We have recently launched Hipolitics [www.hipolitics.com]--a new socialmedia website delivering short-form news by young (and only young)columnists, celebrities, and political figures from around the world in aunique style and voice. 

We are looking for highly talented communicators to join the launch of ourweekly podcast series. It will be an informal dialogue in which young peoplecan discuss topics of relevance and importance to their peers including thesummer Olympics and 2012 presidential election. Students can learn moreabout the position and apply online at: http://hipolitics.com/podcast/ 

Tushara Surapaneni 
Podcast Director 

ts@hipolitics.com

Deadline--May 14th

The 2012 Library Research Award for Undergraduates
 
Is getting a high grade on your paper just not satisfying enough? Why not 
apply to win $1,000?
 
On behalf of the UW Libraries, we are pleased to announce the ninth annual 
Library Research Award for Undergraduates.
 
The Research Award recognizes undergraduate students for excellent research and scholarship that demonstrates creative use of scholarly materials and library 
resources.
 
Students may submit any research project they've completed between Spring 2011 and Spring 2012. In addition, they are asked to submit a short reflective 
essay about the research process.
 
- *Deadline*: Monday, May 14, 2012
- Winners receive $1,000
- Categories: Senior Thesis/Honors Thesis, Senior Non-Thesis, and Non-Senior
- Any media (project format) accepted
- All undergraduates enrolled at the University of Washington are eligible.
- Projects completed in Spring Quarter 2011 through Spring Quarter 2012 are 
eligible.
- Projects must have been completed for UW course credit, for the Undergraduate 
Research Program (URP), or the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
 
Application information, previous winners, and selection criteria are available 
at:
 
http://www.lib.washington.edu/researchaward
 
The award jury is comprised of librarians and faculty evaluators, crossing 
disciplines and the three UW campuses.
 
Questions? Email: libaward@uw.edu
 
Thank you,
 
UW Libraries

SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
 
Artists from Pixar are coming to teach in Seattle!
 
VanArts presents a masterclass in Character Animation & Story Development,
taught by instructors from Pixar Animation Studios.
 
Geared toward:
 
* character animators & designers
* game designers & developers
* writers, screenwriters, storyboarders
* producers/editors of films & videos
* visual effects artists, performers
* other creative professionals
* working pros, students, enthusiasts
* educators, teachers, trainers
 
An ideal professional development opportunity, this exceptional 2-day
training event offers participants a rare and exciting chance to learn from
the industry's top talent, and to network with their peers.
 
This masterclass has toured the world, with the 2012 tour stopping here:
 
 
Jun 22/23
Chicago
USA
details & registration
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Jun 29/30
Seattle
USA
details & registration
 
Jul 13/14
Miami
USA
details & registration
 
Jul 27/28
Toronto
Canada
details & registration
 
Sep 28/29
Vancouver
Canada
details & registration
 
Registration
Cost is $499 for 2 full days of instruction. Space is limited and demand
expected to be strong. To secure your seat now, register online using the
link above (major credit cards accepted).
 
Spread The News
This event will not be widely advertised. Please help spread the word
to friends, colleagues, and students who might be interested. A mention on
Twitter or Facebook would be excellent!
 
Disney's Pixar Animation Studios is the industry's most successful and
respected animation production studio. VanArts is a post-secondary training
institute offering accredited diploma programs for the visual, media, and
performing arts to students from around the world.
 
Questions?... please contact Paul at: masterclasses@vanarts.com
 
    www.vanarts.com 
  
 VanArts Admissions | 600-570 Dunsmuir St. | Vancouver, BC V6B 1Y1, Canada
 

Re: the youth-led online publication Readthedirt.org, - it focuses on
environmental and natural resource issues. Readthedirt.org is holding a
regional writing competition with submissions due May 20th. We're hoping to
get the word out to as many students (or interested-non-students) as
possible. We'd love to see entries from students and faculty from U.W.'s
Department of Communication. Below is information on the Readthedirt.org and
the writing competition. 

Here's the link to our website: http://readthedirt.org/ 
 
 
Enter the Readthedirt.org regional writing competition!
 
In 250 words or less: What would YOU like to see HUMANS
create/design/achieve before you DIE?
 
Strong submissions will include details, creativity, & a solution to a
challenge facing the Northwest.
 
Submissions due May 20th
email submissions to info@readthedirt.org
 
Winners and Honorable Mentions will be published on readthedirt.org and
printed!
 
Check out the link below for more details:
http://readthedirt.org/2012/03/09/1st-annual-read-the-dirt-writing-competit
ion/
 
Readthedirt.org is a youth-led online publication that believes that by
making available information on the past and present treatment of our Dirt,
Water, Air, Flora, Fauna, and Ideas, as well as visions for the future, we
can protect these Six Essentials from exploitation, contamination, and
near-sightedness. We are volunteers that publish the work of leading experts
and engaged youth.

Any minority student (African American, Hispanic, Asian or Native American)who is a rising high school senior, graduating high school senior or collegefreshman, has a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0, isinterested in pursuing a career in the media industry, and plans to attend afour-year accredited college or university is eligible to apply to the EmmaL. Bowen Foundation work/study program. Eligible applicants must be U.S.citizens or legal residents of the United States, and speak and writeEnglish fluently to be considered. Your grade transcript, at least two (2)educational references from teachers and/or advisors, and a500-to-1,000-word essay must accompany the application form.


 The Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media invites you to
recommend talented ethnic minority students for a spectacular work/study
program in the media industry. Our multi-year program offers students the
opportunity for invaluable work experience, mentoring, and financial
assistance.
 
The mission of the Emma L. Bowen Foundation is to expand ethnic minority
representation in the media industry.  To that end, the Foundation and its
corporate sponsors have developed a program that focuses on excellence
through training and education.  Selected students join a distinguished
group of scholars currently working at media companies across the country.
Partner companies hire students to work every summer until college
graduation, providing both an hourly wage and matching dollars towards
college expenses.  Qualified candidates must be ethnic minority,
college-bound high school seniors, have, at minimum, a 3.0 Cumulative
G.P.A., and an interest in varying aspects of the media (business,
technical, journalism, creative).
 
The available internship opportunities will be in the Seattle, WA area.  For
the available internship, we are looking for students who are interested in
Business, which includes an interest in Finance, Marketing, Sales, etc.
Attached is a one page program summary, which can be printed and
distributed.  Our 2012 Emma L. Bowen Foundation application can be accessed
on-line at www.emmabowenfoundation.com.  The application deadline for
students entering the program for the summer of 2012 is March 31, 2012.
 
We are well aware that educators are stretched far too thin these days with
many demands on their time.   I do hope, however, that you will take a
moment to review our site and our graduate profiles.  I think you will be
pleased to see how many of our graduates have already achieved career
success.   If you have students that meet our academic requirement and are
interested in any aspect of the media industry, I hope that you will
encourage them to apply.  In the interim, please don't hesitate to contact
me with any questions.
 
Thank you,
 
Mr. Jaime Valencia
Program Manager-Western Region
Emma L. Bowen Foundation
CBS Studio Center
Editorial 2, Suite 1
4024 Radford Ave.
Studio City, CA 91604
818-655-5708 Phone
818-655-8358 Fax
Jaime.Valencia@mptp.com
www.emmabowenfoundation.com

The Jackson School Journal of International Studies: Fall 2012 Call forSubmissions! The Jackson School Journal is an online and print publication dedicated toprofiling the outstanding research and policy writing generated byUniversity of Washington undergraduates.  The Journal is currently accepting submissions for the Fall 2012 issue! Weaccept research and policy papers on topics related to internationalaffairs, and generally look for submissions about 10-15 double-spaced pagesin length, though you?re welcome to submit something shorter or longer. You donot have to be a Jackson School student to submit. 

Submissions go through adouble-blind peer review process, and if your piece is selected you get thechance to work closely with an editor and faculty members. Plus, you get tosee your name in print! Submissions are due Friday, April 6, 2012. For moreinformation on submitting, see our website or email us at jsjis@uw.edu. We are also looking for Peer Reviewers! Peer reviewers are the first to readsubmissions and gain wonderful experience in evaluating student writing.Reviewers are eligible to receive 1 credit of SIS 499 (Independent Study).For more information about reviewing, click here. To become a Peer Reviewer,email us at jsjis@uw.edu.

Julie Mendel
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
626-348-31225

jmendel@u.washington.edu

                     NEW Leadership Puget Sound Institute
 
                         June 11th - June 16th, 2012
 
                            
               Empowering the Next Generation of Women Leaders
 
                                Take the Lead: mApply for NEW Leadership Today! 
 
  
    NEW Leadership teaches college women the value of civic engagement and
  encourages them to see themselves as empowered leaders who can effectively
  participate in politics and public policy. The institute is open to all
  students who attend four-year or two-year institutions and consists of an
     intensive six-day training institute held at the UW Women's Center.

 3 Simple Steps to Apply:
 
  1. Complete the short online application
  2. E-mail your unofficial transcript to newlead@uw.edu
  3. E-mail your resume to newlead@uw.edu
  
 
Application Deadline: April 1st
 
Applicants will be notified by April 15th
  
 
  NEW Leadership Puget Sound is committed to serving students of all races,
ages, ethnicities, national origins, religions, sexual orientations, and
political party affiliations.
  
Please contact Ellie Canter, NEW Leadership Program Coordinator at
newlead@uw.edu with questions.
 
 
 

ninth annual Library Research Award for Undergraduates -

The Research Award recognizes undergraduate students for excellent research and scholarship that demonstrates
creative use of scholarly materials.
 
Please encourage your students to participate. Most of our student applicants say they submitted because they were
encouraged to by their instructors. 
 
Students may submit any research project they've completed between Spring 2011 and Spring 2012.  In addition, they
are asked to submit a short reflective essay about the research process.
 
- *Deadline*: Monday, May 14, 2012
- Winners receive $1,000
- Categories: Senior Thesis/Honors Thesis, Senior Non-Thesis, and Non-Senior
- Any media (project format) accepted
 
Application information, previous winners, and selection criteria are available at:
 
http://www.lib.washington.edu/researchaward
 
The award jury is comprised of librarians and faculty evaluators, crossing disciplines and the three UW campuses.
 
Questions? Email: libaward@uw.edu

International Association of Venue Managers premier educational opportunity for interns to attend Venue Management School:

This is an outstanding opportunity for anyone wanting to work in facility management or sports and entertainment.

? Must be a student member of IAVM.
? Must be a full time student, enrolled in an accredited college or university in Public Assembly or Events, or Sports Management program, and at least 21 years old.
? Must have a written letter of endorsement of faculty advisor, or professor.
? Must submit a list of courses taken and G.P.A.
? Must submit a letter to IAVM, stating desire, need, and professional aspirations. Send to the attention of Greg Wolfe
? Must be postmarked by March 30, 2012.
? Must fulfill duties as assigned on-site for entire week, includes Registration and other duties as assigned
? Must arrive on Friday, June 1 and leave Friday, June 8, 2012.

Please see attachment. 


http://www.iavm.org/schools/VMS/home.asp   

We  have 4 spaces left. Due date March 30, 2012 

Dr. Rodney Williams
Vice President of Education
International Association of Venue Managers,  Inc.
635 Fritz Dr. 
Suite 100
Coppell, TX  75019

Direct: 972-538-1019 
Phone: 972-906-7441
Fax: 972-906-7418
Email: Rodney.Williams@iavm.org
  
www.iavm.org

The Carlson Center, in collaboration with the Thematic Studies Abroadprogram of UW Educational Outreach and the Jackson School of InternationalStudies, will be offering a Spring Quarter course called "Working inCommunity:  Making Connections through a Non-Profit Internship." 

General Studies 350 Section F: Working in Community: Making Connections
through a Non-Profit Internship
 
3 credits (credit/no credit)
Course meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 pm-3:50 pm in MGH 258.
 
Are you engaged in a non-profit or public sector internship? Interested in
exploring your internship work in the context of community action, global
citizenship, professional development, academic inquiry, and personal
growth?
 
This course allows you to come together with international students studying
at the University of Washington through the Thematic Studies Abroad (TSA)
Progam - Global Studies, Local Service to contextualize your internship
work.  As a complement to your internship work, you will read about and
discuss concepts of global citizenship and leadership, consider theories
behind community-campus partnerships, closely connect your internship to
your academic work through a research product for your internship
organization, and engage in future academic and personal planning.
 
Interested? Email Francesca Lo at franlo@uw.edu for more information and an
add code!  In your email, please include your name, class standing, current
internship involvement, and 2 primary goals for this class.
 
___________________________
Francesca Lo
Pipeline Project
Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center
University of Washington
Box 352803, Mary Gates Hall 171
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 616-2302
Fax:  (206) 616-4389
http://exp.washington.edu/pipeline

The Pipeline Project's Alternative Spring Break program is hosting a fundraiser where students enter a raffle to win dinner (covered by an Ave restaurant) with UW celebrities/personalities like David Domke! 

If you're interested in buying raffle tickets they are $3 for 1 and $5 for 2. 

Those interested can contact me for tickets at this email address. 

Melissa Pettigrew 
melissa@pettigrew.net

Students,
 
I want you to know about an environmental training program called the
Greenpeace Semester.  The Greenpeace Semester, located in Washington D.C., 
is a great opportunity for you to work side-by-side with professional
environmental advocates and get training, hands-on experience, and
mentorship in grassroots organizing, environmental advocacy and campaigning ?
and applications are being accepted for summer and fall 2012!
 
 
During the Greenpeace Semester, participants learn about some of the most
pressing environmental problems, solutions to them, and how to have a
greater impact in your community and in the global community.  Students
learn about campaign strategy, working with the media, recruiting and
coordinating volunteers, starting a group on campus, and organizing events
that help to build people power and win victories for the planet.  The
Greenpeace Semester has prepared over 350 students to be leaders and truly
be the change they wish to see in the world.
 
Whether you're newly interested in sustainability and activism or are
already involved on  campus or in your community, the Greenpeace Semester is
a great way to learn how you can have a greater impact and work on issues
you are passionate about.  It’s also a great experience to have under your
belt if you’re interested in pursuing environmental work as a profession.
 
The Greenpeace Semester has spaces left in the summer and fall 2012 programs ?
the deadline for summer and the priority deadline for fall is March 19. 
Scholarships are available.  Apply today to be the change!
 
  
 
Check out the application here.
 
For the planet,
 
Shalyn Pugh
Recruitment Coordinator
Greenpeace Semester
usa-semester@greenpeace.org
 
 
 
 
--
Mary Sweeters
Greenpeace USA
 
75 Arkansas St. Ste. 1
San Francisco, CA 94107
o: 415.255.9221 x 319
c: 951.275.4676
 
www.greenpeace.org/usa/semester


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Greenpeace Semester Plan for Independent Study Credit 
**This is a template taken from the documentation used by the University of Vermont.  Please feel free to use this as a guideline for your university or department.**

ENVS 191 / 291 GUIDELINES
	ENVS 191 and ENVS 291 are the Environmental Program's course numbers for independent research, supervised field studies, and internship and practicum projects. ENVS 191 is for activities at the intermediate level; ENVS 291 is for senior level activities. Outlined here is a special format for earning up to 12 total credits of ENVS 191/291 for the Greenpeace Semester designed, taught and evaluated by Greenpeace staff.

ENROLLMENT
	Twelve (12) ENVS credits may be earned for your experience with the Greenpeace Semester. Nine credits is the maximum number of 191 credits that can be earned in a single semester. In order to enroll in up to nine (9) credits of ENVS 191, either Stephanie Kaza or Ibit Getchell must approve a detailed project plan with the sections listed below. It is best, although not mandatory, to submit this plan for approval before you begin the Greenpeace Semester. The ENVS 191/291 credits may be spread over more than one semester, past, present and future.
Credit for up to three (3) credits of ENVS 291 may be granted upon return from Greenpeace Semester and the successful review of evidence of advanced field-based learning experience during the program. (See below under “6. Number of Credits”) You do not need to register for ENVS 291 credit before you go.

PROJECT PLAN 

1. Title and Justification This can simply be “Greenpeace Semester,” although you might want to add a subtitle if you want to emphasize something you will be especially focusing on during your time in the program. Why are you choosing to do this program? What is the importance of the work; how does it relate to your ENVS curriculum?

2. Learning Objectives and Project Goals (Feel free to list in a numbered or bulleted list format.) What do you hope to gain from the Greenpeace Semester? What will you know or be able to do at the end that you don't know or can't do now? What are the specific end products or outcomes intended? In what ways will you know the work is successful?

The Greenpeace Semester syllabus lists many learning objectives and goals for you. Please read through this syllabus and know clearly what lies ahead for you. Attach a copy of the program syllabus to this Plan. Also, consider what you, personally, most keenly hope to learn or gain from the program. What do you intend to be open to learning and doing that may not be part of their syllabus? Be as specific as possible. Think about what the program has outlined for you to experience, and what you know you will be doing during the program. List any “Additional Personal Objectives and/or Project Goals” not outlined in the syllabus for any other accomplishments you intend.

3. Methods - State in detail exactly what you expect to be doing. How is each learning objective and each project goal to be accomplished?

The Greenpeace Semester outlines their methods in their syllabus. List in precise detail any additional methods for any personal learning objectives and project goals you have stated above. We recommend you list your methods directly under each learning objective and project goal so that it’s very clear how you intend to be successful with each.

We ask you to you keep a journal throughout your time in the program where you write short, regular entries about your daily learning and activities. This will help you a great deal when you reflect on your work for your final product(s) and evaluation.

4. Final Product and Evaluation - A final product is necessary that, at the barest minimum, documents the work done. It should clearly demonstrate the degree of achievement of both learning and project goals.

There are many pieces of the Greenpeace Semester experience. Read through your journal and other materials from the program. Distill the important learning you accomplished. In 8-10 typed, double-spaced pages, write about your experience in a way that demonstrates the level of achievement of your learning objectives and the project goals of the program, and any personal learning objectives and project goals you had for yourself. The university catalogue requires this document to be retained by the Environmental Program in your student file.
Greenpeace staff will have bi-weekly check-in and evaluation meetings with you. And at the end of the program you need to meet with them to evaluate the degree of success in meeting your program and personal learning objectives and project goals. Please give an ENVS 191/291 Grade Report (http://www.uvm.edu/~envprog/formslinks/assets/gradereport.pdf) to your Greenpeace Semester Coordinator at that time of your meeting and submit this completed form with your reflective essay to Stephanie Kaza, Environmental Program Director, 153 So. Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05401.
See below for the write-up and evaluation of your three (3) credits of ENVS 291.

5. Time Frame

Include a time plan for all aspects of the 191/291 activity, including dates for meetings with Greenpeace staff, Stephanie Kaza or Ibit Getchell, and the submission of final products, evaluations, and grade.

6. Number of Credits requested and justification

Upon successful completion of the Greenpeace Semester, if a “C” or higher is earned on the program evaluation, a student may earn up to nine (9) credits of ENVS 191.
	Up to three (3) credits of ENVS 291 may be earned if it can be justified that the student accomplished 3 credits worth of “field-based learning experience at the advanced level.” To earn these advanced credits, advanced-level experience must be justified in the final product write-up. In no more than 3 additional typed, double-spaced pages, describe your field-based learning experience at the advanced level and the application of skills, knowledge and experience gained from the program, or elsewhere, in experiences during the 12-week program semester. “Advanced” could mean development of leadership skills, in-depth knowledge in one of the Greenpeace Semester training areas, time invested in training others, etc. “Advanced” should go beyond the introductory level exposure to basic skills, knowledge, and action.

To determine your activity's credit hour worth, compare what was learned and the amount of time spent with the activity to the time associated with typical courses. The minimum expectation is 45 hours of endeavor per credit hour. Determine the number of ENVS 291 credits earned with either Stephanie Kaza or Ibit Getchell.

Change your campus.
Change your world.

Nourish is a student movement to address global poverty through social entrepreneurship and grassroots development. 

Apply to start a Nourish chapter at your university.

Find more information at www.nourish.org 

 Nourish is an organization dedicated to eradicating global
poverty through sustainable grassroots development, and we currently have
chapters on 24 college campuses. We would love for the University of
Washington to join the Nourish family! 

Gayatri and the Nourish Team
 
=====================
  
22,000 children die per day of extreme poverty.  You can change this.
 
Apply to start a chapter of Nourish International on your campus today! 
 
Nourish is a student movement to address global poverty through social
entrepreneurship. We are located on 22 U.S. college campuses and are now
accepting applications to expand.
 
Nourish Chapters develop small businesses to raise money on campus during
the school year to fund international development projects. Last summer
Nourish students worked with community organizations across South and
Central America, Africa, and Asia to address issues of water sanitation,
business development for women, education access, sustainable agriculture,
and more.
  
Do you want to have a lasting impact on your campus and in the world?  Here' how to get started:
 
  *
 
     Apply to start a Nourish Chapter: Until April 11th, Nourish will accept
     applications for its Chapter Founders Program. Chapter Founders will
     receive professional training, support and $500 start-up capital. Start
     your application now by clicking here!
 
  *
 
     Tell a friend: Know someone who would make a great Chapter Founder? Tell them about Nourish!
 
 
Visit www.nourish.org to learn more about Nourish's model of engaging
students and empowering communities. Act now ? applications are being reviewed as they come in!
 
 
The Nourish Team
 
 
About Nourish International
 
Nourish International was founded in 2003 at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill as the student group Hunger Lunch. Since
incorporating as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit in 2006, Nourish has begun chapters
on 29 campuses nationwide. In 2008, Nourish was awarded the North Carolina
Peace Prize for excellence in cross-cultural solutions and sustainable
development. Since inception, Nourish students have raised and invested more
than $200,000 in sustainable development projects.
 
 
 
For more information go to www.nourish.org.
 
 
--
Learn more about Nourish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsBUNPNKNUU
 
Nourish International Chapter Founders Team
office: (919) 338-2599
chapter.founders@nourishinternational.org
www.nourishinternational.org

 chapter.founders@nourishinternational.org

Call for Participation: Investigating Searching tasks across devices--desktop, iPad and iPod
 
My name is Laura Marcial. I am a Doctoral Candidate at UNC Chapel Hill working locally at UW. My dissertation research is focused on studying searching task efficiency across the current suite of devices: desktop, tablet (iPad) and mobile (iPod). We are looking for participants to help by performing searching tasks on these devices in a lab setting.
 
You will be asked to perform some searching tasks on a desktop computer, an iPad and an iPod. The study will take place in Room 418 of Sieg Hall on the University of Washington campus. It will consist of a single 3-4 hour session with breaks.
 
We are looking for undergraduate students over the age of 18 who are current iPod, iPhone or iPad users. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at marcial@unc.edu.*
 
Beyond the basic requirements for device experience and age, participants of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and familiarity levels with computers are encouraged to participate!
 
WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU $60 FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY.
 
Sincerely,
 
Laura Haak Marcial
Doctoral Candidate
School of Information and Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill
 
*Please note that the confidentiality of your email cannot be guaranteed
 
Laura Marcial

Gain Experience and Make a Difference 
 
The University of Washington Academic Support Program is offering a
service-learning seminar titled -EDUC 401: Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher
Education- for Spring Quarter 2012. This weekly seminar will introduce
junior and senior Communication students to a diverse range of tutoring,
mentoring, and teaching methodologies. Students will have an opportunity to
apply what they learn in class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer,
freshman, and sophomore students who are transitioning socially, culturally,
and academically to the University of Washington. This is a great
opportunity for seasoned students to give back to the University by sharing
their knowledge and experience with new students who are working to become
independent learners.
 
 
-         Seminar begins 1st  week of Spring Quarter,  March 26th, 2012
 
-         Seminar will meet on Mondays from 3-4:20 PM (2 sections) or from
5:30-6:50PM (1 section)
 
-         Tutoring will take place on campus
 
-         Receive 2 credits for working with one student
 
-         Receive 3 credits for working with two students
 
-         A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after
completion of the seminar. 
 
For more registration information, please contact Anne Browning at: 
 
anneb7@u.washington.edu
    
 
   Tutor-Mentor * 2-3 Credits * EDUC 401
 
Current syllabus available for review at: 
 
http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/tutormentor.php

FREE Practice Tests [GRE, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT,  PCAT] 
 On-Campus, February 25, 2012 10:00 am, Law School

Students will have the opportunity to attend our On Site event on  Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 10:00 am at the UW School of Law.  

Space is limited for the Practice Test so please make sure you sign up early.

Vic Snyder, Associate Director
(206) 616-5806 direct
vsnyder@uw.edu  
www.careers.washington.edu  
134 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352  810
Seattle, WA 98195  

The new "Against Our Will Challenge," featuring a $10,000 prize furnished by LexisNexis Legal & Professional, calls on college students nationwide to imagine innovative digital tools that raise awareness of modern-day slavery, while encouraging action to help stop the human rights atrocity. The winning individual - or team of up to five people - will be recognized with the $10,000 prize and have the chance to work with mtvU and LexisNexis Legal & Professional to see the idea actualized as a core element of the "mtvU Against Our Will Campaign." For more information on how to enter the "Against Our Will Challenge," which could include proposals for games, SMS-based services and social media widgets, among other tools, please visit http://challenge.againstourwill.org. The "Against Our Will Challenge" is the latest project in a string of successful student-led initiatives at MTV and mtvU, including "My College Dollars," "Darfur is Dyi!
ng," "Pos or Not," "Debt Ski" and "Draw Your Line," which have collectively reached more than 3 million users, resulted in more than 15 million game plays and led to nearly half a million actions taken.
 
mtvU's new initiatives are part of the "mtvU Against Our Will Campaign," which, in partnership with Free the Slaves, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) and Polaris Project, taps into the growing student movement to end modern-day slavery. The campaign makes it easy for young people to take action to help stop one of the greatest human rights atrocities of our time. According to The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline, incidences of sex and labor trafficking have been reported in all 50 states in the U.S. in the last year.
 
As defined under U.S. federal law, victims of human trafficking include children induced into the sex trade, adults age 18 or over who are coerced or forced into commercial sex acts, and anyone forced or deceived into different forms of "labor or services," such as domestic workers held in a home, or farm-workers forced to labor against their will.  Every year, human traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits by victimizing millions of people around the world, and here in the United States. Human trafficking is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world (source:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services).
 
The "mtvU Against our Will Campaign" was launched in September 2011 at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting; for more information on the campaign, visit www.mtvU.AgainstOurWill.org or mtvU.com.
 
To research human trafficking using LexisNexis Academic, see our guide at http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Common_Legal_Research_Assignments. For additional information on promoting the challenge on your campus, visit http://www.againstourwill.org/spread-the-word .
 

 
Jennifer Matheny
Academic Product Manager, LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis, 7500 Old Georgetown Road,
Suite 1300, Bethesda MD 20814
E-Mail: jennifer.matheny@lexisnexis.com
Phone: 832-582-6770

We are hosting a campaign coverage conference call with Richard Benedetto of 
USA Today (ret.) and Jessica Taylor, Senior Analyst/Reporter at the Rothenberg
Political Report on Tuesday, January 24 at 4:00pm ET. More details may be found 
at www.DCinternships.org/IPJ/about/campaign_2012.asp. Please share this
opportunity with your students.

Alexander Jue

Recruitment and Admissions Assistant

U.S. Programs

The Fund for American Studies
www.DCinternships.org 

ajue@tfas.org

Getting Into Grad School:
The Inside Scoop About What Works

GRSCH 200: Preparing for Graduate Education

A 10-week course for sophomores, juniors and seniors who are interested in pursuing graduate school.

Students will learn - from faculty and staff involved in graduate admissions - how to craft an effective application package for graduate school, including how to:
Write a personal statement that best represents you
Create a winning resume/CV
Ask for great letters of recommendation
Work on research
Work with faculty
Understand graduate school coursework

Instructors:
James Antony, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UW Graduate School
Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology
Katy DeRosier
Assistant Director, New Programs & External Funding, UW Graduate School,
with specialization in higher education admissions programs
Jacob Houston
Master’s and doctoral candidate, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Credits: 2

Date and time: Class begins Tuesday Jan. 3, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
SLN 19939
Location: Loew Hall (LOW) 220
Questions: Email Katy DeRosier at katyd2@uw.edu

EXPLORING SEXUAL ORIENTATION GROUP
The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, supportive, and affirming environment where individuals can explore thoughts and feelings around sexual orientation.
Members can be individuals who are anywhere in the lifelong “coming-out” process, which includes: people who may be uncertain and are questioning their sexual orientation, people who may be coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer, and people who struggle with “being in the closet” at work or school, with friends, and with their families.

Start Date: January 20, 2012

Time: Fridays, 2:30-4:00 p.m.

Understanding and deal-ing with feelings of physi-cal, emotional, spiritual, and sexual attraction
Dealing with isolation and fear
Coming out to family, friends, classmates and co-workers
Dealing with
vulnerability, guilt and shame

If you are interested in joining the group, please contact the group leader:
Ryli Webster, MSW, LICSW
Phone: 206-543-5030
E-mail: ryliw@uw.edu

The Seattle Film Institute, the largest film school in the Northwest, offers
graduate degrees, undergraduate degree options, and professional
certificates in all aspects of filmmaking.  SFI features a hands-on
education and practical experience that provide the groundwork for
professional careers.  Students receive a real world education from a
faculty anchored by film industry professionals.  And every SFI student can
participate in our nationally recognized internship program.
 
The Seattle Film Institute is especially pleased to be offering the only
film-related graduate degrees in the Northwest: a Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
in Filmmaking and a Master of Arts (MA) in Producing for Film.
 
I?d like to invite you, and any of your students or colleagues who might be
interested, to join us for an informational meeting about SFI?s graduate
degree programs, undergraduate degree options and professional certificate
programs on Saturday, December 3, at 11 AM.  This is a great opportunity to
see the school, meet faculty members and other prospective students, and get
all your questions about our programs ? including financial aid and
scholarship information - answered.  We?re located at 1709 23rd Avenue,
Seattle WA 98122 (map:
http://seattlefilminstitute.com/content/about-seattle-film-institute ).  To
reserve your spot, please RSVP by phone (206.568.4387) or e-mail (
chris@seattlefilminstitute.com ).  
 
And remember, we?re always happy to schedule individual visits to SFI, we?re
also happy to come to you and let your students know about SFI and our
graduate degree and other programs.  Let me know the most convenient option
for you and your students.  
 
Please feel free to forward this email to students and colleagues who may be
interested.  Also, I?m happy to provide application materials for your
career counseling office and/or library.  
 
More information is available at our website:
http://www.seattlefilminstitute.com/  And please feel free contact me with
any questions you might have.
 
I look forward to speaking with you.
 
Best regards,
 
Chris Blanchett
Communications Director
Seattle Film Institute
206.568.4387
chris@seattlefilminstitute.com
 
Seattle Film Institute ? Program Overview
 
Graduate Degree Programs
 
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking
Accelerated Degree Program ? 6 quarters in 16 months
 
Seattle Film Institute?s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking provides a
comprehensive hands-on overview of the filmmaking process that emphasizes
both the technical and the creative aspects of the filmmaking craft. At the
completion of the program, students have the knowledge, skills, tools, and
hands-on experience that a filmmaker needs to pursue a professional career
and to follow their own creative path as filmmakers or screenwriters.
 
Master of Arts (MA) in Producing for Film
4 quarters in 10 months; evening classes
 
In the ten-month Master of Arts (MA) in Producing for Film Program, students
develop the expertise to pursue a career as a film producer.  At the
completion of the program, students have the tools and hands-on experience
to both produce films and a skill-set that is directly applicable to other
career paths including new and emerging media, internet and digital media
production and distribution, documentary production, video games,
commercials, as well as business opportunities and start-up and
entrepreneurial ventures in areas that may both include or even transcend
the world of filmmaking.
 
Ten Month Professional Certificate Programs
 
  *  Filmmaking (AA/BA Options)
  *  Producing
  *  Film Scoring
  *  Sound Design and Recording Arts
  *  3-D Animation
  *  Motion Graphics
 
Seattle Film Institute ? The Largest Film School in the Northwest
 

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
 
$5000 Communication Strategy AWARD Competition
 
WSDOT through the Francis B. Francois Award for Innovation is partnering
with the University of Washington to create a strategic communications award
competition. Students are asked to submit 1-2 page proposals by January 13. 
A total of $5000 in funding is available; we will distribute somewhere
between 1 and 5 awards, ranging in size from $1000 to $5000.  Teams will be
given up to half the award amount immediately upon selection. The remaining
award will be made upon completion of the project and meeting the objectives
of the proposal.  A team may be defined as an individual or group.  Projects
must be completed by March 23.
 
Proposal must address transportation and should include the following
sections:
 
1)     Definition or framing of the ‘problem’ or challenge
 
2)     Research and creative strategy to address the problem or challenge
 
3)     Budget
 
4)     Timeline with checkpoints for release of second payment
 
5)     Key personnel
 
Sections 1-2 above should not exceed 500 words. The whole proposal cannot
exceed 2 pages.  
 
Please send proposals and word document attachments to Scott Macklin: 
 
smacklin@uw.edu
 
Ideas for proposal are presented below, but do not limit yourself to these
ideas.
 
Return on Investment
 
Purpose of study:  Improve information about the success of various media
tools with different demographic groups.  Where and how do people get
information about highway closures or transportation issues’   Where does
the agency get the highest return on investment for communication’
 
Guidebook for Use of Social Media Tools
 
Purpose of study:   To provide government employees  with guidance that
helps them choose the social media tool(s) for the audience they are trying
to reach and the type of information they are trying to communicate;
understand the effort required to manage the various tools (e.g., how fresh
material needs to be); and,  write successfully for each tool. Currently,
WSDOT uses Blogger , Flickr, RSS, Twitter, YouTube , and Facebook  
 
Effective Communication
 
Purpose of study:  While WSDOT’s Communications Team is recognized as
successful and innovative, we are always interested in how we can
improve.  This study seeks successful practices used in communications that
are not yet used by WSDOT but are feasible for a public agency to employ.
 
Communication to the Youth
 
Purpose of study: WSDOT is interested in how to best communicate with
different demographic groups, particularly the college
demographic. Following is a list of topics that have potential:
 
‘        The story of a transportation project.  Projects can take a decade or
more to develop.  WSDOT would like to be able to explain why that is.
 
‘        Key messages such as ‘Moving Washington’ or the WSDOT’s strategic goals.
 
‘        ‘How to’ messages, such as how to prepare for winter driving.
 
‘        The cost and value of transportation
 
‘        The results and benefits of transportation research. 
 
Please send proposals and word document attachments to Scott Macklin:  
smacklin@uw.edu

The BBNM Group (BBNM) is a global student organization covering students enrolled at 174[1] universities worldwide. BBNM was founded[2] in Oxford, by students at Oxford University, Parsons The New School for Design, Stockholm School of Economics and Yale University sharing the ambition to bring students closer to businesses. Most top ranked universities are members of the BBNM Network.[1]

BBNM mediate internships, jobs[3] and interactive collaboration tools[4] to students worldwide.

Aevy - In November 2011, the BBNM Group launched an interactive platform based on the concept of crowdsourcing.[5] The idea is to give students from different BBNM universities and colleges the chance solve business cases and participate in creative web-based discussions with global corporations, cutting-edge organizations and prominent thinkers.[6]

For the launch of Aevy a number of companies, professors, entrepreneures and artists has agreed to pose a question or a case that the users can answer or solve. The contributors include IBM, Howard Gardner, Kiva (organization), John R. Horner, Dan Ariely, McCann Worldgroup, Ericsson, ActionAid, HP, Harvey Fineberg, Daniel Tammet and more.[7]

Aevy is a platform that aims to connect academics, alumni and thought-leaders to top students worldwide.  The mentorship is a pretty open role but includes  reading and perhaps responding to some of the students' thoughts, ideas and discussions. We have found that these discussions are more beneficial if not only students but also academics are involved. Since most of our participating academics are constantly swamped, it's not too time consuming.
 
 
Since Aevy is financed by donations both students and academics can       participate for free. Our partners include a number of Harvard Professors  such as Howard Gardner, the man behind the multiple intelligence theory and Harvey Fineberg, the President of the Institute of Medicine, a couple of           TED-speakers, WHO, Kiva.org, Hewlett-Packard, Amnesty International and many more.

Johan Floderus
 
             BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics
 
             Oxford University
 
 
             W: www.aevy.com/profile/johan
 
             T: +46 8 22 99 11
 
             E: johan.floderus@bbnm.org
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBNM
 
 

Starting Friday, students will have the opportunity to receive $200 off* of
select Kaplan courses.  Anyone interested in beginning their graduate school
exam preparation (for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT, or PCAT*) over
the next few months should take advantage of this opportunity to save.
 
Kaplan’s Black Friday - Cyber Monday sale runs from November 25th through
November 28th.  Kaplan offers personalized learning with adaptive
technology, top-rated faculty by students and the best guarantee in the
industry: get a higher score or your money back.** 
 
Classes are starting soon in Seattle: 
 
GRE- ERSE11702A, 1/10/12, Seattle Kaplan Center
 
MCAT- MCSE12305A, 12/5/11, Seattle Kaplan Center
 
LSAT- LSSE11853, 1/8/12, Northcut Landing
 
GMAT- GMSE11702, 12/5/11, Seattle Kaplan Center
 
DAT/OAT- DASE11801, 1/10/11, Seattle Kaplan Center
 
Classes are also starting live, online via Kaplan’s exclusive Classroom
AnywhereTM technology.  Students will attend class from anywhere with an
internet connection.  It’s easy - just sign up, log in, and you’re there.  To learn
more, visitwww.kaptest.com or call             1-800-KAP-TEST      .
 
This special offer ends Monday November 28th, so please share this
information with your advisees before they leave for the holiday.  As
always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  I look forward
to being a resource for your students as they work to reach their graduate
school goals.
 
P.S. Don't forget our Try Us for Free Events.  Students can sit in on one of
our classes for free within the next week.  For details please go
to kaptest.com/tryus
 
*$200 discount applies to One-on-One, On Site and Classroom Anywhere 
Advantage, Extreme, or Advanced test prep programs for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT,
MCAT, DAT, OAT or PCAT and On Demand courses for the MCAT, DAT, OAT or PCAT
in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Excluded from the offer are
LSAT, GRE and GMAT On Demand courses and MCAT and LSAT Summer Intensive
Programs. Cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion. “GRE” is a
registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service, which neither
sponsors nor endorses this product. All other test names are registered
trademarks of their respective owners. None of the trademark holders are
affiliated with Kaplan. Teacher ratings based on student responses received
from December 6, 2009 - June 6, 2010 **Higher Score Guarantee: Conditions
and restrictions apply. For guarantee eligibility requirements,
visit kaptest.com/hsg.
 
Lauren Silva 
 
Campus Manager, Washington
 
Graduate Programs
 
Kaplan Test Prep
 
www.kaptest.com
 
Phone: 206-499-1602
 
Skype: lauren_silva2 
 
 

 
Starting Thursday, November 17th, Shyan Selah and The Republic of Sound,
will be playing live at the Scarlet Tree (801 NE 65th St, Seattle in the U
District) each week through mid February. Brave New World Promotions is
looking for both potential opening acts to join the band on stage as well as
writers who love music to come out and review the bands. All UW Students get free entry with valid ID. $5 General Admission. All ages until 11pm, then
21+ only.
  
 
If you're a writer wanting more info contact:
 
Candice Richardson
 
Director of Media Relations
 
(206) 707-1378
 
candice@bnwglobal.com
 
 
If you're an artist or musician interested in performing as an opening act
contact:
 
Lance Azucena
 
(206) 300-5237
 
lanceazucena@gmail.com
 
 
Candice Richardson
Director of Media Relations
Brave New World/BNW Media Group
Direct: (206) 707-1378
Candice@BNWGlobal.com
www.shyanselah.com
Twitter: @candicerich; @BraveNewWorld
 

The American Marketing Association is hosting a Etiquette Dinner on November 10th. We have four amazing keynote speakers and have key professionals from the Seattle area coming to sit with students at the event.  All UW students may attend.  We cannot stress enough how important networking is in the business world, what better a way to do this than to sit and have dinner with a professional in the field. The cost of the event is $25, or $26.50 paying online. Everyone who is interested can pay for the event via our club website (www.uwama.com). And for more information, people can look at our Facebook event page. 

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=298893840123271
 
-- 
 
| Jordan Barr | University of Washington |
 
| Business Administration, Marketing, Entrepreneurship |
 
| 775.790.0374 | UWBarrJ@gmail.com |
 

 
Hello, I'm Andrew Strickert from Bloguin, the rapidly growing revolutionary
blog network where we believe good bloggers deserve the best. Bloguin has
over 200 sites that reach over a million people a month and have writers
that have gone on to full time employment at ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, and NBC.
 
 
 
We are currently looking for writers to blog about the Washington Huskies
and I wondered if any of your students might be interested. This will be an
excellent opportunity for someone who would love to blog about their
favorite team while gaining practical experience, developing their craft as
a writer and creating a body of work.
 
 
 
The ideal candidate will have good writing skills and will write regularly
and with fresh content year round, including the offseason. Writing/blogging
experience is preferred but we are willing to accept the right person who
has a vision for a great blog and demonstrates the ability and desire to
accomplish that goal.
 
 
 
Interested students may send a sample article to me by email. The sample
should be included in-text within the email rather than as an attachment.
The sample article may be about anything related to the team, such as a
recap of a previous game, an outlook on a particular player or position
group, a take on current events, etc. Links to existing articles from a
personal blog or other source may be used in lieu of a writing sample.
 
 
 
Here are some frequently asked questions and here is more information about
us. To see what some of our blogs look like, here are a few of our NFL blogs
you might want to check out.
 
Redskins Hog Heaven
 
18 to 88
 
Thoughts From the Dark Side
 
Total Titans
 
 
 
All of the pages and sites hyperlinked above, as well as our entire blog
roster, can also be directly accessed from our home page at bloguin.com.
 
