Campus @ A Glance - Updated 11.3.09

Nov. 3 - Dr. Linda Christensen, WSC Music Department Chair, and Philip Pfaltzgraff, WSC Staff Accompanist, will present a "Duo-Piano Recital"at 7:30 p.m. The pianists will be playing two nine-foot Steinway pianos in Ramsey Auditorium.

Nov. 4, 9 and 11 - The One-Percent-for-Art Committee presents adapted proposals for the Lyle E. Seymour Heritage Plaza - Everyone invited to attend the presentations and provide comments on their proposals by completing a critique form that will be available at each presentation in Benthack Hall Room 103: (see note below about individual presentations).

Nov. 5-8 - "Two Rooms" in the Black Box Theatre. Performances will be Nov. 5, 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.

Nov. 5 - Dr. Michael J. Klarman, the Kirkland and Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School, to deliver the Dr. Sheila Stearns President's Lecture on Public Affairs. Klarman will speak on "Backlash: The Unpredictable and Occasionally Perverse Consequences of Court Decisions" at 3:30 p.m. in Connell Hall Room 131 and "Why Brown vs. Board of Education Was a Hard Case" at 7 p.m. in Gardner Auditorium.

Nov. 5 - "Jobs Available With the Federal Government an Opportunity for Public Service" will be presented by Career Services at 2 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. in Gardner Hall Room 114.

Nov. 7 - Just Juniors Day

Wayne State College to Present "Two Rooms"

The Wayne State College Theatre production,"Two Rooms,'' will feature students: Blair Sommerfeld, Amber Tennell, Matthew Johnson and Andrew Halsey.

Performances will be:

Thursday, Nov. 5 - 7:30 p.m. - Black Box Theatre

Friday, Nov. 6- 7:30 p.m. - Black Box Theatre

Saturday, Nov. 7 - 7:30 p.m. - Black Box Theatre

Sunday, Nov. 8 - 7:30 p.m. - Black Box Theatre

No admission fee but donations are appreciated to benefit the WSC Drama Club. Seating is limited.

The Plot:

The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut where an American hostage is being held by Arab terrorists and a room in his home in the United States, which his wife has stripped of furniture so that, at least symbolically, she can share his ordeal. In fact the same room serves for both and is also the locale for imaginary conversations between the hostage and his wife, plus the setting for the real talks she has with a reporter and a State Department official. The former, an overly ambitious sort who hopes to develop the situation into a major personal accomplishment, tries to prod the wife into taking umbrage at what he labels government ineptitude and inaction, while the State Department representative is coolly efficient, and even dispassionate, in her attempt to treat the matter with professional detachment. It is her job to try to make the wife aware of the larger equation of which the taking of a hostage is only one element, but as the months inch by it becomes increasingly difficult to remain patient. The wife is finally goaded by unforeseen developments to speak out against government policy and, in so doing, triggers the tragic series of events that brings the play to its startling conclusion. In the end there are no winners, only losers, and the sense of futility and despair that comes when people of goodwill realize that logic, compassion and fairness have become meaningless when dealing with those who would commit such barbarous acts so willingly.

For more information, please contact 375-7422.

"A Conversation about Health Care" Program to Discuss Reform Issues on Campus

Everyone is invited to attend a "A Conversation about Health Care" with Dr. Dean O. French, Vice President of Medical Affairs and Quality Faith Regional Health Services, on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in Connell Hall Room 131. French will consider health care and health care reform from the perspective of someone within the medical community. "Conversations" is a new program from Wayne State College's American Democracy Project and is co-sponsored by the Wayne Political Union. "Conversations" brings students and members of the community together to discuss important and timely policy issues. Look for more "Conversations" in the near future. For more information contact Dr. Joe Blankenau (ext. 7541).

Reminder: Faculty members do not march at the December commencement. Faculty members, however, are more than welcome to attend and honor the graduates.

