___________________________________________
Fall 2008 | Friday Forum lecture series
“Sick of Sound Bites? Real Issues for the Next Administration”
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“U.S. Agricultural Policy: Prospects for Change”
December 5 @ 12 noon
Robert Thompson, Gardner Chair in Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Sciences, University of Illinois
Talk description:
Thompson examines agricultural policy focusing on the U.S. Farm Bill. With 93 percent of agricultural support going to producers of five commodities and over 60 percent of U.S. agriculture getting no support, many question the equity of our commodity programs. Learn how new players are introducing new concepts and priorities into the farm bill debate.
Lunch may be purchased from the Y Thai Eatery for only $6.00 ($3.00 for
students with a valid student ID.) Reservations can be made by calling Carol Nunn at
(217) 337-1500.
The talk is free and open to the public and is in the University YMCA’s
Latzer Hall (located on the corner or Wright and Chalmers.) Lunch is available
through the Y Thai Eatery for $6.00 for non-students and $3 for students (school ID is required).
For more information about the other talks in this series, please visit
us online at: http://www.universityymca.org/fridayforum/
Monday, December 1, 2008
Volunteer Abroad with Unite for Sight
Volunteer Abroad, Be Part of Global Problem Solving
Unite For Sight: Recruiting and Training New Leaders in Global Health
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times
Unite For Sight engages, inspires, and trains volunteers to support and assist eye clinics globally. Volunteers receive hands-on training in international community-based eye care, public health, and international development, and while immersed in effective Unite For Sight programs, they gain skills to become new leaders in global health dedicated to creating lasting solutions.
With the assistance of volunteers like you, Unite For Sight has restored sight to 18,500 patients and provided eye care to more than 600,000. Unite For Sight supports eye clinics by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Unite For Sight programs are sustainable, apply best practice principles in global health and development, and achieve effective change. Unite For Sight's programs also demonstrate the highest standards in social entrepreneurship.
Experience the thrill of contributing to change on the highest level
Be part of global problem solving
Receive training in community-based program delivery
Be immersed in effective global health and eye care programs
Be inspired to become a leader in global health
Join a movement of social innovators committed to global health and sustainable development
Be engaged in ethical, high quality and high impact volunteerism
Contact: volunteers@uniteforsight.org, http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight: Recruiting and Training New Leaders in Global Health
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times
Unite For Sight engages, inspires, and trains volunteers to support and assist eye clinics globally. Volunteers receive hands-on training in international community-based eye care, public health, and international development, and while immersed in effective Unite For Sight programs, they gain skills to become new leaders in global health dedicated to creating lasting solutions.
With the assistance of volunteers like you, Unite For Sight has restored sight to 18,500 patients and provided eye care to more than 600,000. Unite For Sight supports eye clinics by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Unite For Sight programs are sustainable, apply best practice principles in global health and development, and achieve effective change. Unite For Sight's programs also demonstrate the highest standards in social entrepreneurship.
Experience the thrill of contributing to change on the highest level
Be part of global problem solving
Receive training in community-based program delivery
Be immersed in effective global health and eye care programs
Be inspired to become a leader in global health
Join a movement of social innovators committed to global health and sustainable development
Be engaged in ethical, high quality and high impact volunteerism
Contact: volunteers@uniteforsight.org, http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ED Interview Schedule
Make note on your calendars that interviews for the YMCA Executive Director will be held December 3,4,5. In addition to the interview schedule which will be sent out to you soon, please plan (as you are able) to join the candidates for dinner at 6:30 on each of those nights. Dinner is on the Y!
The last two individals who have served as ED of the Y were pretty special. Think we can find someone who lives up to this:
Willard Broom gets married.
OR this guy:
Steve Shoemaker aka Abraham Lincoln encourages students to vote.
The last two individals who have served as ED of the Y were pretty special. Think we can find someone who lives up to this:
Willard Broom gets married.
OR this guy:
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| From New Album 11/5/08 9:00 AM |
Steve Shoemaker aka Abraham Lincoln encourages students to vote.
Monday, November 10, 2008
"Some Hard Truths You Should Know About Global Warming" THIS FRIDAY @ 12 noon
________________________________________________________________________
Fall 2008 | Friday Forum lecture series
“Sick of Sound Bites? Real Issues for the Next Administration”
________________________________________________________________________
November 14 @ 12 noon
Some Hard Truths You Should Know About Global Warming
Michael Schlesinger, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Illinois
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Michael Schlesinger discusses the
effects of greenhouse gas emissions and evidence of climate change as
well as suggests policy options that would help make the transition
this century as quickly as we can from the Greenhouse-Gas-Emission Age
to the Post-Greenhouse-Gas-Emission Age.