 
 
Please feel free to contact me if you or your students have any questions.
Thank you for your assistance in making your students aware of this
opportunity.
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
Andrew Strickert
 
Recruitment Manager

andrew@bloguin.com
 
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http://www.bloguin.com
 

call for student entries

online   submissions   from 
DECEMBER 5TH  2011   — FEBRUARY 1ST 2012

JUDGES WILL  BE Whitney Johnson, Director of Photographwy at The New Yorker

K i r a    P o l l a c k
Photo  Editor  at  Time  Magazine 

M a g g i e   S t e b e r
Documentary   Photographer 

2012  Alexia  Competition
more  info  at  www.alexiafoundation.org 


The Alexia Foundation sponsors this competition to help fund the work of 
professional and student photographers who want to produce a body of work that contributes to world peace, social justice, and cross-cultural understanding.  In today's world, this type of photography takes on a certain urgency and resonance.  We believe our competition helps support the work of documentary journalism to create positive social change and address many of the world's urgent problems.

http://alexiafoundation.org/rules/student/

Please feel free to e-mail me at trkenned@syr.edu or call me at either 315-443-7388 (office) or 240-601-8041 (cell) if I can answer any 
questions.  We begin accepting student submissions on Dec. 5, 2011 and our final deadline for receiving student grant proposals and accompanying portfolios of photography is Feb. 1, 2012.

Tom Kennedy
Associate Professor, Alexia Tsairis Chair for Documentary Photography
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
516B NH1
215 University Place
Syracuse, NY 13244
 
(315) 443-7388 (office phone)
(240) 601-8041 (mobile phone) 

Thursday, November 17
 
UW Kane Hall  - Room 110
 
7-8:30pm
 
A Conversation with Maya Enista Smith, CEO of Mobilize.org
 
Moderated by Monica Guzman, journalist and community strategist
 
 
 
Maya Enista Smith works daily to improve democracy by investing in
Millennial-driven solutions. She began her career with Rock The Vote at age
17, where she registered over 30,000 young people and was awarded the first
ever ?Rockin? The Street?s? Award. Most recently, Maya was awarded the
competitive Prime Movers Fellowship, a program for social movement leaders
working at the national level. What strategies has Maya used to engage and
leverage Millenials to be effective change agents? What is she most excited
about looking into the upcoming election year? What is her perspective on
the ever changing media landscape and how it impacts the political process?
What skills, knowledge and values does she think citizens need to be
successful today? Bring your own questions as we talk with this exciting
national leader!
 
 
 
M?nica Guzm?n is a journalist and community strategist who craves conversation
and seeks out technology that makes it easy, far-reaching and good. She
helps startups and media better understand, engage and grow their
communities. This fall, she joined the team at GeekWire as a part-time
columnist on issues in digital life. Previously, she spent a year helping
Seattle-based startup Intersect launch and develop an innovative time and
location based storytelling platform. From January 2007 to May 2010, M?nica
was a reporter at seattlepi.com, where she ran the experimental and
award-winning Big Blog and drew a community of readers with nonstop online
conversation and casual weekly meetups. She?s been named one of the Top 100
Women in Seattle Tech, one of the Poynter Institute?s 35 social media
influencers and one of the Society of Professional Journalists? ?Quill?
magazine?s 20 journalists to follow on Twitter. 
 
 
 
 
 
Diane Douglas
 
Executive Director
 
ddouglas@seattlecityclub.org
 
T 206-682-7395
 
F 206-467-7394
 
 
 
Follow CityClub on Twitter!
 
Facebook Profile | Group | Become a Fan
 
 
 
CityClub
 
1333 Fifth Avenue, Suite 24
 
Seattle, WA 98101-2600
 
www.seattlecityclub.org
 
Passionate Non-Partisanship | Leader Access and Accountability | Diverse
People and Ideas
 
Respectful Civic Discourse | Convening, Collaboration, Connection | Engaged
Citizens

URP Information Sessions address how the Undergraduate Research Program
can help the student pursue her/his research interests.
 
Primarily for undergraduates who have yet to begin research, the sessions
provide research resources, information on funding, and suggestions for
approaching faculty. Additionally, the sessions are highly student-driven,
with an emphasis on student questions and concerns. Students interested in
attending the UW, including community college transfer students, are welcome
to the sessions.
 
Wednesday, October 19 - 3:30-4:30pm, Odegaard Undergraduate Library 220
Monday, October 24 - 3:30-4:30pm, Odegaard Undergraduate Library 220
Thursday, November 10 - 2:30-3:30pm, Odegaard Undergraduate Library 220
 
Click here to RSVP for one of these information sessions:
https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/256
 
Once you've attended an information session, please come in and speak with
an advisor during our Autumn Quarter Drop-In Advising Hours,
Tuesdays 10:30am -12:30pm or Thursdays, 2 - 4pm in 171 MGH. If these times
do not work for you, please send us available dates and times for the
following week and we can work on setting up an appointment.
Best,
 
URP Staff
_____________________________________________
Undergraduate Research Program 
Center for Experiential Learning and Diversity | Undergraduate Academic
Affairs
University of Washington Box 352803 | 171 Mary Gates Hall
PH: 206.543.4282 | FAX: 206.616.4389
http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/ facebook.com/undergradresearch
 
 

Narrative 30 Below Contest 

ENTER TO WIN


CALLING ON YOUNG WRITERS, artists, photographers, performers, and
filmmakers, between eighteen and thirty: TELL US A STORY. We?re interested
in narrative in the many forms it takes, including fiction, nonfiction,
graphic stories, and audio/video works.

$1,500 First Prize $750 Second Prize $300 Third Prize Ten finalists receive
$100 each.

Contest Deadline: October 29. See the Contest Guidelines.

All entries will be considered for publication. All are eligible for the
$5,000 Narrative Prize for 2012 and for acceptance as a Story of the Week.

Read the winners of last year’s contest, including Kevin A. Gonzalez’s
wonderful First Place story, “Cerromar.”

narrativemagazine.com

AIESEC Seattle is looking for students who would like to travel abroad to
volunteer or do internships OR students looking to develop themselves
professionally by working at an organization here on campus.

AIESEC Seattle is recruiting!

Do you want to volunteer or intern abroad? Gain valuable leadership skills?
Work with inspiring students and global mindsets to promote cultural
understanding and international cooperation? Build a portfolio of your work
in journalism, marketing, graphic design or computer science? Come to our
info-sessions (below) to hear about how you can travel abroad with us or
become an active member of this unique organization. All majors welcome.



Info Sessions:

Dates: Oct. 11, 12, 13, 6:30-7:30pm
Location: Savery 131



To learn more about AIESEC, watch these short videos and visit our Facebook
page [www.facebook.com] and website [aiesecus.org].

GOING ABROAD : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM7HsJuo4XE [www.youtube.com]

MEMBERSHIP : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59R_yblL0Ck [www.youtube.com]

"The United Nations has long recognized that the imagination, ideals and
energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of
the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948,
AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of
positive change through education and cultural exchange. In understanding of
cultural, socio-economic and business management issues.?
?Kofi Annan, United Nations


Questions? Email us! contact@aiesecseattle.org

AIESEC Seattle is a branch of the biggest student-run organization in the world with other branches located in more than 100 countries and 50,000 members worldwide!
 
AIESEC helps students find internships abroad, gain valuable working
experiences, and widen their cultural perspective. We provide over
10,000 internships a year, and we would love to have the Communication
department to be informed of the wonderful opportunities AIESEC can
provide! 

AIESEC Seattle is recruiting! 
 
Do you want to volunteer or intern abroad- Gain valuable leadership skills-
Work with inspiring students and global mindsets to promote cultural
understanding and international cooperation- Build a portfolio of your work
in journalism, marketing, graphic design or computer science- Come to our
info-sessions (below) to hear about how you can travel abroad with us or
become an active member of this unique organization. All majors welcome.
 
 
 
Info Sessions:
 
Dates: Oct. 11, 12, 13, 6:30-7:30pm
Location: Savery 131
 
 
 
To learn more about AIESEC, watch these short videos and visit our Facebook
page and website.
 
GOING ABROAD : http://www.youtube.com/watch-v=cM7HsJuo4XE
 
MEMBERSHIP : http://www.youtube.com/watch-v=59R_yblL0Ck
 
 
Don-t miss out! Check us out on Facebook and RSVP to the event today!  
 
 
 
 
"The United Nations has long recognized that the imagination, ideals and
energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of
the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948,
AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of
positive change through education and cultural exchange. In understanding of
cultural, socio-economic and business management issues.-
-Kofi Annan, United Nations 
 
 
Questions- Email us! contact@aiesecseattle.org
 
 
 
More:
 
-         With over 50,000 members in 110 countries, AIESEC is the world-s
largest international student-run, not-for-profit organization, with an
enormous global networkconnecting students and professionals around the
world.
 
-         AIESEC provides young people the opportunity to work
abroad, develop leadership skills, build a personal network, and explore the
direction and ambition of their future.
 
-         AIESEC alumni are leaders within their organizations and
communities. They use the experience, skills and inspiration AIESEC has
provided them to be agents of positive change within today-s society. 
 
-         10.000+ international internships each year, 110 countries to choose from

Somin Bach
University Relations, AIESEC Seattle
marketing@aiesecseattle.org

6 UW Students Needed to Race WSU Students at Media Event
 
 
 
Take Winter by Storm, a campaign to help citizens get prepared before bad
weather strikes, is seeking six current UW students to compete in the ?Chain
Gang: Cougar Versus Husky Chain Up Competition? media event on November 21.
 
 
 
As the area prepares for the Apple Cup, six WSU students will race six UW
students to put winter chains on 12 cars during the live media event. The
event will demonstrate the proper and improper ways to put on winter chains,
and will emphasize winter-driving-preparedness.
 
 
 
The event will take place at 8:45 a.m. on November 21 in Seattle (likely in
the north parking lot of CenturyLink field), and will last for 2.5 hours.
Cars and chains will be provided. We expect to get significant media
attention for this event--past Take Winter by Storm media events have
attracted consistent attention from KING-TV, KOMO-TV, KIRO-TV, KCPQ-TV the
Seattle Times and the Associated Press, among others.
 
 
 
The Take Winter By Storm campaign is a collaborative, public-private effort
between King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap Counties, the City of Seattle,
Puget Sound Energy, State Farm and Red Cross - which represent Washington
state?s largest counties and city emergency management offices and energy
utilities, the leading insurer of homes and automobiles, and first
responders during disaster occurrences. These organizations have joined
forces in the major multi-media public awareness campaign to help the public
get prepared before bad weather strikes.
 
 
 
Interested people can contact me at ecawleymorse@colehourcohen.com or (206) 262-0363, ext 114.
 
 
Erin Cawley-Morse 
Colehour + Cohen 
Public Relations & Social Marketing 
p: 206.262.0363 ext. 114 | f: 206.262.0366 | ecawleymorse@colehourcohen.com
 
615 Second Avenue, Suite 280 | Seattle, WA 98104
 

We are accepting submissions for our Spring 2011 edition.  The Jackson School Journal of International Studies: New Issue and Call for
Submissions!
 
The Jackson School Journal is an online and print publication dedicated to
profiling the outstanding research and policy writing generated by
University of Washington undergraduates. We are proud to present the Autumn
2011 issue, which features five stellar articles by students and an engaging
interview with Professor Don Hellmann, one of the first directors of the
International Studies program. Check it out on our (new) website at
http://depts.washington.edu/jsjweb! Print copies will be available in
Thomson 111 next week.
 
The Journal is currently accepting submissions for the Spring 2011 issue! We
accept research and policy papers on topics related to international
affairs, and generally look for submissions about 10-15 double-spaced pages
in length, though you?re welcome to submit something shorter or longer. You do
not have to be a Jackson School student to submit. Submissions go through a
double-blind peer review process, and if your piece is selected you get the
chance to work closely with an editor and faculty members. Plus, you get to
see your name in print! Submissions are due October 14th, 2011. For more
information on submitting, see our website or email us at jsjis@uw.edu.
 
We are also looking for Peer Reviewers! Beginning this quarter, you can
receive 1 credit of SIS 499 (Independent Study) credit for reviewing for the
Journal. For more information about reviewing, click here. To become a Peer
Reviewer, email us at jsjis@uw.edu.
 
Finally, the Journal is throwing a Launch Party to mark the release of the
Autumn 2011 issue and its new website! Come celebrate with us on October
14th, 2011, 1:30pm in Thomson 317. Treats will be served. And don't forget
to follow us on Facebook!

Julie Mendel
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
626-348-31225
plotpoint@gmail.com

Want a graduate degree that will help you make a difference? Connect with 82
grad schools (including the Evans School of Public Affairs) at the Idealist
Grad Fair in Seattle!
 
It's free and open to the public. Learn more and RSVP here:
http://bit.ly/IdealistSeattle2011
 
WHEN and WHERE:
 
Tuesday, October 18th
Fair hours: 5:00-8:00pm
Free Q&A session about admissions and financial aid: 6:00pm
 
Seattle University
Campion Residence Tower - Ballroom
914 East Jefferson St (near Broadway and Jefferson), Seattle 98122
 
DETAILS:
Idealist Grad Fairs are for undergrads, professionals, and anyone thinking
of going to grad school to further their social impact career.  Programs
range from degrees in social work, public policy, environmental studies,
public interest law, nonprofit management, public health, and more.
 
Learn more and RSVP at http://bit.ly/IdealistSeattle2011

Getting Into Grad School:
The Inside Scoop About What Works

GRSCH 200: Preparing for Graduate Education

A 10-week course for sophomores and juniors who are interested in pursuing graduate school.

Students will learn - from faculty and staff involved in graduate admissions - how to craft an effective application package for graduate school, including how to:
Write a personal statement
Create a winning resume/CV
Ask for great letters of recommendation
Work on research
Work with faculty
Understand graduate school coursework

Instructors:
James Antony, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UW Graduate School
Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology
Katy DeRosier

Graduate School staff with specialization in higher education admissions programs
Jacob Houston
Master’s and doctoral candidate, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Credits: 2
Date and time: Class begins Tuesday Oct. 4, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Communications (CMU) 032
How to enroll: Contact Katy DeRosier, katyd2@uw.edu
Include your name and student identification number. Space is limited to only 10 students!

Katy D. DeRosier 
katyd2@u.washington.edu
206.860.9559

Be a movie extra on campus
 
One unique opportunity available to UW students this fall is to be in a
movie that?s filming on campus all September. The film is called ?21 and Over? and
it?s written and directed by the same team who wrote The Hangover and Four
Christmases. 
 
The film includes a pep rally featuring 200+ volunteer extras to be on set
the nights of September 21 & 22 to film the scene.  Despite the film?s title,
actors need only be over the age of 16 to participate.
 
Space on set is reserved in advance. Interested students should register
at www.bethecrowd.net by September 17 to ensure inclusion.
 
The invitation is not restricted to active UW students. Okay to invite
friends and family.
 
If you want friends to join you, post this to your facebook:
The film ?21 and Over,? needs 200+ volunteer extras on set 2 nights (Sept 21 &
22) to film the pep rally scene @ UW.  Actors must be age 16+ to
participate. Interested students MUST register at
www.bethecrowd.net/?page_id=6  by September 17 to ensure inclusion.

We at MatchingDonors.com are having a video contest along with The Hollywood
Awards. We would like for your students to participate and show their
talents. Besides cash prizes the Winners will win an opportunity to work
with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
 
For Example:
 
  *  Assistant Digital Artist work & credits on a Disney Movie, Pixar Movie,
     or Lollipop Shaders production with Brad Falk.
  *  Assistant production work or internship on a 20th Century Fox or Fox
     television production through Tom Cavanaugh.
  *  Assistant producing work & credits on a television show, ESPN Special,
     History Channel Special, or Cross Cut Production with Brad Hebert.
  *  Assistant producing work & credits on a Bowery Boys Productions, Inc.
     movie with Endrick Lekay.
  *  Assistant producing work on a "Dog the Bounty Hunter" episode, "Parking
     Wars" episode or another television show with Hybrid Films and Daniel
     Elias.
  *  Assistant producing work & credits on a National Lampoon Movie with Alan
     Donnes.
  *  Assistant producing work & credits on an iPhone social game with Damon
     Danieli.
  *  Assistant production work on a Schramm Marketing Group production with
     Rafael Eli.
 
This online contest is being run by a very generous donation by Zooppa.com.
Zooppa is the world's leading source of user-generated advertising,
committed to the vision of real people and leading brands working together.
People interested in being part of the contest can sign up at
http://zooppa.com/contests/matchingdonors-wants-a-piece-of-you .
 
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Stand out from the crowd, be a living organ donor on MatchingDonors.com.
 
Thank you for your assistance. Your efforts will hopefully save
another life. Feel free to e-mail me at CEO@MatchingDonors.com or call me at
781-821-2204 ext. #1 if you have any information.
 
Best Wishes,
 
Paul Dooley
ContactUs@MatchingDonors.com


For over seven years we have saved hundreds of people needing organ
transplants by finding them living altruistic donors, and we will soon be
reaching over 10,000 registered altruistic organ donors on the website.
We've won commendations from Congress, The President of The United States, The Massachusetts Governor, Senate and House of Representatives. Press here to see the video:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac-EUUOocdM


There are currently over 9591 registered altruistic potential  organ donors
on MatchingDonors.com.
 
MATCHINGDONORS PAIRED KIDNEY EXCHANGE PROGRAM. MatchingDonors.com now has
the worldA's largest database of available altruistic donors willing to take
part in an incompatible paired kidney exchange. There are currently 2106
registered potential donors on MatchingDonors.com willing to be altruistic
incompatible donors. Press here to view more about our program.
 
Phone: 781-821-2204
 
CEO@MatchingDonors.com
 
766 Turnpike St | Canton, MA 02021 US
 

The third edition of the Seattle Latino Film Festival will take place at the 
Seattle Center and on the UW campus in mid-October. We are seeking a volunteer who could help us with graphic design for the festival; see the description below.
 
Fall quarter internship credits in Comparative Literature are available for 
this position.
 
The SLFF Art graphic designer  will find the most effective way to get messages across in print. The graphic designer will develop the overall layout and production design of our SLFF program, brochures, promotional festival cards, etc.  S/he will also develop material for our festival Web page, in 
collaboration with the Web Administrator.


Cynthia Steele
Chair
Department of Comparative Literature
Padelford Hall B-537
Box 354338
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195-4338
(206) 543-7542

cynthias@u.washington.edu

The UW Women's Center is offering two Self Defense classes this
summer, taught by Joanne Factor in Cunningham Hall:
 
Session 1 - Lunchtime Session
Thursdays, June 28 ? Aug 25
12Noon - 1pm
 
Session 2 - Evening Session
Tuesdays, July 26 - Aug 23
6:30 - 8:30pm
 
Plus there will be a Self Defense for Teen Girls Workshop on Sunday,
July 31 from 1pm - 4pm.
 

-- 
"Opening doors for women and girls"
 
The Women's Center
University of Washington
Box 351380
Seattle, WA 98195
P: 206.685.1090
F: 206.685.4490

1) The Health Promotion Dept. is now recruiting volunteers to assist with welcoming visitors in the new high profile location of the Wellness Resource Center (starting in Summer quarter, but also recruiting for Fall quarter).  See this link for more details:
 
http://depts.washington.edu/hhpccweb/article-detail.php?ArticleID=591&ClinicID=13
 
2) To decorate our walls with art that promotes physical and mental well-being, we are seeking student submissions for an exhibition of art; further information found on this link:
 
http://depts.washington.edu/hhpccweb/article-detail.php?ArticleID=588&ClinicID=1

Mark T. Shaw, M.S.
 
Director, Health Promotion Department
Hall Health Primary Care Center

mshaw@u.washington.edu

1) The Health Promotion Dept. is now recruiting volunteers to assist with welcoming visitors in the new high profile location of the Wellness Resource Center (starting in Summer quarter, but also recruiting for Fall quarter).  See this link for more details:
 
http://depts.washington.edu/hhpccweb/article-detail.php?ArticleID=591&ClinicID=13
 
2) To decorate our walls with art that promotes physical and mental well-being, we are seeking student submissions for an exhibition of art; further information found on this link:
 
http://depts.washington.edu/hhpccweb/article-detail.php?ArticleID=588&ClinicID=1

Mark T. Shaw, M.S.
 
Director, Health Promotion Department
Hall Health Primary Care Center

mshaw@u.washington.edu

A group of us from Com 418 are hoping that you could send out our survey the
the student body that attempts to judge how much support the school would
have for implementing renewable energy sources into the construction of the
new Husky Stadium. The survey is only 5 questions and will give us a better
idea of how important and influential a project like this could be. The
developers are also willing to look into this with us if we can secure a
grant from the government which I am currently trying to get a hold of.

Lauren Lorbeski
 
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/beski/132984

My name is Justin Yan (UW '07) and I am the Recruitment Director for Teach
For America at UW this year and next. I am currently conducting a short
survey regarding UW's overall awareness of educational inequity (our
nation's achievement gap) and Teach For America. Please help us by taking 1
minute to fill out this survey for a chance to win an iPhone, courtesy of
Teach For America! The link is posted below. Feel free to contact me with
any questions, comments, or interest regarding the program at
justin.yan@teachforamerica.org. Thanks for your time and great luck with the
end of the year!
 
iPhone survey here: www.tinyurl.com/tfasurvey2011
 
Justin
 
P.S. If you're interested in learning more about Teach For America as well
as the Peace Corps, please come to our event:
 
Peace Corps and Teach For America Event
Wednesday, May 19th @ 5:30pm in HUB 200 BC
Register for an email/text reminder: www.tinyurl.com/pcorps-tfa 
Erin Larsen-Cooper and Justin Yan will speak about their experiences in the
Peace Corps and Teach For America, respectively. 
 
 tfauw@u.washington.edu

Go Green! Seattle Reusable Bags Project
 
* This is a not-for-profit project for our Environmental Communications
class. We're attempting to make a positive impact on the earth starting here
at home, and with YOU! Help us out!
 
Want to make a difference and look good doing it?
Here's the link to our iBuy, where you can purchase a high-quality Seattle-
or UW- inspired canvas reusable bag. (Click through to "view full proof" to
see the designed totes). Bags can be picked up after the iBuy closes at UW's
Delta Delta Delta. Other arrangements may be made as well.
 
http://www.kotisdesign.com/UWcomdept
 
 
Not ready to purchase? Take our survey for now! Please help us refine our
project by taking a few minutes to fill out our survey. (It's very quick!)
 
Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LXX7JJJ
 
 
Plastic Bag Quick Facts:
 
-Plastic bags may take up to 1,000 years to degrade!
 ...- According to the EPA, in 2000 America discarded more than 3.3 million
 tons of polyethylene bags. Of these, only about 5% were recycled.
 - Plastic bags are the second most common type of ocean refuse, just after
 cigarette butts.
 - Plastic bags don't "biodegrade". Instead, they "photo-degrade". This
means
 that although they fragment over time, these fragments readily soak up
 toxins such as PCB's and DDT, then contaminate soil, waterways, and animals
 upon digestion.
 - The "Great Garbage Patch" off the California coast contains about 7
 billion pounds of plastic garbage and is roughly twice the size of Texas!
 - The production of the world's plastic bags requires 60-100 million
barrels
 of oil every year.
 
 -------------------


From Marcella Connally - she & three other students are working
on promoting the use of reusable bags and informing the public of the harm
they cause to the environment. This is a class project for COM 418 and we
are conducting a survey pertaining to reusable bags and also selling two
different styles of reusable bags through a Kotis ibuy.


Here is the link to the ibuy: http://www.kotisdesign.com/UWcomdept
 
Here is the link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LXX7JJJ
 
 
Also, here are a few facts about plastic bags if you wanted to include them:
 
-Plastic bags may take up to 1,000 years to degrade!
...- According to the EPA, in 2000 America discarded more than 3.3 million
tons of polyethylene bags. Of these, only about 5% were recycled.
- Plastic bags are the second most common type of ocean refuse, just after
cigarette butts.
- Plastic bags don't "biodegrade". Instead, they "photo-degrade". This means
that although they fragment over time, these fragments readily soak up
toxins such as PCB's and DDT, then contaminate soil, waterways, and animals
upon digestion.
- The "Great Garbage Patch" off the California coast contains about 7
billion pounds of plastic garbage and is roughly twice the size of Texas!
- The production of the world's plastic bags requires 60-100 million barrels
of oil every year.

Marcella Connally
marci-333@hotmail.com

Deborah Enos Healthstyle - film a video blog

Nationally known, local author is seeking a creative and innovative intern to film a video blog.

This blog will consist of 30-60 seconds of footage filmed in and around the eastside. The filming will be at local restaurants, coffee shops and supermarkets.

The film will highlight my healthy tips for ordering and purchasing food.

I will need 40 video blogs by July 31st, 2011.

Summary of job:
Films and edits footage for the video blog of a local nutritionist.

Essential duties:
Renting film equipment.
Setting up for filming.
Filming and editing.

This could turn into a part-time, on-going job.

All expenses will be paid by the company owner.

Stipend of $650 at completion. 

Deadline for submitting: May 1st, 2011

To apply: Send email to:
Deborah@deborahenos.com
Please attach a video example of your work.
 
425-417-0807

Glamour magazine throws a yearly Top 10 College Women Competition for
transitioning sophomore and junior females. They are looking for ?dynamic
young women with leadership experience, excellent grades and inspiring
goals.  The grand prize is $20,000 and there are nine $3,000 prizes. All
winners will receive a trip to NYC and they will be featured in an issue of
Glamour.

Women can apply atglamour.com/go/ttcw if this seems like something interesting to share with our students! The deadline for applications is July 15, 2011 and if someone prefers to enter via mail, they can send their names and addresses to
ttcw@glamour.com to receive a mailed application.


Allyson Balansay
GLAMOUR
4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
(212) 286-4908

Allyson_Balansay@condenast.com

Executive Education is recruiting upper level and graduate students to serve as conversation partners for Korean executives who are attending custom programs developed for SK Company and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). 
Having a conversation partner will allow the program participants to improve their English skills as well as learn about American culture and customs.  In addition to participating in a cultural exchange, you will have the
opportunity to learn about Korean business practices and potentially expand your network globally. 
 
Commitment requires an average of four to five hours of face-to-face conversation time per week.
  
Time Commitment:
 
HHI:
 
-         May 31st to June 3rd  Hours: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
 
-         June 6th to July 20th Hours: 4:00pm to 5:00pm Monday thru Thursday (except holidays, etc.)
  
 
SK:
 
-         June 13 to July 21st Hours: after 5:00pm; four to five hours per week
   
Compensation: $15 per hour
 
 Requirements include: native speaker, upper level or graduate student, and open minded.
 
  
For consideration, please send your contact information, resume and one paragraph explaining why you are interested to agothard@uw.edu.
 
  
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 
Ani Gothard-Williams, M.Ed. 
Program Manager, Executive Education 
Michael G. Foster School of Business 
University of Washington 
Bank of America Executive Education Center, Room 228Q
Box 353225 
Seattle, WA  98195 
Tel: (206) 221-6863 / Fax: (206) 685-9236
 
E-mail: agothard@uw.edu
 
web: http://foster.washington.edu/

sponsored by the Ad Club UW 

in Red Square today (April 13) at noon

Ad Club UW is working with NFFTY (The National Film Festival for Talented
Youth) to give away VIP Passes to the festival! Come out to Red Square today
sometime between 12 and 2, get your picture taken at the seats, and enter to
win!
 
ASUW A&E and Film Club will also be in Red Square today giving away some
free swag for movies, so be sure to come by and check it all out!
 
Kate Gruver
Senior, Communication and Business Marketing
Dept. of Communication | Foster School of Business
University of Washington, Seattle
kgruver@uw.edu

Mortar Board 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award!
 
The oldest teaching award on campus, the purpose of this award is to recognize professors for exceptional contributions made towards the education of University of Washington undergraduates. As leaders of our campus community, Mortar Board wishes to annually commend and support an extraordinary professor who we feel has proven him or herself to be particularly dedicated to the success of undergraduates.
 
Nominations DUE Friday April 15th @ Midnight!
 
Submit your nomination today via the following link: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kmbackst/130645

The UW's Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Student Association will be hosting a Performing Arts from the Near East event.  Come cheer on our students and enjoy performances from local artists at the same time!  Please pass this along to your students or anyone who's interested.  Event information is below.
 
Cost: FREE but feel free to donate if you are compelled to
Where: Ethnic Cultural Theatre
When: April 9th, 3-5 pm
What: artists and art of North Africa, Middle East, Caucuses and Central Asia
 
Facebook Event Link:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=199558733410049
 

Kattie Dang
Undergraduate Advisor
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
Denny Hall 219
206-685-3743
nelcua@u.washington.edu

I'm conducting a focus group and would like to include some students from UW. This would be a great opportunity for young communications majors to be part of an informal focus group and connect with marketing and communication pros.

We're looking for 10 high school or college students based in thegreater Puget Sound area with whom to run a quarterly focus group. Thetopics we will discuss will cover general points of cultural interest: underground celebrities, favorite fashions, new trends, inspirations etc.
Basically we're looking to learn from you about what matters to you and your friends (and their age group) to help us better target appropriate messages and media outlets in our ongoing outreach. This is designed to be an
informal session to help the team learn, all input is good input.

Looking for - 
 
Ages: 16-22
 
Traits: Student
 
Availability: Must be available April 21ST afterschool (4-6pm) 
 
Jessica Sheets (Waggener Edstrom)
(jsheets@waggeneredstrom.com)

The University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting the 2011 Zenith Awards. It is currently accepting submissions from undergraduate public relations, advertising, broadcast and electronic media and journalism students across the nation.  
 
The undergraduate student competition will honor students for their outstanding work with internship and networking opportunities, resources, and feedback from public relations professionals. All public relations, advertising, broadcast and electronic media, and journalism undergraduate students across the US are encouraged to submit past work from classes or
internships in seven categories: writing, campaigns, case studies, research, publications design, social media and electronic media. 
 
Public relations professionals will judge students' work based on the category. The winner from each of the seven categories will receive an internship, networking opportunities, resources, or scholarship award provided by nationally recognized organizations. 
 
Submissions will be accepted until 5 p.m. CST on Friday, April 8. Questions regarding the 2011 Zenith Awards can be directed to TheZenithAwards@gmail.com.
  
We hope you will help your students by sharing this opportunity for competition and national recognition.    
 
 
The Zenith Awards Team   
http://jmc.ou.edu/zenith  
Zenith Stock College 
New for Zenith 2011:   
 
Three New Categories:
 
In past years, the foundation of the Zenith Awards has been sustained on four categories:  Writing, PR Campaigns, Publication Design, and Electronic Media.
  
This year, to better recognize student work in an ever-changing public relations industry, Zenith Awards 2011 is amplifying and improving the competition with three new categories:
 
Case Studies 
 
Social Media 
 
Public Relations Research 
 
 
 
Online Submissions: 
 
Submitting student work is now quicker and easier than ever before. Online entry forms and quick simple steps allow for a faster, more convenient submission into the competition!  
 
How to Submit 
  
Online Awards Ceremony:
 
Following the themes of going digital and simplifying the submission process, the awards ceremony will also evolve. On April 29th, winners of each category will be announced during the online awards ceremony via the Zenith Awards Website. Emceed by a student at Gaylord College, each category will be featured in a video showing a preview of the submission along with a short bio about the writer, designer, team, or researcher. 
  
In addition, each category will be sponsored by a public relations firm or company in the industry from the Midwest region of the United States. Invitations will also be sent out to each judge, sponsor, student, and college faculty participating in or supporting  this year's competition. Talk about showing off your work! 
 
All Submissions are Free!
 
Because of the online nature of this year's Zenith Awards and the omission of the on site awards ceremony, there is no charge for submitting your work to the competition.  

http://jmc.ou.edu/zenith/Zenith_Awards/Welcome.html

You are invited to join Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Backstage Pass and Pacific Place for this season’s
top see-and-be-seen party in the Pacific Northwest- Backstage Bash: Midsummer Mischief. On
April 15th, 2011, the young professionals organization for one of the world’s top ballet companies
and Seattle’s leading destination shopping center will bring you the best after-party of the season.
Held immediately following Pacific Northwest Ballet’s presentation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Backstage Bash promises to be a night of food, fun, drinks and dance, all held backstage at McCaw
Hall.
 
This event boasts a great opportunity to meet young professionals and mingle with Pacific
Northwest Ballet Company dancers, while enjoying complimentary food and beverages from
Hedges Family Estate, Ten Mercer, and Batch 206.  Dress to impress as Team Photogenic will snap
some shots throughout the evening, while DJ Skiddle mixes the music.  Must be 21+ to attend.
 
Regular Admission Tickets: $35
VIP Tickets: $60 (Includes complimentary parking and a $200 value swag bag with products and
gift cards from the following Pacific Place shops & restaurants: Ann Taylor, Aveda, Barneys,
Chico’s, Gordon Biersch, L’Occitane, Melvita, Mexico, pnk Ultra Lounge, Red Mango, SEVEN the
salon, Solstice, True Religion & White House | Black Market)
 
Tickets are available at http://www.pnb.org/Support/SpecialEvents/BackstageBash.aspx or over
the phone at 206.441.2424. Net proceeds from Backstage Bash goes to Pacific Northwest Ballet to
support their creation and development of world-class dance. If you are interested in seeing A
Midsummer Night’s Dream before the event, please visit: http://www.pnb.org/Season/10-11/MSND/

intern@gruman-nicoll.com

The Washington Bus is now taking applications for our 2011 Summer Fellowship Program.

The Washington Bus Summer Fellowship is a ten-week
political boot camp in Seattle. Bus Fellows spend a summer learning state-of-the-art campaign management, grassroots organizing, public policy formulation and leadership skills.

The Summer Fellows program is not a political leaning program, but is run through the Washington Bus Education Fund, a completely non-partisan and non-profit side of the Bus. It is a great opportunity for anyone interested
in building leadership skills and engaging in community advocacy.
 
Once you're done, you'll be prepared for leadership positions in campaigns and political movements all across the state. 

WAIT...WHY?
 
Young people are left out of the political process. The average age of a Washingtonian is 36-years-old, but out of 147 state legislators, just 16 are under 40. The voice that's missing in Olympia is you.
 
Until now. The Washington Bus Summer Fellowship takes young people who see the need for change, equips them with the best political tools available, and injects them directly into the political arena.
 
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
 
1.    Democratize Democracy. The Washington Bus Summer Fellowship puts democracy back in the hands of "we the people". Fellows come from all corners of Washington and acquire the skills to become effective political leaders. 
 
2.    Immediate Impact. Fellows spend the summer designing and implementing field plans that directly support progressive causes in Washington. They select races they care about, making an immediate difference in their 
communities.
 
3.    Leadership Development. The Washington Bus Summer Fellowship is jet fuel for young leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to meet and learn from
leaders and experts from a vast network of organizations. In addition to trainings on public policy and organizing, Fellows gain hands-on experience by running events and managing volunteers.
 
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A WASHINGTON BUS FELLOW?
 
The eye of the tiger, the heart of a champion, and the courage to drive Washington state politics in a new direction.    
 
  *  Between 18 and 24 years old
  *  A passion for civic engagement and a desire to learn about state and local politics
  *  Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  *  Independent self-starter, with the initiative to achieve complex goals
  *  Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work within a diverse team 
  *  Good sense of humor and forward-thinking values are a must
 
WHAT IS THE TIME COMMITMENT?
 
PowerCorps runs from June 20th to August 20th, 2011. Fellows must be able to participate in all nine weeks of the program. Fellows are expected to commit 50 hours per week. Yes, evenings and weekends.
 
ARE BUS FELLOWS PAID?
 
There are need-based stipends available. Please request when applying.
 
IS HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR BUS FELLOWS?
 
Fellows coming from outside the greater King County area may be eligible for homestays. 
 
HOW DO I APPLY?
 
You can fill out an online application. 

Very important deadlines:
 
Early decision: April 4. 
 
Mailed applications must be postmarked by April 4, 2011; e-mailed applications must be submitted by 11 p.m. PST, April 4. 
 
Final deadline: May 2.

http://washingtonbus.org/

Washington Bus | P.O. Box 20188, Seattle, WA 98102 | (206) 325-1889 | info@washingtonbus.org

Make a PROMise to Highline Schools Foundation
 
Support us with our 3rd annual Project PROMise (tm) and help low income girls attend their prom. We are collecting prom dresses, shoes and accessories for young women in the Highline School District. Your donation could make a girl's dream come true.
 
 
Board of Trustees
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence

Bring your clean, new or gently used items to the  following
locations by March 15th.

Puget Sound Skill Center
Mt Rainier High School
Highline High School
Highline Schools Foundation office (located inside ERAC)
  
We accept all sizes but have have a special need for small and large and plus sizes.
 
 
 
Don't have a dress but would like to help? Donations also welcome.  Call 206-248-5196.

Want to volunteer at the event? email us info@highlineschoolsfoundation.org.
                                 
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence

info@highlineschoolsfoundation.org

If you are engaged in internships in the non-profit or public sector, please forward on this unique spring quarter course opportunity.
 
General Studies 350 Section F: Working in Community: Making Connections through a Non-Profit Internship
 
3 credits (credit/no credit)
MW 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
 
Are you engaged in a non-profit or public sector internship? Interested in exploring your internship work in the context of community action, global citizenship, professional development, academic inquiry, and personal growth? This course allows you to come together with international students studying at the University of Washington through the Thematic Studies Abroad (TSA) Progam - Global Studies, Local Service to contextualize your internship work.  As a compliment to your internship work, you will read about and discuss concepts of global citizenship and action, consider theories behind community-campus partnerships, closely connect your internship to your academic work through a research product for your internship organization, and engage in future academic and personal planning.
 
Interested? This course meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 pm-3:50 pm in ARC G070.
 
Email Rachel Vaughn at rvaughn@u.washington.edu for more information and an add code! In your email, please include your name, class standing, current internship involvement, and 2 primary goals for this class.

 
Rachel L. Vaughn
Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center
120 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195-2803
phone: 206/616-4359 fax: 206/616.4389
email: rvaughn@u.washington.edu  web: depts.washington.edu/leader

Re: Grants for "queer young women whose parents have withdrawn financial or emotional support" and for "Gay male students who are 23 years or younger with a record of community service" among others

More info:
http://www.stonewallfoundation.org/grantprograms_scholarships.php?Section=S
cholarships&lid=2

Safe Schools Coalition
c/o Rosehedge
115 - 16th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org

This event is hosted by Northwest Asian Weekly and it is a luncheon honoring 13 females that are in some field of technology. The event is January 28, 2011 at 11:30 am at  the New Hong Kong  Restaurant. The cost is 20$ for students and 35 for non students

Rebecca Lee 
leereb08@gmail.com

My name is Jasna Zaler and I am a graduate of political science at the Faculty of social sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 
(http://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/English/Office_IC/), currently employed as a marketing and PR specialist at Halcom
(http://wwweng.halcom.si/index.php?section=1). I am also writing my postgraduate degree on the topic Communication strategy and circumstances of Barack Obama's election campaign through the framework of political leadership. My mentors are Bogomil Ferfila, PhD and Ur?a Golob, PhD, both
professors at the Faculty of Social Sciences and authors of various scientific works.
  
By the recommendation of Marc Wright, chairman of IABC Europe and Middle East Region, I'm kindly asking you to help my with your insights on the topic. Your answers will be used exclusively for the empirical part of my degree and will help me with my work.
 
 
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
 
 
Best regards,
 
Jasna Zaler 
 
 
1.      In your opinion, what was the most memorable, outstanding feature of Barack Obama's campaign?
 
2.      How was his campaign different from other presidential campaigns?
 
3.      What were in your opinion the main reasons for Obama's victory?
 
4.      How did the sociopolitical circumstances contribute to his victory?
Which ones were the most important and why?
 
5.      Did Obama's in your opinion use of social media in the presidential campaign contribute to his victory? How?
 
6.      Do you think Barack Obama is a skilled political leader? Please describe and evaluate through Greenstein's criteria (below stated characteristics).
 
Policy vision:
 
Political skills:
 
Organizational skills:
 
Public communication:
 
Cognitive style:
 
Emotional intelligence:
 
Character:
 
 
 
--
Jasna Zaler, univ.dipl.pol.
telefon: (041) 804 732

jasnaz@gmail.com

The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program will give one-time funding of $12,000 to women who have the vision, skills and experience to launch a new venture. These can be solo ideas or team projects spearheaded by women. 

http://www.facebook.com

/l/c3249ZZEPSozkKxy4KdUhmDDGCg;www.newmediawomen.org/site/proposal_guidelines/

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McCormick Foundation New Media Women Entrepreneurs : Proposal Guidelines www.newmediawomen.orgConnection. Women are natural networkers. They know how to initiate and maintain relationships. This is the essence of the digital 
world.  Conversation. Women are listeners. And talkers.  They ask the tough questions. This is the starting point for good journalism.  Creativity.

Mindy McAdams 
notification+ks4bmswn@facebookmail.com
 

AU, the UW journal of speculative fiction, is accepting submissions for its upcoming issue through tomorrow, November 5.  Students from all majors are invited to submit their work in all genres of speculative fiction.  Please see the detailed message from the editors below:
 
             Hey AU fans! This is a reminder to submit your
             speculative fiction to AU by Friday, November 5, at
             5pm! We love it all science fiction, fantasy,
             supernatural, utopian, dystopian, apocalyptic,
             post-apocalyptic, alternate history, so submit your
             short stories and poetry (3000 words max) by Friday!
             Please send submissions to                     strayingfromreality@gmail.com, with your name and
             story title in the subject line and attach your work
             as a .doc or .pdf file. Late submissions will not be
             considered for the fall issue, as we will be
             choosing stories for the journal within the next few
             days.
 
strayingfromreality@gmail.com

forwarded from David S. Domke 
 
"Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities"
 
February 17-18, 2011 at the University of Washington and Seattle University
Call for Session Proposals
Deadline: November 30, 2010
 
Women have been a powerful presence in Seattle?s well-known independent music scene, as performers, promoters, writers, DJs, archivists and fans. In many cases, they embody the hybrid identity of artist-activist-advocate. Historically, in the Pacific Northwest, women have used their music and activism to create music scenes that anchor social justice movements. The present is no different. The Women Who Rock Conference, organized by the Women Who Rock Research Project and the Women Who Rock Graduate Student Collective, will highlight both contemporary and past movement(s) in and outside of Seattle by bringing together musicians, activists, writers, advocates, educators, and scholars to explore questions of female representation and access for women within music 
scenes. This conference is intended to reach an academic and public audience. Scholars and educators will contextualize their explorations of women within various music scenes by engaging broader discourses of feminist, critical race, and class analyses. Musicians, activists and others will demonstrate how innovations in the creative arts link to social justice movements.
 
