A retirement reception for Wendy Weiss, professor of textiles, merchandising and fashion design, is 4 to 6 p.m. May 22 at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Weiss has worked at UNL for 28 years.

The reception is free and open to faculty, staff and students. Send RSVPs to rsamuelson1@unl.edu.

Colleagues, friends, associates and family can contribute to a book that will be presented to Weiss during the reception. Letters of appreciation/congratulations, photographs and other greetings should be sent to the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, 234 HECO, East Campus, 68588-0802 by May 19. For more information, contact Rosanne Samuelson at rsamuelson1@unl.edu.