The talk is free and open to the public and is in the University YMCA’s
Latzer Hall (located on the corner or Wright and Chalmers.) Lunch is available
through the Y Thai Eatery for $6.00 for non-students and $3 for students (school ID is required).
For more information about the other talks in this series, please visit
us online at:
http://www.universityymca.org/fridayforum
Fall 2008 | Friday Forum lecture series
“Sick of Sound Bites? Real Issues for the Next Administration”
________________________________________________________________________
November 14 @ 12 noon
Some Hard Truths You Should Know About Global Warming
Michael Schlesinger, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Illinois
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Michael Schlesinger discusses the
effects of greenhouse gas emissions and evidence of climate change as
well as suggests policy options that would help make the transition
this century as quickly as we can from the Greenhouse-Gas-Emission Age
to the Post-Greenhouse-Gas-Emission Age.
The talk is free and open to the public and is in the University YMCA’s
Latzer Hall (located on the corner or Wright and Chalmers.) Lunch is available
through the Y Thai Eatery for $6.00 for non-students and $3 for students (school ID is required).
For more information about the other talks in this series, please visit
us online at:
http://www.universityymca.org/fridayforum
ASB Spring Apps Available NOW!
Alternative Spring Break Applications AVAILABLE NOW.
Visit http://www.illinoisasb.org/trips/spring/ for more information on
Spring 2009 trips and to fill out the application.
Application Deadlines:
* Noon on Friday, November 21st for Site Facilitators
* 5pm on Wednesday, December 3rd for General Participants
Apply to be a site-fac and encourage other members of your groups as well. Being a site-fac is a GREAT way to develop leadership skills for young members of Y groups.
Why should you go on an Alternative Spring Break trip this year?
Here's what some past ASB participants have said about ASB:
o "ASB is awesome! There is no other experience that allows you to do
so many great things and at the same time make so many friends. You
never want to leave the trip and that says so much about this
organization. It's great and I would suggest it to anyone and
everyone!" – 2005 Spring Participant Georgetown, SC (Tara Hall Home For
Boys)
o " Aside from being an overall enriching experience, ASB took my
preconceived ideas about my issue and gave them a complete makeover." –
2005 Spring Participant Bronx, NY (Part of The Solution)
o "My experience at ASB has truly given me a greater outlook on what
need there is in the world and that I can truly make a difference."
– 2002 Spring Participant Detroit, MI.
Visit http://www.illinoisasb.org/trips/spring/ for more information on
Spring 2009 trips and to fill out the application.
Application Deadlines:
* Noon on Friday, November 21st for Site Facilitators
* 5pm on Wednesday, December 3rd for General Participants
Apply to be a site-fac and encourage other members of your groups as well. Being a site-fac is a GREAT way to develop leadership skills for young members of Y groups.
Why should you go on an Alternative Spring Break trip this year?
Here's what some past ASB participants have said about ASB:
o "ASB is awesome! There is no other experience that allows you to do
so many great things and at the same time make so many friends. You
never want to leave the trip and that says so much about this
organization. It's great and I would suggest it to anyone and
everyone!" – 2005 Spring Participant Georgetown, SC (Tara Hall Home For
Boys)
o " Aside from being an overall enriching experience, ASB took my
preconceived ideas about my issue and gave them a complete makeover." –
2005 Spring Participant Bronx, NY (Part of The Solution)
o "My experience at ASB has truly given me a greater outlook on what
need there is in the world and that I can truly make a difference."
– 2002 Spring Participant Detroit, MI.
Thanksgiving Potluck!!
When: Thursday, November 20 from 5-7 pm
What: Delicious food, good times with Y friends, and if you are lucky, I'll make broccoli cheese and rice.
What to bring: A dish, dessert, or drink to share. OR just youself. We'll have plenty of turkey, tofurkey, pumpkin pie, vegan pumpkin pie and MORE!
Who is invited? All Y students, BOG members, 3rd floor students and staff.
What: Delicious food, good times with Y friends, and if you are lucky, I'll make broccoli cheese and rice.
What to bring: A dish, dessert, or drink to share. OR just youself. We'll have plenty of turkey, tofurkey, pumpkin pie, vegan pumpkin pie and MORE!
Who is invited? All Y students, BOG members, 3rd floor students and staff.
Monday, November 3, 2008
REMINDER: Weekend Use of the Building
The weekend hours of the building are:
Friday: 8:30 - 5
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 8-6
Please note: Student Programs may generally only reserve space in the building if the building is open and/or a staff person is present.
This is not designed to limit student access to the building but rather to control YMCA expenses. (The Y has to find and pay someone to sit at the front desk on weekends.) If you would like to meet in the building outside of normal hours you must do the following:
(1) Check with Carol (337-1500) to see if the room you wish to use is available. If there is another [paid] event in the building at that time and your event does not interfere with the renter's event, Carol will book the room for you. PLEASE NOTE: If a rental is cancelled, Carol may notify you to say the space you have requested is no longer available. At this point, you may contact Kasey as described below to explore other options.