This conference, which aims to be an annual event, will also introduce the initial phase of the Women Who Rock Oral History project. At the conference, we will generate contacts for future oral histories.
 
We invite activists, scholars, musicians and artists to submit proposals for topic-focused breakout sessions that will promote dialogue about women, music, and social justice, taking into account issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class and sexuality. We encourage session proposals that explore the ways that Chicana and Black feminist thought have expanded 
?who? counts as women and ?what? counts as rock. In your session proposal, please include the names of facilitators, participants and/or performers; a short description of your topic; a list of the key points you would like to address in dialogue with conference attendees; and a plan for how you will address them. Group and individual session proposals will be considered. We move away from traditional panel sessions with the aim of 
promoting dialogue. We are particularly interested in creative, 
nontraditional, and/or musical session formats.
 
Possible topics include, but are in no way limited to:
 
Performing Community:
? The role of music scholars, critics, performers and archivists as well as 
Chicana and Black feminist theorists in
crafting a feminist narrative of hip hop, punk, and indie rock
? Women performers and the art of DJ-ing, breakdancing, rhyming, graffiti art, 
vocalizing and spoken word
? Building community at the intersection of Hip Hop and Indie Rock
? Autonomous women-focused art collectives (ex. Mujeres de Ma?z)
? Queer musical practices and interventions
 
Making a Scene:
? Music making as a local site of feminist community-building (examples include 
Home Alive, B-Girl Bench,
Seattle Fandango Project and others)
? The role of performers, advocates, and educators in creating musical 
communities
? Creating a space for building connections between women in hip hop, indie 
rock/punk, and alternative rock
cultures that share a similar ethos but rarely connect
? Connecting the women who use music culture as a platform for pleasure and 
politics
? Linking local music communities and transnational musical movements (de CAJ?N 
Project , Afro-Peruvian percussion)
? Musical and creative responses to immigration debates (SB 1070)
? Creating spaces of autonomous music making and sharing
? The role of community radio
? Internet and social networking
 
Communal Archives/Oral Histories:
? The politics of the archive; the archive as a site of community-making and 
historical praxis
? The archive as resource for performers, advocates, and scholars
? The archive as foundation for digital online and museum exhibits
? Presentation of oral histories
 
Collaborative networks of production, performance, and distribution:
? Use of digital technologies for in-home production and recording
? Use of digital technologies for musical and scholarly collaboration
? Music communities as a vehicle for public humanities
 
Please submit your session proposals by November 30, 2010. Proposals 
should be 500 words or less and include a description of the session 
format. Please also include a 50-word biography. Send proposals for 
sessions to quetzal@uw.edu. Group and individual proposals or performances 
will be considered.
 
Questions? Contact Quetzal Flores, quetzal@uw.edu.
 
Conference registration at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/quetzal/111906
 
Conference organizers: Mako Fitts (fittsm@seattleu.edu), Quetzal Flores 
(quetzal@uw.edu), Michelle Habell-Pallan
(mhabellp@u.washington.edu), Sonnet Retman (sretman@u.washington.edu), Nicole 
Robert (nrobert@u.washington.edu),
Georgia M. Roberts (gmr2@u.washington.edu).
 
This conference is co-sponsored by the American Music Partnership of Seattle 
(Experience Music Project, KEXP 90.3 FM,
and University of Washington), Women Studies, American Ethnic Studies, School 
of Music, and the Simpson Center for the
Humanities at the University of Washington as well as Anthropology, Sociology, 
Social Work, and the Women Studies
Program at Seattle University.
 
Featured Keynote Performance:  Maria Elena Gaitan
 
   Well known for her Chola con Cello and Connie Chancla performances, Maria 
Elena Gaitan is a much loved Los
   Angeles based interdisciplinary artist who utilizes her extraordinary musical 
and oratorical skills to
   examine cross-cultural, race, gender, and class issues. 
 
 
 
 

FIUTS' is looking for culturally-themed performance groups to be a part of our annual event, CulturalFest. This is a chance for groups to showcase their talents and cultural inspirations. We would love to have you be a part of CulturalFest! Auditions will be held the week of November 22nd, and the event will take place on February 10th, 2011. There is also the opportunity to showcase your group in our booth exhibit.
 
CulturalFest showcases the talent and diversity of the University of Washington through a series of evening music and dance
performances from around the world. UW students, staff, and visiting scholars are invited to audition to be a part of this exciting event. Selected individuals and groups will be invited to perform at Meany Hall on the evening of February 10th, 2011.
Performances should be 8-10 minutes in length.  CulturalFest is produced by the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) Student Board.
 
To sign up, visit http://students.washington.edu/fiutssb/content/cultural-fest and complete an application form by Friday, November 12th.
 
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns, and we look forward to receiving your application!
 

Margaux Blitch
mblitch@u.washington.edu

The Compassion Campaign You Tube Video Contest 
is a forum for filmmakers and artists to express their visions of global compassion.

The video with the most viewings wins $500.

Express your vision.  Spread compassion.

For contest information, please visit Contest Page:
http://www.innerpathproductions.org/contest

Check out the "artist's version" of the song, Season of Compassion: http://www.youtube.com/GlobalCompassion
   
The Compassion Campaign is creating a new reality…one dream at a time.   Artists, filmmakers, activists and visionaries are invited to post their visions of global compassion in the form of a video.  These videos will all share the same soundtrack: a song entitled Season of Compassion by Ed Munter.  The contest gives filmmakers the opportunity to express their unique perspectives on global compassion.  No product being sold.  No seminar being promoted.  The only intention of the project is to spread compassion.  

What does global compassion look like to you?  

The Compassion Campaign is about remembering that we are one with each other, one with the planet and one with the universe.  It is about remembering that we are all connected.  It is about knowing that we each have a unique gift to bring.  It is about experiencing the sense of empowerment that comes from expressing of our unique gifts.  It is about the chain reaction that occurs in consciousness when one person gives Love without expecting anything in return.

Let us gather our dreams and explore the Season of Compassion as the pioneers of the New World.  

Samantha Briggs 
samanthabriggsgc@yahoo.com

THE SEATTLE CAREER FAIR
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
10:30am to 2:00pm
The Seattle Center
(Northwest Meeting Rooms)
 
For more information and to preregister, please go to
 
www.choicecareerfairs.com 
 
 
LOCATION MAP:
Held at the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms (NW corner of Key Arena), corner of 
1st ave. N and Republican St.
 
For a map of Seattle Center, marking the location of this event, please go to 
http://jobinseattle.c.topica.com/maaokLyab0Y12aEmQ7Yb/

The Children's Response Center is a nonprofit that serves abused children in Bellevue and is managed by U.W.. Twice a year, we produce a newsletter. We are looking to fill two volunteer positions:
 
1. Newsletter writer - Conduct interviews and write articles. Must be able to work independently and have excellent writing skills. Responsible for writing two articles per newsletter, which will be assigned. Typically this
involved interviewing a new staff member and writing a paragraph about their background.
 
2. Newsletter Editor- Excellent editing skills. Twice a year, proof all newsletter articles for correct spelling, puncuatation and grammar. Attention to detail.  Ability to work independently.
 
Interns will need to come to our office for an orientation and to sign confidentiality agreements. The vast majority of the work can actually be done offsite. All of the editing can be done from home/offsite. Here is our location:
 
Children's Response Center 
1120 112th Ave NE (East Building - Overlake Hospital Medical Center), Suite 130
Bellevue, WA 98004


Sally Martinez
(425) 467-3390
www.childrensresponsecenter.org

We are in need of writing tutors for Dream Project's Admissions Workshop Weekend. For any of you who are not familiar with us, the Dream Project is a student-initiated high school outreach program that partners UW students with first-generation and low-income students in Seattle area high schools to assist in the college admissions process. Our mentors work with students at weekly high school visits while learning about issues of educational inequity and social mobility.
 
One of the Dream Project's most important events is Admissions Workshop Weekend which will be held on November 13th and 14th from 9am - 4pm. Students from each of our thirteen partner high schools are invited to participate in information sessions from a variety of Washington colleges and universities. Many of our students complete entire college applications over the course of this weekend.
 
A critical part of the application process and this event is writing their personal statement. A good writing tutor can help a student produce a powerful, thoughtful, and polished personal essay. This year we are expecting over 650 high school seniors to attend the workshop. We would love to have you by our side helping students from local high schools apply successfully to college.
 
We are looking for people who:
 
* are comfortable working with high school students,
* can help students formulate their ideas into a strong college application essay,
* have solid writing skills, and
* have a general understanding of the college admissions process.
 
If you are not comfortable with volunteering as a writing tutor, please consider being a general support volunteer for the event.
 
If you're interested in committing to this effort, please go to the following link and register: www.dreamproject.washington.edu/workshop/help
 
When you arrive, there will be a brief orientation and overview of what's required in an admissions essay on the morning of both days. I will send out an email later about the details of the meeting.
 
Not only do you get the rewarding experience of helping students access higher education, you will also get lunch!
 
If you have any questions, you may contact us at npg324@uw.edu.
 
Thank you,
Nicole Guenther and Jason Guo
Dream Project Volunteer Coordinators
 
 

I am writing from Idealist to invite you to the Graduate-School Fair
we are hosting in Seattle in a couple of weeks. The fair will take
place on Wednesday, October 27, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, at Seattle University's Campion Tower Residence Hall at 914 East Jefferson Street.
 
If you are thinking of going to Graduate School in the next year or
two, this is a great opportunity to meet with representatives from 80 local, national, and international programs focusing on Nonprofit Management, Public Health, Public Policy, Social Work, Education, International Affairs, and many other fields, and learn about their admissions process and about how to make yourself a stronger candidate for graduate school.
 
For more details - including a list of registered schools - and to
register (the fair is free, but we need to know how many people to
expect), please visit:
 
http://www.idealist.org/gradfairs
 
and select Seattle from the list of cities on the right-hand side of
the page.
 
Thank you, and we hope to see you there!
 
Diana Hsu
Community Moderator
http://www.idealist.org/gradfairs

 
The NAB Education Foundation is calling for entries for its 
Call to Service Collegiate competition. This competition offers communications students who want to serve their communities a chance to receive $10,000, $5,000 or $2,000 scholarships along with a matching contribution to the charities involved. This is a great opportunity for students to serve their local communities while using their communications and journalism skills for a
chance to receive Flip Video[tm] Camcorders and up to a $10,000 scholarship award.
 
Interested students must submit a project proposal online no later than November 15, 2010. Up to 20 submissions will be selected. These finalists will be provided with Flip Video[tm] Camcorders to hone their journalism skills by contributing articles, video blogs and news updates that chronicle their experience on the Call to Service website throughout the project.

Finalists will be judged for creativity, community involvement and use of media and technology to chronicle the project. 
 
For more info, visit www.CallToService.org. If you have any questions, please email or call (202) 429-5428. 
                         
Rumana Sultana
nabef@nab.org
 

http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1653

New Contest from Sprint Invites Consumers to Create Their Own Epic Mini Movies for Chance at $25,000 Grand Prize as Chosen by Acclaimed Movie Director Michael Bay
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), October 04, 2010 - As part of the new “Epic Mini Movies” advertising campaign featuring the Samsung Epic™ 4G smartphone, Sprint (NYSE:S) today launched a new element of the campaign – a national contest that encourages consumers to submit their own Epic Mini Movie moments for a chance to win $25,000. 

With this contest, consumers can be the director, producer and star of their own mini movie of epic proportions. To enter the contest, videos up to 30 seconds in length should be uploaded at www.youtube.com/sprintepic. Fans will select the top-10 finalists by voting online for their favorite video, and the winner will be chosen from the top 10 as judged by acclaimed movie director Michael Bay, who directed box-office hits Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Iraq and Bad Boys I and II. In addition to the $25,000 grand prize, the top 10-finalists will receive free movie tickets for a year from Fandango. Videos must be uploaded by 11:59 a.m. PDT on Nov. 1, and voting begins Nov. 2. For more information and contest rules, visit www.youtube.com/sprintepic. 

The Sprint Epic Mini Movies campaign features a series of short movies that take stereotypical “epic” moments from various movie genres and puts a twist on those moments to highlight Samsung Epic 4G’s capabilities as a mobile entertainment device that is virtually unparalleled. 

Sprint and its agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners developed several unique Epic Mini Movies, such as the Epic Scream, Epic Punch, Epic News, Epic Suspense, Epic Kiss, Epic Chase, Epic Sound Effects, Epic News and Epic Villain. These moments appear throughout the advertising campaign across several formats, including TV, print, online and out of home. The movies were designed with the dual purpose of showing how Samsung Epic 4G can deliver a cinema-like experience so users can download and watch movies on-the-go at 4G speeds, and provide inspiration for consumers to upload their own videos of other epic moments. 

“We are encouraging people to create their own epic mini movies, share them online and get others excited about voting for their favorite,” said Mike Goff, Sprint vice president-Corporate Marketing. “This campaign was designed with the idea of getting consumers engaged by producing their own mini movies. We can’t wait to see what consumers come up with as part of the contest.” 

In addition to the entertainment capabilities of Samsung Epic 4G, the campaign also highlights the unique combination of other features of Samsung Epic 4G, such as the ability to download content over the Sprint 3G or 4G networks without being tethered to Wi-Fi®, front and rear-facing cameras, mobile hotspot capability, which allows for up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to connect to the Sprint 3G or 4G networks via the device, the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and the smartphone’s Super AMOLED™ touch-screen for a viewing experience that is second to none. 

Samsung Epic 4G from Sprint is a Samsung Galaxy S™ smartphone that offers access to Samsung Media Hub, an easy-to-use mobile video store whose extensive library of acclaimed films and TV programming launched recently. Samsung Media Hub will be included as part of the Sprint campaign in print and online ads. With Samsung Media Hub, TV and movie aficionados can access their favorite titles and download them in a matter of minutes or stream them for immediate viewing on the device using the turbo-charged Sprint 4G network. A robust collection of movie and TV show titles are available on Media Hub. Samsung plans to add more first-rate content providers to the content library soon. 

Adding Media Hub content to Samsung Epic 4G is quick and easy. Simply scan through the Media Hub library on the phone and select the movies and TV titles to download. Movies are available for rental for $2.99 to $3.99 or purchase for $9.99 to $17.99. TV episodes, including next-day programming, can be purchased for as low as $1.99. The price range for renting and buying content will depend on whether the title is a new release or older programming. In addition, full seasons of TV shows are available to buy from Media Hub. Prices (excluding taxes) will depend on the number of episodes included in the season and how recently the programming originally appeared for broadcast. 

Samsung Epic 4G gives customers an all-in-one device for staying connected, getting work done and enjoying the latest in entertainment while on-the-go. Phones are available at all Sprint retail channels, including Sprint.com, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and national retail partners RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart. It costs $249.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade, and two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate (excludes taxes). 

Powered by the Android™ 2.1 operating system, Samsung Epic 4G is part of a new breed of Samsung smartphones offering the best in screen, speed and content quality for a premium user experience, and offers a fully integrated multimedia, messaging and social networking experience. Samsung Epic 4G’s display supports a series of advanced touch-screen gestures, including multi-touch pinch, long tap and zoom and vertical and horizontal swiping. 

Sprint 4G is available in 53 cities across the country, including Chicago, Baltimore and Houston, and will make its debut in several of the nation’s largest urban areas, including Los Angeles and New York, by the end of 2010. 

About Sprint Nextel 

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 48.1 million customers at the end of the second quarter of 2010 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, Common Cents Mobile and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. With its customer-focused strategy, you can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint. 




Sprint
Dave Mellin, 720-840-4788
dave.mellin@sprint.com


 

This organization is working to get immigrants to vote.  They need volunteer help with their phone bank (every Wed & TH night) & canvassing the community on Oct. 9.

To volunteer & for more information, contact Ms. Maha Jahshan at Maha@oavotes.org. 

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 21st issue of the International Student Short-Film Festival, in Cergy-Pontoise (France), which will take place on from 1st to 3rd April, 2011. We will gather short films from everywhere, showing the best of the emerging international filmmakers.
  
Our goal is to let young directors and actors from different countries get in touch with the French audience and the professionals composing the jury.
 
The prizes awarded by the festival are:
 
- 1st Prize : 2,300
- 2nd Prize :1,500

- Public Prize :
800???- Animation Prize
- ShortsTV Prize
 
 
If you want to participate in the festival, you have to be a student, and your movie must have been realised after the first of January, 2009 and last less than 30 minutes. Of course, the subscription is free. You will find the links to download the Festival rules and regulations, the entry form, and the awards list of the last festival at the end of this email. You can also download them from our Website www.lefestivalducourt.org.
 
PRIZE-LIST OF THE 20TH EDITION
 
 
 
The 20th edition of the Cergy-Pontoise International Short Film Festival,
which was held on 9th to April 11th, 2010 in Pontoise, awarded the following
prizes:
 
- Cergy-Pontoise agglomeration administration prize (1st prize) : Hellenritt,
by Martin Busker.
- Val d'Oise Country Administration prize (2nd prize) : Namba, by Rohin
Venkatesan.
- Public Prize (3rd prize) : Planter des reves, by Pierre-Antoine Carpentier.
- Animation Prize : Bob, by Harry Fast and Jacob Frey.
- ShortsTV Prize : Planter des reves, by Pierre-Antoine Carpentier.
 
Please contact us for further information on these films, or on our
festival, at this phone number: (+33) 1.30.73.62.24 (phone/fax).
 
Thank you for your help,
 
Best regards,
 
The T.Y.O. Team
 
 
Association Tant qu'il Y aura des Ohms
ENSEA - 6, avenue du Ponceau - 95014 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex - FRANCE
Tl. : (+33) 1 30 73 62 24 - Fax : (+33) 1 30 73 62 24
Email : inscriptions@lefestivalducourt.org - Internet :
http://www.lefestivalducourt.org
 

As part of the new  -Epic Mini Movies - advertising campaign, Sprint has launched a new element of the campaign  - a national contest that encourages consumers and film students to submit their own Epic Mini Movies for a chance to win $25,000.
 
Fans will select the top-10 finalists by voting online for their favorite video and the winner will be chosen from the top 10 as judged by acclaimed movie director Michael Bay who produced box-office hits Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Iraq, and Bad Boys I and II .
 
In addition to the $25,000 grand prize, the top 10 finalists will receive free movie tickets for a year from Fandango.
 
 Additional Information
 
 -         Contest Submission Period:  Oct. 4th - Nov. 1 at 11:59 a.m. PST
 
 -         Voting Phase:  Nov. 2  - Nov. 16
 
 -         Winner Announcement: End of November
 
 
 
For more information and to enter the contest, videos up to 30 seconds in length should be uploaded at www.youtube.com/sprintepic.  There you will find an instructional video for the contest as well as some of the Epic Mini Movies on the YouTube channel for some inspiration. 


 
Jonathan Shapiro
M80 | 498 7th Ave | New York, NY 10018
e: jonathan@m80im.com | p: 212.297.8037
 

The N30B Contest is a once-a-year event for all young writers, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers between eighteen and thirty years old.
 
We're looking for short stories, short shorts, essays, memoirs, photo essays, audio and video stories, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction.
 
The editors of Narrative have discovered and published the works of many writers who have gone on to become household names, and we continue to look for and to encourage the best new talent to be found.
 
Don't miss this chance. Deadline: October 29, at midnight, PDT.
 
$1,500 First Prize $750 Second Prize $300 Third Prize Ten finalists receive $100 each 
 
All N30B entries will be considered for publication. All are eligible for the $5,000 Narrative Prize for 2011 and for acceptance as a Story of the Week.

editors@narrativemagazine.com

Intelligence Analyst Simulation, Central Intelligence Agency
 
 
 
Ever wondered what intelligence analysts do? Want to learn about working for
the CIA? Come find out on October 13th, 2010 from 8:30a-12:30p at the Hotel
Deca on 45th and Brooklyn.
 
 
 
Join us for simulation of an energy security crisis. You will play the role
of an intelligence analyst at the CIA. Intelligence analysts gather
information from a wide variety of sources and draw on their own personal
expertise and that of their cohorts. You and your teammates will be charged
with analyzing an emerging energy crisis that could cause oil prices to
spike globally. Your team must quickly evaluate the situation, assess the
impact to the United States, and advise the President on possible courses of
action.
 
 
 
If you are an American citizen, have a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA, and would
like to participate, please contact Ellen at elgrecruiting@gmail.com. Please
include your resume and a 500-word writing sample. Please respond as soon as
possible since space is limited. Refreshments will be served.
 
 

My name is Robert O'Neill. I am a programmer with Philadelphia QFest - formerly Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - and an editor with TLA Entertainment Group. Please see below for information on two short film contests with grand prizes of $1,000 and no submission fees.

TLAgay.com and TLACult.com are awarding cash prizes for the best short films!
 
TLAgay.com, one of the largest online and direct mail DVD and VOD entertainment retailers in the country, is ready to discover the next Gus Van Sant or John Waters. We’Tre looking for the most talented and creative independent filmmakers to submit original, short gay movies from any and every genre ‘" comedy, horror, drama, erotica ‘" that will appeal to our large gay male customer base.
 
At TLACult.com, an online and direct mail DVD and VOD entertainment retailer specializing in unusual cult, horror and exploitation cinema, we want to see weird, wacky, cheesy, terrifying, and fiercely original content. . If it’Ts trashy, we want it for our contest. If it’Ts bloody, we want it for our contest. If it’Ts totally off-the-wall weird we want it for our contest!
 
Judging each submission based on originality, storytelling ability and technical prowess, four knowledgable members of our Web Content Department will choose twenty short film submissions for each contest. The films will be featured on our popular sites where users will stream each movie throughout the month of December and vote for their favorites. The top three highest ranked films on each site will be awarded cash prizes ‘" a first place prize of $1,000 in cash, one second place prize of a $300 TLA Gift Card, and one third place prize of a $200 TLA Gift Card.
 
To submit a film, visit www.tlagay.com/shorts or www.tlacult.com/ShortsEntry2010 to print a copy of the submission form. There is no fee to submit. All entries are due in by November 1st, 2010. Submissions should be under 20 minutes in length and not currently available on any commercial DVDs or pay-per-view sites. The 20 finalists will be notified at least 24 hours prior to the contest’Ts official launch on December 1, 2010. TLAgay.com customers will be encouraged to vote for their favorite selections before January 1st, 2011, when the prize winners will be announced.
 
We know you’Tre out there, filmmakers! This is an excellent opportunity for all undiscovered writers, directors, producers and actors to get their names out in the industry and compete for cash prizes. Who knows’ You might even end up with a distribution deal when all is said and done!
 
Please contact Dan Reed (dreed@tlavideo.com) or Robert O’TNeill (roneill@tlavideo.com) with any questions, comments or concerns.

roneill@tlavideo.com

Jumpstart Seattle at UW is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Academic
Year!!!
 
Jumpstart is an early literacy program that connects UW college students as
tutors & mentors with 3-5 year old, low-income preschool children.  Read
stories, sing songs and play games that support young children's school
readiness skills.  Undergraduates work 8-12 hours a week on a team of UW
students in local Seattle preschools.
 
Benefits Include: Earn $10/ hour for work-study students, earn a $1,132
scholarship for serving 300 hours, earn academic credit, gain valuable
skills and experience, meet other UW students, and make a difference in the
life of a child!
 
For more information and to APPLY, visit our website at
http://depts.washington.edu/jstart
Questions?  Email jstart@u.washington.edu or call us at 206-543-5476.
 
-- 
Jumpstart
University of Washington
Mary Gates Hall 120, Box 352803
Seattle, WA 98195-2803
phone: 206.616.2964
email: jstart@u.washington.edu
www.jstart.org/seattle
 
Jumpstart is working toward the day that every child in America enters schoo
l prepared to succeed.
 

Deadline for completion is Monday,
September 27. 
 
Lavin Entrepreneurial Action Program 2010-2011
 
Entrepreneurship is a dynamic union of innovation and opportunity, passion and vision, risk and reward.
 
Lavin Entrepreneurial Action Program prepares a select group of entering University of Washington undergraduate students, of all majors, for entrepreneurial careers. The program works with students with a passion for entrepreneurship from all disciplines to expose them to the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship - all in a safe environment. Students will graduate with a comprehensive understanding of entrepreneurship in its
various forms, including experience in starting and running their own company, and a summer internship in an early-stage firm. 

The Lavin Programintegrates students into the local entrepreneurial community by providing
networking opportunities and experienced mentors.
 
By combining entrepreneurship courses with opportunities for practical experience, Lavin students will have the experience, skills, knowledge and network that will be the foundation for their future business ventures - whether at their own start-up or within a larger, established firm.
  
CIE accepts up to 20 students into the Lavin Program each year from all disciplines.
 
http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/cie/Pages/lavin.aspx
 
Pam Tufts, Assistant Director
 
UW Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
ptufts@uw.edu  206.685.3813, Lewis Hall 328

Are you interested in learning more about the world of K-12 education? Thinking of teaching as a possible career?
Would you like to make a difference in the life of a young person?
Want to connect with the larger community?
 
If so, check out the Inner Pipeline seminars offered by The Pipeline Project during Autumn Quarter.  Students attend a seminar once a week and tutor in Seattle schools or community organizations for 2.5 hours or more (per week) for academic credit.  There are a wide range of seminar topics from "Education for Sustainability," to "Art and Science of Creative Writing."
 
Here is the comprehensive list of upcoming seminars for winter:
 
Mondays:
 
   * Higher Education Tutoring and Mentorship (EDUC 401F & G)
   * Refugee Communities (EDUC 401J)
   * Dramatic Literacy (EDUC 401L)
   * Art and Science of Creative Writing (EDUC 401Q)
 
Tuesdays:
 
   * General K-12 (EDUC 401B)
   * Literacy in the Criminal Justice System (EDUC 401H)
 
Wednesdays:
 
   * General K-12 (EDUC 401E)
   * Math and Science (EDUC 401K)
   * Education for Sustainability (EDUC 401N)
 
Thursdays:
 
   * Teachers Without Borders (EDUC 401O)
 
 
Details and descriptions for each seminar may be found on our website here:  http://www.washington.edu/uwired/pipeline/inner/2010/fall2010.html
 
All students should attend a mandatory Pipeline orientation in our
office (MGH 120) prior to the first class session. The orientation schedule is listed on our website here: 
http://www.washington.edu/uwired/pipeline/orientation.html
 
Please contact me at msclaire@u.washington.edu or pipeline@uw.edu with additional questions.  We look forward to working with students from every department on campus.

--
Claire Peinado Fraczek, Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Staff Assistant, Pipeline Project
University of Washington

The Communication Program at Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY) became a free standing department last year.  We offer concentrations in Advertising, Journalism (Print and Electronic), Radio & Television Production, Public Relations, and Film Studies.


Robert Thurber
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Communications and Film Studies
Le Moyne College
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, New York 13214
Email: thurberj@lemoyne.edu
Phone:  315-445-5467

WHAT? Winner gets $2500
and video footage included in a
globally distributed documentary.

WHO? University students with a
passion for science, engineering

and the environment.
HOW? Produce a video that
captures your creative vision and
will inspire youth to solve the
climate crisis—we need your
new, refreshing perspectives and
thought provoking ideas.

WHEN? Due December 17, 2010

WHY? Rushing, a MEP

Engineering and Sustainability
fi rm in Seattle WA, is launching
this competition as part of
our mission to inspire youth
to embrace engineering as
the foundation for developing
immediate, practical, concrete
solutions for mitigating global
climate change.

MORE?
www.voicesofclimatechange.org

An amazing opportunity for your journalism students—TEDxRedmond. A free, inspirational event organized by students, for students, it brings some of the most extraordinary youth from Washington State and the nation to share insights, knowledge, and "ideas worth spreading" with their peers. We encourage your students to come and cover the event.

TEDxRedmond At a Glance: 

When: 1:00 PM, Saturday, September 18th 2010 

Where: Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, WA 

What: Free conference—by and for youth under 18 who have done great things. Speakers are spreading ideas and inspiring their peers. 

Who: Youth under 18 are invited to attend, volunteer, and—if they work for a school newspaper or other school/media organization—interview speakers and cover the event. Adults may accompany and watch simulcast in a separate theater. Our speakers include notable youth like Jordan Romero (youngest to climb Mt. Everest), Jessica Markowitz (native Seattelite and founder of Richard’s Rwanda-IMPUHWE, helping girls in Rwanda go to school), and Olivia Bouler (AOL artist who raised funds to help birds in the Gulf of Mexico). 

Why: Incredible learning, new points of view, and peer role models 

How: If a student is interested in covering the event, go to www.tinyurl.com/covertedxredmond. If a student is interested only in attending, not reporting, go to www.tinyurl.com/attendtedxredmond.

To give you some background on this event, TED is a non-profit organization dedicated to ideas worth spreading. Founded twenty-six years ago in 1984, they host an annual conference in Long Beach, California, and post inspirational TEDTalks, free to all, on the Web. TED's speakers have been some of the world's most noted thinkers and doers, from Bill Gates to James Cameron. Recently, twelve-year-old Adora Svitak spoke at TED Long Beach (www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html), receiving a standing ovation for her message of listening to, and learning from, kids. Inspired by her first time at TED, Adora launched TEDxRedmond. "TEDx is a new program that enables local communities to organize, design and host their own independent, TED-like events." 

One of the best things about TED's conference is the incredible learning that comes with attending the event. Some attendees have compared the experience to "college-level learning packed into a few days." TEDx events are no different. TEDxRedmond gives middle and high school students a channel to hear new insights from peer role models, share their own ideas, and expand their social horizons, meeting a diverse group of fellow audience members. 

Ultimately, our goal is that everyone who comes to TEDxRedmond—attendees and reporters alike—will see TEDxRedmond At a Glance: When: 1:00 PM, Saturday, September 18th 2010 Where: Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, WA What: Free conference—by and for youth under 18 who have done great things. Speakers are spreading ideas and inspiring their peers. 

Who: Youth under 18 are invited to attend, volunteer, and—if they work for a school newspaper or other school/media organization—interview speakers and cover the event. Adults may accompany and watch simulcast in a separate theater. Our speakers include notable youth like Jordan Romero (youngest to climb Mt. Everest), Jessica Markowitz (native Seattelite and founder of Richard’s Rwanda-IMPUHWE, helping girls in Rwanda go to school), and Olivia Bouler (AOL artist who raised funds to help birds in the Gulf of Mexico). Why: Incredible learning, new points of view, and peer role models How: If a student is interested in covering the event, go to www.tinyurl.com/covertedxredmond.

If a student is interested only in attending, not reporting, go to www.tinyurl.com/attendtedxredmond.
new angles and get a wider perspective on topics of scholastic, statewide, national, and even global importance. This is something that we think your students can benefit from. With a diverse speaker group including out-of-state notables like Jordan Romero, Olivia Bouler, Zach Veach, and Perry Chen, in addition to local speakers such as Jessica Markowitz, Simone Porter, and Cayle Diefenbach (see www.tedxredmond.com/speakers for the full speaker list), interviews can provide great stories for school and local publications. If we receive enough press interest, we will be holding a TEDxRedmond press conference, giving students the authentic journalistic experience of covering an event. You can learn more about TEDxRedmond at our website, www.tedxredmond.com. We'd appreciate it if you could tell everyone to sign up (see TEDxRedmond At a Glance, “How,” for details).

Finally, you could help us spread the word by announcing the event to your faculty, family, and friends. If you have any questions, please visit www.tedxredmond.com or email info@tedxredmond.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon. 

Sincerely, The TEDxRedmond planning committee

ENROLL IN GEN. ST. 391:Research Exposed: Approaches to Inquiry
SLN:14266 Section D 
Wednesdays 12:30-1:20 
OUGL 220 
1 credit 
 
Looking for a one-credit course that sheds light upon cutting-edge research at the UW? Research Exposed Lecture Series introduces you to current and exciting research in a wide variety of disciplines, including how faculty come up with research ideas, what methods they use to explore research questions, and how undergrads can become involved in the knowledge-making process. This 1-credit course is open to all students--no prerequisites required.
 
For more information & to check out the autumn quarter lineup of speakers, visit: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/courses/researchexposed
 
Questions? Contact the staff of the Undergraduate Research Program at urp@uw.edu

You're invited to...
 
InfoCamp Seattle 2010
Saturday October 2 - Sunday October 3, 2010
at Seattle University
http://seattle.infocamp.org
 
InfoCamp is an unconference for the information community. It brings people
from all walks of infolife together and features an egalitarian,
community-driven format in which the agenda is created during the event --
so anyone can sign up to lead a session!
 
Join us at InfoCamp Seattle 2010 for an exciting weekend of talking &
learning about:
- user experience
- information architecture
- user-centered design
- interaction design
- library & information science
- online search
- information management
- information ethics
- informatics
- anything relating to the intersection of information, people and/or
technology
 
Keynotes from Aaron Schmidt and Samantha Starmer and  will kick off each day
before we leap into multiple tracks of participant-led sessions &
discussions. We'll provide lunch, coffee, and snacks to keep the energy up!
 
Contact and Connect:
seattle@infocamp.org
http://seattle.infocamp.org
Find us: facebook
twitter: @infocamp
 
 

September's Big Hiring Event is Coming in 2 Weeks, Are You Ready?
 
THE SEATTLE CAREER FAIR
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010
10:30am to 2:00pm
The Seattle Center
(Northwest Meeting Rooms)

Admission is free.
 
For more information and to pre-register, please go to
 
www.choicecareerfairs.com
  
 
LOCATION MAP:
Held at the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms (NW corner of Key Arena), corner of 
1st ave. N and Republican St.
 
For a map of Seattle Center, marking the location of this event, please go to 
http://jobinseattle.c.topica.com/maaodtrabZZOmaEmQ7Yb/

You'll meet face-to-face with hiring decision-makers from some of the areas top employers. Dress professionally and bring plenty of resumes, because they are there to hire. 

Just walk in and start interviewing, it's that simple. You can save time, money and effort interviewing with multiple companies in one day at one location. Many of these companies have several openings and are eager to meet with you. You will no longer be just a piece of paper, you can get right in front of the decision makers attending this event. 

Apply by October 1 to be Overseas in 2011

Now is a great time to apply to the Peace Corps. 
 
We are experiencing an increased demand in volunteer requests from countries, meaning there are thousands of new volunteer positions open for 2011, many leaving as early as January, February or March. 
 
Typically, the Peace Corps application process takes approximately nine to 12 months from the time an online application is submitted to the time a volunteer departs to one of 77 countries in which we serve. But with our recent growth, new opportunities are available. Programs fill daily, so?
  
Apply immediately if you?re available to depart for service in early 2011.
 
Apply by October 1 if you?re available to depart for service in mid to late 2011.   
 
The Peace Corps is a 27-month commitment that provides the following benefits:
 
-          Living allowance
 
-          Language, technical and cross-cultural training
 
-          Medical and dental care
 
-          Travel to and from country of service
 
-          48 paid vacation days
 
-          Possible student loan deferment and/or partial cancellation
 
-          Graduate school opportunities during or following service
 
 
Volunteer positions are available in:
 
-          Education - high demand
 
-          Environment - high demand
 
-          Agriculture
 
-          Community development
 
-          Youth development
 
-          Health
 
-          Business
 
-          Information and Communication Technology
 
 Feel free to contact me at seattle@peacecorps.gov if you have questions about the life-defining opportunities available with the Peace Corps.
  
Melissa Lawent
mlawent@peacecorps.gov
 
 

Teach English: Live with a Local Host Family Abroad!
 
Through this unique program, you will become a new member of a local host family abroad. You will share experiences, learn the local language*, and become completely immersed in a new culture. Teach at home in France.jpg This program includes room and board in exchange for teaching your native language to your host family for approximately 15 hours per week.
 
This program is perfect for someone looking to live abroad and make new friends. You will have weekends and evenings off to learn the native language, sightsee, travel and get to know the locals.
 
Please contact us to learn more: ip@cicdgo.com
 
 
* Program available in Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica,
Ecuador, Mexico and Peru), Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Russia,
Spain and Turkey), Asia and Pacific (Australia, Cambodia, China, India, New
Zealand, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam), Africa (Ghana, Mozambique and
South Africa) and The Middle East (Jordan and Lebanon)
 
 http://www.cicdgo.com/

Attention Filmmakers!
 
Looking for a place to show and promote your short film? The Coachella Review is seeking submissions for its Fall Issue. A cutting edge online literary review run by UCR's Palm Desert Creative Writing MFA program, The Coachella Review publishes short films and short/excerpted screenplays and stageplays in its Film & Plays section.
 
The submission deadline for the Fall Issue is August 31st, although we accept submissions on a rolling basis as we publish three times per year. Send us your best work! For short film, screenplay or stageplay submissions, please send a logline query to film@thecoachellareview.com or refer to our detailed submission guidelines here: http://www.thecoachellareview.com/submit.html.
 
Cheers,
Julia Watson
Film & Plays Editor, The Coachella Review
http://www.thecoachellareview.com/

UW Lavin Entrepreneurial Action Program
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is a dynamic union of innovation and opportunity, passion and vision, risk and reward.
 
Lavin Entrepreneurial Action Program prepares a select group of entering University of Washington undergraduate students, of all majors, for entrepreneurial careers. The program works with students with a passion for entrepreneurship from all disciplines to expose them to the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship - all in a safe environment. Students will graduate with a comprehensive understanding of entrepreneurship in its
various forms, including experience in starting and running their own company, and a summer internship in an early-stage firm. The Lavin Program integrates students into the local entrepreneurial community by providing networking opportunities and experienced mentors.
 
By combining entrepreneurship courses with opportunities for practical experience, Lavin students will have the experience, skills, knowledge and network that will be the foundation for their future business ventures - whether at their own start-up or within a larger, established firm.
 
CIE accepts up to 20 students into the Lavin Program each year from all disciplines.
 
Welcome to the University of Washington!   We look forward to helping you reach your entrepreneurial aspirations!
 
Pam Tufts, Assistant Director
 
UW Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
ptufts@uw.edu  206.685.3813, Lewis Hall 328

Renting textbooks saves money.  The second highest educational expense
after tuition, room and board is textbooks. Students who rent all their
textbooks from Chegg can save an average of $2000 over the course of their
college career. One example is: the textbook ?The Science of Psychology? by
Laura King costs $152.50 to buy new, but is only $31.94 to rent through
Chegg ? that?s an 80% savings.
 
And it gets better, because between today and September 13, 2010, every
person who rents textbooks from Chegg.com will be automatically enrolled
in The Golden Chegg - a chance to win instant prizes & several Grand prizes
(see below)! The Golden Chegg includes all the good things that students
need to help them get started this school year!
 
Entering the Golden Chegg is easy as:
 
  1. RENT Textbooks by 9/13
  2. SAVE cash
  3. WIN one of 1,000 Instant Win Prizes like an Apple iPad, Nikon
     Coolpix? Camera, FlipCam UltraTM, PowermatTM Portable Mat, Epiphone
     Explorer GT Electric Guitar and 1 of 3 Golden Chegg Grand Prizes ? an mtvU
     Spring Break 2011 VIP Trip, a GRAMMY U Experience, or $5,000 cash for
     college!
 
VISIT The Golden Chegg page for more information 
http://bit.ly/bG2A2g

ABOUT CHEGG:
  *  Chegg is #1 in textbook rentals
  *  Chegg helps students save time, save money and get smarter. 
  *  Chegg has a catalog of millions of textbook titles, fast shipping
     and free returns.  
  *  Chegg plants a tree every time a student rents.
  *  There are 3 easy ways to rent from Chegg: Online at chegg.com, on a mobile device & on select campuses at a rental stand in the campus bookstore

kris ordaz
social media director | katalyst media
kris@katalystfilms.com | 323.785.2755
twitter: @ubignut

We currently are looking for 19 students to fill spots in our SuperKids literacy project.

Raising a Generation of Readers, Writers, and Leaders
 
You Can Volunteer with SuperKids and Improve a Child's Future
  
For stories and interviews: Lucinda Kay, Great Shape! PR,
lucinda@lucindakay.com, 509-325-3623
 
For info & volunteer applications:
 
Georgene Crowe, Great Shape! SK, superkids@gsjamaica.org, 541-821-6182
 
 (Aug. 1, 2010, U.S. / Jamaica) As Jamaica recovers from recent chaos, volunteers are getting ready to improve literacy for Jamaican youth. Fact: High literacy rates reduce crime rates (Jamaican ministry of Education). Great Shape! Inc.'s SuperKids program provides curriculum and resources to teach reading, computer education, sports, art, and music. 
 
Great Shape! Inc. is in desperate need of volunteers. Whether you have a servants heart, you've been laid off, you're in college, need a soul-rejuvenation... we have the perfect spot for you! Volunteers pay a project fee of $650, plus airfare (see fundraising opportunity below). Sandals Resorts International provides your accommodations, food, and entertainment at no charge.  
 
The benefits of literacy go beyond the individual. Literacy benefits the whole community. SuperKids needs you to volunteer on a one or two week project in Jamaica.  The sessions run from November 5-13, and November 13-22. "The satisfaction I receive from watching a child discover, develop, and implement their new skill is incredible. I am hooked. SuperKids is a big part of my life," says Brad Adams, a SuperKids volunteer from Washington.
  
Schools that partner with SuperKids report literacy rates as low as 40%.  Great Shape! Inc. co-founder Gretchen Lee says, "A child who can't read becomes an adult who struggles in society." Reading and writing skills are important building blocks in childhood education. As a SuperKids volunteer, you will help empower Jamaica's future! 
 