Linda Teach, CEOE
Office Assistant
Vice President for Academic Affairs
375-7208
liteach1@wsc.edu

Fluorescent Bulbs For Sale Through Campus Group

The Wayne State College International Club and Science Fiction Fantasy Club are going GREEN! In association with Northeast Nebraska Public Power District the two Clubs are selling a quantity of 13 watt (60 watt equivalent) Compact Fluorescent Bulbs as a fund-raise and to promote energy conservation and savings. All proceeds from the sales will go to the respective Clubs to support their activities. CFL bulbs are $2 each - spend less to buy a bulb that conserves energy and results in energy savings!

Neither the Clubs or NNPPD are responsible for any defect in the CFLs, failure of warranties, or any circumstance associated with the use or possession of the CFLs and will not be responsible for the public's use, misuse or disposal of the CFLs.

For more information contact Ron Vick in the Counseling Center at 375-7321 or e-mail RoVick1@wsc.edu.

One Percent for Art Committee to Bring Three Artists to Campus

The One-Percent-for-Art Committee will be bringing the following three artists/groups to campus to present their adapted proposals for the Seymour Heritage Plaza on the following dates. You are invited to attend the presentations and provide your comments on their proposals by completing a critique form that will be available at the presentation. Per Board policy....At least one percent of any appropriation for the original cost of any public building under the supervision of the Board shall be spent for the acquisition of works of art. The monies to support the Seymour Plaza One-Percent-for-Art is from the recent construction of the Campus Services Building.

Dates/schedule for the three artists/groups' presentations (all campus presentations of proposals for the campus designs are in Benthack Hall Room 103):

Wednesday, Nov. 4 - WSC associate professor Steve Elliott,
11-11:25 - Proposal by the artist - presentation to the committee and open to the campus
11:30-noon - Artist and committee only for questions

Monday, Nov. 9 - Robert (Bob) Tully,
11-11:25 - Proposal by the artist - presentation to the committee and open to the campus
11:30-noon - Artist and committee only for questions

Brown Bag/lecture - Niobrara Room
12:30 -1:30 - Brown Bag/Guest lecturer presentation...open to the campus, and for those primarily interested in art, pre-architecture, industrial design, applied design, interior design, urban planning, landscaping, etc. The artist(s) will talk about their work, their background, their public art projects, time involved, preparation for this type of public art, etc. This will NOT be another proposal of the design for the campus.
1:30 - Lunch with artist
3 - Artist return home

Wednesday, Nov. 11 - Ryan Warman, Matthew Dehaemers and Dominique Davison,
11-11:25 - Proposal by the artist - presentation to the committee and open to the campus
11:30-noon - Artist and committee only for questions

Brown Bag/lecture - Niobrara Room
12:30-1:30 - Brown Bag/Guest lecturer presentation....open to the campus, and for those primarily interested in art, pre-architecture, industrial design, applied design, interior design, urban planning, landscaping, etc. The artist(s) will talk about their work, their background, their public art projects, time involved, preparation for this type of public art, etc. This will NOT be another proposal of the design for the campus.
1:30 - Lunch with artist
3 - Artist return home

Noted Law Scholar's Lecture to Kickoff WSC Centennial Celebration

Wayne State proudly announces that Dr. Michael J. Klarman, the Kirkland and Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School, will visit the college Nov. 5 to deliver the Dr. Sheila Stearns President's Lecture on Public Affairs. Klarman will speak on "Backlash: The Unpredictable and Occasionally Perverse Consequences of Court Decisions" at 3:30 p.m. in Connell Hall Room 131 and "Why Brown vs. Board of Education Was a Hard Case" at 7 p.m. in Gardner Auditorium.

Klarman earned his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, his J.D. from Stanford Law School, and his D. Phil. from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar. After law school, Klarman clerked for the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1987 and served there until 2008 as the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History.

Klarman has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship and is the author of three books, most notably From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2004 and for which he received the prestigious Bancroft Prize in History.

Klarman's lectures are part of Wayne State's year-long celebration of the college's 100 years as a state college. The Dr. Sheila Stearns President's Lecture Series on Public Affairs brings to campus speakers of national and international distinction who have the ability to inspire students to think broadly about global issues and motivate them to become engaged in civic and public affairs. The talks are free and open to the public.

For information: Dr. Don Hickey, Wayne State professor of history, at 375-7298.

If you missed the fall career fair, then here is your chance to view employers' vacancies...
Log into http://www.wsc.edu/career_services/. Click on the eFair logo to see the vacancies.