(2) If the building is not already open for another event, and you would like to meet at the Y, you must contact Kasey and make a special request for space. If approved, Kasey will either attend the event and open the building for you OR give you a key to use to get into the Y. IF YOU RECIEVE A KEY TO THE Y, YOU MUST RETURN THE KEY TO KASEY NO LATER THAN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY! Following the burglary this summer, we must hold you even more accountable for building keys.
As always, any time you use a room in the Y, you are responsible for returning the room to the state in which you found it.
At any time the Y can decide not to let a student program use building space after hours for (1) failure to return building keys within the specified time frame, (2) failure to return the room to its original condition, (3) because the requested student meeting in some way conflicts with the renter's event (such as noise,etc.)
The old policy for student programs is that you may only use the building once per semester outside of regular hours. We are trying to be more accomodating but can only do so with your continued cooperation.
** VIS-A-VIS and ASB as paid tenants have additional access to the building after hours as outlined in your lease agreements. If you have questions re: how this affects you, feel free to ask Kasey.
Friday: 8:30 - 5
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 8-6
Please note: Student Programs may generally only reserve space in the building if the building is open and/or a staff person is present.
This is not designed to limit student access to the building but rather to control YMCA expenses. (The Y has to find and pay someone to sit at the front desk on weekends.) If you would like to meet in the building outside of normal hours you must do the following:
(1) Check with Carol (337-1500) to see if the room you wish to use is available. If there is another [paid] event in the building at that time and your event does not interfere with the renter's event, Carol will book the room for you. PLEASE NOTE: If a rental is cancelled, Carol may notify you to say the space you have requested is no longer available. At this point, you may contact Kasey as described below to explore other options.
(2) If the building is not already open for another event, and you would like to meet at the Y, you must contact Kasey and make a special request for space. If approved, Kasey will either attend the event and open the building for you OR give you a key to use to get into the Y. IF YOU RECIEVE A KEY TO THE Y, YOU MUST RETURN THE KEY TO KASEY NO LATER THAN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY! Following the burglary this summer, we must hold you even more accountable for building keys.
As always, any time you use a room in the Y, you are responsible for returning the room to the state in which you found it.
At any time the Y can decide not to let a student program use building space after hours for (1) failure to return building keys within the specified time frame, (2) failure to return the room to its original condition, (3) because the requested student meeting in some way conflicts with the renter's event (such as noise,etc.)
The old policy for student programs is that you may only use the building once per semester outside of regular hours. We are trying to be more accomodating but can only do so with your continued cooperation.
** VIS-A-VIS and ASB as paid tenants have additional access to the building after hours as outlined in your lease agreements. If you have questions re: how this affects you, feel free to ask Kasey.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Teach For America Deadline: November 7th
Teach For America Application Deadline
November 7th
Free Application Online: www.teachforamerica.org
Teach For America is working with a great sense of urgency to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity, so that where a child is born has no bearing on his or her educational outcomes and life prospects. We do this by recruiting top recent college graduates and working professionals of all academic majors, career interests and backgrounds to commit two years to teach in low-income communities across the country. After their corps experience, our alumni go on to work from a variety of sectors to effect the fundamental changes necessary to make our society a place of opportunity for all.
Hear about our graduate and corporate partnerships, loan deferral programs, and location/salary information. Log on to our website at www.teachforamerica.org to learn more about our mission and who we look for.
All academic majors. Full salary and benefits. Please contact Jacqueline Enzerra at jacqueline.enzerra@teachforamerica.org if you have any questions.
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November 7th
Free Application Online: www.teachforamerica.org
Teach For America is working with a great sense of urgency to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity, so that where a child is born has no bearing on his or her educational outcomes and life prospects. We do this by recruiting top recent college graduates and working professionals of all academic majors, career interests and backgrounds to commit two years to teach in low-income communities across the country. After their corps experience, our alumni go on to work from a variety of sectors to effect the fundamental changes necessary to make our society a place of opportunity for all.
Hear about our graduate and corporate partnerships, loan deferral programs, and location/salary information. Log on to our website at www.teachforamerica.org to learn more about our mission and who we look for.
