{"id":120437,"date":"2025-03-18T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=120437"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:42:44","slug":"i-love-nu-week-begins-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/18\/i-love-nu-week-begins-march-31\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Love NU&#8217; Week begins March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Students, faculty, staff and friends and supporters of the University of Nebraska System are invited to participate in the seventh annual <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.edu\/ILoveNu\">\u201cI Love NU\u201d Day<\/a> on Wednesday, April 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is an opportunity for individuals to show support for the university and visit with state senators about the work and impact of the NU System\u2019s four campuses. All members of the public are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day will begin with remarks from President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and NU\u2019s four student regents. Attendees will gather in the legislative chamber balcony to be recognized and then will have time to speak with senators in the Rotunda and engage with other university supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the 2025 celebration, participants can enjoy ice cream from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\u2019s Dairy Store. The ice cream will be available at the Capitol on the day of the event as part of an ice cream social for attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty and staff who attend the event during regular work hours should use vacation or banked\/floating holiday time and must receive approval for time off from a supervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the in-person event on Wednesday, April 2, supporters are encouraged to participate in virtual celebration days on social media during the week of March 31-April 4. A complete schedule of events is available on the \u201cI Love NU\u201d Week <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.edu\/ilovenu\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"webpage., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to participating in the scheduled \u201cI Love NU\u201d events, members of the university community can show their support by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reaching out to state senators via email or phone to share their stories and discuss the importance of higher education. See guidance on writing to elected officials on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/aboutus\/government-relations\/advocacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UNMC Government Relations webpage, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNMC Government Relations webpage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Signing up to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.edu\/offices-policies\/university-affairs\/state-government-relations\/advocates\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NU Advocate, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NU Advocate<\/a> to be among the first to know about legislative developments that impact the university and learn about how and when to get engaged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Following the University of Nebraska on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unebraska\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Facebook, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/u_nebraska\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"X, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/university-of-nebraska\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> for news and updates and using the #ILoveNU and #NUforNE hashtags when sharing stories of the university\u2019s impact on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A university-wide event will be held at the Nebraska State Capitol on April 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":120438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"63536,51427,116044,37215,48856,113038","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-unmc-community","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","author_override-university-of-nebraska-system"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;I Love NU&#039; 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