Last year, SuperKids led 60 enthusiastic volunteers and served over 16,000 children. SuperKids volunteers come from across the U.S., Canada, and several other countries. They come from different backgrounds and professions; however they all share the same desire to lend a hand. Our volunteers team up with teachers in rural schools to facilitate the curriculum, and provide needed learning tools and supplies. Schools served by SuperKids report improvements in test scores and morale.
  
SuperKids partners with both the Jamaican Ministry of Education, and The Sandals Foundation. "I love Great Shape's holistic approach! Their volunteers engage the child fully," praises Laurel Brent-Harris, with the Jamaican Ministry of Education. The ministry provides the infrastructure for
our project, while Sandals Resorts International provides accommodations and meals for all volunteers at no charge.
  
Heidi Clarke, of the Sandals Foundation explains, "There is great need in this world for people to give back. The common goal for us is always about helping to better people's lives." 
 
Great Shape! Inc. is a nonprofit organization that facilitates three
humanitarian projects every fall in Jamaica: SuperKids (literacy), iCare (vision), and 1000 Smiles (dental).
 
 

 
GROUPS OF 4 STUDENTS WANTED FOR PAID INTERNET CHAT STUDY
 
 
 
We are looking for groups of four UW students  to participate in a study of
online instant messaging (IM) communication. The study will last 45 minutes
and will take place during normal business hours on UW campus. Each
participant will be asked to participate in a live group IM chat scenario
with three friends, after which each participant will receive a $25 Amazon
gift card. All participants must be native English speakers.  Note: We
request that interested participants only reply to this ad IF they have
secured the participation of three friends who are also interested in taking
part in the study. 
 
 
 
Please email GroupChatStudy@gmail.com to sign up.
 
Jonathan T. Morgan
PhD Student
Human Centered Design & Engineering
 
 
 

The UW' s Office of Information Management is looking for a broad representation of students across disciplines and class standing to participate in a focus
group to help improve the registration process. Those less
technologically-inclined are definitely encouraged to participate since the
overall goal is to make course enrollment/registration as easy and
transparent for all.

The  University of Washington's Office of Information Management is seeking
student participation and feedback about the current academic registration
and course enrollment process here at UW. We're interested in putting
together a few focus group sessions at the end of August with students about
what works well, what doesn't work at all, and everything in between when it
comes to these systems.
 
 
 
Why
 
Not only will student feedback help modernize and improve existing systems,
the responses will be part of building the Kuali Student project, which is
an initiative to implement "community source" student service systems. This
is also an opportunity for students to participate in a research study and
make a difference to the UW community.
 
 
 
What
 
Focus groups are structured conversations with 6 to 8 other people, which
often last between one and two hours.  There are open-ended questions that
are meant to prompt feedback, moderated by one of the project team members
to help enable a constructive dialog. Some sessions may have
website modification prototypes or current system walkthroughs.
Participation is completely voluntary and responses will be kept
confidential by the research team.
 
 
 
Who
 
We are looking for current UW students from as many programs and disciplines
to participate in one of these focus groups. The time commitment would be 1
to 2 hours at the end of August (must be available to come to the main UW
campus in-person), and then ideally be able to participate 2 to 3 hours a
month for a few months for follow-up feedback, though this is not required.
If you cannot participate in August, but you might be available during the
fall quarter, please let us know as well.
 
 
 
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Emily Oxenford
at oxenford@uw.edu. Please feel free to forward this information on to any
additional students who may be interested. We are interested in a diverse
sampling of students as possible.
 

Dowell Eugenio
 
Academic Adviser, Informatics
 
 
 
University of Washington
 
The Information School
 
email: deugen3@uw.edu
 
phone: 206.616.8721

The SAN FRANCISCO FROZEN FILM FESTIVAL is an annual nonprofit
event dedicated to creating avenues for independent filmmakers
and artists from underserved communities to display new,
cutting-edge work. 
 
The fourth edition of the Festival in 2010 was a real
success. We presented an eclectic mix of social critique, pop
culture madness, local art, and unique celebrity
appearances. Forty films from across the country and around the
world were enthusiastically received by a large filmgoing
public.
  
Give your future filmmakers a chance to expand their network in
the film world! Attached is an invitation for your students to
submit their work to the 2011 SAN FRANCISCO FROZEN FILM
FESTIVAL.
 
submit SF FFF.jpg
 

To learn more about the Festival click on the following link: 
http://www.frozenfilmfestival.com/pages/submit.php 
 
We look forward to viewing your students? entries!
 
 
St?phanie from S.F. FROZEN FILM FESTIVAL
 
frozenfilmfestival@gmail.com
 
S.F. Frozen Film Festival
 
 588 Sutter St. #103
 
 San Francisco, CA 94102
 
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 Take advantage of our student discount -- Special Early Bird price if you submit your film or video before August 31st.

Go on our website and submit your work!

S.F. Frozen Film Festival 588 Sutter St. #103 San Francisco, CA 94102
frozenfilmfestival@gmail.com
 

Volunteer as a FIUTS Orientation Facilitator
 
Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS)
 
 
 
Become a volunteer FIUTS Orientation Facilitator and make friends from
around the world! 
 
FIUTS is an independent non-profit organization that provides cross-cultural
leadership and social programming for UW's international and globally minded
domestic students.  FIUTS depends on the generosity and passion of our
volunteers to help accomplish our goals.  Volunteering is a great
opportunity to learn intercultural leadership skills and make new friends. 
 
As a FIUTS Facilitator, you will receive cross-cultural leadership training,
and gain valuable volunteer experience leading programs and events at UW
International Student Orientation in September.  Help welcome over 1,500 new
students from around the world to the UW and Seattle!
 
Volunteer opportunities are open to current UW students who have completed
at least one quarter at the UW.  Facilitators complete a short application
and attend a Facilitator Orientation.  For more information, check out our
website http://www.fiuts.org/students/volunteer/index.htm or email Adrienne
Wicklund at orientation@fiuts.org. 
 
 
 
 
 
Nicole Comforto
 
Manager of Student Programs
 
FIUTS
 
Foundation for International Understanding Through Students
 
Ph: (206) 685-1548
 
Fax: (206) 685-8338
 
www.fiuts.org

nicole@fiuts.org

Did you know that several Peace Corps assignments require just three months part-time experience?  Read more to learn how you can gain experience this smmer, apply this fall, and go abroad next year.
 
 
If you are interested in -  
 
    English Teaching  - then you will need:                           
 
3-6 months of English or foreign language tutoring in a structured program tat provides training. Your student(s) must be at least 12 years old, and yu must complete at least 10 hours of tutoring each month.
  
 
    Health Extension   - then you will need:                          
3-6 months volunteer or work experience in health care, such as EMT, CPR, or First Aid certification; hospital or clinic work; HIV/Aids or family lanning education or counseling; or lab tech experience.
 
 
 
   Hygiene Education  - then you will need:                         
 
At least three months (i.e. one summer) of experience in hands-on skilled work, such as mechanical repair, construction, Sanitation carpentry, or set esign.
 
 
   Agriculture & Forestry  - then you will need:                         
 
At least 3-6 months of experience in large scale vegetable gardening,
farming, nursery work, tree planting, tree care, or urban Extension
forestry.
 
  
Want to learn more?  www.peacecorps.gov/?cid=srolawjuly                     
  
Or, if you already have experience and are ready to apply, start the
application process now: 
www.peacecorps.gov/application?cid=srolawjuly               
 
  
 
Melissa Lawent
 
Peace Corps - Seattle Regional Office
 
1601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 605
 
Seattle, WA 98101
 
phone(206) 239-6611 fax (206) 553-2343
 
toll free (800) 424-8580
 
mlawent@peacecorps.gov
 
 
Follow the Peace Corps online:
 
Web site | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter 
 
 
 
 

I’m a senior strategist at YouTube and I wanted to let you know about a new
initiative that will hopefully be of interest to the students and faculty of
University of Washington.

Life in a Day is a global experiment to create the world’s largest
user-generated feature film: a documentary, shot in a single day, by people
all over the world. The most compelling footage will be edited into a movie
by Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald, and premiered at next year’s Sundance
Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
 
The day we’re asking people to capture is the 24th July, and we’re particularly
hopeful members of the filmmaking community will shoot and submit footage.
If their videos make it into the final film they’ll be credited as
co-directors, and could be one of 20 contributors brought to Sundance to
celebrate.
 
See: http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday

Life In A Day is a historic cinematic experiment to create the world’s largest user-generated feature film: a documentary, shot in a single day, by people all over the world.

The film will be a poetic snapshot of the world on July 24, 2010. A seminal moment in social filmmaking, we hope that it will result in a moving time capsule which tells future generations what it was like to be alive on that particular day.

As members of the filmmaking community, we’d like to ask for your participation. Your vision and sense for aesthetics are crucial in ensuring the success of this project. While we’ve asked the community at large to anchor their contributions to specific questions and themes, we’d invite you to think as widely and creatively as possible. Ideally, you will find the best way to capture something essential about a day in the life of the world and submit it to the project. 

For more information, please visit youtube.com/lifeinaday.

Thanks in advance,

Kevin McDonald Ridley Scott
Director Executive Producer

 
AiO  Media                                                                               Admiral Theater

206 650 5754                                                                                                       206 938 078
Ben Meyerson                                                                                    Dinah Brein-McClellan
ben.meyerson@aiomedia.com                                                      dinah@admiralentertainment.com 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARGENTINA FUTBOL COMES TO THE ADMIRAL THEATER
Documentary Screens June, 25 & 26

The Admiral Theater has World-Cup fever and on Friday, June 25 at 9PM and Saturday, June 26 at 7PM, we are proud to screen, the documentary, Argentina Futbol Club.

Singing.  Shouting.  Hysteria.  Argentina lives for futbol.  The battle between Boca Juniors and River Plate is not just about sports; it is an ever-enduring struggle for identity.  

In Buenos Aires, historic tensions swell not only between legendary clubs Boca and River but among their intense followers, and the multitude of Futbol Clubs across Argentina.  For these futbol fanatics, the game symbolizes strength, unity, and power in a society beset by stark social and economic divisions.  

Through a journalistic lens, this film provides an intimate look into Argentina and its beloved sport to reveal an unparalleled passion that reverberates far beyond the pitch.    
Argentina Futbol Club was directed by acclaimed Argentine Director Juan Pablo Roubio, and co-written and co-produced by local Seattle filmmaker, Gavin P. Sullivan.  Sullivan along with the film's co-executive producer, Ben Meyerson, will be on hand for Q&A following the screenings.

Tickets will be $10.00 for the movie and $20.00 will get you the movie and the DVD.  A group rate of $7.00 per ticket will be offered for a block of 20 or more people.

Doors open Friday, June 25th at 8PM prior to the 9PM screening and doors will open at 6PM for the Saturday, 7PM screening.  
Tickets can be purchased at; https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/115912

For more information contact: admiraltheater@hotmail.com
For additional film information; www.argentinafutbolclub.com

    

We are currently recruiting students who live off camp us for next year’s Husky Neighborhood Assistant Program.  This position works closely with the students and residents living in the North of 45th Community.  Students interested in gaining practical experience in Com munity Organizing, Communication Campaigns, Organization and Development are encouraged to apply.   
Students may also elect to participate in the Students in Service Program, and receive $1000 scholarship from AmeriCorps for their year of service.   
Applications and interviews are being accepted now and will continue until the positions are filled.  
Please email Elizabeth Higgins at higgie@uw.edu for more information.
 
Elizabeth Higgins
Director
Community Standards and Student Conduct
Mail: Box 352231, Sea ttle, WA 98195-2231
206.685.6194    fax 206.685.8749
higgie@uw.edu     http://depts.washington.edu/cssc 
 

KBCS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR THE JUNE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
 
Our June Membership Drive begins Friday June 4th, at 6 am and continues
until Sunday, June 13th, at 10 pm. If you have a few hours to spare and
would like to help out answering phones or delivering food, we'd love to
hear from you! To register via Shiftboard, our volunteer scheduling tool,
please follow this link. We especially need help with the mornings.

To register to help, go to:
http://kbcs.fm/site/R?i=IrRWGDkfqWWXE0TcbmsBzA

The Second Annual Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture Series
 
Seattle City Council Member Mike O'Brien, former chair of the Cascade Chapter 
of the Sierra Club
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010, at 6:30 PM
Savory 156 
The Nu Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the UW's Political Science Honor Society, is 
pleased to present Seattle City Council Member Mike O'Brien at the second 
annual Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture Series. Council Member O'Brien is serving his 
first term on the Seattle City Council and was previously the Chair of the 
Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club. He will be speaking about his work as a 
community activist and how his experiences have translated into his work in 
government, among many other topics.
 
FREE food and refreshments will be provided after Council Member O'Brien's 
lecture.
 
See you there!
 
David McCoy
President
Pi Sigma Alpha, Nu Chapter
 
 
*************************************************************************************
 
-- 
Tamara Sollinger
Academic Adviser
Political Science, University of Washington 215C Smith Hall, Box 353530
(206) 543-1824
http://www.polisci.washington.edu/Undergraduate/undergrad.html
 

Gain Experience and Make a Difference
   
 
The University of Washington Academic Support Program is offering a service-learning seminar titled EDUC 401: Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher Education for Fall Quarter 2010. This weekly seminar will introduce juniors and seniors to a diverse range of tutoring, mentoring, and teaching methodologies. Students will have an opportunity to apply what they learn in
class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer, freshman, and sophomore students who are transitioning socially, culturally, and academically to the University of Washington. This is a great opportunity for seasoned students to give back to the University by sharing their knowledge and experience
with new students who are working to become independent learners.
  
       Seminar begins the second week of Fall Quarter 2010
 
       Seminar will meet on Mondays from 4-5 PM (section F) or from 7 to 8 PM
(section G)
 
       Tutoring will take place on campus
 
       Receive 2 credits for working with one student
 
       Receive 3 credits for working with two students
 
       A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after
completion of the seminar
 
  
Check out  http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/tutormentor.php for more
information about the program
 
For registration information, please contact Anne Browning at:
 
anneb7@u.washington.edu
 

An exciting new opportunity with the Pipeline Project in Neah Bay
 
Do you love working with elementary students? 
 
Are you interested in immersing yourself in the beauty and strength of the
Native Makah
culture? 
 
Do you want a deep, engaging, non-traditional learning experience in the
Pacific Northwest?
 
If you answered yes to the above questions, consider applying for the
"Telling Your Story" project, a partnership between the UW's
Pipeline Project and Neah Bay Elementary School on the Olympic
Peninsula.  During the 2010-2011 school year, a small group of UW
students will take part in a year-long documentary film-making project
with Neah Bay Elementary students.  Using digital story telling (video or
documentary creation), UW
students will learn about the rich history and culture of the Makah
people while mentoring 4th-5th grade students to deepen their
understanding and exploration of their own Native tribal culture.
 
To apply, go to www.exp.washington.edu/pipeline and learn more about
the program.  Note that this project will require a non-negotiable
3-quarter commitment, as well as a 4 week partnership experience
during September (9/10 ? 9/14 in Seattle and 9/15 ? 9/24 in Neah Bay), and
 
engagement in Neah Bay during spring break. There are
no fees besides tuition and students will earn up to 12 EDUC401 credits.
 
For additional information, feel free to contact Christine Stickler,
Director of the Pipeline Project,
at castick@uw.edu.
 
 
 
Christine Stickler
Director
The Pipeline Project
Center for Experiential Learning
120 Mary Gates Hall
Box 352803
Seattle, WA 98195
castick@u.washington.edu
(Phone) 206-616-9564
(Fax) 206-616-4389
 
www.washington.edu/uwired/pipeline
 
castick@u.washington.edu

Two upcoming Fulbright U.S. Student discussion sessions have been scheduled
for potential applicants to connect with current UW students and staff who
are either Fulbright alums (already returned from their time abroad) or
recently selected Fulbright scholars (planning to begin their trips abroad
this fall). These sessions are a chance for applicants to ask questions of
these students who have been through the application process, share ideas
about potential projects, brainstorm ways to find affiliations, find out how
they made use of their faculty and mentors, etc:
       Wednesday, May 12, 12:30-1:30pm, MGH 258
Tuesday, May 18, 12:30-1:30pm, MGH 258
 
Please register at
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/scholarq/73980 to attend
one of these sessions.
 
Campus Fulbright Program Advisers will also be on-hand to answer technical
questions about this year's application process. If you didn't have the
chance to attend one of the general information sessions, please orient
yourself to the Fulbright program before attending one of these discussion
sessions by thoroughly reviewing the Fulbright website at
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html and/or meeting with one of the
Fulbright Program Advisers:
       For undergraduates or those who recently graduated with a
       Bachelor's - Robin Chang, robinc@u.washington.edu
For graduate students or those who recently graduated with a Master's
- Helene Obradovich, helene@u.washington.edu or Marilyn Gray,
megray@u.washington.edu
 
Robin Chang
Assistant Director
Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards
Center for Experiential Learning
University of Washington
120 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
Seattle, WA 98195-2803
206-543-2603   FAX:  206-616-4389
http://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/
 
robinc@u.washington.edu

David Levy, a professor in the UW Information School,  is conducting a pilot study to find out more about how students’ use of information technology affects their quality of life. 

 In an effort to get feedback from a range of students, Prof. Levy asks that you participate in one of the focus groups he will be holding on this subject in May. Participation in the focus groups is voluntary.  

Your comments will be held in the strictest confidence.  Reports on the focus group results will mainly contain general summaries of students’ combined responses, and will be used only for gauging the feasibility of conducting a larger study on the topic.  Under no circumstances will any student comment be identified with any individual student.

FOCUS GROUP INVITATION

 

You are invited to participate in a focus group to explore how your use of various information technologies affects the quality of your life. Focus groups will be held at the following times:

 

1.      Thursday, May 20, 11:30am-1:00pm

2.      Monday, May 24, 3:30-5:00pm

3.      Tuesday, May 25, 5:00-6:30pm

4.      Wednesday, May 26, 5:00-6:30pm

 
Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

 
If you are interested in participating, please send email to David Levy (dmlevy@uw.edu) no later than May 12 and indicate your first, second, and third choices for a focus group.

Once the schedule has been finalized, we will confirm your participation and inform you of the room location.  If you have questions prior to the focus group meeting, please feel free to be in touch.

David Levy 
dmlevy@uw.edu

Participate on stage at the regional EMMY
AWARDS gala at the Snoqualmie Casino on June 5
 
The job would entail assisting the host in handing out the Emmy Awards. The student would need to acquire her/his own formal attire for the event. No experience necessary.
 
please  contact Joanne Lisosky at lisosky@plu.edu IMMEDIATELY because the positions are limited.
 

joanne
 

Peace Corps has several campus events coming up. 

Now is a great time to join the Peace Corps.

 

The University of Washington has been the top Peace Corps producing university for the last four years in a row, meaning UW has the largest number of alumni currently serving overseas! Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Want to learn more? Come to one of our upcoming events:

 

Info Session

Wednesday, May 5th, 5 to 6pm
University of Washington • HUB Room 209A

Come listen to a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Uganda who will share her personal experience, answer your questions, and provide tips to guide you through the application process.

 

Peace Corps Nomination Party

Wednesday, May 13th, 5:30 to 7:30pm
University of Washington • HUB Room 310

Have you been through your Peace Corps interview and received your nomination or invitation to serve? Are you thinking about applying to the Peace Corps? Come meet and mingle with other recently nominated Peace Corps candidates and returned Peace Corps volunteers who have served all over the world. If you haven't started the application process, come learn some helpful hints. Family and friends are welcome. Space is limited, so please RSVP to the Seattle Peace Corps Office by Friday, May 7: seattle@peacecorps.gov

 

Questions?

Contact the UW On-Campus Peace Corps Rep: Erin Larsen-Cooper

    Office  134 Mary Gates Hall 
    Hours  Mondays 9:30am to 1:30 p.m. • Fridays 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
    E-mail  pcorps@u.washington.edu 
    Phone  206.543.0535

 

Erin Larsen-Cooper
UW Peace Corps Representative
UW Career Center

134 Mary Gates Hall

Phone: 206.616.5801

RPCV Uganda '06-'08

Follow the Peace Corps online:
Website | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter

We are conducting a important survey on media consumption about college
students. Also, for people who complete the online survey, they will have
chance to attend discussion group at KOMO 4, which will also a good
opportunity for students to build their career networking.
 
Here's the survey link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mediausage
 
Please email me if you are interested in attending  the
discussion group, with your name and contact information. 

My e-mail:avy5chen@163.com
 

Nianjia Chen

01: Borrowing Money
Thursday, April 22, 2010
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
HUB 304D

In these economic times, some of the rules of borrowing money have changed. There are still many companies and organizations that will lend us money to purchase items or to take advantage of an opportunity. But before you find yourself in debt, make sure you understand how loans work. There are student loans and loans from car companies, banks, and mortgage brokers. Even credit cards are a type of loan. There are also many traps that can catch the unaware consumer. Come to this free workshop to learn how to be an informed borrower.

For Hispanic undergrad or grad students. It is the Southwest Airlines Education Travel Program; it pays for 1-4 roundtrip domestic airline tickets for students or parents to use when traveling to/from their universities.

The eligibility requirements are that the student go to school away from home, be in good academic standing, be legal US residents, and have financial need. The award is intended for Latino students, and it is sponsored by Southwest Airlines and by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. The application deadline is April 30.

More information about the program can be found here:
http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Lanzate_EN.asp

The University of Washington has been the top Peace Corps producing university  for the last four years in a row, meaning UW has the largest number of alumni currently serving overseas! Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Want to learn more? Come to an information session:
 Info Session
Thursday, April 15, 5- 6pm
University of Washington • HUB Room 209A
Come listen to a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Uganda who will share her personal experience, answer your questions, and provide tips to guide you through the application process.
 
Questions?
Contact the UW On-Campus Peace Corps Rep: Erin Larsen-Cooper
Office  134 Mary Gates Hall 
Hours  Mondays 9:30am to 1:30 p.m. • Fridays 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
E-mail  pcorps@u.washington.edu     
Phone  206.543.0535
  

 Support us with our 2nd annual Project PROMise and help low income girls
 attend their prom. We are collecting prom dresses, shoes and accessories
 for young women in the Highline School District. Your donation could make
                        a girl's dream come true.





                                Sincerely,

Board of Trustees
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence
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Bring your clean, new or gently used items to the Highline Schools
Foundation office  by April 15th.
 
Drop off hours :
M-F 7:30-5:30
245D SW 152nd St
Burien WA 98166  
or any Highline District high school   We accept all sizes but have have a
special need for large and plus sizes.
 
Don't have a dress but would like to help? Donations also welcome.  Call
206-248-5196.
Want to volunteer at the May 8th event? email us
info@highlineschoolsfoundation.org.

     We are a student group conducting a short survey about student interest in Renewable Energy Credits at UW's Seattle campus. Please take 2 minutes to fill out this very short survey.
 
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/dbrent/97729
 
Thanks,

Jessica Pikul
Katherine Chesson
Danny Brent
Eric Willett
 
pikul@u.washington.edu

You may have heard of the  Women's Transportation Seminar, or maybe even received their scholarships. If you haven't, they are a group of primarily planners, engineers, and policymakers working on transportation issues, and the advancement of women and DBEs within the transportation field. They work in all facets and forms of transportation, from pedestrian issues to freight mobility (an all steps in between), environmental, permitting, legislative etc. They put on seminars for development, education, etc... and they give away THOUSANDS of DOLLARS every year in scholarships. The only element of the organization exclusively for women are their scholarships. And they are a fun, intelligent, capable bunch of people to be around. Many of them are UW alumni, but no matter their alma mater, involvement with them makes for good networking/mentoring connections... locally and internationally.
 
I have been serving on their board as Student Liaison for more than a decade (and NOT the only man over the years, either), and it has been a very interesting and rewarding time. I took what was originally intended to be a STUDENT position because we were having trouble locating interested students. It has come to pass, though, that my time demands no longer allow me to judiciously participate. Rather than stay on the Board and do little, I would rather see if we can muster some motivated, talented students to step into the position, and inject some youthful vigor...
 
This is a great opportunity for someone, and the amount of effort is not onerous at all. Obviously, from the letter below, there will be more opportunities to get as involved as you would like to be.
 
Let me know if you have questions about the organization, its mission, motivations, wine preferences, etc. Please pass this message to potentially interested colleagues who may not be on the lists. (tell them about the transportation list, too...)
 
I plan to attend the WTS Spring retreat over on Bainbridge Island on 4/23; if any of you are interested in becoming involved, I can escort you and introduce you.
 
 
Greg Shelton, Managing Director
University of Washington
Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies (GTTL)
Box 352193
Seattle, WA 98195-2193
206/616-5778
http://depts.washington.edu/gttl/

shelton@u.washington.edu

We are the UW Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma (PES) Honor Society. This honor society recognizes students who have achieved a gpa of 3.5 or higher during one or more quarters during their enrollment freshmen year. 


Come get involved in the University of Washington chapter of the Phi Eta Sigma (PES) Honor Society! This organization is the largest recognized freshmen honor society in the nation, with over 350 chapters and 900,000 members. It is dedicated to acknowledge those students who demonstrate high scholastic achievement and leadership qualities among members of the freshmen classes.
 
To become eligible for membership, you must have received a gpa of at least 3.5 or higher (Dean's List) during one or more of your quarters of enrollment freshmen year, complete at least 10 hours of community service, and pay a single payment of $45. This fee includes lifetime membership, as well as a certificate you will receive at the time of induction. The membership form, community service form, and fee are due no later than April 20, 2010. Required documents and other information are available at our website: http://students.washington.edu/pes/. If you are not on our mailing list, please email phietasigma.uw@gmail.com to join, and get updates about important information and volunteer opportunities.
 
We encourage you to pursue participation in PES Honor Society, as it will provide you with very special opportunities. After you have completed the eligibility requirements, you will be invited to the induction ceremony taking place on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. At that time, we will offer valuable information, such as undergraduate awards and scholarships. More information about location, time, and attire will be sent via mail or email around the beginning of May. We welcome you and your family members to join us for this memorable event, as we identify you for your high scholastic success and leadership character.
 
If you have any questions, please email our officers or visit us during office hours. We wish you good luck on your academic career as you continue outstanding performance at the University of Washington.
 
Sincerely,
 
Clairbel Novelo, James Burleigh, Tammy Lee, and Mengyuen Li
Officers of the PES Honor Society at the University of Washington
phietssigma.uw@gmail.com

pes@u.washington.edu

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is now accepting submissions of short films
for the annual Morris Fierberg Student Film Award competition.  The winner
will receive a $1,000 cash prize.  The Honorable Mention recipient will
receive a $250 product grant.
  
To be eligible to compete, film submissions and applicants must meet the
following requirements:
  
   Film submissions must be received at the RBFS office by June 15, 2010.
 
   Film submissions must be produced between September 1, 2009 and June 15,
2010.
 
   Eligible applicants are high school or undergraduate students who maintain a
full-time residence in the United States.
 
   All major crew positions are required to be held by students.
 
   Only film directors are eligible to be applicants.
 
   A supervising faculty member must endorse applicant’s entry form.
 
   Film submissions are required to be 30 minutes or under in length, or cued
to an appropriate starting place as only 30 minutes of each submission will
be viewed.
 
   All genres except animation are welcome submissions.
 
   Accepted film submission formats are DVD, VHS, or videotape.  Please label
with name, address, phone number and film title.
 
All applicants will be notified of their films status by July 5, 2010.  To
download an application for the Morris Fierberg Student Film Award, or for
more information, visit the Rehoboth Beach Film Society website at
 
http://www.rehobothfilm.com/film_events_fierberg_student_film_award.html,
email the Education/Outreach Coordinator at wendi@rehobothfilm.com, or call
302-645-9095, ext. 2. 
 
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is proud to
 
announce the recipient of the 2009 Morris Fierberg Student Film Award:
 
Dena Greenbaum
 
of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, for her film titled Blues
 
Honorable Mention: Ben Carey
 
of New York University, for his film titled White Cane
 
If you have questions, please call 302-645-9095, ext. 2 
or email wendi@rehobothfilm.com

The Jackson School is offering graduate students and advanced undergraduates an 
exciting applied research course building an online interactive news resource 
in the Jackson School. Students across disciplines are encouraged to apply, 
especially from computer programming, design, education, international affairs, 
journalism, digital media, and technology related fields.
 
SIS 590 meeting time will be arranged based on student schedules. Students can 
expect to do 8-9 hours of independent work outside of class a week. A great 
resume addition!
 
The full description is below:
 
SIS 590E: Task Force in International Affairs
Schedule: TBA
Credits: 3
 
APPLIED RESEARCH PRACTICUM ON DIGITAL LEARNING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
 
Students enrolled in this class will develop the infrastructure, content, and 
theoretical foundation of a new online resource geared to enhance undergraduate 
learning across the Curriculum. This task force will build a Jackson 
School-wide website, a web-portal for critical consumption of international 
news titled Knowledge Network of World Events and News (KNOW). KNOW will be an 
online learning portal for participatory learning and global engagement. The 
site will create critical consumers of information, provide needed information 
resources, and serve as a model of affinity-based learning. KNOW also aims to 
create a communications model for addressing the gap created by the crisis of 
traditional media.
 
The website is a technological challenge in that it will support continually 
uploaded dynamic data generated and submitted by students and faculty. Students 
will generate content about world events, political economy, and politics as 
defined by the pedagogical goals of the Jackson School.
 
Students in the task force will be able to add to their applied research 
portfolios by trying their hands at developing interactive websites, 
researching and building online communities, improving international news 
coverage, researching user communities, and enhancing students' critical 
thinking through web-based tools.
 
Students from computer programming, design, education, international affairs, 
journalism, digital media, and technology related fields across disciplines are 
encouraged to enroll.
 
If you are interested in joining our team, please contact Jessica Beyer at 
jlbeyer@u.washington.edu with a paragraph about why you are interested.
 
--------------------------------------
Jessica L. Beyer
Doctoral Candidate
University of Washington
Department of Political Science
http://students.washington.edu/jlbeyer

The University of Washington COMMON BOOK project is seeking an artist to develop cover art for the front and back covers of the 2010 UW COMMON BOOK.

The 2010 UW COMMON BOOK will be an original anthology of poetry selected by UW students and faculty.

The UW COMMON BOOK is distributed to all incoming UW freshmen. It serves as an inviting introduction to the university community as well as a way for the larger public to connect with the UW. Roughly 6,000 copies will be distributed during Freshman Orientation; additional copies will be available to the public through the University Book Store. 

Selection Details:
We are looking for an artist (undergraduates preferred) who can partner with us to create a strong cover design that will grab the interest of first year students while also remaining appropriate for a high visibility campus project. The art may also be used in promotional materials related to the COMMON BOOK project.

Interested artists should electronically submit a portfolio of 3-4 examples of their work that best represent what they would bring to this project. Portfolios are due by 5 p.m., Friday, April 2.  Please include your name, artist’s statement, major, year and contact information. Send to commonbk@uw.edu. If your email exceeds 2 MB, please use a service like the UW Catalyst Share Spaces or www.yousendit.com to send your profile.

Finalists will be interviewed April 7-8 and the winning artist will be chosen by April 9. Concepts are due April 16, an interim check-in will be on April 27 and final art work is due by May 3.  

In addition to a portfolio piece with broad distribution, the selected artist will receive $150. Please note that as a work for hire, the UW shares the copyright to this work.

For more information, please contact the COMMON BOOK project at commonbk@uw.edu.


Roz Schuessler 
rschuess@u.washington.edu

March 27, by the China Radio and Television Association, Western China
Cultural Industry Fair organized by China Association of Radio and
Television documentaries Working Committee and the Shaanxi Cultural Industry
Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. in Xi'an, China hosted the first international
folk festival in Beijing to start imaging. Ultra-million dollar contest
prize money has attracted many large domestic and foreign private video
lovers eyes. 
At the launch ceremony, Vice Governor of Shaanxi Provincial People's
Government, ZHENG Xiao-Ming, China's Zhang Zhenhua, vice president of Radio
and Television Association, and other leaders, opened, and co-launched a
crystal ball. The video section is set chronicle classes, animation classes,
travel classes, wedding classes, news category, art classes, family classes,
public service class 213 awards in eight categories, in addition to the ad
hoc committee Gold Award, Best Asia Award , the best in Europe, Best
Creative Award for four awards, including the Organizing Committee Gold
Medal Bonus 20,000 US dollars, the remaining three awards 10,000 U.S.
dollars, contest prize money amounted to 1.05 million yuan.

Competition Organizing Committee, deputy director of the China Radio and
Television Association, Working Committee, executive vice president of
documentaries Jiu Ngongi, said in recent years, with the development of
technology, DV cameras are increasingly popular, for many video enthusiasts
recording their lives, engaged in a filmmaker provided the conditions for
the threshold of a filmmaker greatly reduced in different sectors of
society, different groups of people can pick up in the hands of a personal
creative DV. Image creation is no longer a television, film patents, but
have become a popular loved as an expression and a new way of life, a
profound impact on the imaging industry.

Organize international civil Video Festival, designed to showcase my works
of folk images showed the vigor and vitality, while high-level image abroad,
and borrowing ideas and techniques of creative works, thus promoting China's
video industry. At present domestic and international competition has
attracted a number of professional video creators and the "shoot-off,"
entered the competition.

The ancient capital of Xi'an is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization,
Chinese civilization has a profound connotation. According to Shaanxi
Cultural Industry Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Wang Yong, general manager
of introduction, Xi'an, China international civil Video Festival held every
year term thereafter. As China's Cultural Industry Fair in the West an
important part of civil images of ancient civilizations and modern
civilization in a collision, will flash more and better cultural and
creative spark. Video Festival organizers will Bancheng image of China's
largest non-governmental Festival.

The video section of works collected from the immediate effect, by the end
of September to conduct initial evaluation, in mid-October in Xi'an, the
final evaluation and awards.

for info. - contact Jasmine Zhao  - linshanz@u.washington.edu

30th Anniversary of the Eruption of Mount St. Helens
Commemorative Events

The 30th Anniversary of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens marks a generation of 
biological and geological changes.  Events are schedule throughout 2010 in commemoration of 
this cataclysmic occurrence that captivated the attention of our Nation and the world. Many city 
and county governments, federal agencies, community groups and businesses are preparing for 
this season-long series of exciting events and educational programs. The 30th anniversary year 
will bring national and international focus on Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.  
Visitors to Johnson Ridge Observatory, located at the base of the volcano will benefit from new
interpretive exhibits as well as audio, language and translations capability updates.  In addition to 
events taking place on the mountain, many locations in surrounding counties in the state of
Washington and Oregon will participate with diverse activities, programs and featured locations.


Are you a Communication, Broadcast Journalism or Public Affairs 
student interested in participating in a historic event?

We are seeking a student to serve as an interviewer on May 16, 2010 at the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitors Center on Mount St. Helens.  This is a fascinating project called “Tell Your Story” focuses on actual survivor and rescuer first- hand accounts of events on May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens awoke, erupted and captured the attention of the world.  Cable Channel KLTV will be recording these interviews in order to archive these important accounts for future generations.  

If selected, the Cowlitz County Tourism Bureau will provide a gift package including a $100 gas card and $100 Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitors Center Restaurant gift card.  Your lunch will also be provided on May 16th.

If you have an interest in serving as our interviewer, please contact:

Deborah Walstra
Mount St. Helens Institute
360-891-5007
Deborah@mshinstitute.org

(COM undergrads - you could probably get a credit of 498 out of this.)

ENTER TO WIN 
There’s one week left in the Winter Story Contest. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Our one criterion is excellence.
Entry Deadline: Wednesday, March 31, midnight, Pacific time. 

All entries will be considered for publication. 
$4,000 First Prize 
$1,500 Second Prize 
$500 Third Prize 
Five finalists receive $100 each. 

http://www.narrativemagazine.com/

editors@narrativemagazine.com>

Nourish International was founded in 2003 at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill as the student group Hunger Lunch. Since
incorporating as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit in 2006, Nourish has begun chapters
on 29 campuses nationwide. In 2008, Nourish was awarded the North Carolina
Peace Prize for excellence in cross-cultural solutions and sustainable
development.
 
Since inception, Nourish students have raised and invested more than
$140,000 in sustainable development projects in 22 communities worldwide.
 
------------

This year, 8 million people will die because they are simply too poor to
stay alive.
  
 
You can change this.
 
 
 
Nourish International is inviting you to be a part of the solution to global
poverty by applying for our Chapter Founders Program.
 
 
 
During the school year, Nourish Chapters run small businesses called
ventures on campus to raise money, membership, and awareness.  They then
choose a compelling student-led project proposed by an international
organization.  Over the summer, students travel abroad to a local community
to implement their chosen project as a tangible solution to poverty.
 
Whether it's expanding an on-campus venture to double the profits or
searching for innovative ways to shell peanuts in Uganda, students like you
are using their creative abilities to make an impact. You can create change
today; all you have to do is:
 
         Apply to be a Chapter Founder  Between now and April 21st Nourish is
accepting applications for its Chapter Founders Program. This spring, we'll
be selecting students from campuses across the country to receive
professional training, support and $500 start-up capital.  To start your
application, click here.
 
         Tell a friend  If Nourish isn't the right opportunity for you, you
can still help accomplish our mission of eradicating global poverty. 
Spreading the word to just three people drastically raises our chances of
finding the right student on your campus.  Nominate a friend now by clicking
here.
 
 
 
To apply, get more information or nominate a friend, go to
http://nourishinternational.org/students/overview.php.  Act now -
applications are being reviewed as they come in!
 
 

This year, 8 million people will die because they are simply too poor to
stay alive.
 
 
 
You can change this.
 
 
 
Nourish International is inviting you to be a part of the solution to global
poverty by applying for our Chapter Founders Program.
 
 
 
During the school year, Nourish Chapters run small businesses called
ventures on campus to raise money, membership, and awareness.  They then
choose a compelling student-led project proposed by an international
organization.  Over the summer, students travel abroad to a local community
to implement their chosen project as a tangible solution to poverty.
 
Whether it's expanding an on-campus venture to double the profits or
searching for innovative ways to shell peanuts in Uganda, students like you
are using their creative abilities to make an impact. You can create change
today; all you have to do is:
 
         Apply to be a Chapter Founder  Between now and April 21st Nourish is
accepting applications for its Chapter Founders Program. This spring, we'll
be selecting students from campuses across the country to receive
professional training, support and $500 start-up capital.  To start your
application, click here.
 
         Tell a friend  If Nourish isn't the right opportunity for you, you
can still help accomplish our mission of eradicating global poverty. 
Spreading the word to just three people drastically raises our chances of
finding the right student on your campus.  Nominate a friend now by clicking
here.
 
 
To apply, get more information or nominate a friend, go to
http://nourishinternational.org/students/overview.php.  Act now -
applications are being reviewed as they come in!
 
 
For more information go to www.nourishinternational.org


Nourish International Chapter Founders Team
office: 919.747.4090
chapter.founders@nourishinternational.org
http://www.nourishinternational.org

Allie
chapter.founders@nourishinternational.org

We are looking for filmmakers to produce a short film about baby boomers and digital media, and are giving away over $20,000 to lucky entrants, including a grand prize of $10,000 and a trip to New York for the winning director. 

The contest is housed here http://247realmedia.com/lfmp/ 

FILMMAKERS--- WIN $10,000 BY ENTERING THE “VIDEO MEETS BABY BOOMERS” CONTEST


The LFMP ‘Video meets Baby Boomers’ is looking for some talented filmmakers to make a 3-5 minute film on how people 50+ interact with technology.   
•	Is there a generation gap going on with technology?   
•	What is the difference between how boomers use technology versus how teens and twenty-somethings use it?  

film could be funny or scientific, but if it’s entertaining and insightful with a unique POV you could walk away with $10,000.

Simply shoot, edit and upload, and you will have the opportunity to present your video at an upcoming advertising/marketing summit packed with advertising innovators, media executives and decision makers from some of the most influential global brands. Think of the doors this could open for you as a filmmaker.

(Oh, we also thought some cash for tuition, film equipment, or whatever might help too.)

Prizing*
Grand Prize…$10,000 USD including: the screening of your film at the WPP Digital Media Summit, a content feature within the LFMP documentary and Paid Travel & Accommodations to NYC (See rules for winners below 18 yrs of age at time of entry)
1st Runner-up…$5,000 USD and a content feature in the LFMP documentary
2nd Runner-up…$5,000 USD and a content feature in the LFMP documentary

GO TO http://247realmedia.com/lfmp/ for further information, including how to enter, rules and restrictions.  Happy filmmaking!

Ben Bigelow 
ben@m80im.com

Edward E. Carlson Student Leadership Award
 
Named for one of Seattle's foremost civic leaders, the Edward E. Carlson 
Student Leadership Award recognizes individual students (junior or senior 
undergraduates) who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service, provided outstanding leadership in the community, and who are committed to continued creative civic participation. The Carlson Student Leadership Award recipient will receive $2500 and be honored at the 2010 Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership on April 28th.
 
The application deadline for the 2010 Edward E. Carlson Student Leadership 
Award is Monday, April 12, 2010.  Details about eligibility and complete 
application instructions can be found on the Carlson Center's website: 
http://depts.washington.edu/leader/fellowships/carlsonleaders.html
 
If you would like to nominate a student for the award, please contact 
Michaelann Jundt directly (206.685.2705 or mjundt@u.washington.edu) by 
Wednesday, April 7th.  The student will be contacted by the Carlson Center and invited to apply for the award.

I think this is a good cause - if any of you young ladies have prom dresses you don't want....


