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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
+ Commission on Campus Diversity Forum, Dec 9
+ A Cappella Concert, Dec 11
+ Cents of Relief Opening Meeting, Dec 13
+ Wm E Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose, Dec 15
+ Citizens Scholars Program Applications thru March 9
+ EU Politics and Business Honors Program
Previously Noted & Still of Interest
+ E2M—An Economic Model for Millennium 2000-Forum, Dec 8
+ Fundraiser for ServiceNet Seeking Volunteers
+ Fellowship Announcement, NASA Graduate Researchers
+ UMass Oxford Summer Seminar
+ Honor Society Scholarships for Juniors & Seniors
+ Native American Congressional Internships
+ New Community Service Learning Courses
+ Sustainable Living Course Offers Honors Colloq
+ Winter Course in Mexico, Honors 397I
+ Alternative Spring Break Culminating Experience
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COMMISSION ON CAMPUS DIVERSITY PUBLIC FORUM, DEC 9
7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Curry Hicks Cage Gym.
Your must sign up if you wish to speak at this forum. Email the Chair Orlando Taylor by Dec 3. at orlandotaylor@hotmail.com. Include your name, affiliation and email. And for a complete listing of ALANA events in December, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/ALANA.pdf.
A CAPPELLA ON CAMPUS, DEC 11
This Saturday night, Dec. 11, the Vocal Suspects, the coed a cappella group on campus, will be having there final semester concert in the Campus Center Auditorium at 8:00 PM. Admission is $2.00 for students, $5.00 general. See you there!
CENTS OF RELIEF OPENING MEETING, DEC 13
Cents of Relief is opening a Chapter at UMass. Be a part of history! "Cents of Relief endeavors to help the AIDS infected victims in the red-light areas of India by gathering sufficient funds to be used for providing an education for commercial-sex workers' children, implementing preventive measures against the disease and trafficking of adolescent girls, and giving commercial sex-workers and their children access to the basic necessities of life." Come to our meeting Monday December 13th at 6:30 p.m. on the 12th floor of Washington Tower. Refreshments will be served. For more information go to http://www.centsofrelief.org/ or email gsafain@student.umass.edu.
WM. E. SIMON FELLOWSHIP FOR NOBLE PURPOSE, EMAIL BY DEC 15
The Fellowship is an unrestricted cash grant that will be awarded to those graduating college seniors who have demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society. Each year ISI will award three Fellowships for Noble Purpose. The top award will be for $40,000. Two additional fellows will be chosen each year to receive a grant of $5000 each. Examples of how recipients may use their award include:
* Engage directly in the civic life of their community.
* Help to create opportunity for others, including job creation.
* Advance their expertise.
* Fund the ultimate realization of their noble purpose.
There is no limit to the number of applicants that ISI will accept from any one college or university. Interested students must email name, address, and phone number to simon@isi.org by December 15, 2004, and applications must be postmarked by January 15, 2005. You may also visit our website for more information, http://www.isi.org/programs/fellowships/simon.html. To find additional information and the application form, go to http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/simon_fellow.pdf.
CITIZENS SCHOLARS PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH MARCH 9
Are you interested in....*Service* *Activism* *Organizing* *Leadership* *Learning* *Justice* *Politics*? Think critically and act creatively for social change! Apply to the Citizen Scholars Program!
The Citizen Scholars Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a two-year, academic service learning program that combines community service and focused coursework on activism and creating social justice. Citizen Scholars build a tight knit community and develop unique tools to make a difference in the world.
This program is open to all majors and scholarships are available for participants. Pick up an application at the Office of Community Service Learning, 610 Goodell, 545-2015 or download an application at http://www.umass.edu/csl/students.html APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 9, 2005.
EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS & BUSINESS HONORS PROGRAM
An Honors Culminating Experience Option Combining Coursework and Research at UMass and in Europe.
Students selected to participate in the EU Politics and Business Program will combine coursework taught at UMass Amherst and at Denmark’s International Study (DIS) Program with independent research and hands-on international experience. Participants in the program will earn a total of nine credits while completing the Commonwealth College Culminating Experience requirements. For more information see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/euprogram.pdf. Or call the School of Management at 545-5610 or Professor Eric Einhorn (einhorn@polsci.umass.edu) at 545-4079.
****** Previously Noted and Still of Interest ******
E2M-ECONOMIC MODEL FOR MILLENNIUM 2000-FORUM, DEC. 8
E2M—An Economic Model for Millennium 2000—calls for the creation of unique for-profit business entities, known as ‘E2M certified businesses,’ which include the employees and the community as shareholders. “By simply purchasing goods and services from E2M certified businesses, consumers can guarantee that these businesses will grow and provide a significant and steady flow of wealth to their communities,” says Michael Garjian, a commercial entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur and founder of E2M.org.