All academic majors. Full salary and benefits. Please contact Jacqueline Enzerra at jacqueline.enzerra@teachforamerica.org if you have any questions.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Minutes | 10.19.08
Student Board Meeting | Minutes | 10.19.08
Present: Bethany Powers (IC), Rose Yaguchi (Amnesty), Viirginia (at-large), Alli Meder (VAV), Suhail Barot (EWB), Abby Toms (SECS), Tom Tiojanco (PSA), Kasey Umland (staff), Ruth Ween (guest)
Absent: Race Higgins (Red Bison), LeAnne Fountas (SILA), Navid Zarrinal (Libertas), Sam Thoma (G!O), Mike Stephens (ASB), Carolyn Emerson (VAV), Seoyoung Eom (KSA)
I. Collaboration Updates
o SECS and CVS will be hosting a showing of the film, “The Eleventh Hour” and a potluck.
o SECS and EWB will be collaborating on several events for LIVE GREEN Week.
o More info on LIVE GREEN week is available at secs-uiuc.org
II. November/December check in on requirements to be talked about next meeting
• Collaboration: Remember each student program must collaborate at least 2 times per year with another student program.
• Attendance at student board meetings is mandatory. If your program is not represented at 3 or more meetings, your group may be recommended for BOG review. If your SB rep is unavailable, you can send another representative from your organization in your place.
III. Ruth Ween? Forest Preserve Presentation
• Visit vote2cents.org for more information on a proposed increase of 2 cents to the Champaign County Forest Preserve District’s tax levy that will be on the ballot November 4 for all voters in Champaign County.
IV. Kasey Updates
-parking at the Y – see YMCA student board blog (ymcastudentboard.blogspot.com) for more info
-building reminders - see YMCA student board blog (ymcastudentboard.blogspot.com) for more info
-technology updates
o The Y now has a portable audio system available for use throughout the building. Can be used with i-pods, microphones, etc.
o Operation Y-FI is underway. More updates to come soon.
-building hours discussion
o Is there a need to keep the building open later?
o What would you use the building for if it were open later?
o Send your comments to Kasey.
V. Virginia’s Development Committee Discussion
• If you did not attend the meeting, please send your answers to the following questions to Virginia (vbyrne2@illinois.edu)
o Outside of your student organization, what makes you feel connected to the Y community?
o How do you see student membership?
o What are the benefits of being a student member?
o What benefits would you like to see? ( Ex. Coffee machine, wireless internet)
VI. Reminders
-BOG meeting Tuesday Oct. 21st Wahl Room 4-5:30pm
-Potluck November 20th
-Monday Oct. 27th Building Study Session 4:30pm-6:30pm IMPORTANT
-CANVASES – haven’t painted one yet? Get on that! Just don’t make it look like Ellen’s…
VII. Next Social Event – Ice Skating, hot chocolate, good times – Bethany will look into renting the Ice arena and group rates for next time.
VIII. Next Meeting
-Sunday again? before/after/during potluck? Bethany will email everyone to find a time.
IX. Announcements
o PSA will be hosting FACT conference October 24 – 26. All are welcome at workshops. For more info, visit: psauiuc.org/fact08
Submitted by Kasey Umland
Present: Bethany Powers (IC), Rose Yaguchi (Amnesty), Viirginia (at-large), Alli Meder (VAV), Suhail Barot (EWB), Abby Toms (SECS), Tom Tiojanco (PSA), Kasey Umland (staff), Ruth Ween (guest)
Absent: Race Higgins (Red Bison), LeAnne Fountas (SILA), Navid Zarrinal (Libertas), Sam Thoma (G!O), Mike Stephens (ASB), Carolyn Emerson (VAV), Seoyoung Eom (KSA)
I. Collaboration Updates
o SECS and CVS will be hosting a showing of the film, “The Eleventh Hour” and a potluck.
o SECS and EWB will be collaborating on several events for LIVE GREEN Week.
o More info on LIVE GREEN week is available at secs-uiuc.org
II. November/December check in on requirements to be talked about next meeting
• Collaboration: Remember each student program must collaborate at least 2 times per year with another student program.
• Attendance at student board meetings is mandatory. If your program is not represented at 3 or more meetings, your group may be recommended for BOG review. If your SB rep is unavailable, you can send another representative from your organization in your place.
III. Ruth Ween? Forest Preserve Presentation
• Visit vote2cents.org for more information on a proposed increase of 2 cents to the Champaign County Forest Preserve District’s tax levy that will be on the ballot November 4 for all voters in Champaign County.
IV. Kasey Updates
-parking at the Y – see YMCA student board blog (ymcastudentboard.blogspot.com) for more info
-building reminders - see YMCA student board blog (ymcastudentboard.blogspot.com) for more info
-technology updates
o The Y now has a portable audio system available for use throughout the building. Can be used with i-pods, microphones, etc.
o Operation Y-FI is underway. More updates to come soon.
-building hours discussion
o Is there a need to keep the building open later?
o What would you use the building for if it were open later?
o Send your comments to Kasey.