Project promise March is Dress Collection Month
 
Project PROMise returns for it's second year on May 8, 2010.  This event is
designed to assist low income, high school girls who would like to attend
their prom.  We collect new, clean, and gently used prom dresses, shoes, and
accessories for district High School students. This year we have two
interns, Jasmine Litt and Kiara Daniel, from the Fashion Design program at
the Puget Sound Skill Center working with our committee.  They are tagging
dresses, developing an inventory/catalogue of the collection, and keeping us
all on task.  The month of March has been set aside to collect dresses and
other items.  We really need plus sizes, zeros and shoes to outfit the 100+
young women we plan to serve. We will  accept your cash donations at any
time. Clothing donations can be dropped off at our office or at any of the
district High Schools(Tyee campus 500 Bldg).  Please do not leave monetary
donations at the school sites.  

Thanks to Highline High School student, Heidi Buck, we will have a Fashion
Show featuring dresses from the collection on Friday May 7th at 7:00
PM. This is Heidi's senior project and she is pulling out all the stops to
make this a night to remember. These events are by invitation only and will
be held at the Southcenter Double Tree Suites Hotel. Let us know if you want
to attend or if you know of a young women who would benefit from this
program.
 
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence
info@highlineschoolsfoundation.org

 
Gain Experience and Make a Difference
 
 
 
The University of Washington Academic Support Program is offering a
service-learning seminar titled EDUC 401: Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher
Education for Spring Quarter 2010. This weekly seminar will introduce
juniors and seniors to a diverse range of tutoring, mentoring, and teaching
methodologies. Students will have an opportunity to apply what they learn in
class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer, freshman, and sophomore
students who are transitioning socially, culturally, and academically to the
University of Washington. This is a great opportunity for seasoned students
to give back to the University by sharing their knowledge and experience
with new students who are working to become independent learners.
 
 
 
         Seminar begins the second week of Spring Quarter 2010
 
         Seminar will meet on Mondays from 4-5 PM (section G) or from 7 to 8
PM (section I)
 
         Tutoring will take place on campus
 
         Receive 2 credits for working with one student
 
         Receive 3 credits for working with two students
 
         A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after
completion of the seminar
 
 
 
Check out  http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/tutormentor.php for more
information about the program
 
 
 
For registration information, please contact Ling Yeh at:
 
tyeh60@u.washington.edu
 

Contest Details:
 
The Bridgestone Americas Safety Scholars Video Contest is a great way to
have fun, be creative and win money for college, all at the same time.
 
It?s easy to enter.  Just make a short video (25 or 55 seconds in length)
about auto safety (you have until July 1).  Students who produce videos that
most creatively and effectively address safety auto topics will win a $5,000
college scholarship and a set of Bridgestone tires.  Want a chance to win a
scholarship? Grab your camera and get going!  The Safety Scholars video
contest is open to young drivers ages 16 to 21.
 
To learn more, visit www.safetyscholars.com.

 
Kristin Hampel
 
Bridgestone Americas Media Relations
 
615.780.3365 office
 
615.780.3393 fax
 
kristin.hampel@dvl.com
 
 
 

 
Peace Corps service is the opportunity of a lifetime. Volunteers have the
opportunity to serve in the areas of education, health, environment,
agriculture, and business.  Please join us for one of our upcoming events:
 
 Info Session
 
Wednesday, February 24, 5-6pm
University of Washington * HUB Room 106B
 
Come listen to a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Uganda who will share
her personal experience, answer your questions, and provide tips to guide
you through the application process.
 
 
 
Peace Corps Week: Around the World in 90 Minutes
 
Friday, March 5, 5:30-7pm
 
REI Flagship Store * 222 Yale Avenue N. Seattle, WA 98109
 
For 49 years, nearly 200,000 Americans have promoted world peace and
friendship in 139 countries. Attend this special event during Peace Corps
Week to virtually travel the world in 90 minutes. Talk one-on-one with
returned Peace Corps volunteers about their experiences living in different
cultures and learn more about how you can apply to be Peace Corps volunteer.
 
 
 
Questions?
 
Contact the UW On-Campus Peace Corps Rep: Erin Larsen-Cooper
 
    Office  134 Mary Gates Hall 
    Hours  Mondays 9:30am to 1:30 p.m. * Fridays 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
    E-mail  pcorps@u.washington.edu 
    Phone  206.543.0535
 
 pcorps@u.washington.edu
 
 
 
Erin Larsen-Cooper
UW Peace Corps Representative
UW Career Center
 
134 Mary Gates Hall
 
Phone: 206.616.5801
 
RPCV Uganda '06-'08
 

Nothing gets in the way of a good story. Our Winter Contest is open to all
fiction and nonfiction writers. We're looking for short shorts, short
stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of
literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and
nonfiction. Our one criterion is excellence.
 
All entries will be considered for publication.
$4,000 First Prize $1,500 Second Prize $500 Third Prize Five finalists
receive $100 each.

See the Contest Guidelines.
 
narrativemagazine.com

I am a research associate and postdoctoral fellow at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. I work under Professor Linehan.  We are trying to get some of her lectures and skills training seminars available via web through screencasting but have run into some problems; mainly because we do not have an expert on media in the clinic. 
 

Magda
 
Magda E. Rodriguez Gonzalez, Psy.D.
Research Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow
Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinic
University of Washington
Psychology Department
3935 University Way NE
Box 355915
Seattle, WA  98105
Phone: 206-616-2094
Fax: 206-616-1513
http://depts.washington.edu/brtc/

magdarg@u.washington.edu

My name is Joshua Hawkins and I am a student here at the University of 
Washington. Currently I am trying to get an off-campus RSO social study majors 
based living group started.

If you're interested, contact Joshua at jwh27@uw.edu.

MyFinancial.desktop is looking for students with valid UW NetID’s to come and test their latest software. It will pay $10/hour.

See attachment.

 
                  Marketing Director and Public Relation:  
                 Volunteer needed now: Pending Board Funding:
                                                                       
     develops and implements company's overall strategic public relations
  programs. Programs may often include media relations, community relations,
                 media communications and sponsors relations.
 
 
Must have ability to jumpstart our fundraising on variety of product such as
        magazine, auction, sponsors' relation, grants management, etc.
 
 
                   College Degree  Required
 
 
  
                       Email your resume to maryJay.org
 
                              Finance Specialist:
 
                  Volunteer needed now: Pending Board Funding:
                                      
 
    Plans and directs an organization?s financial goals, objectives, and
    budgets. Supervise cash management activities, execute capital-raising
               strategies to support a facility?s maintenance
 
 
and expansion, oversee the investment of funds and calculate the associated
   risks, and deal with mergers and acquisitions.  Develops strategies and
             implement the long-term goals of organization.   
 
 
            works with other managers to resolve financial issues.
 
 
                   College Degree Required
 
                         Email your resume to maryJay.org
 
   
                               Legal Secretary:
 
                  Volunteer needed now: Pending Board Funding:
                                      
    Familiarity with corporate legal terminology, state and federal filing
rules, basic legal procedure. In addition to excellent typing and dictation
    skills, legal secretaries must be able to manage all our internal and
    external communications,  prepare and type legal documents, maintain
   accurate record keeping systems, support management staffs, organize and
          schedule meeting and contribute to organization growth. 
 
 
                         Professional degree required
                        Email your resume to maryJay.org
 
  
                            Beauty Benefit Judges:
 
                           Volunteer needed now:  
 
 
Person with great motivation
 
 
 Person with great demeanor and some type of representation
                               in the community
 
 
Good assessor of personality
 
 
Open minded
 
 
Hard worker and willing to work through stressful situations
 
 
Open mindedness and extroverts in nature
 
  
                       Email your resume to maryJay.org
Mary Joseph
http://www.maryjay.org/job.htm
 
Phone:  206-227-6224
 
Fax:        425-702-0503
 

 Please assist student research,
 
A student group in Advertising 480, College of Communication at Washington
State University, has been assigned a research project where they need your
help. The group has been asked to put together a profile of 35+ year old
adults in regards to their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards medical
privacy rights. If you fit their demographic (35 years or older) please use
the link below to fill out a survey for their research. Thank you for being
a part of student research. The survey should only take a couple of minutes!
 
Michael McHugh
Advertising Major
College of Communication
 
 
 
Link to survey:
 
http://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_1FgCjjut1f2HLhO&SVID=Prod

The KBCS Winter Fund Drive begins Monday February 1st at 6 am and continues until Sunday, February 7th, at 10 pm.  If you have a few hours to spare
 
that week and would like to help out answering phones or delivering
food, we'd love to hear from you! To register via Shiftboard, our volunteer
scheduling tool, please click here. We especially
need help with the mornings. Thank you!
http://kbcs.fm/site/R?i=ulG8KDohRVJ8X7Ov6u5G3A..
 
 
Audio Production & Journalism Training 
 
KBCS offers affordable training to anyone with an interest in media. Our 4-week Basic Journalism classes take place once a quarter. Along with our Audio Production class, our quarterly Basic Broadcasting classes are popular and always fill up quickly. Each of these classes is taught by KBCS staff and
administered through Bellevue College’s Continuing Education department. For more information, click here:
http://kbcs.fm/site/R?i=bzjyCURza7srqf2C28hsew..
 
 	    Sabrina Roach (sroach@kbcs.fm) 
 

For students, communication / presentation professionals, who might assist local experts at the Program on Climate Change (PCC) for instance.
 
 The Cost of Energy
 
The Rochester Project is an attempt to bridge one of the two critical gaps
inherent in our climate change challenge, namely the gap between what
climate scientists know and what everyone else knows. In our increasingly
polarized world, this gap, combined with the poor outreach skills of ?our 
side?,
allows delayers and deniers to slow down and often halt the spread of
information from experts to lay people. Given the urgency of our
environmental situation, this is an exceedingly dangerous situation.
 
The primary activity of The Rochester Project will be to couple scientists
writing about climate issues for a mainstream audience with presentation
experts?writers, artists, and web site and multimedia experts?who can help them
greatly increase the accessibility and effectiveness of their work.
 
The impetus for this project came from a call for input from James Hansen
regarding the document he co-authored, ?If it?s that warm, how come it?s so 
damned
cold?? [PDF of current version]. This struck me as the clearest example one
could imagine of why this second gap, the one between what scientists know
and what ?the rest of us? know is so large. James Hansen is arguably the top
climate scientist in the world, and the document he helped write addressed a
very topical and important issue, yet I could not imagine any of my
neighbors getting past the first page. It was written in a style that
reflects the authors? narrow and very deep backgrounds, backgrounds which
contain a wealth of experience in communicating with their highly trained
peers but not nearly enough in working with lay people. It violated the most
basic rule of communication: Know your audience.
 

http://www.grinzo.com/energy/index.php/2010/01/21/the-rochester-project/
 
Dan Borroff 
dan.borroff@gmail.com

My name is Sean Liu. I am a PhD student in the Dept of Computer Science and
Engineering at the University of Washington. I am part of a UW research team
conducting a research project on automatic cough detection. In sum, we are
trying to develop an algorithm to detect cough episodes from a continuous,
ambulatory audio recording using a mobile phone in a real-world setting.
Current tools for cough assessment are either subjective (0-5 scoring
system) or over-instrumented (wear specialized equipment on the body). This
work will make cough assessment a much easier task and help health
professionals conduct research on cough with less effort.
 
We are recording a large database of cough/non-cough sounds in varying
environments and looking for:
 
1) Participants: They will carry 2 mobile phones which we provided, go back
to their daily routines and have all sounds(cough/non-cough) recorded. They
have to be above 18 years old and cough on a daily basis for the week
preceding enrollment. They will be paid $10/hour. Some more information
could be found here:
http://ubicomplab.cs.washington.edu/wiki/Cough-study-info
 
2) Annotators: They will listen to the audio recordings and help us to label
the "type" of each part of the audio recordings. For example, 1:20 - 1:22 is
a cough, laughter, speech, silent, or anything else. We will provide a
software tool to help them achieve this. They will be paid $12/work hour.
Some more information could be found here:
http://ubicomplab.cs.washington.edu/wiki/Cough-study-annotator
 
If you are interested in participating in this study as a participant or an
annotator, or would like more information about the study, please contact us
at cough-study@cs.washington.edu or contact me (sysliu@cs.washington.edu)
directly.
 
Thanks you for considering participation in our study.
 
Sincerely,
Sean
 
 
 
--
Shih-Yen (Sean) Liu, Graduate Student
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington

sysliu@cs.washington.edu

Join us for the 11th annual Newport Beach Film Festival from April 22-29,
2010. Celebrated as one of the premiere film festivals in the United States,
the Newport Beach Film Festival has evolved into a prestigious multicultural
event, attracting over 51,000 attendees to Orange County, California. The
Newport Beach Film Festival annually presents an eclectic roster of over 400
feature-length narrative, documentary, short, animated and student films
from around the world. 
 
Since its launch in 2000, the Festival has presented many acclaimed films
such as the U.S. Premiere of Crash and other notable films including (500)
Days of Summer, The Cove, Waitress, Death Note: The Last Name, The King of
Kong, Layer Cake, The Illusionist, Art School Confidential, Mad Hot
Ballroom, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Spellbound and Born into
Brothels.
 
 
 
"This is what Newport Beach Film Festival does better than 95% of the world?s
festivals-it provides an incredible audience with a voracious appetite for
the Festival's films. Sold out screenings. Large, beautiful theaters that
can play your film in the way it was intended to be seen. They host
educated, well-intentioned Q & A sessions that will stimulate audiences. --
Elliot V. Kotek - Editor-in-Chief - Moving Pictures Magazine
 
UPCOMING DEADLINE
January 25, 2010  - Deadline
Upgraded projects save $10
 
MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL 
The Newport Beach Film Festival offers filmmakers the ?ultimate? festival
experience with a wide array of social, cultural and professional
opportunities. The Festival features nightly special events, including red
carpet galas, post screening receptions, compelling conversations with
filmmakers, international spotlights, industry seminars and retrospectives.
The Festival offers filmmakers unique opportunities to mingle with film
industry professionals, avid filmgoers, Hollywood celebrities and other
filmmakers from around the globe in a beautiful seaside locale. Submit to
the Newport Beach Film Festival today!
 

Newport Beach 
Film Festival
Newport Beach, California ? USA
April 22-29, 2010

Woody Somvichai 
woody.somvichai@newportbeachfilmfest.com

Focus Group Participants Needed – Compensation Provided


I am a student in the Communication department who is currently completing an Honors Thesis. To collect data, I am conducting focus groups of students who have participated in Exploration Seminars.

Focus Group is one hour long, and refreshments such as pizza will be provided. A $10 gift card to the UW Bookstore will also be provided as compensation to all participants.

Requirements:
-Must have participated in ANY Exploration Seminar in 2008 or 2009


Interested? Please complete this brief web survey so that I have your contact info & your available times for a focus group.

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/hoguek/92437


Thanks!
Kristy Hogue

The UW Women’s Center Gender Equity and Violence Prevention program is going to be hosting a series of three forums regarding Relationship Violence and Community Action. We are looking for a student volunteer to help us with video and editing of three Public Service Announcement (PSA) videos to help promote these events. The three forum topics will include: 1) community action regarding dating and gender violence 2) body image and 3) redefining feminism.  If you are interested in helping us with video or editing please call the Women’s Center at 206-685-1090 or contact by email Emily Hertz at hertze@u.washington.edu.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Emily Hertz,
Gender Equity and Violence Prevention Program
UW Women’s Center

Did you transfer into the UW?

Along with FIG leaders and Orientation Leaders, First Year
Programs is recruiting for TrIG (Transfer Interest Group) Leaders.  TrIG
leaders will a facilitate a class of 20 - 25 incoming transfer students
during Autumn and/or Winter Quarter. 
  
 
We are looking for TrIG leaders from a variety of disciplines to meet the
needs of incoming transfer students.  TrIGs are offered in two formats: 
clustered and stand-alone.  Clustered TrIGs are a set of courses that
include one    two major specific courses and the General Studies 199
course(the TrIG course).  TrIG leaders for the clustered TrIGs are students
who are currently enrolled in the major.  These students work closely with
the departmental advisers to plan their syllabus for the quarter.  Examples
of TrIGs we had this past autumn were Psychology, Political Science and
Biology.   
  
 
Stand-alone TrIGs are organized around broad theme areas.  Stand-alone TrIGs
consist of just the General Studies 199 course.  In the past we have offered
stand-alone TrIGs based upon academic or population.  For example this past
autumn quarter we offered a TrIG for former running start students,
international students as well as social sciences and humanities.   
 
  
If you have students who you would recommend for this opportunity please
send them the application link: 
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/nnkeze/92692. Application
review will begin on February 1 if you or your students have any questions
please contact me at nnkeze@uw.edu. 
 
 
Namura K. Nkeze
 
Program Manager, First Year Programs
 
Undergraduate Academic Affairs
 
University of Washington
 
Box 352805
 
Seattle,  WA  98195

Did you know that KBCS offers affordable training to anyone with an interest
in broadcasting? Our 4-week Basic Journalism classes take place once a
quarter. Along with our Audio Production class, our quarterly Basic
Broadcasting classes are popular and always fill up quickly. Each of these
classes is taught through Bellevue College Continuing Education.

Steve Ramsey 
sramsey@kbcs.fm

For more information:
http://kbcs.fm/site/R?i=pmzB-uyKoCYJua2EoimYNA

Broadcast Training Classes
To help you learn the art of radio, KBCS offers regular training courses, taught every quarter through BC Continuing Education.
 
  
Basic Broadcasting
KBCS is committed to training and providing opportunity for community members to be part of the media. Most DJs at KBCS are community volunteers. To become a DJ at KBCS, you must first take the Basic Broadcasting course.
Check here for the latest schedule.
 
  
Audio Production for Broadcast
The best way to get involved on the production side of KBCS is to take the Audio Production for Broadcast class, taught through BC Continuing Education (you can register for it exactly as you did for the Basic Broadcasting class). This is an intensive 8-week course, with a focus on the technical side of sound, digital audio, recording, editing, and producing audio for broadcast. Audio for the web is also addressed. After completion of the course, there are some production volunteer opportunities for those interested.
Check here for the latest class schedule
 
  
The Basics of Community Radio Journalism 
KBCS has many opportunities for those interested in new broadcasting. The best way to get involved in the news department of KBCS is to take The Basics of Community Radio Journalism class, taught through BC Continuing Education.
Check here for the latest class schedule
 

The KBCS Winter Fund Drive begins Monday February 1st at 6 am and continues
until Sunday, February 7th, at 10 pm.  If you have a few hours to spare that
week and would like to help out answering phones or delivering food, we'd
love to hear from you!

Steve Ramsey 
sramsey@kbcs.fm

to sign up to help: http://www.shiftboard.com/kbcs/

 
Apply to become a FIG Leader! The Freshman Interest Group (FIG) Program is
looking for outstanding students like you to be FIG Leaders for autumn 2010.
  
To download an application and for more information refer to our website:
uwfigs.com.
 
 The program is looking for students from all departments who are UW-Seattle
undergraduates with strong organizational skills (i.e., not over-committed),
and a genuine interest in working with freshmen as they face the challenges
and opportunities presented to them as new students.
  
Having been in a FIG as a freshman is not required.
  
As a FIG Leader, students will develop a deeper connection to the University
while developing transferable skills in public speaking, discussion
facilitation, lesson plan development, and principles of instructional
leadership.  All of these skills will be utilized while instructing a class
of 15-25 freshmen enrolled in General Studies 199.
 
Training will take place during spring quarter 2010. FIG Leaders are
eligible to receive up to 6 credits (3 in spring and 3 in autum) for their
commitments to the program, which includes both training for and teaching
the General Studies 199 course in autumn quarter. 
 
Applications are available online. Please visit uwfigs.com
   
The application deadline is Monday, February 1st by 5:00pm online.
  
For more information please attend one of our information sessions listed
below or email figs@uw.edu.
  
Information Sessions:

Jan 20th Information Session, 4:30-5:30, MGH 191A
 
Jan 21st   Information Session, 11:30-12:30, MGH 191A
 
Jan 25th  Information Session, 4:30-5:30, MGH 191A
 
Jan 26th  Information Session, 12:30-1:30, MGH 191A
 
  
The UW FIG Program
 
Becky Corriell, Jen Drumm, and LeAnne Jones Wiles
  
Becky Francoeur 
bfran3@u.washington.edu

Join UW's 2010 Orientation Leader Staff!
 
 *  Want to help new students?
 *  Want to get involved?
 *  Want an on-campus job this summer?
 *  Want to earn good money?
 *  Want free food?
 
First Year Programs seeks talented UW undergraduates for the 2010-2011
Orientation Leader staff! Students from all class standings, majors, and
backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will have a
genuine interest in helping other students and their families through their
transitions to the UW. Applicants should have strong organizational skills,
a desire to get involved with and give back to the University, and an
enthusiasm for sharing their UW experiences with new students.
 
To learn more about this job opportunity and download an application, please
visit: http://depts.washington.edu/fyp/work/orientationleaders.
 
The application deadline is Wednesday, January 27, 2010.  
 
 
 
Applications should be submitted to 191 Mary Gates Hall.
 
For more details, please attend one of our information sessions:
 
 
 
January 13th, 3:30-4:30pm in McMahon Hall
January 19th, 1:30-2:30pm in MGH 224
January 21st, 1:30-2:30pm in HUB 309
January 22nd, 2:30-3:30pm in MGH 191A
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office at
uwao@u.washington.edu or 206-543-4905.
 
Sincerely,
 
Bryan Crockett, Coordinator for Advising and Orientation Programs
Samantha Croffut, Orientation Leader Coordinator
Brad Waidelich, Orientation Leader Coordinator


Bryan Crockett, Advising and Orientation Coordinator
 
First Year Programs | University of Washington
 
 Mary Gates Hall 171, Box 352805
 
Seattle, WA 98195
 
vm: 206.616.5015| fax: 206.685.8299
 
http://depts.washington.edu/fyp
 
 bryantc@u.washington.edu
 

My name is Ramya and I am the Nonprofits & Activism Manager at YouTube. I
want to inform you of an excellent opportunity for film students to have
their work featured on the YouTube homepage each month, and raise awareness of important causes, through a program called YouTube Video Volunteers.
 
Here's how it works:
 
1) Each month (usually on the 1st of the month), a celebrity curator asks
citizens to create short films highlighting a nonprofit of their choice
working on that month's featured issue (this month is the Arts, February
will likely be Health). The video must be about a specific nonprofit
organization, and not just the issue.
 
2) Citizens submit their films through the contest gadget at
www.youtube.com/videovolunteers by a specific date (this month the deadline
is January 23)
 
3) The top three films (chosen by the curator) are featured on the YouTube
homepage at the end of the month as part of a special spotlight collection.
In the past, these Video Volunteers homepage spotlights have garnered
hundreds of thousands of views for the highlighted filmmakers.
 
This is a huge opportunity for your students to gain enormous exposure for
their work on one of the internet's most-trafficked websites, increase their
YouTube subscriber base, and to add this distinction to their portfolio.
 
Would you please share the opportunity with students at your school?
 
For more information, please see www.youtube.com/videovolunteers or let me
know if you have additional questions!

--
Ramya Raghavan
YouTube Nonprofits and Activism
rraghavan@youtube.com
 

Our competitors would love to have judges with communications knowledge. The
students would have a great opportunity to see and judge several differant
speech events as well as debate.

Lisa Rathbun
judge_pssda
 
--------------

Dear Prospective Debate Judge,
 
I am very excited to tell you that Verve  Speech and Debate Club is hosting the Puget Sound Qualifier. The tournament will consist of three days of competition made up of Team Policy Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, and ten Individual Speech events  . We would like to invite you to be a judge at our tournament. The dates are February 18-20.The event will be located at Crosspointe Church in Bothell.
 
You do not need to have any experience. We will provide training  for you on the day of the tournament. The trainer will tell you all the things you will need to know to be a judge. The training session is approximately  twenty minutes. Your total time commitment, including both judging and training will be about three or four hours.
 
Your participation will provide important feedback and training to our youth. You are important to us, and we want you to have an enjoyable time when you judge. There will be coffee, tea, snacks and  meals provided for you throughout the time you are there.
 
Our website is https://pugetsoundqualifier.homeschooldebate.net/. Click on the top, where it says JUDGE REGISTRATION, then follow the directions. If you have any friends you think may  be interested, please forward them this letter.
 
If you have any questions, my email is judge_pssda@yahoo.com
 
Thanks,
Lisa Rathbun
judge coordinator
 

The 2010 Washington State Jefferson Awards program nominations are now open!
The Jefferson Awards honors ordinary people who do extraordinary things for
others and is considered the  Nobel Prize  for public service. CityClub is
proud to partner this year with KING5, Starbucks and Microsoft and we thank
you for your help in promoting the program state-wide. The deadline for
nominations is Monday, February 15, 2010.
 
 
 
Jefferson Awards Program Page
 
http://seattlecityclub.org/jeffersonawards
 
This page tells you all about the program, including deadlines, the process
and a link to the nomination form.
 
 
 
Nomination Page
 
http://www.king5.com/featured-content/79331212.html
 
A direct link to the online nomination form hosted on KING5 s website.
 

ASUW Experimental College
(www.ExCo.org)
CALL 68-LEARN to Register

Computer Design & Assembly
 
We design & assemble a Personal Computer (“PC”) using industry standard components: chassis, power supply, motherboard, CPU, memory, video card, optical/floppy/disk drives and operating system.  First session will disassemble and, with time, re-assemble a broken PC.  Later sessions focus on selection and proper installation of all components.  One field trip is planned to InterConnection near the UW campus, to experience Volunteer Orientation and tour their factory.

Course #13.20
10 Weekends:  Jan. 16 – Mar. 20, 2010
Section 1:  Sat. 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
(Sections 2-4:  Sat. pm & Sun. as needed)
Location:  UW Seattle campus

Paul A. Mitchell, B.A., M.S., Instructor:  Computer Design & Assembly, ExCo #13.20


The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities.  To request disability accommodations, please contact the Disability Services Office at least ten (10) days in advance at (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264/FAX or email:  dso@u.washington.edu.

GEN. ST. 391: Research Exposed!: Approaches to Inquiry
SLN 13828 Section D 
Wednesdays 12:30-1:20 
OUGL 220 
1 credit.
 
Looking for a one-credit course that sheds light upon cutting-edge research at 
the UW? Research Exposed Lecture Series introduces you to current and exciting research in a wide variety of disciplines, including how faculty come up with research ideas, what methods they use to explore research questions, and how undergrads can become involved in the knowledge-making process. This 1-credit course is open to all students--no prerequisites required.
 
For more information & to check out the winter quarter lineup of speakers, 
visit: 
http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/courses/researchexposed/winter10.html
 
Questions? Contact the staff of the Undergraduate Research Program at 
urp@uw.edu

Please join us for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at the
University of Washington and work alongside UW faculty, staff, students and
alumni in honoring the legacy of Dr. King.
 
As a volunteer, you can choose from a variety of service projects, hosted by
non-profit organizations all over King County. This event will celebrate Dr.
King's timeless values of compassion, dignity, humility, and service, asking
the question "What are you doing for others?"
 
When:
Monday, Jan. 18, 2010
Where:
Kick-off starts at 8 a.m. in the HUB Ballroom
Projects from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Cost:
Free, but advance registration is required.
Get more information and register online ...
 
MLK Day is a great way to give back to the UW community and meet other
alumni and friends. Start the day off right with a continental breakfast in
the HUB Ballroom, and then head out to your volunteer site. For more
information, e-mail mlkjr@u.washington.edu.
 
We'll see you there!
 
This event is sponsored by:
 
Carlson Center
United Way
UW Alumni Association [PixelServer?j=yjXlj3-UmDGtCXqywyp5Bg..]
 

The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) is
  looking for communications students to participate in the Call to Service
  Collegiate Competition. Students will have the opportunity to win $10,000,
  $5,000 or $2,000 in scholarship dollars and matching funds for the charity
                               of their choice.
 
 
    Students will compete by developing a community service initiative and
  partnering with local broadcasters to execute their idea. To participate,
    students must submit a one-page proposal outlining their idea. Twenty
students will be selected as finalists. NABEF is accepting proposals for the
                      program through February 12, 2010.
 
 
Winners of the Call to Service Competition will be awarded scholarship money
  for the fall semester of the following academic year. In addition, winners
will be recognized at NABEF?s Celebration of Service to America Awards Gala
                    on June 14, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
 
 
              Click here for more details about the competition.
 
 
This is a great opportunity to get students involved with local broadcasters
  and the local community. Diana, we need your help to spread the word about
this competition. I have included my contact info below and hope that we can
   schedule some time to speak in January once you return from the holiday
                                    break.
 
 
                                  Thank you,
 
 
                                Rumana Sultana
                         Special Projects Coordinator
                           NAB Education Foundation
                               1771 N Street NW
                             Washington DC 20036
                              Phone 202 429 5428
                               Fax 202 429 3930
 

Help requested with a project called The Things You Would Have Said....
I am constantly trying to find new people to contact who have unique stories
and emotions to share.
 
I have been collecting letters from people of all ages and all walks of
life, asking them to write about something they have never before shared
with someone. I have collected over 450 letters from schools, jails,
retirement homes, and various national organizations such as American
Ex-Prisoners of War. Whether the person has passed away, contact was lost,
or the strength needed at the time was lacking, this is a chance to
apologize, show appreciation, and ignite that unspoken conversation. 
 
I have been interviewed on Oregon NPR's radio station and in the LA
Examiner, and have been featured in The Oregonian on three separate
occasions. I am also in the current issue of Portland Monthly magazine and
NW Kids magazine. Later this month, I will be featured in the Idaho
Statesman and a guest on the AM Northwest TV show. You can visit my blog to
see sample letters and updates on the project
at www.thethingsyouwouldhavesaid.blogspot.com. The overall goal of the
project is to publish a selection of letters, however, the main focus and
heart of the project is to help people express themselves and find community
in doing so.
 
This has been such a powerful and inspiring project and I would sincerely
love the opportunity to not only share it with students at the University of
Washington, but have them participate as well.
 

Jackie Hooper
The Things You Would Have Said
www.thethingsyouwouldhavesaid.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/wouldhavesaid

jchooper5@gmail.com

Videos that need to be put on DVD; excerpts from this material will be included when my next book is published.

These deal with Greek culture & Greek dance.

Contact: Yvonne Hunt - yhunty@yahoo.com

The Nu Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the University of Washington's Political 
Science Honorary Society, is now accepting submissions for the 2010 cycle of 
/The Orator/, the University of Washington Undergraduate Journal of Political 
Science. Submissions, along with the attached application form, must be 
received by *Friday, January 15th, 2009 at 5 pm*. Both a physical copy of your 
submission turned in to Smith 215 and a digital copy received via email 
(nupsa@uw.edu ) are required.
 
If you are interested in exploring past editions of /The Orator/, the last two 
volumes are located at this address: 
http://depts.washington.edu/chid/The_Orator/
 
The submission form is also available at these addresses: 
http://students.washington.edu/nupsa/2010OratorApp.docx
http://students.washington.edu/nupsa/2010OratorApp.pdf


Thank you, and we look forward to reading your submissions!


David McCoy
President
Pi Sigma Alpha, Nu Chapter
 
From: Tamara Sollinger 

It’s that time of year again where we seek students who are interested in serving on the University Disciplinary Committee.  Commitment to serve on the committee runs from January through December of 2010.  Students should be in good academic standing and should be interested in gaining leadership skills through serving on this University   Wide Committee. 
The University Disciplinary committee is comprised of students and faculty who have the ability to hear disciplinary cases on behalf of the university. Students who have allegedly violated the Student Conduct Code are given the ability to appear before the University Disciplinary Committee or to have an informal hearing with one hearing officer.   Additionally the UDC hears appeals of case in which a student may have been found responsible for a violation of the code but the student has a disagreement with the initial finding or sanctions.

Students are selected at random from those students who identify an interest in the University Disciplinary Committee and then training is provided for those selected.

 If interested, email me directly at higgie@uw.edu  The only information   I need from the student is their name, major, college or school and year in school.   
 
Elizabeth Higgins
Director
Community Standards and Student Conduct
Mail: Box 352231, Sea  ttle, WA 98195-2231
206.685.6194    fax 206.685.8749
higgie@uw.edu     http://depts.washington.edu/cssc<  /a> 

Honor the dream.  Be great.  Volunteer.
 
On Monday, January 18, 2010, the University of Washington community will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. and his vision of social justice by engaging in a Day of Service. You are invited to join us.
 
Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends will work at projects around Puget Sound doing everything from beautifying community centers and social service agencies to restoring habitats and improving local parks.  The 2010 MLK Jr. Day of Service begins at 8:00 am on January 18 in the HUB Ballroom.  Campus and community leaders, including Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor and United Way of King County Chief Executive Officer Jon Fine, will kick off a remarkable day of service and giving.
 
Visit the UW Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service web site -- http://exp.washington.edu/carlson -- to learn more about the 2010 service project opportunities.  At this site, you can register for a project as an individual or as a group.  Projects fill up quickly; early registration is encouraged.  The final registration deadline is Thursday, January 14, 2010.
 
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?" --Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
We look forward to seeing you on January 18!
 
The UW Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center and United Way of King County thank the following sponsors of the 2010 University of Washington Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service:
-- University Bookstore
-- Hands On Network
-- North Carolina Campus Compact
-- University of Washington Alumni Association
-- UW Student Activities & Union Facilities
-- University of Washington President's Office
 
The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities.  To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu.
 
The Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center is a unit of Undergraduate Academic Affairs housed within the Center for Experiential Learning.
 
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact mlkjr@u.washington.edu

Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center 

CALL FOR ENTRIES
This year ADDY Seattle 2010 is celebrating Seattle’s history of excellence in advertising. Which means it’s time to start sorting through your work, pick out the best stuff, get the company credit card and click here to enter. 

Then who knows maybe you too will go on to win the big show and place your name right up there with Seattle’s Advertising Immortals. Or better yet, get yourself a raise.

DEADLINE EXTENDED:
Entry deadline is 5 PM on Friday, December 11, 2009.

Stephanie Hennecke
   Management Supervisor | Windows Live
  
   Mobile: 206.304.9694 | Email: stephanie.hennecke@wunderman.com


http://www.adclubseattle.com/

My name is Erwin C. Santiago and I work with Kathy Casey. The reason for
this e-mail is that Kathy is having Secret Handshake, an LA production
company, come up for the week Dec 7 - 13 to film Kathy at various projects
and events. Secret Handshake has asked me to help them find some student
help during this week.
 
This would be a great opportunity for any student interested in working with a
production company and to get a behind-the-scenes feel for filming.
 
 If anyone is interested, please direct them to this email address: erwin@kathycasey.com.
 
Secret Handshake people
are filming a “sizzle” of Kathy. They are
looking for student help.  They will be filming
three projects at once and if any of these pilots (sizzle) get picked up,
the students involved are guaranteed an internship with Secret Handshake.

Erwin C. Santiago
Social Media Manager/Administrative Assistant

Kathy Casey Food Studios
5130 Ballard Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98107

206.784.7840 #117

http://www.kathycasey.com

Check out Dishing with Kathy Casey the Blog at:
http://www.kathycasey.com/blog/
 

Erwin C. Santiago
 
Social Media Manager/Administrative Assistant
 
 
 
Kathy Casey Food Studios
 
5130 Ballard Ave. NW
 
Seattle, WA 98107
 
 
 
206.784.7840 #117
 
http://www.kathycasey.com

Erwin 
erwin@kathycasey.com

Peace Corps Events on Campus this Week!
 
Peace Corps service is the opportunity of a lifetime. Volunteers have the opportunity to serve in the areas of education, health, environment, agriculture, and business.  Please join us at the following events where returned volunteers will share their personal experience and tips to guide you through the application process.
 
Panel Discussion: The Peace Corps’ Global Response to HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, December 2 • 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. 
William H. Foege Building • Bioengineering Room N-130
 
Info Session
Thursday, December 3 • 4 to 5 p.m. 
Career Services Center • 134 Mary Gates Hall
 
Questions?
Contact the UW On-Campus Peace Corps Rep: Erin Larsen-Cooper
    Office  134 Mary   Gates Hall 
      Hours  Mondays 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. • Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.        E-mail  pcorps@u.washington.edu        Phone  206.543.0535
 
Erin Larsen-Cooper
UW Peace Corps Representative 
UW Career Center
134 Mary Gates Hall
Phone: 206.616.5801
RPCV Uganda '06-'08

Follow the Peace Corps online:
Web site | <  a href "http://www.facebook.com/peacecorps">Facebook | <  a href "http://www.youtube.com/peacecorps">YouTube | <  a href "http://twitter.com/peacecorps">Twitter
 
 
 

might be of interest to those going into law - 

Chemistry 590B: Science and Law, SLN 11836
 
                           Syllabus for Winter 2010
 
                   Lecture Thursday, 530-720pm, Bagley 154
 
                        Adjunct Prof. Karl Hermanns 
 
 
This course provides an overview of intellectual property (IP); namely,
patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.  As traditional
industries are being supplanted with knowledge-based companies, ones in
which ideas and innovation have assumed an ever increasing role in a
competitive business environment, intellectual property has emerged as a
powerful tool in this new economy.  Particularly in the field of patent law,
companies are increasingly using intellectual property protection as
competitive weapons to both capture and defend markets, as well as to
increase reviews. This course will address the various forms of intellectual
property protection available to technology-based companies, with real world
and current examples from a practicing patent attorney.  The course
instructor, Karl Hermanns, is a chemist-turned-lawyer with the Seattle law
firm of Seed IP Law Group, as well as an adjunct professor at the University
of Washington School of Law.
 
 
 
Textbook - none.
 
 
 
Grading - Credit/no credit.  You will need to complete a written assignment
to receive credit.
 
-- 
Lani Stone, Lead Academic Counselor
Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Programs
303B Bagley Hall, Box 351700, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1700
tel 206.543.9343 fax 206.685.8665
email: stone@chem.washington.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/

They're looking for faculty and graduate students who may be interested in reviewing for The Information Society.

Books and information for interested reviewers are listed on a link at
http://www.wsc.ma.edu/mfilas/tis.html
 
Michael Filas, Ph.D
Book Review Editor, The Information Society
c/o Westfield State College
577 Western Avenue
Westfield, MA 01086

MFILAS@wsc.ma.edu

Are you looking for a way to get involved on campus?  Are you interested in 
talking about important issues that affect our campus community?
 
The Committee Organizing Rape Education (CORE) is an entity funded by the 
Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW).  We are a group of peer facilitators on campus educating the community about issues surrounding sexual assault, stalking, and relationship violence.  Our volunteers complete at least 36 hours of training during winter and spring quarter where they learn about different issues and support resources.  Then, we present to campus groups like Greek houses, FIGS, and RSOs the following fall quarter.  We also organize Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Awareness (SARVA) Month in April where we put on events throughout the month to involve the community and educate everyone about sexual assault and relationship violence.
 
If you’re interested in volunteering, check out the application attached to 
this e-mail or stop by the CORE office (HUB 113) to pick one up.
 
If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, you can contact us at 
206-543-4238, asuwcore@u.washington.edu, or stop by HUB 113.
 
 
-------------------------
Samantha Kraft
CORE Program Coordinator
 
E-mail: asuwcoa@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-4238
Office Hours: hours.asuw.org
Location: HUB 113

AFSC & People's Institute NW bring you the 2009 Winter:
 
Tyree Scott Winter Freedom School
December 28-30, 2009
10am to 4pm @ Cannon House
113 23rd Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144-2384
 
   Why are people poor?
     Why are so many ?people of color? in prison?
      Why do our schools teach us lies?
       Know your rights with the police.
        Organize against racism...and much more!
 
Freedom School is for youth ages 15-21 to learn about racism and organize to 
undo it.
 
We take field trips around the city, learn anti-racist community organizing 
skills, and listen to community elders.
 
We learn about why people are poor and break down the education system, the media, and the criminal justice system.
 
We come together to create change and share culture.
 
To participate in the Freedom School, fill out the attached APPLICATION and 
mail to the address on the application by
*** DECEMBER 10, 2009! ****
 
Questions? Call or email Dustin Washington 206-632-0500 x 14 or 
dwashington@afsc.org or John Page at 206-250-7737.

Gain Experience and Make a Difference
  
The University of Washington Academic Support Program is offering a
service-learning seminar titled   EDUC 401: Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher
Education   for Winter Quarter 2010. This weekly seminar will introduce junior
and senior communications students to a diverse range of tutoring,
mentoring, and teaching methodologies. Students will have an opportunity to
apply what they learn in class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer,
freshman, and sophomore students who are transitioning socially, culturally,
and academically to the University of Washington. This is a great
opportunity for seasoned students to give back to the University by sharing
their knowledge and experience with new students who are working to become
independent learners.
  
          Seminar begins Winter Quarter 2010
 
          Seminar will meet on Mondays from 4:00-5:00 PM (section F) or from
7:00 to 8:00 PM (section G)
 
          Tutoring will take place on campus
 
          Receive 2 credits for working with one student
 
          Receive 3 credits for working with two students
 
          A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after
completion of the seminar
 
 
For more registration information, please contact Ling Yeh at:
 
Tyeh60@u.washington.edu
 
  
   Tutor-Mentor * 2-3 Credits * EDUC 401
 
  
Current syllabus available for review at: http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/

Anne Browning 
anneb7@u.washington.edu

Internet News Radio Program Looking for Proactive Students 

My name is Matthew Petrillo and I am a sophomore broadcast journalism major
at Temple University in Philadelphia. I am writing in regards to an internet
news radio program that I am trying to launch.
 
I hope to provide student journalists with the credibility that we deserve
by producing Web Campus Radio News (WCR News), which will be an entirely
student-run web-based 20-minute 5-day-a-week news service that college radio
stations can download, for free, and then stream on its respective station.
Anyone will be able to download it for free from its Web site.
 
My objective is to round up student-journalists across the country and team
together to produce these daily newscasts. They would gain valuable
experience by creating these audio packages, which will strengthen their
reels, hone their reporting  and writing skills, and provide students with a
large platform to perform their work.
 
I anticipate launching this program by next semester, after the new year,
and am seeking students who are capable of creating newsworthy audio
packages in accordance to the ethics of journalism.
 