To learn more about this refreshing new economic initiative, attend the E2M forum at UMass to be held on Wednesday, December 8 from 4-5:30pm in room W-24 of Machmer Hall. All are welcome to attend. For more information about E2M, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/E2M.pdf or visit their site at http://www.e2m.org/.
FUNDRAISER FOR SERVICENET INC. SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
ServiceNet Inc. is an organization based in Northampton which strives to "provide a wide array of effective, accessible, and sensitive human services" and runs several homeless shelters and drop-in centers in Northampton and the surrounding areas to this end. At this time of year, ServiceNet creates and sells an "Art with Heart" Calendar, which contains art donated by local artists, as a fundraiser for their programs. They would like to get some UMass students involved in this project, selling calendars in the Northampton and Amherst area. Interested students can contact Brooks Reinhold, Administrative Coordinator for the Housing and Shelter Division, at (413) 582-4284. Additional information about the calendars can be found at <http://www.servicenetinc.org/index.php?id=76>.
FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT, NASA GRADUATE RESEARCHERS PROGRAM
Year 2005 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program
Deadline: February 1, 2005.
Fellowship Overview: The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program offers fellowships to students attending or planning to attend graduate school who are seeking research-based masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering if the student's research perspectives are related to NASA research and development. Each fellowship consists of a student stipend of $18,000, a student allowance of $3,000 and a $3,000 university allowance. Upon satisfactory progress the award may be renewed for a total of up to three years. NASA awards approximately 90 GSRP fellowships per year. For complete information see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/NASA.pdf or visit the NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Web Site at http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/program/index.cfm.
UMASS OXFORD SUMMER SEMINAR
The Summer Seminar, which will run from July 3—August 12, offers courses in literature, international law, history, film and politics. All students reside in Trinity College, one of Oxford’s most beautiful colleges, and all faculty members are British academics, most of them currently teaching at Oxford. Students may earn up to eight undergraduate credits. Tuition, room and board for the six-week program is $5500. A limited amount of merit-based financial aid is available. For more information about the program, visit http://www.umass.edu/oxford/ or email the program at oxford@english.umass.edu.
[A few additional notes on this program from the Dean: Commonwealth College students who have done this program have given it very high praise. One of the courses you take will carry honors credit. Also, this year for the first time, if there is enough demand, we will organize so that students may use this opportunity as part of their culminating experience, by using one of their Oxford courses as the launching point for a thesis. If you are interested in this possibility, email me (dean@comcol.umass.edu) or the program director, Professor Leheny (jim.leheny@chancellor.umass.edu) so we can judge possible demand.]
HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO JUNIORS & SENIORS
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi offers three scholarships/awards for juniors and seniors:
- A fellowship for the first year of graduate study worth $8,000. Deadline Feb 1.
- A study-abroad award worth $1,000. Deadline Jan 15.
- A teaching literacy award worth $2500. Deadline, Feb 1.
Forms may be picked up in the Office of National Scholarship Advisement, 408 Goodell Building. Additional information about the awards, and down-loadable forms are available from the society's website at http://www.phikappaphi.org/.
NATIVE AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS
Each year 12 Native American students have the opportunity to learn about the federal government from the inside through a ten-week internship with a congressional office or federal agency in Washington, D.C. Round-trip airfare to D.C., dormitory lodging, a daily allowance and $1,200 Education stipend are provided. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or permanent resident; Native American or Alaska Native; college junior, senior, graduate or law student, or graduating from a tribal community college; have a minimum "B" average; and have an interest in tribal government. Additional information and application materials are available at http://www.udall.gov/p_internships.asp or contact: Monica Nuvamsa, Internship Coordinator, nuvamsa@udall.gov.
NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING COURSES FOR SPRING
Check out this new course: Honors 397R Mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters Become a Mentor, Learn about Leadership and Mentoring, Get Credit, Make a Difference. Find the complete list of CSL courses for spring semester at http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/new_csl.pdf
SUSTAINABLE LIVING COURSE OFFERS HONORS COLLOQUIUM
Turn PLNTSOIL 290S, Sustainable Living, into an honors course by also signing up for one of the associated honors colloquia. Visit the course website at http://www.umass.edu/umext/jgerber/sustliving.htm.
WINTER COURSE IN MEXICO - HONORS 397I
With Professor John Gerber
For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/mexico.htm
ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK CULMINATING EXPERIENCE
Grassroots Community Development (Anthro 397H) is an intensive four-credit Honors course that includes spending SPRING BREAK in a rural community in VA and working side by side with grassroots organizations there. For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/anthro397h.htm.