V. Virginia’s Development Committee Discussion
• If you did not attend the meeting, please send your answers to the following questions to Virginia (vbyrne2@illinois.edu)
o Outside of your student organization, what makes you feel connected to the Y community?
o How do you see student membership?
o What are the benefits of being a student member?
o What benefits would you like to see? ( Ex. Coffee machine, wireless internet)
VI. Reminders
-BOG meeting Tuesday Oct. 21st Wahl Room 4-5:30pm
-Potluck November 20th
-Monday Oct. 27th Building Study Session 4:30pm-6:30pm IMPORTANT
-CANVASES – haven’t painted one yet? Get on that! Just don’t make it look like Ellen’s…
VII. Next Social Event – Ice Skating, hot chocolate, good times – Bethany will look into renting the Ice arena and group rates for next time.
VIII. Next Meeting
-Sunday again? before/after/during potluck? Bethany will email everyone to find a time.
IX. Announcements
o PSA will be hosting FACT conference October 24 – 26. All are welcome at workshops. For more info, visit: psauiuc.org/fact08
Submitted by Kasey Umland
Opportunities for non-BOG reps to get more involved in the Y
Some of you have asked for the Y to help train new and/or up and coming members of your student organizations. One way of doing that is to have these members serve on a Y committee and help plan/evaluate Y programs, organize fundraisers, etc. under the guidance of Y staff and BOG members. We are currently looking for students to serve on the following committees:
- Auction 2009 planning committee
- Communiversity Review committee
- Friday Forum lecture series committee
- Know Your University lecture series committee
Last Friday Forum before the election!
Please share the following announcement for next week's Friday Forum with your students and colleagues who may be interested in this lecture.
________________________________________________________________
Fall 2008 | Friday Forum lecture series
“Sick of Sound Bites? Real Issues for the Next Administration”
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October 31 @ 12 noon
Markets, Market Failures and the Election
Anne Villamil, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois
The economy is one of the central issues in the upcoming election. This lecture will focus on two issues facing the US economy: the slow down in GDP growth and labor market, and volatility in prices (housing, financial markets, energy and exchange rates).
The talk is free and open to the public and is in the University YMCA’s
Latzer Hall (located on the corner or Wright and Chalmers.) Lunch is available
through the Y Thai Eatery for $6.00 for non-students and $3 for students (school ID is required).
For more information about the other talks in this series, please visit
us online at: http://www.universityymca.org/friday_forum.html
CCY ASB Trip to focus on Hunger and Homlessness in D.C.
Our Y is one of 14 campus-based YMCAs in the U.S. and a member of the Coalition of Campus YMCAs (better known as CCY). Last winter, CCY held its first ever service trip dedicated to bringing together students from different campus Ys for a common purpose to exchange ideas and foster the growth of the YMCA movement.
THIS JANUARY, CCY will have its 2nd Annual CCY trip in Washington, D.C. centered on the issues of hunger and homelessness. Below is a message from our own, Kevin Williams, about the trip. Please share this information with members of your group. More details will be posted as they are available.
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Hello All:
As many of you know, 2008 marked CCY's first ever ASB trip -- a fantastic service learning trip to New Orleans prepared by former CCY Vice Chair, Amber Franklin. In continuing this tradition, I would like to inform you about CCY's upcoming trip: CCY ASB | Washington D.C. The trip, from Jan-4 to Jan-11, will focus on the issues of hunger and homelessness in the greater D.C. area. Service activities will include working at soup kitchens and participating in programming such as Age-In-Place (AIP). I am currently working on setting up a few seminars/workshops as educational components to the trip.
If you are interested, please let me know and I will provide more details (costs, etc.) for the trip. There are 26 spots for this trip.
Hope to hear from you!
Kevin Williams
Vice Chair | CCY
vicechair@ccyusa.org
THIS JANUARY, CCY will have its 2nd Annual CCY trip in Washington, D.C. centered on the issues of hunger and homelessness. Below is a message from our own, Kevin Williams, about the trip. Please share this information with members of your group. More details will be posted as they are available.
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Hello All:
As many of you know, 2008 marked CCY's first ever ASB trip -- a fantastic service learning trip to New Orleans prepared by former CCY Vice Chair, Amber Franklin. In continuing this tradition, I would like to inform you about CCY's upcoming trip: CCY ASB | Washington D.C. The trip, from Jan-4 to Jan-11, will focus on the issues of hunger and homelessness in the greater D.C. area. Service activities will include working at soup kitchens and participating in programming such as Age-In-Place (AIP). I am currently working on setting up a few seminars/workshops as educational components to the trip.
If you are interested, please let me know and I will provide more details (costs, etc.) for the trip. There are 26 spots for this trip.
Hope to hear from you!
Kevin Williams
Vice Chair | CCY
vicechair@ccyusa.org
G!O Calendar Submissions
The Y's environmental magazine, Green Observer, will include a calendar of YMCA events for the November issues. Please send any November events or deadlines you would like included to Sam at samthoma24@gmail.com.
Building Reminders
Mike and Doug, our wonderful and hardworking maintenance staff, have asked that I share the following reminders about building use policy with you.
