April 10 Spirit Day to feature fire dance

Grab your UNMC apparel and join your campus friends and colleagues on Tuesday, April 10 for UNMC’s Spring Fling on the Scott Student Plaza.

UNMC’s own Ken Hill will headline the event, which is an appreciation for the vital work and commitment shown by UNMC faculty, staff and students. His fire dance begins at noon on the UNMC Ice Rink

Watch UNMC’s Ken Hill and his renowned fire spinning talents, which will be on display on campus next week during UNMC’s annual Spring Fling on April 10.

A help desk analyst in Information Technology Services, Hill is the founder of Flowpulse, a nationally recognized fire spinning team. For the past two years, he has been included in the Circles of Light DVD, an international competition highlighting some of the best fire spinning from around the world.

Hill has taught at some of the largest fire spinning festivals in the United States. This year, he can be seen performing fire with Quixotic at such national music and yoga festivals as Wakarusa, Electric Forest and Wanderlust.

In the case of inclement weather, the fire dance will be cancelled, however the following activities will continue inside the Sorrell Center near the second floor commons area.

• Bring lunch or purchase (cash only) hamburgers, grilled chicken, hot dogs or veggie burgers on site from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The $5 meals also include bottled water and a choice of chips or whole fruit;
  
• Enjoy UNMC cookies, which will be distributed free while they last by UNMC’s Human Resources and Public Relations staff;
  
• Participate in a paper airplane contest and win prizes;
  
• Purchase the UNMC apparel and merchandise onsite from the UNMC Bookstore including a variety of T-shirts ($7 each or two for $12), UNMC Nike bags ($10), UNMC Polo shirts ($15) and UNMC Camelbak waterbottles ($12);
  
• Visit the C-store inside the Sorrell Center for all-day appreciation deals: $1 coffees/cappuccinos – any size.