This website will be up through Nov. 13. Each listing will provide you with the job description and application process.

Check the eFair frequently because employers will continue to add their vacancies during this time frame. If you have questions, please contact the WSC Career Services Office at 375-7425.

Terri Heggemeyer
Coordinator
Career Services
402-375-7527

Christensen and Pfaltzgraff to Present "Duo-Piano Recital"

Dr. Linda Christensen, WSC Music Department Chair, and Philip Pfaltzgraff, WSC Staff Accompanist, will present a "Duo-Piano Recital" on Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The pianists will be playing two nine-foot Steinway pianos in Ramsey Auditorium on the WSC campus.

They will be joined by Dr. Elise Gutshall, soprano and voice professor at WSC, in a set of songs for voice and two-piano accompaniment written by Joan Trimble (1915-2000), an Irish composer who gained recognition as a composer with the publication in 1938 of songs and two-piano music. "Dr. C and Mr. P" and Dr. Gutshall will present a set of songs entitled "The County Mayo." The two musicians will also perform eight additional two-piano duets from Trimble's compositions, including her acclaimed "Sonatina for Two Pianos."

The other portion of the program will feature a three-movement work entitled "Petite Suite" by Claude Debussy and two dance tunes, "A Frolic" - based on an Irish folksong called "The Lincolnshire Poacher" and "Juba" from the Suite entitled "In the Bottoms" by R. Nathaniel Dett.

Two arrangements by Mel Bowker, "We Gather Together" and "Roll, Jordan Roll," for two pianos are also included in this exciting program.

For more information, please call 375-7359.

Gutshall to Perform an Interactive Evening of Art Song

Dr. Elise Gutshall, soprano, will present "An Interactive Evening of Art Song" with Phil Pfaltzgraff on piano at 7:30 p.m. in Ley Theater of the Brandenburg Education Building on campus,
Nov. 12. There is no admission charge.

This recital is given in preparation of a national singing competition in March 2009. Dr. Gutshall will be performing a wide variety of literature from 1600-2006 A.D. Arias, oratorios, lieder, melodie, Italian art song, and American art song will appear on the program. Audience members will be invited to select the order of Dr. Gutshall's program; so it is all up in the air--YOU will have control of the evening!!! Dr. Gutshall will give a program exploring all possible colors and abilities of the human voice. Come for an exciting display of music!!

Wayne State College Students Heather Showen and Ty Tucker Invite All to Opening, Nov. 2

Wayne State College students Heather Showen and Ty Tucker will be showing their work for their Senior Student Art Exhibition in Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, Nov. 2 - 12.

Everyone is invited to their opening on Nov. 2 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The exhibit at Wayne State College will be available for viewing at the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday while classes are in session. All Exhibitions will end at noon on the closing date.

NSCS Board of Trustees Meeting Moves to Lincoln

The November meeting of the NSCS Board of Trustees will be moved from Wayne to the NSCS Office in Lincoln and it will be a one-day meeting on Nov. 13. The meeting is being moved because the special session of the Legislature, which is scheduled to begin on Nov. 4.

Richard J. Collings
President

Wayne State College to Host Just Juniors on Nov. 7

Area high school juniors and their parents are invited to attend the Just Juniors Day at Wayne State College on Nov. 7, 2009 and March 20, 2010.

"Just Juniors is a great way for high school juniors to get a jump start on their college search process, while also getting a first-hand look at Wayne State College and the programs and services we provide," said Tammy Young, director of admissions and recruitment.

This day is designed for high school juniors and their parents. Special gifts will be given for those attending. Activities include an optional, free A.C.T. preparation workshop (pre-registration is required) for the students, as well as informational sessions for both parents and students.

The day will begin with check-in at the student center at 8:30 to 9 a.m. Juniors and their families will experience a "College Search Process" session with information about applying for admission, scholarship applications and filing for financial aid. Everyone has the opportunity to experience a walking tour of the beautiful WSC campus.

Everyone attending will have the opportunity to connect with faculty from academic departments with time to talk at the academic and student services fair. Free lunch will be served in the cafeteria at the Student Center.

Parents are invited and encouraged to attend.