(1) DO NOT MOVE ROOM RENTAL SET-UPS. We had an incident a couple of weeks ago where a student group used a room set up for a rental and the room set-up was missing 50 chairs for the event.
(2) You are responsible for cleaning up after your events. This means if you have food and/or anything else that makes a mess, you must wipe down the tables, sweep/vacuum up crumbs, etc. If you need a broom, vaccum, paper towels, etc. ask the desk worker at the front desk for assistance.
(3) If you alter a room set-up, please remember you are responsible for returning the room to its original set-up.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
(1) DO NOT MOVE ROOM RENTAL SET-UPS. We had an incident a couple of weeks ago where a student group used a room set up for a rental and the room set-up was missing 50 chairs for the event.
(2) You are responsible for cleaning up after your events. This means if you have food and/or anything else that makes a mess, you must wipe down the tables, sweep/vacuum up crumbs, etc. If you need a broom, vaccum, paper towels, etc. ask the desk worker at the front desk for assistance.
(3) If you alter a room set-up, please remember you are responsible for returning the room to its original set-up.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
IMPORTANT Parking Information
Just a few reminders about parking at the Y:
(1) All of the Y's parking spaces are rented M-F from 8-5. If, under special circumstances, you need to park at the Y during the day, you must ask Carol at the front desk if there is a spot available. We will try to accommodate you, but if you park in a rented spot without permission from Carol, you will most likely be towed.
(2) Spots #30 and #31 (the two southern most spots along the west wall) are rented 24 hours/7days a week! DO NOT PARK IN THESE SPOTS OR YOU WILL BE TOWED.
(3) During the winter, do not park along the western most wall of the parking lot (this is is the wall that faces Newman Center) if there is snow/it is going to snow. We cannot properly plow the parking lot if cars are parked in that area. If you park there, you may be plowed in.
If you have any questions about parking, please contact Carol at (217) 337-1500 or carol@universityymca.org.
(1) All of the Y's parking spaces are rented M-F from 8-5. If, under special circumstances, you need to park at the Y during the day, you must ask Carol at the front desk if there is a spot available. We will try to accommodate you, but if you park in a rented spot without permission from Carol, you will most likely be towed.
(2) Spots #30 and #31 (the two southern most spots along the west wall) are rented 24 hours/7days a week! DO NOT PARK IN THESE SPOTS OR YOU WILL BE TOWED.
(3) During the winter, do not park along the western most wall of the parking lot (this is is the wall that faces Newman Center) if there is snow/it is going to snow. We cannot properly plow the parking lot if cars are parked in that area. If you park there, you may be plowed in.
If you have any questions about parking, please contact Carol at (217) 337-1500 or carol@universityymca.org.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Film Screening: Dangerous Living
TONIGHT (Wed 3/12)!!!
Amnesty International will be hosting a film screening of DangerousLiving at 8pm in Latzer Hall . Dangerous Living explores the lives of gay and lesbian people from non-western cultures. The film travels to five different continents in order to hear the stories from lesbians and gays in Honduras, Egypt, Kenya, Thailand, and elsewhere.
We hope you'll join us!
Amnesty International will be hosting a film screening of DangerousLiving at 8pm in Latzer Hall . Dangerous Living explores the lives of gay and lesbian people from non-western cultures. The film travels to five different continents in order to hear the stories from lesbians and gays in Honduras, Egypt, Kenya, Thailand, and elsewhere.
We hope you'll join us!
Internship Opportunity
In May, Carrie and my time with ISEC will be coming to an end. However, that opens up the possibilty for one of you to take control of the organization.
I have attached the full job description but the information is below as well.
Good Luck,
Doug
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RESPONSIBILITIES: The intern will meet with student environmental groups at colleges and universities in Illinois to encourage the building of a statewide environmental organization. In addition, interns work with ELPC policy advocates on current statewide, regional and national campaigns as needed. The intern will also play an important role in assisting the organizations transfer to its own independent organization. Responsibilities will include public education and outreach, policy research and development, policy advocacy and grassroots organizing. This position requires occasional travel throughout the Illinois.
QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates should have strong academic records, excellent oral communication and writing skills, strong analytic abilities and a demonstrated interest in public interest and environmental advocacy.
SALARY: The salary is $3,000 per semester.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants should e-mail a cover letter and resume no later than April 25th 2008 to: Nancy Wagner, Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law and Policy Center, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1300, Chicago, IL email: nwagner@elpc.org
Telephone inquiries are discouraged. The Environmental Law and Policy Center is an equal opportunity employer and is continually seeking to diversify its staff.
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Douglas Marks
ISEC Intern
dmarks@elpc.org
312-795-3710
www.greenstudents.org
I have attached the full job description but the information is below as well.
