin Board in 1107 for more information

• Spanish Graduate Student Organization; Washington University; DUE: 15 November

• 2014 James A Rawley Conference in the Humanities; UNL; DUE: 1 December

• Diálogos 11; University of Michigan; DUE: 1 December• Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery;

Colorado Springs, CO; DUE 9 December• Department of Spanish & Portuguese; Ohio State University;

DUE: 12 December• Southwest Council of Latin American Studies; San Diego, CA;

DUE: 20 December

Bravo!to

Nora Peterson

on completing the New York and Twin Cities Marathons

both in 4.5 hours!

UNL Russian ClubNew Year Celebration

Friday, November 22

7 pm — 9 pm

Nebraska Union Regency Suite

Stop by for fun games, delicious Russian snacks, and

music

Bravo!to

Ana López-AguileraFor her review of novel Diario

de campo by Rosario Chaparro Izquierdo published in the

November issue of the journal

World Literature Today.

Check out the complete review here!

HOLIDAY SHUTDOWN

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Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto Lecture

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Video & Presentation10:30 // 102

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Arabic Studies

Arabic Cultural Event December 2, 2013

Gaughan Multicultural Center

Unity Room 212

12:00-2:00p.m.

Join us for a new cultural experince ! Bring a friend and enjoy the Arabic food, prizes

& fun. Try traditional Arabic clothes &

traditional Arabic Hinna tattoo. Meet our Arabic

Studies students and Members of the Arabic writing center.

أهال و سهال!

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Gareth Williams University of Michigan

Accompanied by Linguistics Workshop on Language Structure in Context With invited speaker Dr. Chad Howe of the University of Georgia

CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 1st, 2013

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Please submit a 250-word abstract with a presentation or group panel title by December 1st via e-mail to: gsac@indiana.edu. The abstract should consist of only the title of the paper or panel followed by the text of the abstract with no personal information. On a separate attachment please include the following: name, email, institution address, telephone number (office or home), and title of your presentation. Submissions of panels of three or four presenters organized around a common theme are encouraged. Individual presentation time should not exceed twenty minutes. Please notify us if you require audiovisual equipment such as laptops, projectors, or speakers.

DIÁLOGOS 11:

Graduate Student Research Conference in Linguistics, Literature, & Culture Presented by the graduate students of the

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University

February 22, 2014

Nomination Form

Division of Student Affairs

2013-2014 OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD Outstanding Student Leadership Award: Please list the names and ID numbers of male and female students in the space provided below. To be eligible for this award, a student must have: (1) completed no less than five and no more than six academic year semesters (fall/spring) of full-time postsecondary enrollment, with the last three completed at UNL, (2) at least 67 credit hours completed by the end of Fall Semester 2013 with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5, and (3) current full-time (minimum of 12 hours) undergraduate enrollment status at UNL.

MALE NOMINEES: NAME: NU ID#:

NAME: NU ID#:

NAME: NU ID#:

NAME: NU ID#:

FEMALE NOMINEES:

NAME: NU ID#:

NAME: NU ID#:

NAME: NU ID#:

NAME: NU ID#:

Nominator Name: Phone: Nominator Department: Nominator Address: Zip Code: Nominator Email Address: Please return this form to 106 Canfield Administration Building, Campus Zip 0423 (Off-Campus: Lincoln NE 68588-0423)

or email to thumphress1@unl.edu To submit your nominations electronically, please complete the on-line form at: http://stuafs.unl.edu/sa_awards.shtml.

Forms must be submitted by no later than Friday, November 15, 2013

Questions: Tonda Humphress, 402-472-3755 or thumphress1@unl.edu