 Interested students should reply with an
e-mail (and possibly a pitch!) with the subject line, "WCR News" for more
specifics.
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
 
  
Matthew Petrillo
 
matthewpetrillo.wordpress.com

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES workshops & information on Practical Training, Visas,  grace period after you graduate.

For Students 
Optional Practical Training 
Come and learn who qualifies for Optional Practical Training (OPT) as well as how and when to apply. Bring your questions!
All workshops will be held at 3:30 pm in 459 Schmitz Hall.

Thursday, October 29
Wednesday, November 18
Friday, December 11 

Curricular Practical Training
Come and learn who qualifies for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) as well as how and when to apply. Bring your questions!
All workshops will be held at 3:30 pm in 459 Schmitz Hall.

Thursday, November 5
Monday, December 7 

Graduation and Grace Period 
Come and learn how graduation affects your immigration status. We will also discuss your immigration options during your grace period.
All workshops will be held at 3:30 pm in 459 Schmitz Hall.

Friday, November 20
Wednesday, December 9

Travel and Visas 
Come and learn how to avoid problems at a U.S. port of entry, the importance of a valid travel signature, and other tips to make your travel smooth and trouble-free.
All workshops will be held at 3:30 pm in 459 Schmitz Hall.

Wednesday, November 25
Monday, December 21 

http://iss.washington.edu/about/workshops.html



Chanya Allen
 
DSO & ARO
 
International Students Services
 
University of Washington
 
Box 355832 Schmitz Hall 461
 
Seattle WA98195
 
PH: 206-616-0983
 
FAX: 206-543-9772
 
www.iss.washington.edu
 
I am not in the office on Mondays.
 
 
ISS office hours: 10am- 4pm, M.-F.
 
Drop-in advising hours: 11am-3pm, M.-F.
 
Front desk: 206-221-7857
 
 
 

COMMUNITY LITERACY PROGRAM: Are you a UW student interested in helping public school students succeed?  Getting real world experience to help you choose a major or a career path? Completing classroom hours for the Education, Learning and Society Minor or for application to a Masters in Teaching program?  Improving your research, writing, and collaborative learning and presentation skills?  Are you looking for an opportunity (in the words of Paul Farmer) to "use what you learn to transform yourself and your community"?   If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Community Literacy Program may be just what you're looking for.
 
HOW THE COMMUNITY LITERACY PROGRAM WORKS: Community Literacy Program (CLP) is an 8 credit program linking English 298A and Education 401C. In English 298 you'll meet on campus MW 10:30-12:20 in a writing-intensive seminar focused on learning effective methods of working with public school students in language arts, exploring some central challenges and opportunities for public education, and using writing to inquire into, develop and communicate your thinking about these issues.  This seminar will be taught by CLP Director Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill in collaboration with College of Education secondary language arts faculty.  In EDUC 401, you'll put what you learn on campus into action, volunteering (4-5 hours a week, on a schedule you arrange) at one of our partner public schools in Seattle or Shoreline: Olympic Hills Elementary, Garfield High School or Shorecrest High School.  Community Literacy Program is among the longest-running community-based programs at UW, and is a partner in the Phoenix Project, a new initiative to both prepare future language arts teachers and support P-12 language arts students.
 
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: To sign up for the Community Literacy Program,
contact the Director, Dr. Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill (esoneill@u.washington.edu, 685-3804) for an add code.  Once you are registered in Education 401C, you will be able to register for the required linked course, English 298A.   English 298 can be used toward either the UW's 10-credit "W" requirement or the 5 credit "Composition" requirement.
 
QUESTIONS?  Additional information is available at the program web site:
faculty.washington.edu/esoneill/clp. Please feel free to get in touch with the
Director, Dr. Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill, if you've got questions.
 
Dr. Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill
Director, Community Literacy Program
faculty.washington.edu/esoneill/clp
 
 
 
 
 

City Year Seattle runs a great program starting in Jan 2010 called Young
Heroes. Young Heroes engages a diverse group of Middle School students
around Seattle in service learning - our focus is on leadership development,
social awareness and community engagement. Currently we are looking for
volunteers to be leaders for small groups of students. We would like to have
a diverse group of leaders who are energetic, passionate about working with
kids and feel comfortable working with children from all different
backgrounds.

Volunteer Youth from middle schools across Seattle are seeking energetic and
innovative team leaders to serve as role models on community service
projects throughout the county.
 
-Service begins January 2010 and goes 2-3 Saturday?s a month until Graduation
in May
 
-Help make a difference in YOUR community and be a ROLE MODEL.
  
Contact Taylor Oden at 206-219-5013 for further information
 
OR email at TOden@Cityyear.org
 
http://tinyurl.com/youngheroesseattle
 

UW AD Club

Bon Kelly, with the Daily, has already registered the club and has about 10 students from the paper that are interested in joining.   

  What the students get:
  
  1.)     Being a member of an official American Advertising Federation
  organization (looks great on a resume!)
  
  2.)     Opportunity to hold a position within the club (again, resume gold!)
  
  3.)     Regular meetings (monthly, bi-weekly, etc.) where we bring in guest
  speakers and have activities for the students to prepare them for a career
  in Advertising or Marketing
  
  4.)     Participation in the Seattle ADDY Awards and other AAF student award
  opportunities
  
  5.)     A chance to network and socialize with fellow students interested in
  getting into the Advertising/Marketing field
  
  6.)     A chance to network with local Seattle Advertising Executives
  
  What we need:
  
  1.)     From the Students - The yearly fee to be part of the club is $35 per
  student (this is due by November 1st for this year, so we need to get
  moving)
  
  2.)     From You - Help promoting the club to all UW students interested in
  going into Advertising or Marketing
  
  3.)     More students interested in joining! J
  

For information:   

Bon Kelly
bon@dailyuw.edu

Hello from Woods Hole and the Sea Education Association (SEA)! I will be
visiting UW on Wednesday, October 21 to speak with students about SEA
Semester programs (www.sea.edu). You can find me at an information table in
Vista Caf? (in Foege/BioGenome Building) from 11am-2pm, or email me if you
would like to meet at another time.
 
 
 
In case you are unfamiliar with SEA, we are an off-campus study program that
has educated undergraduates about the oceans since 1971. Each of the four
interdisciplinary SEA Semesters offers field-based experiences in marine and
environmental studies. Students of all majors begin ashore with academic
coursework in marine science, maritime studies, and practical seamanship.
They then complete a 3,000-mile ocean voyage aboard one of our sailing
research vessels. At sea, students are challenged to carry out independent
research while taking increasing responsibility for shipboard operations.
All programs carry 12-17 semester credits from Boston University, and
generous scholarships & financial aid packages are available.
 
 
 
My visit on Wednesday is a great chance for you to hear stories, see
pictures, ask questions, or just enjoy a cup of coffee (my treat!). Many UW
students have sailed with SEA in the past, and we hope to get more out on
the water soon! I look forward to hearing from you!
 
 
 
All the best,
 

 
 
 
SEA Semester Admission Counselor
 
 
 
jlewis@sea.edu | Phone: 800-552-3633 x38 | Fax: 508-540-0558
 
Sea Education Association, PO Box 6, Woods Hole, MA 02543
 
Field Programs in Marine & Environmental Studies: www.sea.edu
 
 

My name is Vanessa Ho and I'm the community editor for seattlepi.com. One of
your undergrad students is doing an internship here and suggested that I
contact both of you.
 
I oversee a neighborhood blog program that features news and opinion by
volunteer writers in individual neighborhoods. So far, we have Queen Anne,
Belltown, Greenwood and South Lake Union. We're working on launching a blog
about the University District and would like to involve University of
Washington journalism students.
 
The goal of these blogs is to foster community engagement and connections,
and to be a place for news and conversation about neighborhoods. Unlike
traditional news outlets, the blogs are written by volunteers who write
about where they live and who use the latest media technologies - which is
why we think student participation is vital for any effort involving the
U-District.
 
At seattlepi.com, UW students would have a tremendous platform to showcase
their work and gain experience. We are one of the leading online news sites
in the country, with 3.5 million unique viewers and an average of 3.5
million page views a month.
 
To get a sense of our blog template, here are two of our neighborhood blogs:
www.insidebelltown.com and www.inqueenanne.com. To see where they live on
our front page, go to our site (www.seattlepi.com) and scroll down to a
block called "Neighborhood News."
 
VANESSA HO
community editor
www.seattlepi.com 
206-448-8003
 
 
 

CampusPoint International Program – Live and Work Abroad - We are now accepting applications for a February start date.

Job Title	Job Category	Location	Compensation
Live and Work   Abroad - CampusPoint International Program (CIP)	International	South   Korea	See JD for Compensation Details (Major Expenses -   Airfare & Rent FREE)

Accounts Receivable Associate	Accounting/Finance	SEA	$10.50-$11.00/hr DOE

Bookkeeper, Part Time	Accounting/Finance	PSE	$10.50/hr with an increase to $16/hr after the probationary period 

File Clerk, Part Time	Administrative	SEA	$9/hr (Fremont)

Office Manager	Administrative	PSE	Pay will increase slightly after probationary   period and includes a monthly bonus structure!! 

Program Coordinator, Part Time	Administrative	PSS	$10-$12/hr DOE

Graphic Designer	Creative/Graphic Design	PSE	$15 - $22/hr DOE

Assistant Registration Coordinator	Customer/Client Service	SEA	DOE

Consumer Relations Representative - Part   Time	Customer/Client Service	SEA	$15.00/hr

Software Test Automation Engineer   II	Engineering: Computer	SEA	DOE

Account Executive Outside Sales	Sales/Marketing	SEA	Base Pay + Commission

Customer and Technical Account   Manager	Technology	SEA	$15-17/hr to start WILL transition into   $48-52K/yr upon conversion. 

IT Technician	Technology	SEA	$18/hr
 
Location Key - Puget   Sound 
PSE (Puget Sound East)  Bellevue, Kirkland,   Redmond
PSS (Puget Sound South)   Tacoma, Federal Way,   Renton, Kent
PSN (Puget Sound North)  Bothell, Everett,   Bellingham 
SEA (Seattle)  Greater Seattle Metro Area   
 
Students & Recent   Graduates:
To apply for any of the positions listed please visit us online at: www.campuspoint.com or send your resume to Susan at susan@campuspoint.com. 
 
Each attached job description details out the pay, requirements, and how to apply. If you or anyone else have   questions about any of the positions or CampusPoint please don’t hesitate to contact me. 

To learn about our jobs and internships in the Portland Metro Area, please   contact Hirav Dave, Campus Programs Manager at 503.595.2390 x.315. 

Susan   Kramer | Campus Programs Manager   & Director, International Program
CampusPoint -   Seattle/Puget Sound 
Tel  206.783.9200 x 221| Fax 206.838.6499 
susan@campuspoint.com  

FSN's show "Runnin' with the PAC" will be coming to UW next Thursday (Oct. 15). 

The show is a 30 minute magazine show that visits each Pac 10 campus and
highlights the academics and athletics of each school. One aspect of the
show we're looking to fill is a student film. We can lend a flip cam to a
student who can create a 2-3 minute mini-movie on a day in the life of a
Husky. The student can take any angle they would like, and would have until
Sunday, October 18 to complete the piece. Thank you for any interest, and we
look forward to visiting the UW on Runnin' with the PAC!
 
The student would create their video independently of our shoot
and we would edit it in. If the student needs a camera, we can get them one
that Thursday.

Maddy Burke
madelyn.a.burke@gmail.com
(310) 995 9652
 

For Journalism students - 

Eight finalists will be selected from the monthly winners for an all expense paid trip to NYC in June 2010 to compete in the National Writing Championship for additional awards.

$550,000 in scholarships, matching grants, & stipend available in Writing, Photojournalism, Broadcast News, & Multimedia Journalism.

Open to undergraduate journalism majors.

Deadlines:

Feature Writing 
Nov. 3

Editorial Writing 
Dec. 1

In-Depth Writing
Jan. 5

Sports Writing
Feb. 2

Personality/Profile Writing
March 2

Spot News Writing
March 30

50th Annual National Championship, NYC, June 8-12, 2010

www.hearstawards.org

90 New Montgomery St. #1212
San Francisco, CA 94105

415-908-4560
900-841-7048 x 4560

for information, application forms, etc. please see Prof. Roger Simpson or Prof. Karen Rathe

JACK STRAW
PRODUCTIONS

is holding classes this fall that will cover basic field recording techniques, an introduction to Pro Tools, the fundamentals of microphones, and creative sound design. Our workshops are ideal for aspiring and professional musicians, sound artists, writers, journalists, documentarians, heritage specialists, and film makers. All classes will be held in the professional recording studios at Jack Straw Productions.


Basic Field Recording and Microphone Workshop offer discounts for the visually impaired. Co-sponsored by AVIA and Jack Straw Productions with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Spaces are limited, so call 206.634.0919 or email workshops@jackstraw.org to reserve your spot in any one of our classes.

 Beginning Pro Tools

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
October 28 - 30
6 - 10 pm
Fee: $250 member/$285 non-member
Instructor: Tom Stiles
Hands-on instruction in the industry's most popular digital audio production system. Students will learn basic commands and procedures for recording, editing, and outputting with Pro Tools, and will work on a project of their own as a class exercise. Students may bring a personal project to work on or one will be provided. Knowledge of Macintosh computers is recommended, but not required. 

 Microphone Workshop


Thursday
November 12, 6 - 10 pm
Fee: $70 member/$95 non-member
$45 legally blind
Instructor: Tom Stiles
A detailed look at microphone types, pickup patterns, placement, and use for live and studio applications. Students participate in extensive listening and recording exercises with live music. All experience levels are welcome; we'll cover some basics of theory and history but mostly be engaged in interactive mic use and comparison.

 Basic Field Recording

Saturday
November 14, 9 am - 5 pm
Fee: $135 member/$160 non-member
$80 legally blind
Instructor: Tom Stiles
Learn techniques for high quality field recording of music, ambience, sound effects, and voice with portable equipment. Useful for radio and TV producers, as well as sound artists and engineers. Students will practice field recording and listen to their work.

 Creative Sound Design

Thursday and Friday
December 3 & 4
6 - 10 pm
Fee: $135 member/$160 non-member
Instructor: Wrick Wolff
This 2-day workshop will offer discussion and demonstration of a variety of aesthetic approaches to sound design, incorporating field recording, found sound, and studio recording. Instructor Wrick Wolff will share his work in Radio, Film & Video scoring, Theater Sound Design and Music for Dance, as well as illuminate techniques and strategies used in his audio collage pieces. Ambient soundscaping for multi-media installations will also be presented, with a view towards giving students an overview of applied audio composition.

JACK STRAW
PRODUCTIONS
is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the creation, production, and presentation of all forms of audio art. Jack Straw has been a community resource since founding KRAB-FM in 1962, and now serves as the Northwest's only non-profit audio production facility, dedicated to assisting in the creation and production of new works by artists in all disciplines who use sound in their work. Additionally, Jack Straw offers a wide range of audio-based educational programs for all ages, arts/heritage partnership projects, artist residencies, and ongoing gallery exhibits, workshops, concerts, lectures, and readings that are open to the public. Our full-service recording studios are also available for use by the larger community.

http://www.jackstraw.org/

FOX News has a contest - create a news piece & you could win a $10,000 scholarship & a $10,000 grant for your school.

For details & to sign up, go to: foxnews.com/collegechallenge/

foxnews.com/fncu

And please see the attachment.

Helping Link was created in 1993 by a group of working professionals, who sought to meet the needs of the Vietnamese community by utilizing the potential human and financial resources of Vietnamese professionals.

We are recruiting for our fall quarter which starts on Oct. 6 and ends on
Dec. 10. We need volunteers for our after-school tutoring program which runs
Tuesdays to Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. We are also recruiting for
computer instructors from Mondays to Thursdays, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
 
Please encourage students to visit our web site at:
http://www.cityofseattle.net/helpinglink/ to learn more about other
opportunities.
 

Nina Huang
helpinglinkadmin@gmail.com
--
 
Helping Link
P.O. Box 28068
Seattle, WA   98118
206-568-5160 (Office & Fax)
Email: helpinglinkadmin@gmail.com
www.cityofseattle.net/helpinglink
 
Articles on Helping Link:
"Helping Link" connects Vietnamese students, their parents and the schools
_Page 5
http://www.seattlehousing.org/Newspage/The%20Voice%20Archives/Jan08%20Voice
.pdf
Helping Link teaches Seattle parents to use 'The Source'
http://seattle.gov/Tech/Brainstorm_54/Default.htm#help
Computer 101
http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=60479&z=58
Vietnamese American center offers a "Helping Link" to track kids' school...
http://www.iexaminer.org/archives/index.php?s=helping+link  
Agency head thinks in terms of community
http://www.nwasianweekly.com/20062431/agendy0062431.htm

The N30B CONTEST returns as Narrative calls on all writers, visual artists,
photographers, performers, and filmmakers, between eighteen and thirty years
old, to tell us a story, true or imagined. We are interested in narrative in
the many forms it takes: the word and the image, the traditional and the
innovative.
 
We welcome and look forward to reading your pages.
$1,500 First Prize $750 Second Prize $300 Third Prize Ten finalists receive
$100 each.

All entries will be considered for publication.
 
narrativemagazine.com

editors@narrativemagazine.com

KBCS a world of music & ideas 
 
The KBCS Fall Fund Drive starts on Thursday, October 8th and ends on
Sunday, October 18th.
 
I hope this email finds you well.
 
We are still looking for some more volunteers to take pledges by phone
and we also need some people who can transport donated meals from
local restaurants to the station.
 
If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts
on our calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like and also
feel free to forward this email to any friends who might want to join
you.
http://kbcs.fm/site/R?i=pOKZecYEXqd_4CjdJ6sBuA..
 
For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinator
Carlotta Spears at 425.564.2439 or send her an email.
carlotta_pledgedrive@yahoo.com
 

 

This is a chance for students who are going abroad next semester to get their stories published -- and to get paid for them.
 
Supported in part by National Geographic Society, the Glimpse Correspondents
Program provides talented young writers and photographers (between the ages of 18-34) with a $600 stipend, guaranteed publication on Glimpse.org,
professional training and support, and possible publication in National
Geographic platforms.
 
To learn more, visit:
http://glimpse.org/correspondents
 

Glimpse.org is a nonprofit website, supported in part by National Geographic
Society, about the experiences of young Americans abroad. We provide
professional editorial support to help students learn the craft of
storytelling, with the larger goal of using stories to inspire others to
care about the world.
 
______________________________________________________________
Glimpse. Your Stories From Abroad. Kerala Taylor
Editor in Chief, Glimpse
c/o National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-6739
kerala@glimpse.org
Glimpse.org
+ Find Glimpse on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
 
 
 Kerala Taylor 

This is for a college fashion trend forecasting website. The website
comprises of students taking photographs of their peers around campus as
well as giving style advice and fashion news for their particular
university.

The position is part time/non paid/internship. 

COLLEGE FASHIONISTAS

www.collegefashionista.com

What is College Fashionistas?

College Fashionistas is a fashion social networking site for those passionate about the latest styles and trends on college campuses. This Web site allows students to view what their peers are wearing on other campuses and gain valuable insight and tips for their own wardrobe.

Who are the Style Gurus?
As a Style Guru it is your task to seek far and wide across your campus for those who would qualify to be a “Fashionista/o.” This involves taking full body individual photographs of students who you feel best represent a unique style. A Style Guru has the opportunity to capture the looks of a vast amount of individuals. Make sure you are constantly on the prowl and aware of all those worthy of their photograph.

After the Guru discovers whom their Fashionista’s are, they will then report on the trends represented by their Fashionista’s. Not only do Style Guru’s discuss two trends a week, they also update their readers once a week on fashion news and style advice. Style advice are inside tips that should always appeal to college kids, it is information that is worthy enough for them to want to read. All fashion news must relate back to your audience and must keep in mind how and why this news is important to them.

Job Tasks:
1- Take a full length photograph of the Fashionista/o including their entire outfit
2- All backgrounds of photographs should be appealing to viewers but does not take away from the image. This means only of the selected candidate you are photographing.
3- Engage properly with the Fashionista/o, if they don’t want a photograph taken then be polite and simply move on.
4- Hand out cards to each person you photograph that offers information about
who we are and where their image will be posted
5- Email local boutiques, restaurants and bars that our Fashionista’s could be found at to find out more information about advertising

Daily Schedule:
1- Monday – style advice
2- Tuesday – post a new trend
3- Wednesday – fashion news
4- Thursday – post a new trend
5- Friday- weekend forecast

Why get involved:
This is an incredible opportunity for all of those who are interested in the fashion and
journalism industry and are looking to expand their portfolios. College Fashionista is an
impressive reference for freelance work on your resume and a unique opportunity to
express your creativity. This is a college Web site for college kids and has great potential
for future success.

For more information please contact:
Amy Levin: amylevin19@gmail.com (847) 471 – 6240

www.CollegeFashionista.com
 
Amy Levin
 amy@collegefashionista.com

Would you like to volunteer at the 5th biennial National Association of 
Fellowship Advisers (NAFA) Conference: ?Building Foundations, Building 
Partnerships: Paving Avenues for Success" from July 14th to July 17th at the 
Grand Hyatt Seattle? We could use your help before and during the NAFA 
Conference. In particular, we are in need of volunteers to help prepare 
conference materials, to work the registration and information desk, and to 
provide directions during the first day of the conference.
 
Volunteering includes lunch, fun staff, volunteer hours, and a great learning 
experience. You will have opportunities to gain lots of information about 
scholarship/fellowship foundations. If you will need to have a record of your 
volunteer hours for organizational purposes, you can let us know so that can be 
arranged.
 
If you are interested in this volunteering opportunity, please go to the 
catalyst survey below and sign up for single or for multiple tasks. Your 
assistance will be most appreciated.
 
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/scholarq/79575
 . 
Muge Salmaner
Graduate Teaching Assistant Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards
Center for Experiential Learning
University of Washington
120 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
Seattle  WA  98195-2803
http://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/
 
 muge@u.washington.edu

A great AmeriCorps volunteer opportunity at the
Pacific Northwest Economic Region, located in Seattle
(http://www.pnwer.org).

This yearlong commitment starts August 2009 and would be a great opportunity
for a recent graduate, as the position is full-time. The volunteer receives
AmeriCorps benefits and would work to increase regional resiliency in the
Pacific Northwest.
 
Here is a link to the job description on the PNWER website:
http://www.regionalresilience.org/MainMenu/ReadyCorpsJobAnnouncement/tabid/596/Default.aspx

The Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) launched the Partnership for
Regional Infrastructure Security and the PNWER Disaster Resilience and
Homeland Security Program in November, 2001 with the goal of improving the
ability of the Pacific Northwest to protect its critical infrastructures
and  withstand and recover from all-hazards disasters.   Based in Seattle
Washington, PNWER is a statutory, non-profit public/private organization
formed in 1991 by legislatures of the northwest states of Alaska,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Canadian provinces of Alberta,
British Columbia and Yukon Territory.   
 
Job Description:
?    Support the NorthWest Warning and Alert Network (NW-WARN) through work at
PNWER
?    Increase Northwest regional resiliency
?    Participate in comprehensive training
?    Assist in facilitating public-private partnerships for disaster
resilience
?    Conduct outreach and recruit regional stakeholders to participate in
NW-WARN
?    Assist in meetings for stakeholder volunteers to exchange best practices
 
?    Attend monthly coordination meetings with critical infrastructure
officials
?    Assist in the development of outreach materials and maintaining website
?    Coordinate the integration of critical infrastructure stakeholders into
the Washington State Fusion Center
?    Coordinate with the PNWER Homeland Security Coordinator on regional
disaster issues
?    Regular Working Hours: Monday-Friday 9 am?5 pm
 
Benefits:
As an AmeriCorps*VISTA member, you would commit to one-year of full-time
service. In exchange, you would receive:
? A living allowance of $949 (before taxes) per month, medical benefits,
monthly bus tickets, and childcare assistance (if eligible).
? Education award or stipend. After successful completion of service, VISTAs
receive an educational award of $4,725 OR a $1,200 cash stipend.
Additionally, members can defer their student loans during their service.
Contact your lender for more specific information or to confirm your loan
status during AmeriCorps or VISTA service.
? Training, including workshops on issues of interest to the community and
leadership and skills development for the non-profit sector.
? Experience! National service members gain great job skills and a strong
network of contacts among schools and social service agencies in the area.
 
To Apply:
Visit the AmeriCorps posting here to apply.
Alternatively, you may send your cover letter and resume to Steve Myers at
steve.myers@pnwer.org
Contact (206) 443-7723 with any questions.

I am a graduate student working for Dr. Rabotyagov in the College of Forest 
Resources and we are recruiting undergraduate
students for an economic experiment. 

This research will help inform market behavior.  Basically, students get to 
participate in a series of Mock Auctions.  The
activity is really fun and educational.  Study participants will be compensated 
for their time.

How do you Act in the Market??
 
UW College of Forest Resources invites you to volunteer in a mock auction. 

Earnings are based on outcome of subjects

behavior and will vary.  Subjects may earn up to $40
 
Who: UW Undergraduate Students/Recent Grads Where: EEB 125
When: Wednesday June 24, 2009
Time: 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Contact:  Mary Ann Rozance m.rozance@gmail.com
Registration is required, space is limited $5 bonus for being on-time
 
 
Mary Ann Rozance
MS Student, College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
rozance@u.washington.edu
 

The KBCS Summer Mini-Drive starts on Wednesday, June 10 and ends on Sunday,
June 14th. Our Spring Fund Drive fell $40,000 short of our goal and we?re
mounting this short mini-drive to raise those critical funds before the end
of our fiscal year on June 30th.
 
We are looking for more volunteers to answer phones and take pledges. We
also still need some people who can pick up the meals from the restaurants
and deliver them to the station.
 
If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts on our
calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like.
 
For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinator
Carlotta Spears at 425.564.2439 or reply to this email to send her a
message.
 
You will get the chance to meet other wonderful KBCS Pledge Drive volunteers
and some of your favorite KBCS DJs.
 

Uli Johnson
KBCS Membership Director
425.564.5699

Greetings from the Woodstock Film Festival! It's that time of year again,
and we are on the look out for new and talented film makers to submit
entries to our festival. This year is a very exciting milestone for WFF, as
we will  will celebrate our 10th Anniversary. Our mission is to remain
"Fiercely Independent" and in order to do so we are searching for fresh and
innovative films from students all over the world. Attached is a flyer to
help advertise our Call For Entries form. Printing out some flyers and
hanging them up around your campus would be a huge help and will also inform your students about this great opportunity. The file needs to be opened
using Adobe Reader so that all the information is present. If you have any
questions or concerns please feel free to call our office at (845) 679-4265.
 
 
Lindsay Michaels
Woodstock Film Festival
86 Mill Hill Road
P.O. Box 1406
Woodstock, NY 12498
Phone: (845) 679-4265
E-mail: woodstkfilmfestintern@gmail.com
www.woodstockfilmfestival.com

Saturday June 6th 1pm - 3 pm
 
 Earn $65 for your valuable feedback and thoughts.  All you need to be is a
college or university student, female and currently using an iPhone. 
 
Who - 6 female college or university students who are iPhone users.
 
(If you have a laptop please bring it to the session but it?s optional if
you don?t have one)
  
What ? Gain product feedback on a unique website feature we?ve developed and
our existing service. 
 
Where - At our corporate office in West Seattle.
  
When ? The session will last for 2 hours (maximum)
  
Refreshments will be served.
  
All attendees will have the opportunity to earn an additional $50 post
session, by completing addition questionnaires and tasks.  
 
  
For more information contact:
 
 info@evdense.com with name and email address
  
or
 
 call 206 653 0200 and ask to speak to someone about the iPhone June 6th
Focus Group
 
 There're only 6 slots available so contact us today!
 
 
 

We represent the upcoming feature film The Last International Playboy, set for limited theatrical release on June 12th, 2009.  We would like you to consider telling students during the summer semester about this contest opportunity (details below) that allows them to win vital money that can be applied towards their tuition.
                                                     
             Starring Jason Behr, Krysten Ritter, and Monet Mazur with a featured cameo by supermodel Lydia Hearst, the writers have said the film is a tribute to George Plimpton (1927-2003).  An American journalist, editor, and actor, Plimpton is best known for his sports writing as well as founding The Paris Review.  
                                                   
             Clark initially teamed up with Thomas Moffett to write the script.  Both former Senior  Editors for The Paris Review and friends of Plimpton, their script evolved into a true New York independent film.  Against all odds, the film made its way through the festival circuit to sold-out audiences.  Unhappy with distribution deals in a dreary market, the producers decided to distribute the film in this grass roots effort.  
                                                 
          We would also like you to inform them about a contest opportunity that is geared toward students.  The producers will soon launch a marketing contest for undergraduates from institutions across the country.  Spanning the months between June and December of 2009, students will have the ability to sell DVD?s, posters, and T-shirts in order to compete for a $10,000 grand prize and a feature article on the Last International Playboy website (www.thelastinternationalplayboy.com).  This prize will be awarded to the student who sells the most merchandise and can be applied to tuition tax-free.  Or, if he or she chooses, the student can take it as cash. Meanwhile, each student involved in the competition will receive a 10% percent commission on each piece of merchandise sold, paid out monthly. So whether or not they win the grand prize, they still make money with each sale.
                    
             If you have questions or have an idea of your own, we are happy to arrange something that might suit your needs. More information on the film and its all-star cast is attached, and if you are interested in reviewing a copy of the film we can possibly send you a screener too.  Thank you in advance for your consideration and support.  I look forward to hearing from you soon.
                           
         Sincerely,    
        George Venson - Media Division
        www.TheLastInternationalPlayboy.com
         C Plus Pictures              
                          
 george@thelastinternationalplayboy.com

 
The KBCS Summer Mini-Drive starts on Wednesday, June 10 and ends on Sunday,
June 14th. Our Spring Fund Drive fell $40,000 short of our goal and we?re
mounting this short mini-drive to raise those critical funds before the end
of our fiscal year on June 30th.
 
We are looking for more volunteers to answer phones and take pledges. We
also need some people who can pick up the meals from the restaurants and
deliver them to the station.
 
If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts on our
calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like.
 
For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinator
Carlotta Spears at 425.564.2439 or reply to this email to send her a
message.
 
You will get the chance to meet other wonderful KBCS Pledge Drive volunteers
and some of your favorite KBCS DJs.
 
Thank you,
 
Uli Johnson
KBCS Membership Director
425.564.5699
 

 
The KBCS Summer Mini-Drive starts on Wednesday, June 10 and ends on Sunday,
June 14th. Our Spring Fund Drive fell $40,000 short of our goal and we?re
mounting this short mini-drive to raise those critical funds before the end
of our fiscal year on June 30th.
 
We are looking for more volunteers to answer phones and take pledges. We
also need some people who can pick up the meals from the restaurants and
deliver them to the station.
 
If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts on our
calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like.
 
For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinator
Carlotta Spears at 425.564.2439 or reply to this email to send her a
message.
 
You will get the chance to meet other wonderful KBCS Pledge Drive volunteers
and some of your favorite KBCS DJs.
 
Thank you,
 
Uli Johnson
KBCS Membership Director
425.564.5699
 

 
The SPRING 2009 STORY CONTEST, is open to short shorts, short stories,
essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary
nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction.
$3,250 First Prize $1,500 Second Prize $750 Third Prize Ten finalists
receive $100 each.

All entries will be considered for publication.

editors@narrativemagazine.com

 
ESPNU Campus Connection that is designed to get students more involved with our network and our broadcasts. This initiative will also cross over to our website ESPNU.com as well as many of our other ESPN Inc. platforms (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN radio, etc.).
  
We are asking students to provide us with some consistent content (lifestyle, feature, journalistic, etc.). What that content will be will be dictated largely by the school's program's strengths and interests. Our intent is not only to benefit from the content, but give back to the school educationally so that the students gain an understanding of all the elements that go into what we do on a daily basis. We would be looking for student reporters, produced segments focusing not only on the marquee sports, but on the other stories
as well - a perspective that only someone on campus could give us. We hope to find some future reporters, producers, writers, etc. and this is a phenomenal way to gain that kind of exposure. This is not limited to broadcasting, if you know of a student or class that would lend more to a journalistic endeavor via ESPN.com or ESPN the Magazine, let us know.
 
At this point it is an unpaid endeavor.   We are looking for students that can contribute video packages about various sports-related events on campus.  Whether that is a profile on an athlete, how the students are feeling after a win against a rival or something else, we are looking for all kinds of student-generated content.  We have examples on-line at ESPNU.com (search: campus connection) as well as on Facebook

Acie Wyatt
Producer - ESPNU
704-973-5140 (office)
980-226-7749 (Cell)
11001 Rushmore Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28277
ESPNU.com
 
Acie.Wyatt@espn.com

Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress, is hosting its
5th annual National Conference from Tuesday July 7th to Thursday, July 9th
in Washington, DC.
 
Please forward this email invite to anyone you think might be interested in
attending the conference.
 
Young people voted in record numbers in the 2008 election and are working
hard to deliver change on the issues that matter. The National Conference is
an opportunity for young progressives from across the country to network and
learn about important political and cultural issues.
 
Past keynote speakers have included Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, John Edwards
and Nancy Pelosi.
 
Apply now at: CampusProgress.org/2009ConferenceApp
 
The National Conference is FREE, and invites applications from young people
across the country. Join us for three days of speakers, trainings,
networking, and skills-building.
 
       July 7th:
       Grassroots Training Day
       Journalism in Action Day
 
       July 8th:
       National Conference (Educational Forums and Panel Discussions)
 
       July 9th:
       Campus Progress -The Nation National Youth Journalism Conference
       Youth Lobby Day
 
Learn more about the National Conference and other events at
www.campusprogress.org/2009conference and click here to apply. The sooner
you apply, the more likely you are to receive housing and travel
scholarships.
 
Hope to see you in July!
 
Rosie
 
"Rosanna Herrera, Campus Progress" 

(C)2009 Campus Progress, 1333 H Street, 1st floor, Washington, D.C. 20005
To stop receiving emails about our national conference, please visit:
http://www.campusprogress.org/09ncunsubscribe
 

       braindropsNW
 
       A forum for the next generation of community leaders to share
       ideas
 
       Present applied projects, business plans, and ideas in a
       professional
       setting, network with your Northwest peers and compete for
       prizes.
 
       Applications for presenters accepted at psucdsg.com/braindrops
 
       Braindrops NW is a day-long symposium with the goal of
       celebrating
       student work and ideas in a professional setting; building
       experience and
       catalyzing meaningful collaborations.
 
       May 22nd, 2009
       Portland State University
 
       To present at the symposium, submit a one page or less abstract
       of your
       idea or project by May 10th, 2009. Abstracts will be selected by
       merit and
       relevance. Judged presentations will be 10 minutes each.
       Alternatively, a poster
       session will be held to present work and network in a more
       casual setting. There
       is no cost to participate, and lunch will be provided.
        
 
       Visit the Community Development Student Group website,
       or email  Amelia Conlen for
       more information.
 
       Produced by:
 
       Community Environment and Planning
       University of Washington, Seattle
 
       Community Development Student Group
       Portland State University
 
 
       Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Check it
       out.
 
 
Rosalind Schuessler
Program Manager
Community, Environment and Planning
Dept. of Urban Design and Planning
University of Washington
rschuess@u.washington.edu
206 543-4191
 

WASHINGTONFILMWORKS VIRAL VIDEO CAMPAIGN

Attention Washington based filmmakers!

Help us establish Washington State as the premier westcoast
filming location. We're seeking five local filmmakers
to create dynamic and entertaining viral videos. These viral
videos will promote our state's diverse locations and
topography as well as our seasoned local talent and crew.
$1000 grants will be given to the five selected filmmakers
to put towards production.

For more information and to see how you can participate
visit www.WashingtonFilmWorks.org


Ruthann Taylor   
 
Ruthann Taylor, Program Manager
WashingtonFilmWorks
(206) 264-0667
www.WashingtonFilmWorks.org
 

The Cornwall Film Festival (UK) is currently calling for short film entries
for our international short film competitions.
 
There is a ?1000 cash prize for the Another Country International Short Film
Award.
 
 
 
 
Marion Monnier
 
Festival Assistant
 
www.cornwallfilmfestival.com
 
Email: marion@cornwallfilmfestival.com
 
Telephone: +44 1209 204 655 

Edward E. Carlson Student Leadership Award
 
Named for one of Seattle's foremost civic leaders, the Edward E. Carlson 
Student Leadership Award recognizes individual students (junior or senior 
undergraduates) who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service, provided outstanding leadership in the community, and who are committed to continued creative civic participation. The Carlson Student Leadership Award recipient will receive $2500 and be honored at the 2009 Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership on May 6, 2009.
 
The application deadline for the 2009 Edward E. Carlson Student Leadership 
Award is Monday, April 13, 2009.  Details about eligibility and complete 
application instructions can be found on the Carlson Center's website: 
http://depts.washington.edu/leader/fellowships/carlsonleaders.html
 
If you would like to nominate a student for the award, please contact 
Michaelann Jundt directly (206.685.2705 or mjundt@u.washington.edu) by 
Wednesday, April 8th.  The student will be contacted by the Carlson Center and invited to apply for the award.
 
 
| Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center
| Center for Experiential Learning, 120 Mary Gates Hall
| Box 352803, University of Washington
| Seattle, WA  98195-2803
| depts.washington.edu/leader

Narrating the Body: Oral History, Narrative and Embodied Practice, June 1-12, 2009
The Columbia University Oral History Research Office is delighted to announce that the 2009 Annual Summer Institute, "Narrating the Body: Oral History, Narrative and Embodied Practice.” The Institute will explore issues, stories and performances tracing the history of the body, as well as oral history as an embodied practice. Two of OHRO’s former Rockefeller Humanities fellows, Kathy Davis of the Netherlands and Jose Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy of Brazil, will join the Institute to share their recent scholarship on the body. Kathy Davis will present on the oral history research that formed the basis for her award-winning book, The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders, as well as her general research and scholarship on the operation of gender and power in health care, feminist activism around the body, and the globalization of women’s narratives. Jose Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy will present on current oral history research in Brazil on the use of the body as a form of self/family survival and space of cultural dialogue and commerce, as well as discourses around migration. Presentations, workshops and lectures will also be led by Alessandro Portelli, Mary Marshall Clark, Peter Bearman, Ronald J. Grele, Amy Starecheski, Rita Charon, Marsha Hurst, Linda Shopes, Steve Rowland, and Corie Trancho-Robie.

For more information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/

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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/oncampus/oralhistory.html

COM 499
Spring 2009
with Kristin Gustafson


UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITY: DIRECTED RESEARCH

Description: Undergraduate Researchers needed for a project on Seattle’s grassroots, community newspapers

Hours: 9 hours per week (90 hours/quarter)

Credits: 3 credits directed research (COM 499; credit/no credit)

Details: Do you like newspapers, history, and research? This project might be the one for you! We will address the historically and politically intertwined relationships of a specific group of communication producers, media, and audiences. By looking at independent community newspapers in the Pacific Northwest, we examine how a particular form of grassroots activism changed over time. This is an opportunity to learn research skills, including transcribing audio recordings of interviews with people who worked at two Seattle newspapers from 1970s–present, finding archived newspaper articles, and analyzing text. Must be detail oriented, reliable, and have excellent communication skills. Knowledge of newspapers, Seattle, race/ethnicity/gender issues, Pacific Northwest history, and social movements is a plus, as is your curiosity about inner workings of grassroots organizations and area newspapers! Interested? Send a cover letter with a resume and unofficial transcript via email.

Deadline: Noon on Friday, Mar. 13

Contact name: Kristin Gustafson, Ph.C., Department of Communication

Contact email: gustaf13@u.washington.edu

Overseeing faculty member: Dr. Gerald J. Baldasty

KBCS 91.3fm a world of music & ideas
 
The KBCS Spring Fund Drive starts on Thursday, March 19th and ends on
Sunday, March 29th.
 
We are looking for more volunteers to answer phones and take pledges.
We also need some people who can pick up the meals from the
restaurants and deliver them to the station.
 
If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts
on our calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like.
http://kbcs.fm/site/R?i=ur4jYPNq8IVhpoOy7khCTg..
 
For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinator
Carlotta Spears at 425.564.2439 or reply to this email to send her a
message.
 
You will get the chance to meet other wonderful KBCS Pledge Drive
volunteers and some of your favorite KBCS DJs.
 
Thank you,
 
Uli Johnson
KBCS Membership Director
425.564.5699
 

They are looking for writers to contribute articles about travel abroad.

Over the past year Glimpse has undergone many changes. Now, as
an independent nonprofit and online-only publication supported
in part by National Geographic Society, we are happy to announce
the relaunch of Glimpse.org, featuring an all-new look, engaging
interactive content, and expanded opportunities for you to
connect with peers and share your stories about life abroad.
 
We are publicly announcing the new site next week, but as you
are a member of the Glimpse community, we wanted to give you
special access first. Take a few minutes to update your profile
and submit some Insider Tips -- bits of advice about everything
from food and etiquette to nightlife and slang in your host
country. Even if you returned from abroad years ago, you
probably have some valuable insights to share.
 
We'll be sending more information soon, but in the meantime,
please feel free to explore the site and contribute to it. You
should be able to log in using this email address and your old
Glimpse password. If you don’t remember your password, it’s easy
to change it or create a new one.
 
Click here to access the site.
http://email.glimpse.org/W0RT0032F2125411797D02FB7F80C0

 
The final deadline for our Summer LIVE. LEARN. INTERN. programs at Georgetown 
University is March 5, 2009. Please forward the announcement below to students 
who may be interested in applying.
 
 
 
Thank you for helping us to identify outstanding future leaders on your campus.
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
Haley Heieck
 
Recruitment and Admissions Assistant
 
U.S. Programs
 
202.986.0384
 
 
 
*********************************************************************************************************
 
 
 
 
 
ANNOUNCEMENT
 
*********************
 
 
 
LIVE. LEARN. INTERN. SUMMER INSTITUTES
 
June 6 - August 1, 2009
 
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
 
www.DCinternships.org
 
Final Deadline: March 5, 2009
 
 
 
*****************SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING STILL AVAILABLE******************
 
 
 
Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown 
University, the Institutes combine substantive internships, courses for 
academic credit, career development activities, site briefings and lectures led 
by prominent policy experts.
 
