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from the issue of September 13, 2007
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UNL Czech language program celebrates 100 year milestone
BY SARA PIPHER, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
The UNL Czech program - the longest-running Czech language program in the United States - is celebrating 100 years of teaching Czech language and literature this fall.
To celebrate this milestone, the Czech Language Foundation and the Komensky Club are planning more than two weeks of events and activities at UNL, including representation by an international delegation and senators from the Czech Republic who will attend a special program Sept. 19.
The Czech program was started in 1907 by Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, after members of the Czech community and Czech legislators in the state of Nebraska asked NU to include it in its curriculum.
Events marking the 100th year of the program include:
• Sept. 14-28 - "The History of the Brave Czech Nation," an exhibit by Czech author Lucy Seifert, Rotunda Art Gallery in the Nebraska Union. The exhibit consists of 46 4-inch by 8-inch panels that tell the story about the Czech lands' history from mammoth hunters of 35,000 years ago to the Velvet Divorce of the Czech and Slovak republics in 1993.
• Sept. 19 - "Czech Politics, the European Union and the United States," a discussion with visiting Czech senators traveling to UNL for the 100 years of Czech celebration, 3:30 p.m., Nebraska Union Auditorium; "An Evening with Senators from the Czech Republic," including Martin Mejstrík, the student who headed the student-led 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5 p.m., Nebraska Union Ballroom; dinner at 6 p.m. A program follows during which the Czech senators will honor donors to the Czech Language Foundation Scholarship Partnering Program. Tickets are $25, $15 for students. Reservations are required and tickets must be purchased by Sept. 14. Send a check payable to the Czech Language Foundation to: Czech Banquet, P.O. Box 5502, Lincoln, NE 68505. Include the name(s) and address(es) of the attendee(s).
• Sept. 20 - A night of Czech rock music, folk dance lessons and ethnic food prepared by Czech language students at St. Mark's on the Campus. Food service starts at 6 p.m., entertainment starts at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 per person.
• Sept. 25 - "Women for Change," Czech film, 12:30 p.m., Nebraska Union (room posted).
• Sept. 27 - Czech Night at Yia Yia's, 1423 O St., 7 p.m.
• Oct. 2 - Brown bag lecture, "The Czech Political Diaspora," Jakub Hodbod, Robitschek exchange student, 12:30 p.m., Nebraska Union (room posted).
For further information, contact Mila Saskova-Pierce, professor of Czech and Russian and adviser to the Czech Komensky Club, msaskova-pierce1@unl.edu or 472-1336; Komensky Club co-presidents Tia Peterson, tpeter37@bigred.unl.edu or Laura Cerveny, laura.cerveny@yahoo.com; or Matthew Gregory, editor of Nas Svet, at plylas@hotmail.com.
Czech contacts sought
In advance of the festivities, the Czech language program at UNL is seeking to contact as many former students as possible. Organizers are asking former students to send contact information. They also request photographs of former students, living or deceased. Additionally, faculty are seeking Czech textbooks and other teaching materials for display during the festivities.
Contact information, photos and relevant materials can be sent to Joan Hruza, 2501 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502. For more information, contact Hruza at hruza@alltel.net or 435-1296.
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