Welcome Week for prospective students is March 4-7

February 26, 2024

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Prospective students are invited to check out the School of Global Integrative Studies' Welcome Week events. Sessions will provide an overview of the career paths and internships that UNL students in anthropology, geography, and global studies have pursued. Participants will be able to meet with current students, faculty, and alums.

Research posters from undergraduate and graduate students will be featured on the eighth floor of Oldfather Hall during the week.

A parking map is available online.

Contact LuAnn Wandsnider for more information.

March 4 5:00 p.m., Oldfather 827
Career Pathways and Field Schools in Anthropology

5:30 p.m., Oldfather 827
Anthro Trivia (Prizes! Food! Host: AnthroGroup)

6:30 p.m., Oldfather 8th Floor
Student Research ~ Anthropology
March 5 3:00 p.m., Oldfather 827
SGIS "Lab Crawl" – meet SGIS students and faculty in their research labs: Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology, Geographic Information Systems, Kruger Gallery of Miniatures

4:00 p.m., Bessey 117
Seminar and Social – Dr. Zhenghong Tang (Community and Regional Planning ~ Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAV) for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment) and Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic and Dr. Julia Reilly (SGIS ~ Refugee Resettlement in Nebraska)

5:00 p.m., Oldfather 827
Summer Internships in Archaeology with the Army Corps of Engineers (Omaha), Ryan Mathison and Livia Taylor (ACE)
March 6 5:00 p.m., Oldfather 807
Career Pathways and Field Tour Abroad in Geography

5:30 p.m., Oldfather 827
GeoBowl (Prizes! Food! Host: Geography Student Organization)

6:30 p.m., Oldfather 8th Floor
Student Research ~ Geography
March 7 4:00 p.m., Oldfather 827
Alumni Chat – Meet UNL Alum(s) (Food!)

5:00 p.m., Oldfather 827
Global Studies Career Pathways and Opportunities to Study and Intern Abroad (open to all students)
Learn about our program to South Korea this summer!

5:30 p.m., Oldfather 8th Floor
Student Research ~ Global Studies