 
 
Students will be accepted in a rolling basis until the Final Deadline of March 
5, 2009.  Generous Scholarship funding is still available.
 
 
 
*         Internships - Competitive placements with top sites in D.C.
 
*         Classes - Up to 9 transferable credits from Georgetown University
 
*         Housing - Furnished on-campus apartments in the heart of D.C.
 
*         Guest Lectures - With Washington's top policy and industry experts
 
*         Site Briefings - At the White House Complex, State Department, U.S. 
House of Representatives and Federal Reserve
 
*         Leadership & Professional Development - Leadership, mentoring and 
career building activities
 
*         Networking - Interaction with hundreds of other student leaders from 
around of the world
 
*         Scholarships - Over half of all students receive full or partial 
funding based on merit and financial need
 
 
 
Four eight-week programs are offered in the following subject areas:
 
 
 
*         Politics, Public Policy and International Affairs
 
*         Journalism, Communications and Public Relations
 
*         Corporate Business and Government Affairs
 
*         Nonprofit and Community Service
 
 
For more information and an online application, please visit our website 
www.dcinternships.org or contact Haley Heieck, 
Recruitment and Admissions Assistant, at 
admissions@tfas.org or 1-800-741-696
 
 
 Haley Heieck 

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation  and mtvU
, MTV's twenty-four-hour college television
network, have announced a competition that challenges college students
to develop a concept for an online video game that focuses on the
nation's fiscal crisis.
 
The Indebted Digital Challenge  is
part of the recently launched Indebted  campaign,
which is designed to raise awareness among college students about the
dangers of personal and government financial irresponsibility and
promote action to help stop the U.S. fiscal crisis. Open to 18- to
28-year-olds working alone or in teams, the challenge will award a
$10,000 prize for a game that can be used as a tool to spread awareness
of the nation's financial condition and encourage young people to take
action to turn the tide.
 
Increasing levels of government and personal debt mean that today's
young people will be the first generation not to enjoy the same growth
in standard of living as their parents. Today, nearly two-thirds of all
four-year college graduates have student loans, averaging around
$20,000, while fifteen years ago less than half of college graduates had
student loans.
 
See  more at http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=239500002

 FACES is an organization at Stanford committed to promoting knowledge and discussion of many issues in Sino-American relations.

*What do you want to do in 2009?*
 
TRAVEL to Stanford and China?
INTERACT with famous scholars, politicians, and CEOs?
MEET distinguished future leaders of America and China?
  BECOME part of a prestigious worldwide student network?
INFLUENCE the future of U.S.-China relations?
 
*Apply to be a delegate of FACES "On Common Ground" Conference 2009*
Application online now at http://faces.stanford.edu/application
Deadline: Jan. 4th, 2009, 11:59pm
  Worried it will be expensive? FACES will pay for a large portion of your
travel/lodging/food expenses for attending the conference.
 
 
 
Dear student,
 
I'm writing to let you know about an opportunity that I think would be great
for you.  I am involved with an organization at Stanford called FACES (Forum
for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford).  We organize a two-part
conference program on US-China relations, called On Common Ground.  The
first of the two week-long conferences takes place in April, at Stanford,
and the second is in November at one of our chapter universities in China.
FACES is a small, intimate conference where you will have the opportunity to
hear influential speakers from the US and China discuss a broad range of
current topics: politics, economics, religion, pop culture, etc.
 
Through our conferences, FACES seeks to bring together future leaders of the
US and China and provide them with a forum in which to build lifelong
friendships and cultivate an appreciation of the importance of US-China
relations.  I think that you would be great for our program!
 
The application for the On Common Ground 2009 conferences is now online at
faces.stanford.edu/application, and I hope you will consider applying!  Please
also pass this on (with the attached flyer) to any friends who you think
might be interested. *The deadline is only two weeks away*, so make sure to
apply soon!
 
Thanks!
 
Alex Song
VP of Recruiting
Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford
 
--
Alex Song
Stanford University '09
Biomechanical Engineering, Economics
314-288-7583 | alexsong@stanford.edu

uwemp.com is awarding a $250 cash first prize for our “Be Inspired” writing
competition. We are looking for success stories of individuals from all walks of life.

There are interesting people all around us – we want you to interview someone you admire and submit a well-written, engaging article on that individual. The competition has four steps:

1. Identify an individual who has the qualities and accomplishments you admire
2. Interview the individual
3. Register at http://www.uwemp.com
4. While logged in, click on “Write New Article” Link
5. Write an article about the person you admire 

We are looking for submissions no more than 800 words in length and focused on the journey that has led that person to where they are today. Sample questions to ask: 
What was the best decision made along your journey? Worst decision made along your journey? What is your biggest piece of advice for people interested in the same field of study or occupation? Each submission should contain inspirational, educational and useful elements. Remember…ask probing questions that will induce thoughtful and interesting responses.

Contest ends January 5th. We look forward to reviewing your
submissions!

Phone: (248) 556-2231
Fax: (248) 654-1660
Email: contact@uwemp.com

 
In recognition of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2009, two
brand new events at the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
need volunteers to help raise awareness about eating disorders and
celebrate the beauty of diversity in body shapes and sizes! NEDA will be putting on a Silent Auction Art Show and the NEDA Walk in Seattle during NEDAwareness Week, February 22-28, 2009.  If you're interested in event planning or helping out on the day of the event(s), these volunteer opportunities are for you. 
 
 
1st Annual NEDA Walk!
 
Join NEDA in making the first annual NEDA Walk a national success by
helping NEDA kick off NEDAwareness Week 2009 with a Walk in Seattle! The Walk will be held on February 28th, 2009. Volunteers helping with the Walk will assist NEDA's Program Coordinator with logistics of the Walk, procuring donations, recruiting walkers, advertising the Walk, helping set-up and clean-up, putting up informational signs, and staffing the registration table the day of the Walk. Without volunteers, the NEDA Walk would not be possible!
  
 
NEDA Silent Auction Art Show
 
NEDA invites you to lend a hand at the NEDA Silent Auction Art Show on
February 26, 2009 from 6:00pm-9:00pm at See Sound Lounge in Belltown.
The evening will include visual and performance art dedicated to raising awareness about eating disorders and celebrating the beauty of diversity in body shapes and sizes. Volunteers will be needed to hang art, help take down the art, set up decorations, and assist with other
auction-related tasks, as needed. 
 
Note: This is a 21+ year old volunteer opportunity, as this is a venue
serves alcohol.
 
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Susie Roman, our
Program Coordinator, at sroman@myneda.org.
 
 
National Eating Disorders Association
 603 Stewart St.
 Suite 803
 Seattle, WA 98101
 www.myneda.org 
 206-382-3587
 Information & Referral Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
  
 
The National Eating Disorders Association is dedicated to supporting
those affected by eating disorders and to being a catalyst for
prevention, cures, and access to quality treatment. Visit www.myneda.org
  for more information.
 

RE: a new mainstream environmental news and
information site launching in January called the Mother Nature Network
(http://www.mnn.com). We are based in Atlanta and we will be working
with writers, bloggers and videographers from around the nation.
 
As part of our launch, we're partnering with YouTube to select one
student from each major U.S. college to be a Mother Nature Network
correspondent in 2009.
 
Each winning correspondent will become a highlighted contributor at MNN
for 2009 with his or her own video program or blog that will provide
access to a nationwide audience as they report on issues on their
campuses and in their communities.
 
Because a number of SEJ members are professors, I thought this would be
a good place to spread the word.
 
Contestants can audition by submitting a two-to-four minute video to
http://www.youtube.com/mnn
or a 500-word blog to
http://mothernaturenetwork.blogspot.com/2008/10/announcing-mnns-college-
contest.html
.
 
The contest started this week and wraps up January 15 so we're eager to
get the word out now.
 


Emily Murphy
Managing Editor
The Mother Nature Network
191 Peachtree Street NE | Suite 4075
Atlanta, GA 30303
Office: 404-856-7018
emurphy@mnn.com

Twilight blood drive

Nov. 6 

11:00-5:00 (closed 2:00-3:00 for lunch)

on Stevens Way across from Lewis Hall

Everyone who attempts to donate will receive a complimentary screening pass to an advanced screening of the new TWILIGHT movie 

Twilight is an upcoming 2008 romance fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart as a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire, played by Robert Pattinson. The project was in development for approximately three years before it was put into pre-production by Summit Entertainment. The novel was adapted for the screen by Melissa Rosenberg in the autumn of 2007, shortly before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The film was primarily shot in Oregon during the winter and spring of 2008. Twilight will be released domestically on November 21, 2008. The soundtrack will be released on November 4, 2008.

Plot Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie. There, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious classmate, Edward Cullen, who is revealed to be a 108-year-old vampire who is physically 17. Although Edward discourages the romance at first, they soon fall deeply in love. When the arrival of three nomadic vampires, James, Laurent and Victoria, puts Bella's life in danger, Edward and his family, Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, put their lives at stake to save her.

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to enlist our nation's most promising future leaders in the movement to eliminate educational inequality. Over 30 UW graduates joined Teach for America last year in the fight to solve one of our nation's greatest social injustices. 

All majors welcome! 

Next application deadline: Friday, Nov. 7th at www.teachforamerica.org

Robert Barnum-Reece !

The IAM.com network would love to extend to you a new media opportunity.

It is great for budding film makers and producers to not only showcase their work but also to gain exposure and network with other industry professionals in the city:
 
SeattleIAM.com launched on is still in search of Seattle based web series.
The sites are looking for everything from scripted to reality, anything that
shows the many sides and shades of Seattle and it¹s people. From cooking to
travel, cultural to comedy, submit your webisodics for maximum exposure!
 
The incredible opportunity in SeattleIAM.com is that you and your series
will be featured and their other city-centric markets have done incredibly
well (see Vancouveriam.com or LosAngeleIAM.com). The site will offer you
excellent exposure and the opportunity to reach a vast number of viewers
while not getting lost in the abyss that is Youtube and the like ; ) IAM.com
is non-proprietary and has features such as space for b-roll, interviews and
a list of cast and crew. There will be 20 sites across North America as
well as the TV show, TVIAM( video journalism format with a target market of
15-24 year olds), that debuts in 60 million households in the fall which
will only increase traffic to the site and your content. Investors and new
media professionals already taken notice of the network of sites and are
looking for more unique content to be involved with. So the IAM.com network
isn¹t just a venue for showcasing your work, it is also a forum for career
networking.

Carolyn Scott
Content Coordinator, IAM.com
Carolyn Scott
Ineventions
p: 310.766.6601 f:818.242.5846
carolyn@ineventions.com
Www.ineventions.com
f:818.242.5846carolyn@ineventions.com
Www.ineventions.com

Calling all creative minds! Online Travel Agency, RezHub.com is looking for aspiring film-makers, actors, marketing, advertising or digital media gurus, or any motivated student to participate in our first annual video ad contest.
Feeling creative? Good, this contest is for you!
 
* All videos will be featured on the RezHub.com family of websites.
* Winning video will be broadcast to millions and used in RezHub's upcoming advertising campaigns, the RezHub.com homepage, social networking sites, and more.
* The winner will receive a free 5 day 4 night stay for 2 at the luxurious Gaylord Palms Resort and Spa (valued at over $1000).
 
For questions and more information please contact info@rezhub.com or call Melissa Evans at 407-888-1337.

http://www.rezhub.com/videocontest
 
RezHub.com
http://www.RezHub.com
2003 McCoy Road Suite C
Orlando, FL 32809 United States
 
If you do not wish to receive future e-mail
from RezHub.com, please use the link below.
 
http://rm.resultsmail.com/unsubscribe.cfm?uid=9a7fcbd8-4550-482d-9ac4-c9704dc611bb&mid=a1b60075-1722-45e4-a4b4-4de1dc052ef4&route=http%3A%2F%2Frm%2Eresultsmail%2Ecom%2Funsubscribed%2Ecfm

Melissa Evans
Marketing Director
RezHub.com
407-888-1337 

 
Professor Thurlow is looking for a dedicated team of three to five COM majors to work with him and two graduate students in planning an international conference in September 2009. You will earn academic credit for your work in the form of either COM 499 Directed Research or COM 495 Special Topics.
 
To be eligible for this project you must be available for limited meetings through this academic year and then ready to work more fully (not full-time) during summer quarter 2009 in the run-up to the conference which is set for Thursday 3rd September to Sunday 6th September, 2009.
 
You will be working with the rest of the conference planning committee on the following types of things:
 
- advertising and promoting the conference
- looking for sponsorship for key events
- planning social and other touristic activities for delegates
- designing and producing the conference brochure
- meeting and greeting delegates as they arrive from around the world
- staffing an information desk during the conference
- etc.
 
Here's what Professor Thurlow had to say about his own experience as a conference organizer: "When I was a graduate student I co-organized a major international conference with two faculty colleagues - it was one of the best things I ever did. I got to meet some of the world's leading experts in Language and Communication Research, I attended the conference for free and even presented some of my own work. It was a totally enjoyable experience - hard work but really good fun."
 
If you are interested in applying for this opportunity please send an email to this address (NOT Prof Thurlow):
 
lim2009@u.washington.edu
 
In your email, please say who you are (name, student number, year of study) and confirm that you will be available in August 2009 and during the conference. Then tell us something about yourself - any related team and/or organizing experience. Any experience with event planning (it's not necessary) and so on.
 
 
Dr Crispin Thurlow
Department of Communication
Department of Linguistics (Adjunct)
University of Washington
Box 353740, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Tel: +1-206-5432747 / Fax: +1-206-6163762
Web: http://faculty.washington.edu/thurlow/
Blog: http://www.i-needle.net
 
Office hours (Aut 08): http://faculty.washington.edu/thurlow/office-hours.pdf

 
Media Center support needed for and international figure skating event featuring 60 skaters from 17 countries. Support includes: clerical, writing and organizational work in a media center for National and International print and broadcast media. Excellent exposure to an international broadcasted event.
 
Event: 2008 Skate America www.2008skateamerica.com
Contact: Laura Faulkner, Media Chair: mktg08skateamerica@comcast.net
Dates: 10/24-26, 2008
Where: Everett Events Center
Compensatation: None, this is a volunteer event. Must provide SS# and complete a background check. Volunteer vest and shirt provided.
Hours: Misc: center open from 7AM to midnight daily. Shifts and hours vary.
 
Laura Faulkner
Marketing/Promotions
2008 Skate America
Cell(425)466-8778
Fax(425)502-7405

mktg08skateamerica@comcast.net

National Geographic Glimpse - international journalism


The Glimpse Correspondents Program is an exciting opportunity to hone your skills, to jump-start a career in international journalism, and to be published
with National Geographic Glimpse. We are now beginning our search for our
next team of Glimpse Correspondents.  We are looking for The best and brightest storytellers who will be living abroad in Spring 2009.

See: glimpse.org/correspondents
 
The application deadline is coming up on Nov. 2. 

Thanks in part to your efforts last spring, over 4,000 students and recent graduates signed up to receive the Fall 2008 application, and more than 650 completed the rigorous application process. We selected an incredibly talented team of eight Correspondents in August, 2008 and look forward to working with them to craft some amazing stories this fall.
 
_______________________________________________________________
 
What is Glimpse?

Glimpse is a new nonprofit National Geographic platform (print magazine and website) about the experiences of young Americans abroad. We provide professional editorial support to help students learn the craft of storytelling, with the larger goal of using stories to inspire others to care about the world. Glimpse has offered students a platform for their stories for the past six years. Now with National Geographic, we are hoping to take our work to the next level. To read past stories, visit glimpse.org. (The new and improved website will be up soon!)
 
What is The Correspondents Program?

The Correspondents Program is for especially talented students specializing in writing, photography or video. We will select 10 correspondents and each will receive a $600 stipend, a professional editor, and guaranteed publication in Glimpse. The demands of the program are not extreme, but we do expect our correspondents to commit to a professional editorial process.

How can students get involved?

Students should visit glimpse.org/correspondents and register their email
address to receive a link to the application.
 
Are there other ways to involved with National Geographic Glimpse?

Yes! Anyone who has lived or is living abroad is eligible to contribute. Students can find guidelines at: glimpse.org/guidelines.php. Students who apply to the program and are not selected as Correspondents will still be encouraged to share their stories while abroad and will be notified of any new contribution opportunities.
 
_____________________________________________________________
 

Kerala Taylor, Editor in Chief
(formerly Kerala Goodkin)
National Geographic Glimpse
www.glimpse.org
kerala@glimpse.org
1.800.549.4802 ext. 703
 
 
  
National Geographic Glimpse
1145 17th Street NW 
Washington, DC 20036

Kerala Taylor
Editor in Chief
National Geographic Glimpse

(Diana has a sample "Glimpse" at her desk, if you'd like to see it.)

The KBCS Fall Fund Drive starts on Monday, October 6th and ends on Sunday, October 19th.

We are looking for more volunteers to answer phones and take pledges. We also have shifts for some people who are willing to pick up the meals from the restaurants and deliver them to the station.

If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts on our calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like.  (http://www.shiftboard.com/kbcs/)

For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinators Carlotta Spears at 425.564.2439 or reply to this email to send them a message.

You will get the chance to meet other wonderful KBCS Pledge Drive volunteers and some of your favorite KBCS DJs.

Uli Johnson
KBCS Membership Director
425.564.5699

 
I have a project in October I'm hoping to find 4 interested students to participate in.
 
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce is featuring global health as its theme for the annual Leadership Conference October 22-24th at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum. (info on their website at www.seattlechamber.com)
 
I'm looking for 4 students experienced in video shooting and desktop editing who would be willing to come over on Thursday the 23rd and record the breakout discussion sessions that afternoon. The sessions run about 1.5 hours. We need the sessions cut down to a 2-3 minute "highlight reel" to show the next morning after the Governor speaks. The clips will not have narration; they will be compiled using natural sound and possibly some background music. They should be fast-paced and high energy.
 
We will cover your fuel costs as well as meals and hotel rooms (you will share with another student) at the resort. It's a terrific place and you'll get a nice addition to your resume.
 
Professor Domke is supportive of this and says Nika Pelc can help gather cameras and assist with editing configuration.
 
Students will need:
1. experience shooting video and desktop editing
2. a laptop that can be configured for editing
3. creativity and calm demeanor under pressure
4. transportation to get to eastern Washington (it's about an hour and 15 minutes from Seattle). We will reimburse fuel.
 

Those interested should write me at lcohen@wghalliance.org. If you have 
questions, you can reach me at work at 206-788-2463.
 
Lisa Cohen
 
lcohen@wghalliance.org
 
 

http://www.makingindies.com

Steve Lee works with several universities throughout Utah & Idaho on their film programs. He works as a full time Line Producer on feature films & TV shows. 

Steven A Lee
Founder of Making Indies

steveleeupm@yahoo.com

Seattle Job Fair
Tues Aug 19
11 am  to 3 pm
Seattle Center

Meet some of the best employers in Seattle offering hundreds of jobs and in
ALL categories

For more information and a VIP pass, check out
http://www.choicecareerfairs.com/seattle-jobs/

Bring lots of resumes, you will be handing these resumes directly to the
hiring managers from each company.

LOCATION MAP:
Held at the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms (NW corner of Key Arena), corner
of 1st ave. N and Republican St.

For a map of Seattle Center, marking the location of this event, please go
to http://www.nwcareerfair.com/seattlecentermap.pdf

Did you take COM 202 with Professor Thurlow? Did you get a good grade?
 
If yes, Professor Thurlow is looking for someone like you to be an
undergraduate TA for his COM 202 class this next quarter. You
would primarily be responsible for running the CLUE evening review
sessions:
 
http://depts.washington.edu/clue/
 
These will be twice-weekly sessions at Mary Gates Hall - Mondays and
Wednesdays between 6.30pm and 8.00pm. The CLUE tutor position is a paid
one - paid by the Office of Undergraduate Education.
 
In addition to running the CLUE tutoring service, the 202 undergrad TA
would be able to organize directed research credits with Professor
Thurlow for additional service to the course organization. This is not
required but could be arranged according to your time/credit needs.
 
Please get in touch with Professor Thurlow directly
(thurlow@u.washington.edu). Please say when you took 202 with him and
what your final grade for the course was.
 
 
 

I am writing this to give you a unique chance this Fall to be a “judge” at
King County polling stations during the historic November 4th Presidential
Election.  This volunteer opportunity offers you significant benefits as a
citizen, student as well as in helping your career development and contributing
to your resume.

As Director of the Athens Study-Abroad Programs in the Department of
Communication, I am collaborating with the King County Elections Office to offer
this “Partnership in Democracy” opportunity to Comm majors to gain firsthand
knowledge of how elections actually work, yet also to insure that the election
is run fairy and honestly.  This is significant, given that some of our recent
elections in the U.S. have been fraught with problems.

By volunteering to help monitor and “judge” the Nov. 4th election, you are
providing an invaluable service to the community.  And as the “New York Times” reported on Monday, July 21st 2008 in a front-page article, new optical scanners will be used in polling stations that are more reliable than previous
vote-counting machines. However, many voters will be unfamiliar with how to use the new scanners. Your presence at the polls will help citizens do exactly that.

As a volunteer you will work in teams of three – so you and two other
classmates or friends may be at the same polling station.  There is a 3-hour
training to be completed prior to Nov. 4th, but no other preparation is
necessary.   On Election Day, your shift is from 7am to 8pm, with any possible
set-up or break-down time added.

I, as well as Assistant Program Director Stacey Engle, will personally be going
to all the polling stations to visit volunteers to distribute snacks and water.
Each volunteer will also receive a commemorative lapel pin, an individual
thank-you letter and perhaps the important of all – the priceless gift that
you give yourself for giving back to your community.

The website for the “Partnership in Democracy” can be accessed via:

http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/partnership/roles.asp

This may be the last opportunity for this volunteer effort of its kind;
beginning in February 2009, elections in King County will be all mail-in
ballots.  You do not have to be a King County resident to participate, nor a
registered voter.   Lastly, your volunteer effort contributes to building a
scholarship fund for disadvantaged students to participate in study-abroad
programs.

Please contact me for more information –taso@u.washington.edu


Taso G. Lagos

Dear Student:

I have asked faculty members to distribute this recruitment message to student
distribution lists.  I am a graduate student in the Department of Educational
Psychology.  I am looking for undergraduate & community college students to
participate in a voluntary, anonymous online survey in order to collect data for
my master’s thesis project.  Participants must be at least 18 years of age
when they take this survey.

As part of my thesis project I will be looking at the levels of stress that
college students experience, what strategies they use to cope with stress, and
how they think the strategies they choose may affect how they feel and perform
academically.  The survey questions are related to these issues.

If you have any questions before participating in this survey please feel free
to contact me at 206-335-8251 or abauer@washington.edu  Please remember that we
cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information sent by e-mail.

Click on this link to go to Information Statement with more info about this
research.  You will find the link to the survey at the bottom of the page:
http://students.washington.edu/abauer/InformationStatement.html

The survey should only take 10-15 minutes to complete.

If you are interested in the results of this survey, please send me an e-mail
and I will share my thesis project with you when it is done.

Thanks you for you help,

Allory Bauer
Graduate Student
Human Development & Cognition
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Washington

My name is Susan Cunningham, Program Assistant with AARP Fraud Fighter
Call Center. 

 

We are looking for students in Pre-Law, with interest in Consumer
Protection Law to help us reach our Contract Grant Goal of 100, 000
Consumer Calls for 2008.  It would be a Win...Win situation for us both. 
Your students learning about Schemes and Scams and we meet our Goal of
Calls. 

 

Also, a side note is that we do have 3 students from Seattle University
you are helping us with this goal and we could like to get more
volunteers to help us.

We meet the 4th Saturday of each month.  Time : 9:30 am - 1:30 pm. 
Calling Consumers on ways to keep safe from fraud.

 

Brief Goal :

Our project is part of the AARP Foundation, the arm of AARP that provides
public services including free income tax assistance and legal advocacy. 
AARP and the national association of State Attorneys General have
partnered to create a nationwide network of 7 Call Centers in an effort
to protect consumers from financial exploitation. Other Call Centers are
located in California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New York, and West
Virginia; all are staffed by volunteers.  

 

Call Center volunteers contact people who are likely to be targeted for
fraud, such as people whose names were uncovered by law enforcement
officers who raided boiler room operations.  Many of our contact lists
are comprised of individuals who meet the demographic profile as probable
victims.  We offer consumer education tips, warning signs for fraud, and
provide resource and referrals as appropriate.

 

The U.S. Dept. of Justice partnered with AARP a couple of years ago and
examined ways that older people are conned and how best to reduce rates
of victimization.  It was determined that one-on-one messages help to
reduce the likelihood of fraud victimization by more than 50%, so we are
following a model with proven results. 

 

As of today, we've spoken with thousands of people and many told us they
have been scammed, some for hundreds of thousands of dollars.  As you
know, the scammers do an excellent job of convincing victims to send
money.  Unfortunately, several we spoke with reported their losing their
homes and now their families are torn apart.

 

 

Here is a general description of our operation:  About 85% of our work is
on the telephone - talking with consumers about fraud prevention tips. 
The other 15%? We are invited to set up information tables at community
events - this happens several times each month.  A few volunteers take
messages from voice mail, enter information into the computer, and
coordinate our mailings.

 

We typically ask volunteers to work one three-hour shift per week. 
Officially, the hours are: 9:30 -12:30 and 12:30 - 3:30, except on
Fridays, when we have only a morning shift.  However, we also plan to set
up Saturday hours (10:00 to 2:00), one Saturday per month, for your
students who prefer that shift.  As an added bonus, we provide lunch for
the volunteers.

 

We believe that we offer a rich working environment that has a lot to
offer people who enjoy working with others and who want to make the world
a better place.  Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Susan Cunningham

AARP Fraud Fighter Call Center

206 517 9352

 

 

*/ENGL 474: Writing/**/ Center/**/ Theory and Practice/*

What lies at the heart of teaching students to write or to improve their
writing?  Is it as simple as showing them how to impose order on their
ideas by explaining the mainstays of expository writing, or do we delve
into the genesis of those ideas themselves, unraveling the draft’s
fabric and upending what seemed settled in search of deeper, more
defined insights?   Or both?  If writing evolves from an interior
dialogue of question and response, can writers profit from revisiting
that process with an interested and probing conversation partner?

The method of writing center tutoring known as “non-directive” answers
/yes /to the last two questions.   Over the past 40 years, scholars of
Writing Center Theory have wrestled with issues of authority, agency,
and collaboration as they are played out in writing center work.   ENGL
474, /Writing// Center// Theory and Practice/, is at once a hands-on
practicum of how to best tutor writing and a survey of landmark essays
through which this method evolved.   Required of all tutors who work at
the English Department Writing Center, the course is open to all
students interested in the dynamics of writing instruction and peer
tutoring.

ENGL 474 runs fall quarter only, M/W 2:30 – 4:30.  Enrollment requires
an add code from the instructor, Louisa Peck.  Contact at:
peckl@u.washington.edu

* *

*Topics Covered *



Ø      *Conference dynamics*

o  goals and benefits of tutoring

o  methods of engaging with and responding to students

o  basics of non-directive tutoring

o  questioning, observing, assessing and diagnosing

o  directive vs non-directive input – continuums and tutor choices



Ø      *The experience of tutoring*

o  contrasted with teaching and editing

o  anxiety, ego, and self-assessment

o  observing, critiquing, and reviewing sessions

o  initial tutoring experiences: debriefing and discussion



Ø      *Defining the Writing Center: history and purpose*

o  Steven North: /The Idea of a Writing Center/ – defining the writing
center’s role historically in the academic community

o  writing as internalized dialogue externalized; tutoring as an
extension of the writing process; knowledge as a social artifact (among
knowledgeable peers)

o  minimalist tutoring: keeping the onus on the writer

o  collaborative tutoring: modeling and acquisition in the zone of
proximal development

o  evolving models of knowledge (external and individually held vs
contextual and socially constructed) and their implications for writing
centers (storehouse and garret models vs Burkean Parlor)



Ø      *Focus areas*

o  reading and writing: assessing and modeling reading skills

o  identifying and developing writers’ strategies/analyses/metacognitive
skills

o  Toulmin’s components of argument: claim, evidence, warrant, and
qualifications

o  ESL writers: global versus local error, continuums of directiveness

o  ESL language acquisition theories: behaviorist, innatist,
cognitivist, and interactionist

o  Significance and usefulness of error in beginning writer's texts



Ø      *Power, authority, hegemony, and the Writing Center*

o  peer tutoring: contradiction or complement?

o  power dynamics: stepping back, keeping the session alive

o  appropriate applications of tutor knowledge/authority

o  social models of literacy, tapping cultural conflicts

o  respecting student voices, intentions, and texts

o  critiquing the academic establishment: writing centers as
intellectual loci of change

o  knowledge vs acculturation: toward a post-colonial writing center



/Toward the end of the quarter, teams of students present review jams on
parts of speech, common grammatical errors, and punctuation.   We also
review such style issues as conciseness, strong verbs, and sentence
variety./

****************************************
Louisa Peck
Administrative Director
English Department Writing Center
Padelford B-12    Box # 354330
206-685-2876
http://depts.washington.edu/wcenter
****************************************

VidOpp.com is a collection of all
the video competitions on the web in one place for video talent to find
quickly and easily.   We update the list every day with fresh contests.
 
You can count on VidOpp to bring you every opportunity, and we really
read the rules to make sure our community is aware of the contest judging
criteria, any costs involved, and any exploitation or scam risks.
Contests are divided into Cash Prize contests and Non-Cash Prize
contests. 
 
According to data, 192 video contests with cash prizes were featured on
the site in 2007, with prizes totaling $1,095,425!
 
There are many contests that are specifically for students only. Here at
Vidopp we feel contests allow students to implement classroom learning in
a professional format. Students practice:
 

·      Deadlines

·      Marketing strategies

·      Budgeting

·      Copyright laws

·      Comprehending contracts

·      Working within the contest guidelines

 
Many competitions allow for students to earn cash. Most of the companies
issue press releases, which can help students, and your school gain
recognition. This is a great way for students to start building working
relationship with companies.
 
Contests make great homework assignments for budding filmmakers, so
please take a moment to check out the Vidopp website, and let your
students know about our services.

Vidopp.com Team

        I would like to extend a special invitation to UW students to
        submit your work to the new online magazine, /The Hatchet/
        (www.thehatchet.net 
        ), which I edit and write for. If you
        have or would like to write a piece that follows the guidelines
below, I'd love to read it.

        *A friendly tip:* this is not a student-only publication, and it
        is certainly not a scholarly one. The reason many of the
        submissions so far have been rejected is because they dealt with
        scholarly or theoretical issues (or just sounded, for one reason
        or another, too much like generic "college work"). Take a look
        at the pieces currently on the site, or at
        www.themorningnews.org 
        , www.mcsweeneys.net
         , or
        www.newyorker.com 
         for an idea of the tone and subject
        matter we enjoy.


        Happy writing!
        Haidn

        *The original email, with guidelines, etc., is below:

        *
        Hello all,


        */The Hatchet/* (www.thehatchet.net 
        ), a *new online magazine*, is
        *currently seeking submissions* from exceptionally
        funny/intelligent/insightful students, to be published on the
        site with your byline and a brief (1-3 sentence) biography. This
        is a great way to get your name out there and be involved in the
        formative days of a newly established publication.



        *What we're looking for*

        Essays of almost any length (though tight writing tends to be
        better than overly-verbose: brevity, as they say, is the soul of
        wit).

        These essays should fall into one of the following categories:

           * Funny
           * Intelligent
           * Insightful

        Also, pieces might explore the following subjects:

           * Personal experience
           * Culture, pop culture
           * Current events

        Done well, however, almost any subject will be considered. For
        some great examples of the type of writing we're looking for,
        take a look at www.newyorker.com 
        , www.mcsweeneys.net
         , and/or
        www.themorningnews.org 
        .


        *Submissions procedure*

        Either email haidn@thehatchet.net 
        > or
        visit www.thehatchet.net/contact
        
         to submit your piece.
        Remember to give your name as you wish it to appear in the
        publication, as well as a 1-3 sentence biography of yourself.
        /Emailed essays must be pasted into the body of the email;
        /*attachments are not read*. If special formatting is required,
        detail that in your email.

        *
        Submissions must not have been previously published online*;
        /The Hatchet/ retains all online rights to submissions it
        chooses to publish. Though we cannot offer compensation at this
        time, we can offer you immortality in what we expect to be /the/
        up-and-coming internet publication.


        *Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to reading all
        of your submissions!*


        Sincerely,

        Haidn Ellis Foster
        /Editor/
        haidn@thehatchet.net

Tiananmen Square Memorial - Sunday, June 1 ,2-4 pm
Westlake Park , 401 Pine St.
Seattle

Attending will be some very dynamic and dedicated  participanats and sponsors, including some local people from China who experienced the original event.

Dwight  Baker 
Cell l# 206-235-7795 Kirkland, WA
dwightcbaker@yahoo.com

Each week Kwokman Production / ESPN will provide the production crew with local hires for the game, such as local runners and utilities to assist with the
broadcast.  I'm writing to see if you have any students that would be interested
in joining our crew for a day to work as a utility / runner for ESPN, if your
school should get scheduled with an ESPN broadcast.  We normally staff these
positions with local university students and aspiring broadcast / media
professionals.  Technical production expertise and knowledge is not a
requirement, however, it would be most beneficial to the students, as this is a
true real world application of their schooling.


Jenna Crawford
Production Coordinator
Kwokman Productions LLC

Office: (312) 423-6701
Cell: 949-357-6373
Email: jenna.crawford@kwokman.net

About a half a dozen Real Change vendors have been giving
interviews about their lives, with it in mind to compile the interviews into
a production quality DVD that could be sold by the vendors themselves at a
small profit. The project was intended to be totally inclusive and
participatory, from determining the film's content to filming and now to
editing. An absolutely essential part of the project is for the vendors to
have the opportunity to be present, if they want to be, for the editing of
their interviews. 

Basically what we need are 1 or 2 volunteers with basic working knowledge of iMovie, who can commit three or four hours over a couple of weeks to edit
one-on-one with a vendor. Participants should fill out a Real Change
volunteer application (available online at
http://www.realchangenews.org/volunteer.html#VLNTR), and send it as an
attachment in an email to me. Volunteers should understand, too, that
they'll be working with the homeless and recently homeless population.


JP Gritton
Work: 206-441-3247, x.213
Cell: 303-596-4775

What is Going.com?
Going.com tells you not only what's going on in the city, but who's
going.  Think of it like a highly local MySpace, but without all the
garbage and noise.  People locally use the site  to keep up with what's
going on, concerts, festivals, nightlife, and see who's going.  Promoters
also use the site to market to these groups and to take advantage of the
tools the site offers, like sophisticated guest list management,
ticketing, subpromo URLs, etc.  Right now, we're in Los Angeles, San
Francisco, NYC, Miami, Chicago and Boston, and have over 1.5 million
users.  We're about to grow tremendously because we've attracted some
really amazing partners and investors, including Universal Music Group,
and we are now launching in 20 new cities.

What is the Launch Team?
This month, we will be launching Going.com in Seattle, and we are looking
for bright, young, and enthusiastic people to join our Launch Team!  The
Launch Team's role is to get out the word about Going.com.  Each person
on the team has a goal to get 500 people registered on Going. In
exchange, you'll receive $100 if your emails/Myspace blast gets us to
that number.  We'll even help you out in getting people signed up!  We
can set up a group page on Going for a concert, either this summer or
next semester in your city, and to those who express interest in the
event can RSVP at Going.com.

Also if you bring in the most users during the month of May and June for
Seattle, we'll hook you up with much, much more - we're planning a trip,
and backstage passes to various parties and concerts!

How can I join?
If you are interested in joining, please send me an email at
jennifer@going.com
I'll fill you in on the details of what the next steps are. 


Thanks!  Lets talk soon!

Sincerely
Jenn Lee
jenniferlee2007@u.northwestern.edu

I'm the editor in chief of National Geographic Glimpse, and I'm writing
because I wanted to let you know about an exciting opportunity for your
students to hone their skills and jump-start a career in international
journalism. I'm thrilled to announce the Glimpse Correspondents Program,
a new opportunity for talented students who will be living or studying
abroad in Fall 2008.

Our goal with the program is to identify the best and brightest
storytellers, and to give them a mainstream audience for their work. We
hope you will help us spread the word by forwarding this message to as
many of your students as possible, and encouraging them to apply. More
information about the program is available at glimpse.org/correspondents.

What is Glimpse?: Glimpse is a new nonprofit National Geographic platform
(print magazine and website) about the experiences of young Americans
abroad. We provide professional editorial support to help students learn
the craft of storytelling, with the larger goal of using stories to
inspire others to care about the world. Glimpse has offered students a
platform for their stories for the past six years. Now with National
Geographic, we are hoping to take our work to the next level. To read
past stories, visit www.glimpse.org. (The new and improved website will
be up soon!)

What is The Correspondents Program?:
The Correspondents Program is for especially talented students
specializing in writing, photography or video. We will select 15
correspondents and each will receive a $600 stipend, a professional
editor, and guaranteed publication in Glimpse (exceptional pieces may
also be featured in other National Geographic platforms). The demands of
the program are not extreme, but we do expect our correspondents program
to commit to a professional editorial process.

How can your students get involved?
Students should visit www.glimpse.org/correspondents and register their
email address to receive the official application announcement. When the
application goes live in early-May, we'll provide a forwardable email
tool.

Again, we are very excited about this program, and we look forward to
working with your students! Please don't hesitate to email or call me
with any questions.

Sincerely,

Kerala Goodkin
Editor in Chief, Glimpse
c/o National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
kerala@glimpse.org
www.glimpse.org

STARTING YOUR CAREER IN BROADCASTING, Working On and Off the Air in Radio
and Television features stories and advice from Bob Costas, Larry
King, Chris Berman, Jim Lampley, Troy Aikman, Rene Syler and many
others and is currently being used by teachers and students in many great
university programs including Missouri, Syracuse, Florida, Georgia, TCU,
Dallas Baptist, Maryland, UNLV, Bowling Green, Rutgers and many other
programs.  I have done free radio interviews at several college stations
about the book and would be more than happy to come on your station too
if desired.  STARTING YOUR CAREER IN BROADCASTING has also been the #1
national best selling broadcast book at buy.com and a top 10 best
seller at amazon.com.
  The purpose of the book is to help students who want to work in
broadcasting and to help people already in the business become more
successful.  It also includes insight from some of the country's top
programmers such as ESPN G.M Bruce Gilbert, who share what they are
looking for when they are interviewing job candidates and some of the
more interesting packages they've recieved over the years.
 
My name is Chris Schneider, I work for CBS Radio in Dallas and have
worked in the business for nearly 30 years in markets like Los Angeles,
Chicago, London and Dallas.
 
If you have any questions please reply to this email, or you can find
more information at these sites:
 
 
  
http://www.allworth.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1-58115-489-5&Click=1070
 
or 
 
www.radioactivespeaking.com
 
Chris Schneider
Starting Your Career in Broadcasting
www.radioactivespeaking.com

  Hello,

      My name is Alex, I work at CreativeHUB.com and think we can provide
    value to University of Washington students. We're a free online network,
       providing students with free access to full time and freelance job
                        openings in the creative field.


      Recently, we ran a contest to design a TV Commercial Storyboard for
      Yoplait! Yogurt and we would love to feature some of your students'
      submissions for similar challenges in the future. Winners from other
         schools have received Award Certificates that professors have
                             prominently displayed.


    Based on your relationship with the Department of Communication students
    at University of Washington, please feel free to forward this on to the
    appropriate faculty member or any students at University of Washington.


                          Here is a link to our site:


                          http://www.creativehub.com/


    We will be launching a new free portfolio page soon, so please encourage
    them to upload their work. If you have any questions, please email me at
           anoe@creativehub.com, I look forward to hearing from you.


                                    Thanks,
                                      Alex


                           Alex Noe         
                      Marketing Manager | CreativeHUB.com
                          Email: anoe@creativehub.com

GO PLACES WITH NLGJA'S 2008 WASHINGTON, DC STUDENT PROJECT

Don't just watch election news from the sidelines this summer. Join the
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association in the nation's capital for
an exciting out-of-classroom experience that will jump start your
journalism/communications career.

Taking place August 19-24 in Washington, DC, NLGJA's 2008 Student Project
will be an opportunity for students to refine their skills, build their
portfolios and expand their professional networks during one of the
country's largest gatherings of media movers and shakers. Student Project
participants are paired with professional mentors to report, photograph and
design the daily print, TV and radio news of NLGJA's National Convention.

Once accepted, NLGJA covers travel, lodging, food and convention
registration expenses for each student's attendance in Washington, DC.
Additionally, each accepted student is given a free one-year, all-access
NLGJA membership.

The deadline for this year's program has just been extended to Friday, April
11. Visit nlgjaconvention.org/joomla/ to see coverage produced by last
year's Student Project, and download an application for this year's program
at nlgja.org/students/studentproject.htm.

 Looking for a way to make your voice heard and have influence on public
policy and city life? Get Engaged!

The Mayor and the Metrocenter YMCA are seeking diverse young adults ages
18-29 to join the Get Engaged Program. Participants will serve on boards
and commissions that advise city government on a variety of issues,
including human rights, historical preservation, city planning and arts
and culture. Select a commission/board that matches your interest and
apply!

The application deadline is April 28, 2008 and all submissions must be
e-mailed. For Get Engaged application and details, visit:
http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/boards.htm.

Get Engaged is an innovative program that is a partnership between the
City of Seattle and Metrocenter YMCA. The program's goal is to cultivate
the next generation of leaders by highlighting the importance and value
of young adults in community affairs. As a participant, you join a cohort
of thirteen inspiring individuals who are dedicated to making Seattle a
better place to live through community building and leadership
development.