Because space in the A.C.T. workshop is limited, pre-registration is required. To register, call the admissions office, toll-free, at 866-972-2287, or 402-375-7234. The e-mail address is: admit1@wsc.edu or register at: http://www.wsc.edu/admission/visit_campus/just_juniors

Reminder....
The 2010 Teaching Excellence Award Nominations are due Oct. 30. The forms are available online on the G drive or in the various academic offices. Anyone (staff, student, alumnus, community member) can nominate a faculty member. If questions, please contact Academic Affairs.

Linda Teach, CEOE
Office Assistant
Vice President for Academic Affairs
(402) 375-7208
liteach1@wsc.edu

November General Faculty/Professional Staff Meeting Moved to Nov. 19

The November General Faculty/Professional Staff Meeting has been moved to Nov. 19 at 3:30 p.m. in Gardner Auditorium. Please mark your calendars accordingly.

Agenda items will include updates on the budget and PeopleSoft Conversion/Training. A complete agenda will be published in November.

For more information:

Linda Teach, CEOE
Office Assistant
Vice President for Academic Affairs
375-7208
liteach1@wsc.edu

Employee flu shot update

Wayne Mercy Medical anticipates having seasonal flu vaccine available for WSC employees by mid-November. Although later than planned, it is still within the Centers for Disease Control guidelines to receive the seasonal flu vaccine in November. Watch your email for a specific date, time and cost.

Career Services Office to Host Federal Government Employment Opportunity Presentation

"Jobs Available With the Federal Government an Opportunity for Public Service" will be presented by Career Services on Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. in Gardner Hall Room 114.

Tom Allison, Assistant Director of UNL Career Services and a Certified Federal Job Search Trainer, will provide information on:

10 Reasons to work for the nation's largest employer
Government applications and resume preparation
Job opportunities
Internship opportunities

Please share the information with students. All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend all of these events.

If you have questions, please contact the Career Services Office at 375-7425.

Career Services Will Host Money Matters Workshop
Career Services will host a money matters workshop on Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Elkhorn Room of the Student Center. The purpose will be to help individuals learn the essentials of smart money management while in college. Mike Varley, assistant cashier/operations of Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Wayne will present information on:

Developing Good Credit
Debit Card Use and Misuse
Budget - Creating One and Sticking To It
Good Spending Habits - Needs vs. Wants
Credit Cards - Take Control
Maintaining/Balancing a Checking Account

Wayne State to Host Annual Madrigal Dinners Dec. 4-6

The Wayne State College Madrigal Singers will present the 38th annual Madrigal Dinners Dec. 4-6 in the Frey Conference Suite in the Wayne State Student Center. Clad in sixteenth-century attire, the Madrigal Singers transport audiences back to Renaissance England under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I for a Christmasse Feaste. In the midst of music, poetry and comedy, the audience enjoys a succulent feast, including wassail and flaming dessert.

Well-known English Christmas traditions such as the hanging of the greens, decking the hall, carrying the birch log to the fire, and the boar's head processional are observed. Guests are entertained by strolling carolers and a troubadour who pass by each table of the hall singing carols or playing the lute. Our jester keeps everyone entertained, and the "punny" play will keep you in stitches.

The Madrigal Singers have given more than 300 performances in their 38-year history. They have toured Mexico and Canada in addition to nine trips to Europe. The group presented dinners in England and Wales, and has performed in the Pantheon and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 1992 the group performed in Berlin, Prague, Hannover, and Bach's own church, the Tomaskirche, in Leipzig. In 1994, the Madrigal Singers were the only American choir at the prestigious Spittal, Austria, International Choral Competition. In 2000, the Singers toured Russia, and sang in the great concert halls and churches of Moscow and St. Petersburg, including the Kremlin and Pavlovsk Palace. In 2004, the Madrigal sang performances in Dublin, the Rock of Cashel, and Galway Cathedral in Ireland, and in 2008, members of the ensemble participated in the WSC Music Department's tour of Venice and Como in northern Italy, Salzburg and Vienna, Austria. The 2003 "Holiday Harmonies" program produced by NETV (on which both the Madrigal Singers and WSC Concert Choir performed) was nominated for a regional Emmy.