Good Luck,
Doug
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RESPONSIBILITIES: The intern will meet with student environmental groups at colleges and universities in Illinois to encourage the building of a statewide environmental organization. In addition, interns work with ELPC policy advocates on current statewide, regional and national campaigns as needed. The intern will also play an important role in assisting the organizations transfer to its own independent organization. Responsibilities will include public education and outreach, policy research and development, policy advocacy and grassroots organizing. This position requires occasional travel throughout the Illinois.
QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates should have strong academic records, excellent oral communication and writing skills, strong analytic abilities and a demonstrated interest in public interest and environmental advocacy.
SALARY: The salary is $3,000 per semester.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants should e-mail a cover letter and resume no later than April 25th 2008 to: Nancy Wagner, Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law and Policy Center, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1300, Chicago, IL email: nwagner@elpc.org
Telephone inquiries are discouraged. The Environmental Law and Policy Center is an equal opportunity employer and is continually seeking to diversify its staff.
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Douglas Marks
ISEC Intern
dmarks@elpc.org
312-795-3710
www.greenstudents.org
Monday, March 3, 2008
CCY DEADLINE - March 15!
Please consider attending the CCY Conference this May OR asking the coolest students in your program to attend. The deadline is fast approaching -- next Saturday, March 15. Phoebe and I are going and we're moderately fun so it should follow that if some of you attend, we'll have plenty of fun to go around.
Details:
CCY 2008 will take place May 18th- May 21st in St Louis Missouri- Deadline for Registration March 15th
Ok. So, those are not details. I'll bring the details Friday.
Details:
CCY 2008 will take place May 18th- May 21st in St Louis Missouri- Deadline for Registration March 15th
Ok. So, those are not details. I'll bring the details Friday.
A Collection of Forwards from Mr. Shoemaker
Interfaith Youth Core
Fellows Alliance 2008-2009
Apply NOW!!
The time is right for college students to lead the movement for religious pluralism
WHO: Undergraduate student leaders from diverse faith and moral traditions who are committed
to interfaith action on campuses across the country.
WHAT: IFYC Fellows receive year-long stipends to support interfaith organizing work
on their college campus, skill-based trainings on how to be an effective interfaith
organizer, resources and tools to enhance interfaith work, media opportunities, a network
of peer colleagues, and mentors in the interfaith movement.
HOW: Visit www.ifyc.org/fellows to download the Fellows Alliance application.
The deadline to apply is March 15, 2008.
For more information, contact Lauren Parnell at 312-573-8926 or lauren@ifyc.org
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Wanna work at a YMCA? Check out Jobs at www.ymca.net
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Go on an ASB Trip, Vlog about it, Use that Vlog as an essay entry and make some money.
Volunteer Your Spring Break Story for a Chance to Receive $500!
• Building houses on the gulf coast?
• Working in the rainforests of Belize?
• Volunteering in your community?
However you are spending your "alternative" Spring Break, we want to hear about it!
Experience would like to sponsor three students who have committed to participate in an alternative volunteer spring break opportunity. By filling out and submitting this application, you are eligible to submit a video journal of your alternative spring break trip. The three candidates with the best videos will have their work displayed on Experience.com and will receive $500 to help pay for their trip! We'll be sending you e-mail updates to give you camera tips, tell you what we think other students would be interested in learning from your experiences, and let you know how to submit your video.
APPLY NOW for the opportunity to tell us about your Spring Break, have your video footage on our site, and receive $500 toward the cost of your trip!
The deadline to submit videos for this Exclusive Experience is Friday, April 4, 2008.
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Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN
Currently accepting applications for January 2008 through January 2009. Rolling application deadline - the first qualified applicants are accepted. Apply today!
Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer
Save Eyes and Lives. Every Eye, A Life.
Those who are blind in Africa have a four times higher mortality rate
60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years
80% of blindness is curable or preventable
How Do I Apply? The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/
What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.
Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008
Who Is Eligible to Participate?: The Unite For Sight internship is open to individuals 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate students to medical students, public health students and professionals, nurses, physician's assistants, teachers and educators, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, doctors, opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an opportunity to perform cataract surgery on a goat's eye.
The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds. Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.
While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.
What Do Volunteers Say?:
“During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight’s service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization’s service so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all, making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world.”—Chiwing “Jessica” Qu, Yale University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2007
"Without Unite for Sight, I cannot imagine how I could possibly have seen and learned so much as an undergraduate about medicine, other cultures, and my own desire and ability to make a difference in others' lives."--Charlotte Hogan, Georgetown University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2006 and Ghana 2005
"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement – being able to help out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
Fellows Alliance 2008-2009
Apply NOW!!
The time is right for college students to lead the movement for religious pluralism
WHO: Undergraduate student leaders from diverse faith and moral traditions who are committed
to interfaith action on campuses across the country.