Questions? Contact Mona Grife at mgrife@seattleymca.org or (206)
382-5005.

 Mona L. Grife | Civic Engagement Programs Director

Metrocenter YMCA| 909 Fourth Avenue| Seattle, WA 98104
Office 206.382.5005| Fax 206.382.7894
mgrife@seattleymca.org | www.metrocenterymca.org

As we are in the midst of finals, we discover that our stresses and anxieties do
not take a break when we are distressed. U-CALL and U-TYPE are two resources
provided by Hall Health and the SAF for students who want to talk through their
feelings in a safe, nonjudgmental space.

U-CALL, the University Community After-hours Listening Line, will remain open
for operation during finals week. Students may call (206) 543-2255 to speak
anonymously and confidentially to another UW student volunteer between the hours
of 5:30 PM and 7:30 AM.

U-TYPE.org will also be responding to anonymous messages. Visit the website for
more information.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at
chanman@u.washington.edu.

Thanks!
Chris Chan
Program Assistant, U-CALL coordinator
Hall Health Primary Care Center
Hall Health 213
(206) 221-7817

MoveOn.org is launching "Obama in 30 Seconds"--a positive ad contest for
Barack Obama.  We're reaching out to all Obama supporters who are
students of political science, film, communications, or media to ask them
to make a 30-second ad that tells the nation why Barack Obama should be
our next President.

All entries will go up on our website, http://www.obamain30seconds.org,
and our 3.2 million members and the public will vote.  The winner will be
picked from among 15 finalists by an incredible panel of judges
(including Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Oliver Stone, Donna Edwards, Focus
Features President James Schamus, John Legend, Russell Simmons, Julia
Stiles, Moby, Rory Kennedy, Naomi Wolf, Steve Buscemi, Markos Moulitsas,
Lawrence Lessig, and Lionsgate President Tom Ortenberg).

Best yet:  MoveOn will air the winning ad nationally and the winning
admaker will receive a gift certificate for $20,000 in video equipment.

This is an amazing opportunity for your students to have their work be
seen by a panel of top professionals.  So, regardless of whether you
personally support Senator Obama, we hope you'll let your students who do
support Obama know about the contest by printing out this flyer:


    * Black & White version:
http://cdn.moveon.org/content/pdfs/Obama30Flyer-bw.pdf
    * Color version:
http://cdn.moveon.org/content/pdfs/Obama30Flyer-color.pdf



Thanks so much for your time!

-Laura Dawn, Creative Director, MoveOn.org

Writing opportunity for college and grad students

Calling all college journalists and writers alike! We have a unique
opportunity for you to be published. Come spring 2009, there will be a
new advice guide on the book shelves for incoming college freshmen.
Interested in giving advice to future generations of college students?
Email us today! Include a short cover letter, explaining why you'd
like to contribute, your major, and your "area of expertise" or
hobbies that you love to do in college.

Send resume and cover letter to: UniversityChic@gmail.com. In the
subject line, include "Attn: College Writer".

Deadline: April 1, 2008

The KBCS Spring Fund Drive starts on Monday, March 24th and ends on
Sunday, April 6th.

We still need more volunteers to answer phones and take pledges. We also
need volunteers who are willing to pick up the meals from the restaurants
and deliver them to the station.

If you would like to help, please check out all the available shifts
on our calendar. Sign up for as many shifts as you like.

For more information please call our Fund Drive volunteer coordinators
Carlotta Spears or Michael Nielsen at 425.564.2439 or reply to this email
to send them a message.

You will get the chance to meet other wonderful KBCS Pledge Drive
volunteers and some of your favorite KBCS DJs.

Thank you,

Uli Johnson
KBCS Membership Director
425.564.5699

Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that
creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice, is
currently accepting applications for the CHANGE Initiative, its national student
leadership program.

CHANGE offers college students, at US based campuses, entering their 
sophomore or junior year the opportunity to become effective social
change agents. CHANGE Leaders are exposed to the international development
issues that inform Oxfam's work, and apply their skills and insights to run
Oxfam campaigns on their campuses and in their communities.

Applications are due on April 1st, 2008.  Selected students are required
to participate in a week long training in Boston, July 19-25, 2008,
which is organized and paid for by Oxfam.  Students must also implement an
Oxfam campaign on their campus and communicate regularly with Oxfam
staff about the work they are undertaking during the 2008-2009 academic year.

Apply on line and watch our CHANGE video at:
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/change.  If you have any questions please
call 1-800-77-OXFAM ext. 2464 or email CHANGE@oxfamamerica.org.


Nancy Delaney
Outreach Manager
Oxfam America
Boston, MA

The 19th annual New Orleans Film Festival’s Call for Entries has begun!
We are looking for new and original films finished on or after January 1,
2007.  The New Orleans Film Festival is currently accepting entries in the
Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short,
Animation and Experimental categories. 

We will be awarding cash prizes to the winning filmmaker in each category
as well as a Festival Grand Prize and our very first ever Audience Award! 

Last years festival was great success with more screenings and an even
bigger audience than ever before.  Over 50 filmmakers were in attendance at
the 2007 New Orleans Film Festival including Vince Vaughn who premiered his
film Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show and Alan Cumming who premiered
his directorial debut Suffering Man’s Charity.

The New Orleans Film Festival is a great opportunity for upcoming
filmmakers to showcase their work to a wide and diverse audience.

Please go to www.neworleansfilmfestival.com to submit your film for
consideration.  We look forward to seeing your film!


Jenn Murphy
Program Manager 
New Orleans Film Society
843 Carondelet St. Suite 1
New Orleans, LA 70130
504.309.6633
jennmurphy @ neworleansfilmfest.com

HOUSE GOP JOB LIST

February 7, 2008

Press Secretary - Congressman Joe Barton seeks an energetic press secretary for the Washington, DC office.  Must be a team player with excellent written and verbal skills who is able to work under tight deadlines.  Responsibilities include drafting and distributing news releases, statements, weekly columns, letters to the editor, a monthly e-newsletter, as well as various franked mail pieces.  Must be able to work with everyone from small weekly papers to national media outlets.  The ideal candidate must be able to field media inquiries as they come, as well as proactively seek media opportunities for the Congressman.  Previous press experience is preferred, and Texas ties are a plus, though not required.  Please send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to TX06Jobs@mail.house.gov .  

Press Secretary – Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen seeks to interview candidates for the position of Press Secretary for a fast-paced office.  The successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal skills as well as the proven ability to manage multiple communications projects. She/he will be responsible for writing press releases, op-eds, direct mail pieces, talking points, organizing press events, maintaining the official website, maintaining press database, writing e-newsletters & coordinating Tele-town halls. Duties will also include organizing and briefing the Congressman for radio interviews, writing and implementing PSA's from the Congressman, interacting with the press as the Congressman's principal spokesman and coordinating the Congressman's overall press relations.  The ideal candidate will have Hill or relevant press experience. Please email a resume, cover letter, and two writing samples to opportunity2007@mail.house.gov .  Note "Press Secretary" in the subject line. 

Intern – The office of Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) is seeking a qualified intern for the spring & summer semesters beginning on March 14, 2008.  Gain invaluable, career-building experience on Capitol Hill by assisting in daily Congressional office duties, helping with incoming constituent communication, and aiding legislative staff and communications director on special projects. Work for an energetic, results oriented Republican Member of Congress. This internship is unpaid and requires a minimum time-commitment of three half-working days per week (15 hours). To apply, please fill out the application and send it, along with a resume to the attention of Intern Coordinator (preferably in Word format by email to ehall@mail.house.gov, if necessary you can fax at: 202-225-3494 or phone: 202-225-3271).

Internship - The office of Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08) currently has an internship position available in our Washington, DC office beginning March 1, 2008. We are looking for a highly qualified candidate that is motivated, detail orientated, and personable. The ideal candidate will have excellent research and writing abilities, be able to multi-task and interact well with constituents. Although these are unpaid positions, interns have the opportunity to experience working on Capitol Hill, learn about the legislative process, and attended briefings of interest. Responsibilities include answering the phone, giving tours of the Capitol, assisting with constituent correspondence, and supporting the legislative staff on various projects. Interested candidates should email a resume and cover letter to marshall.reffett@mail.house.gov , as well as any letters of recommendation. Washington State residency a plus, but not required.

February 5, 2008

< /FONT>Press Secretary - Congressman John E. Peterson (R-PA) is seeking a Press Secretary. Excellent written and oral communications skills a must. Responsibilities include: drafting/distributing press releases and media advisories, media website maintenance, preparation of talking points and maintaining relations with local and national media.  Prior communications/media relations experience and Pennsylvania ties are preferred.  Please send cover letter, resume and writing samples to: denise.bryant@mail.house.gov with "Press Secretary" in the subject line.  Closing date: February 15.

Deputy Press Secretary / Staff Assistant - Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) is seeking a Deputy Press Secretary/Staff Assistant with strong pro-life conservative credentials.  Entry level press applicants welcome.  Must have excellent written and oral communications skills and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.  Responsibilities include: drafting/distributing press releases and media advisories, speaking on the record, writing weekly e-newsletters, assistance with development and coordination of franked materials, drafting constituent correspondence, planning and preparation for tele-town hall meetings, website maintenance, preparation of talking points and remarks, establishing and maintaining strong relations with local media and executing an aggressive earned media campaign.  Additional projects will include managing flag requests, opening office mail, and answering phones.  Prior communications/media relations experience preferred.  Please send cover letter, resume and writing samples to:  lambornjobs@gmail.com.

Professional Staff Member – There is an opening for a professional staffer with the Rules Committee Republican staff.  The staff director writes: "I'm looking for someone with a fair amount of Hill experience, and preferably some parliamentary knowledge.  As you know, working for the Rules Committee often involves late nights or early mornings, so a high degree of personal flexibility is required.  We're a tight-knit group, and we're at the center of almost everything of import in the House."  Contact: Hugh.Halpern@mail.house.gov or (202) 225-9191.

Legislative Assistant - Congressman Connie Mack is seeking an experienced Legislative Assistant to handle a range of legislative issues, such as tax, financial services, and budget.  Responsibilities will include working to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative strategy, monitoring legislative activity on the House floor, and handling certain committee work.  The ideal candidate will have significant Capitol Hill experience, knowledge of the legislative process, a strong attention to detail, and strong writing, communication, and organizational skills.  Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to francis.gibbs@mail.house.gov.  Please no phone calls, faxes, or drop-ins.

Internship - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart has internships available for Spring 2008 in their DC office.  Duties will include answering phones, leading Capitol tours, logging mail and assisting administrative and legislative staff with research and other projects.  Florida ties are preferred.  Interested applicants should submit their resumes to Emily.Zammit@mail.house.gov .

Internship - The Republican Office of the Committee on House Administration is seeking an intern.  Duties will include answering phones, greeting guests, and providing general support to senior staff. Please submit your resume to Rob Wehagen, rob.wehagen@mail.house.gov.

Paid Internship - Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) is seeking an individual to fill an internship position. This internship is a perfect opportunity to gain Hill experience. General responsibilities include greeting visitors, answering phones, opening and sorting mail. Additional duties may include conducting research, attending hearings, handling constituent correspondence and assisting other staff members. Southern ties a plus but not mandatory. Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to OK01jobs@mail.house.gov. 

January 31, 2008

< U>Staff Assistant - Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) seeks a Staff Assistant. Applicant must be cheerful, be service-oriented, be able to multi-task, exude friendliness, and be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include greeting constituents and guests, answering phones, opening and distributing the mail, organizing Congressional tours, processing flag requests, serving as Intern Coordinator, and completing other special projects as assigned. Missouri ties and prior Hill experience preferred. Interested parties should submit cover letter and résumé to Chief of Staff by fax (202 225-2563) or email (paul.protic@mail.house.gov ).

January 29, 2008

< U>Press Secretary - Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY) is seeking a Press Secretary.  Entry level press applicants welcome.  The successful candidate must have excellent written and oral communications skills and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.  Responsibilities include: drafting/distributing press releases and media advisories, writing a weekly column, weekly e-newsletter, development and coordination of all franked materials, drafting regular proactive correspondence, planning and preparation for tele-town hall meetings, website maintenance, preparation of talking points and remarks, establishing and maintaining strong relations with local media and executing an aggressive earned media campaign.  Additional projects will be assigned from time to time.  The successful candidate will have a can-do attitude and be a team player.  Prior communications/media relations experience and Kentucky ties are preferred.  Please send cover letter, resume and writing samples to: KY04Jobs@gmail.com with "Press Secretary" in the subject line.  No calls, faxes or drop-ins.

Legislative Assistant - Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) seeks a Legislative Assistant to manage judiciary issues.  The LA will be responsible for the Congressman's Judiciary Committee assignment, including implementing the Congressman's legislative strategy in this issue area, monitoring legislative activity on the House floor, developing talking points and background materials, and writing constituent mail.  Strong writing and communication skills, creative thinking, and the willingness to take initiative are requirements.  A law degree, Virginia ties, and prior Hill experience are preferred.  Please send a résumé, a cover letter, and references to Ryan Kaldahl at ryan.kaldahl@mail.house.gov.  No phone calls or drop-bys please.

Legislative Assistant – Congressman John Shadegg seeks a hard working Legislative Assistant for his Washington, DC office.  The LA's duties include working with the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative agenda in his/her issue area, monitoring legislative activity on the House floor, developing talking points and background materials as needed, and writing constituent mail.  Strong writing, communication and organizational skills are required. Arizona ties a plus but not required.  Please send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to Shadeggaz3@gmail.com.

DC Caseworker - Rep. Petri is looking for a caseworker in his DC office.  This immediate, entry level position does not require specific casework experience but intern or other similar background is useful.  We will train.  Candidate needs to have good people skills as well as strong writing ability.  Organization is a must.  Wisconsin ties a plus.  Interested applicants should fax resume and cover letter to 202-225-2356.

Staff Assistant – Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) is seeking applicants for the Staff Assistant position. Candidates must be detail-oriented, energetic, reliable and have excellent oral and written communication skills.  Job description includes: answering phones, greeting visitors, managing interns and the front office, and responding to constituent inquiries, including tours and flags.   In addition, this position will include sorting and entering legislative mail into IQ.  Friendly demeanor, positive attitude, team player, and exceptional organizational skills are required for this very active and fast paced position. TEXAS ties are required.   Resumes and cover letters should be sent to texas19jobs@mail.house.gov or faxed to 202 225 9615. Please no drop ins or calls.

Interns - The Washington D.C. office of Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito is currently accepting applications for internships during the spring semester of 2008.  Students will have an opportunity to learn the inner workings of Congress, while gaining experience in the legislative process and public service.   Interns are an essential part of the office and the internship offers opportunities to assist staff in the areas of legislative research, press, administrative support, and constituent services.   It is our goal to offer the most rewarding internship experience possible.  We encourage our interns to take advantage of opportunities to attend hearings, special seminars, and other events to make the most of their experience.  Applications are currently being accepted and if you should have any questions, please e-mail Miranda Kessel at miranda.kessel@house.mail.gov .  You may e-mail applications to the above address or fax them to (202) 225-7856.  

Internship - Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) has an opening for a legislative intern available for the spring 2008 semester in his Washington, DC office. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the staff with incoming mail and data management, researching legislative issues and preparing constituent letters, attending hearings, and assisting on other projects as needed. Any applicant should have excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to work diligently and upon instruction in a fast-paced work environment. Any candidate must also be self-motivated, detail oriented, and able to multi-task. Any person interested should email a resume and cover letter to Tabetha.Bryant@mail.house.gov. 

January 24, 2008

< U>Scheduler – Moderate Midwestern Republican is looking for a scheduler.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:  scheduling for Washington, travel arrangements, and general office management duties.  Candidate must show initiative, mental toughness, strong organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task.  Midwestern ties a plus.  Please email a cover letter and resume to hillopportunity@yahoo.com.  

Field Director - Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) is seeking a Field Director based in Austin. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and building working relationships with constituents and community leaders including Members of Congress, State Officials, Mayors, City Councils, County Commissioners, Judges, and business leaders in the Western portion of the 10th District of Texas; counties include Travis, Lee, Bastrop, and Burleson.  The successful candidate will have excellent written, verbal and organizational skills.  A good understanding of major policy issues, national, state and local politics and the ability to handle multiple tasks and projects.  A strong existing professional network within the counties of responsibility is desirable, as well as previous Congressional or State Government experience.  The Field Director is also responsible for creating, implementing and scheduling events for the Congressman in the Western portion of the district and will be an active member of the Senior Staff, working with Legislative and Casework Staff, to advise the Congressman on policy and legislative matters affecting the district.  The Field Director will also assist with appropriations requests, district policy initiatives and district-wide communications.  Salary is commensurate with experience.  Submit cover letter, résumé, and brief writing sample to: kara.mayfield@mail.house.gov .  No phone calls, faxes or drop-offs please.

Press Secretary - Congressman John M. McHugh (R-NY) is seeking a communications professional.  Media experience, motivation, creativity, superior news-writing skills, and legislative familiarity required.  Provide detailed cover letter, complete resume, and sample 300 word op-ed piece on legislative outlook for 2008.  If you qualify, email: robert.taub@mail.house.gov with "Press Secretary" in the subject line.  No phone calls, faxes, or drop-offs.

Legislative Assistant - Congressman Don Young seeks a Legislative Assistant with at least two years of legislative experience.  Ideal candidate must be a hard worker and will have excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Legislative duties include managing a legislative portfolio with a focus on agriculture, banking, social security, and telecommunications.  The position will include working with the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative strategy in his/her issue area, monitoring legislative activity on the House floor, developing talking points and background materials as needed, and writing constituent mail.  Western ties are preferred and a sense of humor is a must. Please send a cover letter, resume and writing sample to Pamela.Day@mail.house.gov with "LA" in the subject line.  No phone calls or drop-ins please.

Legislative Assistant - Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE03) is seeking a Legislative Assistant who will be primarily responsible for judiciary, telecommunications, education, and health care issues, focusing on how these issues affect and impact those living in rural America.  Congressman Smith serves on the Agriculture, Budget, and Science & Technology Committees; his is an active, hardworking office. Duties include working with the Legislative Director to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative strategy, monitor legislative activity on the House floor, develop talking points and background materials as needed, and meet with constituents on a regular basis.  Strong writing, communication and organizational skills are required, as is proactive, out-of-the-box thinking.  Position prefers previous legislative experience and Nebraska ties, though neither is required. Applicants should email a résumé, cover letter explaining their qualifications, and salary requirements to jeffrey.shapiro@mail.house.gov with "LA Position" in the subject line. No phone calls or drop-bys please.

Staff Assistant - Congressman Robert E. Latta (OH-5) has an immediate opening for a Staff Assistant in his Washington, DC office.  Responsibilities include answering phones, opening and sorting mail, welcoming visitors to the office, coordinating White House and Capitol Tours, and processing flag requests.  Ideal candidates will have excellent communication, writing, and organizational skills.  Ohio ties are preferred, but not required.  Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to ohio5jobs@gmail.com with "Staff Assistant" in the subject line. 

Legislative Intern - Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-09) has an opening for a legislative intern available for the spring 2008 semester in his Washington, DC office. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the legislative staff with incoming mail and data management, leading tours, researching legislative issues and preparing briefing memos, attending hearings, and assisting on other projects. A strong applicant will have excellent written and oral communication skills. Interested candidates should email a resume, cover letter and writing sample to david.peluso@mail.house.gov. 

January 22, 2008

Press Secretary - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham seeks a public relations/press secretary to oversee the Member's Washington and home state strategic communications operation - works with and builds contacts with local and national press outlets - drafts press releases, talking points, op-eds and newsletters – manages electronic and franked mail programs – produces and assists in editing of Member's public affairs television/radio programs – and maintains and creates web content and supplemental materials.  Successful candidate is a knowledgeable of both political and policy environments, is a creative outside the box thinker and a multi-task expert who can run an effective one-person public relations office.  Candidates must possess strong writing/editing/strategic communications skills, web editing experience. Campaign veterans are encouraged to apply.  Please send resume, cover letter, writing samples and any additional material that showcases public relations skills and talent to: pressopening@yahoo.com  No calls or drop-bys please.

January 17, 2008

Press Secretary - Veteran Republican Member seeks experienced press secretary.  Position requires official and/or political experience as a press secretary, quick turnaround ability, high energy and productivity.  Must have top notch written and oral communications skills, and an ability to quickly grasp unfamiliar information and translate it into cogent and targeted messages.  Successful applicant will develop and implement a Communications Plan, act as spokesperson and media liaison, manage communications strategy, and draft speeches, public statements, press releases, news columns and op-eds.  Reply with resume and salary requirements to ky01.jobs@mail.house.gov  

Legislative Assistant – Congressman Joe Barton seeks a hard working Legislative Assistant for his Washington, DC office.  The LA's duties include working with the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative strategy in his/her issue area, monitoring legislative activity on the House floor, developing talking points and background materials as needed, and writing constituent mail.  Strong writing, communication and organizational skills are required.   Ideal candidate should have one year of legislative experience, ability to keep up with a steady volume of constituent mail, and be a team player who's willing to take on new challenges in a busy office.  Texas ties a plus but not required.  Please send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to TX06Jobs@mail.house.gov .

Staff Assistant - The office of Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) seeks applicants for a Staff Assistant position.  Candidates must be friendly, organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated.  The position requires an attitude of constituent service, management of intern schedules, arranging tours, and several other important tasks. Candidates from the Charlotte area are ideal, and North Carolina ties are strongly encouraged.  Please send résumés and references to Sarah Hale at sarah.hale@mail.house.gov.

Internship - Congressman Gresham Barrett (R-SC-03) is seeking applications for internships in his Washington, DC office this spring. We are looking for any students who are looking to gain course credit and work in an unpaid internship. Candidates must possess strong written and verbal communication skills, be a self-starter, and able to multi-task.  Duties include, but are not limited to, assisting legislative staff with research and special projects, sorting and answering mail, attending hearings, and leading Capitol tours.  South Carolina ties are a big plus, but not required. We can be flexible with hours and days, if needed. Interested candidates should send a résumé and cover letter to elizabeth.edwards@mail.house.gov with "Internship" in the subject line or call 202-225-5301.

January 15, 2008

Republican General Counsel – Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure seeks Republican General Counsel.  Responsibilities include, performing executive and administrative duties for the Full Committee, providing legal advice and counsel on matters before the Committee including hearings, markups, Floor consideration, and conferences with the Senate.  Individual reports to Republican Chief of Staff.  Qualifications include a law degree from an accredited law school and admission to at least one state bar.  At least 10 years of Hill experience on a Committee. Ability to manage multiple tasks and work well under pressure. Strong oral and written communication skills. Thorough hands-on knowledge of Committee procedures, parliamentary procedure, and the Rules of the House of Representatives. Experience in and knowledge of the subject matter under the jurisdiction of the Committee.  Send resume and cover letter to Jim Coon, Republican Chief of Staff at: Jason.Rosa@mail.house.gov

Communications Director – Congressman Joe Knollenberg (MI-9) is seeking a Communications Director to help develop and carry out an aggressive press agenda.  Candidates should have experience talking to the press, excellent writing skills and be able to handle multiple projects at the same time.  The person will be responsible for working the Detroit media market hard, being the Congressman's principal spokesperson, writing and distributing press releases and op-eds, preparing the Congressman for public speaking events, and taking advantage of aggressive legislative and district outreach plans.  Please email a resume, cover letter and 2 writing samples to craig.albright@mail.house.gov.  Note "Communications Director" in the subject line.  No calls, faxes or drop-ins please.

Communications Director - Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) is seeking a Communications Director.  The successful candidate will have significant press/communications experience; as well as excellent written, verbal and organizational skills.  A good understanding of major policy issues and national and international politics, and the ability to handle multiple tasks and projects is required.  A strong existing network with Texas and Washington, DC media is desirable.  Responsibilities include: developing and implementing an aggressive communications strategy, overseeing all Franked communications, writing news releases and statements, drafting speeches, creating talking points, responding to media inquiries and pitching stories, overseeing weekly, bi-weekly and monthly newsletters and e-newsletters, managing website content, maintaining media database, providing relevant information concerning legislative issues and their impact to media and coordinating Town Hall meetings and Tele-Town Halls.  Previous Hill experience strongly preferred but not essential if the candidate has a strong, relevant background in communications/media relations.  Salary is commensurate with experience.  Position may be based in Austin or Washington, DC. Submit cover letter, résumé, and brief writing sample: sarah.whiting@mail.house.gov.  No phone calls, faxes or drop-offs please.  

Press Secretary/Communications Director - Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is seeking a Press Secretary/Communications Director.  Candidates should have excellent writing skills and be comfortable responding to an array of media inquiries from print, radio, TV, and online media contacts in a timely manner.  Responsibilities include drafting and sending press releases, writing op-eds and columns, editing a variety of written materials generated by the office, occasional speechwriting, arranging editorial board meetings and other visits to Southeastern Wisconsin papers and TV studios, and drafting radio and print advertisements to help publicize town hall meetings.  E-mail résumé to press.sec.opening@gmail.com.

Press Intern - The Washington DC office of Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has an immediate opening for a press intern.  Responsibilities will include writing and research assignments, along with assisting the press secretary in the day-to-day operation of the Congressman's press office.  Excellent writing and research skills are a must.  This internship is a great opportunity for anyone interested in working as a press secretary on the Hill or in a campaign, and successful interns may be considered for advancement within the office.  Interested candidates should send a résumé, cover letter, and two writing samples to NC10position@gmail.com. 

Legislative Intern - Congressman John Boozman (AR-03) has an opening for a legislative intern available for the spring 2008 semester in his Washington, DC office. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the legislative staff with incoming mail and data management, researching legislative issues and preparing briefing memos, attending hearings, and assisting on other projects. A strong applicant will have excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to work diligently and upon instruction in a fast-paced work environment. Must be a self-starter, detail oriented, and be able to multi-task. Interested candidates should email a resume, cover letter and writing sample to Kathee.Facchiano@mail.house.gov. 

 

Interns - Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX) is currently seeking interns to start immediately for the spring semester in her Washington, DC office.  Duties include sorting and inputting mail, researching legislative issues, attending lectures and hearings, giving Capitol tours, and assisting with other general office duties.  Also integrated into the internship is a semester-long research project which culminates with the writing of a legislative memo that the intern will present to the Congresswoman.  Candidates must be detail oriented, have excellent writing and communication skills, be able to multi-task, and have strong interpersonal skills.  This is an outstanding opportunity for college students and graduates seeking Capitol Hill experience. Please email your cover letter and resume to tyler.threadgill@mail.house.gov.  No phone calls or drop-ins, please.

Paid Intern – Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) is seeking a paid intern to fill an immediate opening.  Intern responsibilities include answering phones and greeting guests, logging and drafting constituent correspondence, researching legislation, attending hearings/meetings on an as-needed basis, and leading tours of the United States Capitol building.  California ties a plus, but not mandatory.  Applicants should be enthusiastic, hard-working, and computer-literate.  Send a resume and cover letter to Brittany Hooten at Brittany.Hooten@mail.house.gov.

January 10, 2008

Scheduler/Office Manager - Congressman Frank Lucas, Republican from Oklahoma, is looking to fill his Scheduler/Office Manager position.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:  scheduling for Oklahoma and DC offices, travel arrangements, and general office managing duties.  Candidate must show initiative, have strong organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task.  Southern ties a plus.  Please email a cover letter and resume to nicole.scott@mail.house.gov.  No calls or faxes please.

Staff Assistant - Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) is seeking a PA native (Priority given to Pittsburgh natives) for Staff Assistant. Job description includes: answering phones, greeting visitors, sorting and entering legislative mail into IQ, light letter writing and legislative research, as well as responding to constituent inquiries including tours and flags.  Will also work directly with  legislative and district staff on a variety of special projects.  Aggressive Hill climbers from Pgh encouraged to apply by faxing resume and coverletter to Susan Mosychuk, Chief of Staff (202) 225-1844

Spring Internship - Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) still has internship opportunities available in his D.C. office for the 2008 spring semester.  Students will have a great opportunity to learn the legislative process and become more familiar with the role of Congress.  Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: answering phones, sorting mail and faxes, guiding tours of the Capitol, attending briefings and hearings, legislative research, and constituent services.  Full and part-time positions are available. Michigan ties are a plus but not required. Please email a resume and cover letter to Lindsay.Ingels@mail.house.gov .

Spring Intern – Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) is seeking interns for the Spring Semester.  Candidates must possess strong written and verbal communication skills, be self-motivated, able to multi-task and have a desire to learn the legislative process first hand.  Responsibilities will include providing administrative support, giving tours, writing and logging office correspondence, and attending meetings and hearings. Those interested should email resume and cover letter to adam.pradko@mail.house.gov by January 16.  

Unpaid Intern - Congressman Kenny Hulshof (MO-09) seeks an unpaid intern in the Washington, DC office for the spring. The intern will perform a host of duties associated with the day-to-day operations of the office. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, answering phones, assisting with constituent correspondence, guiding Capitol tours, and assisting legislative and administrative staff. Interns are also encouraged to further their learning experience by attending briefings, committee hearings, press conferences, and other relevant events on Capitol Hill. Missouri ties are a plus but not required. Position is open immediately. Please email cover letter, current resume, references, and availability to the attention of Mary Stundebeck at mary.stundebeck@mail.house.gov.

Interns - The office of Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11) is looking for interns to fill unpaid positions for the upcoming spring semester.  Interns will have the opportunity to attend Committee hearings, learn about legislative processes, meet Members of the House of Representatives, and assist in the daily operations of a Congressional office.  This is a wonderful opportunity for those who are interested in politics and policy, as you will be working for a member of the Republican leadership team.  Candidates must be self-motivated, detail-oriented and outgoing.  Applicants are also encouraged to seek academic credit with their institutions.  We are willing to be flexible and work around student's schedules.  However, the ideal candidate will be able to start immediately.  Full time candidates are preferred.  Michigan ties are a plus!  If you are interested in applying for this internship, please e-mail a resume, cover letter and references to Brian.Romano@mail.house.gov .  

Interns - The office of Congressman Bob Latta of Ohio's 5th Congressional district has immediate internship openings available in the Washington D.C. office.  You will be provided with an excellent opportunity to gain a handson knowledge of the legislative process while developing an understanding and familiarity of how a Congressional office works.  This is an excellend opportunity for college students or recent graduates.  Candidates should be energetic, outgoing, sociable, detail oriented, and well organized.  Daily tasks may include answering phones, sorting mail, faxing, writing letters, legislative research, data entry, conducting tours, attending Congressional hearings and other special projects.  Please send cover letter, references, and resume to Cory.Toth@mail.house.gov .

January 8, 2008

Legislative Correspondent - Congressman Greg Walden is seeking an LC.  Candidate must have very solid and efficient writing skills, be a quick learner, and a positive attitude.  The office provides good room for growth for good writers who work well in a team atmosphere.  The position also provides a lot of interaction with the Congressman and the opportunity to learn a lot on the issue and institution front.  At least decent technology knowledge needed as the position involves working efficiently with the office computer system.  Background in the IQ system is most helpful. Applicants should send a cover letter outlining writing experience, as well as a resume.   Fax is strongly preferred (fax number: 202.225.5774) with attention to "LC Position" noted.  The office will contact applicants for a brief writing exercise in the office. 

Staff Assistant - Congressman Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) has an opening for a Staff Assistant in his Washington office.  Candidates must be committed to social and economic conservatism.  Candidates must also have excellent organizational, personal, and communication skills.  Academic achievement, experience, and residence in the 16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania will also be given great weight.  Duties include greeting visitors, answering phones, opening mail, and providing clerical support for senior staff.  Résumés and cover letters should be sent to monica.volante@mail.house.gov.  No faxes or phone calls please.

Paid Internship – House Republican office has internships available for spring 2008 in their Capitol Hill office.  Duties will include greeting visitors, answering telephones, leading Capitol tours, logging mail, and assisting the administrative and legislative staff with research and other projects.  Must be a self-starter, be detail oriented, and be able to multi-task. This is a great opportunity for college students and graduates seeking Capitol Hill experience.  Washington State ties preferred.  Interested applicants should submit their resume to Brian.Frankovic@mail.house.gov.

Internship - The Republican Office of the Committee on House Administration is seeking an intern. Duties will include answering phones, greeting guests, and providing general support to senior staff. Please submit your resume to Rob Wehagen, rob.wehagen@mail.house.gov. 

Internship – Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) still has internship opportunities available in his personal office for the 2008 spring semester.  Duties include answering phones, leading Capitol tours, processing mail, and helping legislative staff with research and constituent correspondence. Wisconsin ties are a plus. Full and part-time positions are available.  Please fax résumés to Brian at 202-225-3190, or e-mail to Brian.Amen@mail.house.gov

January 3, 2008

Executive Assistant - Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL) is seeking an Executive Assistant. This position is responsible for heavy calendar management and travel arrangements, front office management and executive administration. The ideal candidate MUST be highly organized and trustworthy, possess excellent attention to detail and communication skills, and have the ability to anticipate the Member's needs. Candidates must have experience.  Please send cover letter and resume to jeff.cohen@mail.house.gov. No Phone calls, faxes or drop-ins.   

Communications Director – The office of Congressman Jack Kingston is seeking a Communications Director.  Candidates must have excellent writing skills and be able to prove extensive experience with a variety of communications projects.  Duties will include crafting and implementing an aggressive press strategy, writing and distributing press releases and op-eds, tracking and analysis of the Congressman's media coverage, organizing press events, managing press staff in the district and preparation for all media events.  Management experience and audio/video editing skills a plus.  Applicants should send a cover letter (including salary requirements), resume, references and two writing samples to kingstonjobs@gmail.com.  No calls, faxes or walk-ins will be accepted.  

Staff Assistant – Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is seeking a Staff Assistant. Looking for a candidate that is detail-oriented, energetic, reliable and has  excellent oral and written communication skills.  Job description includes: answering phones, greeting visitors, sorting mail, managing interns and the front office, responding to constituent inquiries including tours and flags.   In addition this postion will include assisting with selective scheduling duties and working  directly with the member on a variety of projects.    Friendly demeanor, positive attitude, team player, and exceptional organizational skills are required for this very active and fast pace position. TEXAS ties are preferred.   Email resume and cover letter to: congsmith.tx21@mail.house.gov or fax to 202 225 5223 Please no drop in's or calls. 

December 27, 2007

Staff Assistant – Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) is seeking a Staff Assistant. Ideal candidate is detail-oriented, energetic, reliable and posses' excellent oral and written communication skills for this entry level position. Job description includes: answering phones, greeting visitors, sorting mail, database entry, responding to constituent inquiries and assisting with tours. Friendly demeanor, positive attitude, team player, and exceptional organizational skills are a prerequisite for this position.  Fax resume to: Dan Scandling, chief of staff, (202) 225-0437.

December 18, 2007

Legislative Assistant - Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) seeks an experienced Legislative Assistant.  Candidates MUST have at least one year of experience as an LA to be considered.  Appropriations work a plus.  Send resumes to:  Dan Scandling, Chief of Staff, 241 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC  20515 or fax to (202) 225-0437.

 

Interns - Congresswoman Mary Bono's Washington, D.C. office is currently accepting applications for internships during the spring of 2008.  Students will have a great opportunity to learn the legislative process and become more familiar with the role of Congress.  Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: answering phones, sorting mail and faxes, guiding tours of the Capitol, attending briefings and hearings, legislative research, and constituent services.  California ties are a plus but not required. Please email a resume and cover letter to Jon-Marc.Blalock@mail.house.gov .

 

December 13, 2007

Legislative Assistant for Foreign Affairs – Republican member of the Foreign Affairs Committee is seeking a hard working, energetic and experienced Legislative Assistant for his/her Washington, DC office.  The LA will be responsible foro handling foreign affairs related issues, in addition to staffing the Congressman on the Foreign Affairs Committee.  Duties include working with the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative strategy in his/her issue area, monitor legislative activity on the House floor, develop talking points and background materials as needed, and write constituent mail.  Strong writing, communication and organizational skills are required.  Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates, experience in health care issues a plus.   Please send resumes to rep-member@mail.house.gov.

Press Assistant/Scheduler - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) -  Ways and Means member looking for an individual to schedule the Member and help the press secretary, who is in the district, with DC Press.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: coordinating Congressman's Washington, DC schedule and travel, responding to media inquiries, arranging interviews, drafting and issuing press releases and columns, and assisting with website management etc.  Must have strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize. Texas ties are a plus.  Email cover letter, résumé, and references to staff.doug@mail.house.gov.  No calls please.

Legislative Correspondent - Congressman Scott Garrett's office is seeking a Legislative Correspondent to begin in January.  Applicants should have some Hill experience and familiarity with the legislative process and IQ system, as well as good writing skills, a positive attitude, and go-getter spirit.  Position also includes systems management, so applicant should have some technology knowledge.  Salary will be commensurate with experience.  Please send your resume, references, and 2 writing samples to michelle.presson@mail.house.gov.

December 11, 2007

DC Scheduler - The office of Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) is seeking a D.C. scheduler. This position is responsible for managing the Member's DC schedule, making travel arrangements, filing travel disclosure forms with the Committee on Standards, maintaining the Member's reading file, attending functions with the Member as needed, and supervising front office functions.  The ideal candidate must possess meticulous attention to detail, excellent communication skills and the ability to organize and problem solve in a fast-paced environment.  Candidates must have experience.  Salary based on experience. Please send resume, and cover letter to: heather.ramsey@mail.house.gov

Press Secretary – Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) seeks a Press Secretary to maintain an aggressive press agenda.  The candidate must have excellent written and verbal skills and the proven ability to manage multiple communications projects.  The candidate should also have a proactive attitude and a commitment to conservative principles.  The press secretary is responsible for writing press releases, op-eds, direct mail pieces, and talking points; responding to media inquiries and pitching ideas; coordinating press events; maintaining the website and regular e-newsletters; and coordinating Tele-town halls.  Colorado ties a plus.  Please e-mail a résumé, cover letter, and two writing samples to nina.schmidgall@mail.house.gov.  Interviews will begin soon!  No calls, faxes or drop-ins please. 

Legislative Assistant for Transportation, Environment, Energy, and related issues – Congressman Dave Reichert is seeking a hard working, proactive and experienced Legislative Assistant.  The LA will handle committee work for the Congressman on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Duties include working with the Legislative Director to develop and implement the Congressman's legislative strategy in his/her issue area, monitor legislative activity on the House floor, develop talking points and background materials as needed, and write constituent mail.  Strong writing, communication and organizational skills are required.  L.A. experience and Pacific Northwest ties are a plus.  Please send resumes to Chris Miller at cjm@mail.house.gov (please no phone calls).

Legislative Correspondent - Oklahoma Republican John Sullivan is seeking a Legislative Correspondent for a constituent-service oriented office. The LC will be responsible for researching and writing legislative correspondence and processing constituent mail through the computer system. This important position requires a strong work ethic, high degree of organization, and teamwork; the first and paramount priority is an efficient mail process. Chosen candidate will work closely with the Systems Administrator and Legislative Director in ensuring quick and accurate correspondence management. This position is ideal for a conscientious, hard-working Staff Assistant or Legislative Correspondent. Knowledge of IQ a plus. Ideal candidate has worked on Capitol Hill for at least one year, and has Oklahoma/Southern/Midwest ties. Email (no calls, emails, faxes, or drop-bys) resumes with LC Position in the subject line to ok01jobs@mail.house.gov .

Internships - The Washington D.C. office of Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito is currently accepting applications for internships during the spring semester of 2008.  Students will have an opportunity to learn the inner workings of Congress, while gaining experience in the legislative process and public service.   Some duties include answering phones, assisting with Capitol tours, attending hearings, sorting mail, and assisting staff in the areas of legislative research, press, administrative support, and constituent services.  Please email resume to Miranda.kessel@mail.house.gov 

December 6, 2007

Staff Assistant – Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) is seeking applicants for a Staff Assistant position.  Candidates must possess strong written and verbal communication skills, have a fiscally and socially conservative philosophy, and be a self-starter and able to multi-task.  Responsibilities include answering phones, opening and sorting mail, welcoming visitors to the office, coordinating White House and Capitol Tours, processing flag requests, drafting constituent mail, and helping staff with special projects. Indiana ties, as well as previous Hill internship experience, is preferred, but not required.  Interested candidates should send a résumé and cover letter to in06jobs@mail.house.gov  with "Staff Assistant" in the subject line. 

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 There are great software prizes from Apple, and one lucky team will
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For a high school production of OLIVER

Local video producer is looking for volunteers to run camera for a non-profit
video he is working on. He offers learning and great experience working with
digital cameras.  He needs volunteers for February 13 & 14th, as well as
February 23 to March 3rd.  For more information, please contact Adam Gold:
agold@extremeresearch.com

Want to contribute to important research about studying abroad in the United States? It is easy! Currently a Communication Honors student is writing her senior thesis on the perspectives of foreign students studying at the University of Washington. By taking a simple online survey you can contribute details about your study abroad experience to the field of communication research. The survey will take approximately 30 minutes long and the results will be provided by Spring 2008. 

To participate in this study log on to https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/staplin/47893 

The only requirement is that you are an international student currently studying at the University of Washington. Participation is voluntary. The deadline to submit the online questionnaire is February 2008. 

For more information you may contact the researcher at staplin@u.washington.edu  We cannot assure the confidentiality of information sent by email. 

If you're a Communications student who's thinking about a career in
radio, television or other electronic media, anyone will tell you that it
all comes down to who you know.  So get to know people by joining the
Seattle Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television!  

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about all the different career paths in
electronic media, find a mentor who can offer you career advice and to
make connections that will be invaluable in your search for jobs and
internships. And yes, guys are welcome too.  If you're interested in
being invited to our upcoming social networking events, please email
Nicole Maroutsos at nicole.m@jrnseattle.com and put AWRT as the subject. 
We look forward to meeting you and helping you start off your career in
the right direction!
 
Nicole Maroutsos | Music Director/Programmer

direct: 206.508.8109 | fax: 206.508.8309

email:  nicole.m@jrnseattle.com

 

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