Friday's and Saturday's dinners will be at 7 p.m. Sunday's dinner will be at 5 p.m. Lordes and Ladyes for the 2009 dinners are Dwain and Carole Petersen on Friday, Dec. 4; Howard and Laura Brentlinger, aka: The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lady Margaret Cranmer, on Saturday, Dec. 5; and Jay Collier and Jane O'Brien on Sunday, Dec. 6.

Ticket sales begin Nov. 2. The "Early Bird" cost for tickets is $24. Ticket requests postmarked after Nov. 20 or received in the Music Office after Nov. 23 will cost $27. No group discounts will be available after Nov. 23.

Mail your ticket orders to Christmasse Dinners, Wayne State College, 1111 Main Street, Wayne, 68787 or purchase them in person at the Music Department Office, Peterson Fine Arts Bldg., Room 109 at Wayne State College.
- Reservations will not be accepted unless accompanied by a check for the full amount.
- Phone reservations are accepted with Mastercard, Visa or Discover.
- All sales are final.
- No exchanges or refunds. In case of inclement weather, the dinner will be rescheduled.
* Group discounts are available for groups of six or more when the order is placed before the early bird deadline. If you fill a table of seven, the cost for the table is $156. Groups of 14 or more (two tables) receive a 10-percent discount. In order to receive a discount, all tickets must be ordered at the same time and paid for as a block.
- Members of the Kingdom of Riverssance will be attending Saturday's dinner in costume. That night's dinner will feature Riverssance revelers acting in character with our guests (perhaps even the Lorde and Ladye of the Feaste).
- Guests are asked to be in their seats 15 minutes prior to the start of the performance.

For information, please call Dr. Ronald Lofgren at 402-375-7358.

If you have questions, please call 402-375-7359 from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Relationship Violence should never be a part of relationships. If someone you know is being hurt or controlled in a relationship reach out and get help. Find out more about what you can do. Hearing arguments or over hearing someone being harmed is not the time to be cautious tell your RA or RD, a professor, friend or counselor. Call 375-7321 for more information.

The Counseling Center will offer monthly workshops during the 2009-2010 academic year. The workshop presenter is Dr. Twila Preston, Prairie Psychological Services. Workshops will be held at 3 p.m. in the Counseling Center, Student Center 103. Nov. 5: Crazy Love - Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) attachment and Stockholm Syndrome.

The workshops will typically be one hour in length for one CEU credit. Participants must attend both Ethics workshops to earn two CEU's for Nebraska mental health licenses. The workshops continuing education credits are provided by Prairie Psychological Practice, PC. WSC staff/faculty can attend free of charge. Non-WSC participants will be charged $10 per CEU. All interested in attending must register in the WSC Counseling Center two days prior to the workshop.

Lin Brummels, MS, LMHP-CPC
Director of Counseling
375-7321
librumm1@wsc.edu

Construction Management Students to Build Sheds

The Const. Mgmt. program students in the Construction Systems course will build sheds for their building/skills component. Rather than build mock ups and then tear down, we felt a real project that gave the same set of skills. The sheds could be built for the cost of material and maybe 10-15 percent above and beyond for profit. Please contact James Gollyhorn (jagolly1@wsc.edu) or 7512, if you have an interest in having one built. It would cost in the neighborhood of $1,500 for material.

Early Alert Program

As part of the Learning Center's recovery and retention efforts the Early Alert Program can assist you in communicating with students who have missed 3 or more classes, have low scores on quizzes/exams or are not progressing in your class(es). Early Alert Forms are located in each department office and on the G Drive under miscellaneous forms and documents. Referrals can also be made through a phone message or an e-mail to Dorothy Weber. Please state the course, student's name and reason for the referral. For referrals or questions call 375-7496.

Last year more than half of the students referred to the Early Alert Program passed the class for which they were referred. Early contact can improve on that percentage. Thank you.

Student Center Kiosks

Do you have a campus related event that needs to be publicized? Check out the Student Center website at www.wsc.edu/student_center and sign-up to have your event posted on the Student Center Kiosks. It's Free Publicity for your campus activity or event. Contact the Student Center Office at 375-7322 for any questions or concerns.