WHAT: IFYC Fellows receive year-long stipends to support interfaith organizing work
on their college campus, skill-based trainings on how to be an effective interfaith
organizer, resources and tools to enhance interfaith work, media opportunities, a network
of peer colleagues, and mentors in the interfaith movement.
HOW: Visit www.ifyc.org/fellows to download the Fellows Alliance application.
The deadline to apply is March 15, 2008.
For more information, contact Lauren Parnell at 312-573-8926 or lauren@ifyc.org
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Wanna work at a YMCA? Check out Jobs at www.ymca.net
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Go on an ASB Trip, Vlog about it, Use that Vlog as an essay entry and make some money.
Volunteer Your Spring Break Story for a Chance to Receive $500!
• Building houses on the gulf coast?
• Working in the rainforests of Belize?
• Volunteering in your community?
However you are spending your "alternative" Spring Break, we want to hear about it!
Experience would like to sponsor three students who have committed to participate in an alternative volunteer spring break opportunity. By filling out and submitting this application, you are eligible to submit a video journal of your alternative spring break trip. The three candidates with the best videos will have their work displayed on Experience.com and will receive $500 to help pay for their trip! We'll be sending you e-mail updates to give you camera tips, tell you what we think other students would be interested in learning from your experiences, and let you know how to submit your video.
APPLY NOW for the opportunity to tell us about your Spring Break, have your video footage on our site, and receive $500 toward the cost of your trip!
The deadline to submit videos for this Exclusive Experience is Friday, April 4, 2008.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN
Currently accepting applications for January 2008 through January 2009. Rolling application deadline - the first qualified applicants are accepted. Apply today!
Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer
Save Eyes and Lives. Every Eye, A Life.
Those who are blind in Africa have a four times higher mortality rate
60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years
80% of blindness is curable or preventable
How Do I Apply? The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/
What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.
Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008
Who Is Eligible to Participate?: The Unite For Sight internship is open to individuals 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate students to medical students, public health students and professionals, nurses, physician's assistants, teachers and educators, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, doctors, opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an opportunity to perform cataract surgery on a goat's eye.
The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds. Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.
While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.
What Do Volunteers Say?:
“During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight’s service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization’s service so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all, making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world.”—Chiwing “Jessica” Qu, Yale University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2007
"Without Unite for Sight, I cannot imagine how I could possibly have seen and learned so much as an undergraduate about medicine, other cultures, and my own desire and ability to make a difference in others' lives."--Charlotte Hogan, Georgetown University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2006 and Ghana 2005
"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement – being able to help out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
SECS Lecture Tomorrow!
My name is Deirdre Almaguer and I am writing on behalf of Students for Environmental Concerns(SECs) about an upcoming lecture that we are very excited to be hosting. The lecture titled, Light and Water in Urban Environments: An Economic Perspective, will be given by Professor Amy Ando, an Environmental Economist. It will be held on March 4th at 7pm in 106 Lincoln Hall. SECs needs your help to publicize this event and would greatly appreciate if you added it to your announcements. Treats will be provided!
Yes... another one.
I know what you are thinking.
"Another blog, Kasey? really? Seriously, we don't think you are that old. So, you can stop trying to prove you're 'hip' and 'with it.'"
But I assure you, friends, that THIS blog is not to be cool. Actually, it is to save you all from something I know you don't like, an insane amount of emails from yours truly. Or at least, you'll get less emails from me. Plus, you can chat about things you would not necessarily want to post on the Y's blog, AND you can plan things like meetings without filling up everyone's inbox. Just trust me on this one. It will be awesome, but you have to check it.
That's the catch. I am willing to refrain from forwarding you every email Steve and others send me and I am willing to put all of the nagging reminders on the blog instead of sending you a millions emails, but you have to agree to at least check the thing from time to time.
So, blog things will be things like job announcements, conference opportunities and other events around campus. You'll still get emails for things like volunteer requests, but the rest of the stuff will just be posted here. What do you think?
"Another blog, Kasey? really? Seriously, we don't think you are that old. So, you can stop trying to prove you're 'hip' and 'with it.'"
But I assure you, friends, that THIS blog is not to be cool. Actually, it is to save you all from something I know you don't like, an insane amount of emails from yours truly. Or at least, you'll get less emails from me. Plus, you can chat about things you would not necessarily want to post on the Y's blog, AND you can plan things like meetings without filling up everyone's inbox. Just trust me on this one. It will be awesome, but you have to check it.
That's the catch. I am willing to refrain from forwarding you every email Steve and others send me and I am willing to put all of the nagging reminders on the blog instead of sending you a millions emails, but you have to agree to at least check the thing from time to time.
So, blog things will be things like job announcements, conference opportunities and other events around campus. You'll still get emails for things like volunteer requests, but the rest of the stuff will just be posted here. What do you think?
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