Shirk Lecture to be Simulcast Statewide

The 2009-10 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues continues with a Nov. 12 lecture entitled "China: Fragile Superpower," which originates from the Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and will be simulcast in Columbus, Kearney, North Platte, Omaha, Scottsbluff and Wayne.

The 2009-10 Thompson Forum on "Encountering China" presents speakers from a variety of backgrounds to explore China from diverse perspectives. On Nov. 12 Susan Shirk will expound on the thesis of her 2007 book of the same title, exploring the paradox faced by China's leaders-the more developed and prosperous the country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they feel.

Shirk served as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia from 1997 to 2000, knows many of today's Chinese rulers personally and has studied them for three decades. A leading authority on China, she is the Ho Miu Lam endowed chair in China and Pacific relations in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego, and director of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, whose mission is to educate the next generation of international problem-solvers and peace-makers through research and teaching activities.

Shirk's lecture will be simulcast at Wayne State College, Library, Room 201. For details contact David Graber at (402) 375-7272.

The lecture begins at 7 p.m. (6 p.m. MST in Scottsbluff) and is free and open to the public.

The series is named in honor of E.N. "Jack" Thompson, president of the Cooper Foundation from 1964 to 1990 and chairman from 1990 until his death in 2002. He established the series to promote understanding of world events and issues for all Nebraskans. The series resumes on Jan. 26.

The simulcasts, sponsored by the Cooper Foundation, Nebraska Humanities Council and the local college or university, allow more Nebraskans to have the opportunity to benefit from outstanding speakers and community discussion. Details about the E.N. Thompson Forum are available at http://enthompson.unl.edu.

Nebraska Book Festival Highlights New Works

The 2009 Nebraska Book Festival, Nov. 14 at the Nebraska History Museum in downtown Lincoln, will highlight a few of Nebraska's authors who published new works in 2009. Admission is free.

"New Works" will feature morning and afternoon talks by nine Nebraskans whose books were published in 2009. Confirmed authors include Harley Jane Kozak, Sean Doolittle, Mary Pipher, Hilda Raz, Ladette Randolph, J.V. Brummels, Allison Hedge Coke, Stephanie Grace Whitson and photographer Michael Forsberg.

Writers' workshops will offer opportunities for aspiring writers to discuss writing techniques and receive expert feedback from Kelly Madigan Erlandson and Harley Jane Kozak. Both workshops are free, but seating is limited to 25 people per workshop. Advance registration is recommended and available online.

At 10 a.m., members of the Loren Eiseley Society will share excerpts from the new "Eiseley Reader," which includes Eiseley's most popular essays and a forward by Ray Bradbury.

The 11:30 a.m. awards luncheon at Chez Hay, 210 N. 14th St., will honor winners of the Nebraska Center for the Book's Mildred Bennett, Jane Geske and Nebraska Book awards. The two-hour luncheon will culminate with readings by Nebraska Book Award winners, which may include Ron Hansen, Stew Magnuson, Keith Terry and James Magorian. Luncheon tickets are $12 each. Order forms are available online.

After lunch, the festival will move back to the Nebraska History Museum for more free sessions with Nebraska writers. Book sales, book signings and vendor exhibits will be available throughout the day.

At 2 p.m., Ted Kooser, William Kloefkorn, Don Welch and the audience will discuss insights on reading and writing poetry. The three will talk about how they support each other's work as a writing community through publication, reading, teaching and friendship.

At 4 p.m., Teresa Lorensen, director of the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation, will lead a discussion of Aldrich's "A Lantern in Her Hand," the 2009 One Book One Nebraska selection.

The festival ends with 6 p.m. readings by invited authors at núVibe Juice & Java, 126 N. 14th St., and an open mike starting at 8 p.m.

Visit www.nebraskabookfestival.org to learn more about the festival, to register for writers' workshops or to purchase luncheon tickets. For more information, contact Mary Jo Ryan, festival director, at (402) 471-3434 or (800) 307-2665.

The Nebraska Book Festival is presented by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Commission and Nebraska State Historical Society, with additional support from Duncan Family Trust, Lee Booksellers, University of Nebraska Press, Woods Charitable Fund, Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment.