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*The English Undergraduate Association Newsletter* Weekly News For UC Berkeley's English Undergrads 3/5/07 /In this week's issue:/ * ****1. EUA* Meeting **//The Lounge, 330 Wheeler, Tues 5:15-6:00 / / *2. Goings-On About Town* /A Heads-Up on Cultural Events/ *3. *Get Published* *//Scholarships and contests// *4. Internships and Volunteering * /Spring Credits, Summer Plans and other opportunities/ *5**. *The Bulletin Board** /A Smattering of Postings / Visit our webpage: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~eua If you are getting double e-mails, please let us know: berkeley.eua@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * ****1. EUA* Meeting **//The Lounge, 330 Wheeler, Tues 5:15-6:00 // Same bad time, same bad place... You'd better be sure to have your bad self there too. *2. Goings-On About Town* /A Heads-Up on Cultural Events/ Book Zoo Reading Tagline: free wine and musical intermission Host: The Trainwreck Union Place Date:Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location:Book Zoo Street:6395 Telegraph Ave (map) City: Oakland, CA Email: trainwreckunion@gmail.com Celebrando Mujeres March 7, 2007 * 6-8pm * 8th floor Barrows * Music provided by Oakland-based Venezolana, *DJ Agana* * Latin@ art * Featuring performance artists, *Las Manas* * Free food * ... and featuring: Dr. Eden Torres Author of Chicana Without Apology * Wheelchair accessible * For more information, contact: emayorga@berkeley.edu * Sponsored by: Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), Trenza, Casa Magdalena Mora, Raza Caucus, and Chican@/Latin@ Student Development Las Manas Las Manas was created out of the need for these women to find a supportive space to nurture their creative spirits. Individually, these women are accomplished in their own right. As Las Manas, they are able to take their creativity to new heights using sisterhood and storytelling to inspire individual and collaborative pieces that delve into pain, injustice, love, family, community, and identity, which conjure a potent potion to fend off the plague of self sabotage. Dr. Eden Torres Dr. Eden Torres is an associate professor in the University of Minnesota's Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department and a faculty affiliate of the Chicano Studies and American Studies departments. Eden Torres is a worker, activist, poet, and scholar who began college at the age of thirty-five. Told by school counselors that she was not "college material", Torres worked minimum wage jobs in factories, hospitals, and retail stores before becoming a student. She is the first in a very large Mexican American family to have graduated from college. Throughout her schooling and now as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Eden has remained focused on the lives of the people she knows most intimately - her family, friends, and neighbors. Because she is a child of the Civil Rights and Brown Power Movements, she believes that unless it is grounded in the everyday lives, needs, and desires of these hardworking people, scholarship loses its meaning and purpose. Chicana Without Apology (Publisher's description) By approaching Chicana/o issues from the frames of feminism, social activism, and cultural studies, and by considering both lived experience and the latest research, Torres offers a more comprehensive understanding of current Chicana life. Through compelling prose, Torres masterfully weaves her own story as a first-generation Mexican American with interviews with activists and other Mexican-American women to document the present fight for social justice and the struggles of living between two worlds. DOLLY WEST'S KITCHEN A Play by Frank McGuinness Directed by Christine Nicholson Dolly West's Kitchen takes place in Ireland's County Donegal, just across the border from Northern Ireland, during the final years of World War II. Ireland is a neutral country in the war, but tensions are running high as there is fear of possible British invasion. Amidst this setting unfolds the story of Dolly West's close-knit family. Family members struggle to come to terms, not only with the effects of war on their country, but also with one another as issues of jealousy, adultery, sexual identity, and divided loyalties come to the fore. March 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8pm March 4, 11 at 2pm Zellerbach Playhouse (across from Haas Pavilion and Alumni House) TICKETS: $14.00 - General Admission $10.00 - UC Faculty/Staff $8.00 - Students/Seniors (Discounts available for groups of ten or more) Advance tickets may be purchased online at: http://www.ticketweb.com (search for UC Berkeley) or by phone Ticket Web toll-free at: 866-468-3399 (please be aware that Ticket Web charges a service fee). Advance tickets may also be purchased in person without a service fee at the Zellerbach Playhouse Box Office (not to be confused with the Cal Performances Box Office) on Fridays from 1pm to 4pm. Tickets may also be purchased at the theater door one hour prior to showtime for that day's performance. The box office can only accept cash or checks. Presented by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies For more information, visit http://theater.berkeley.edu -or- (510) 642-9925 /Symposium: The Bay Area Concept: Bruce Nauman in the Late Sixties Saturday, March 10, Berkeley Art Museum Theater, 2pm, free admission/ Bruce Nauman was in the forefront of the revolutionary changes taking place in art in the 1960s and almost single-handedly redefined what it meant to be an artist. While in Northern California (1964-1969), Nauman established much of his artistic vocabulary. He experimented with new materials, including neon, and was among the first to use his body as an expressive instrument in live performances, film and video. The Berkeley Art Museum exhibit A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s (through April 15) is the first to explore in depth Nauman's relationship to the place where he created his earliest and often most innovative works. At this symposium, scholars from a range disciplines will explore the influences on Bruce Nauman during his years in Northern Californian. Participants include Constance Lewallen, curator of A Rose Has No Teeth and senior curator of exhibitions at BAM/PFA; Craig Douglas Dworkin, professor of English at the University of Utah; James Melchert, artist and professor emeritus of art practice at UC Berkeley; performance artist and dancer Meredith Monk; Robert Riley, media curator and writer, founding curator of Media Arts Department at SFMOMA; and Hans Sluga, professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley. Made possible with support from the Consortium for the Arts. /The Anarcha Project: Sims and the Medical Plantation in residence at UC Berkeley, March 12-14/ In The Anarcha Project, artists and activists use performance methods to address black culture, disability culture, and the memory of experimentation on slave women in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1840s by J. Marion Sims, "the father of gynecology." The Anarcha Project uses theatre, dance and poetry to make connections to public secrets, women's bodies, the persistence of pain, racialized medical histories, health care inequalities, and survival. The Anarcha Project collaborators are Anita Gonzalez (Associate Professor, Department of Theater Arts, State University of New York - New Paltz), Carrie Sandahl (Associate Professor, Theatre, Florida State University), Tiye Giraud (vocalist/ percussionist/composer, New York), and Petra Kuppers (Associate Professor, English, University of Michigan, and Acting Chair of UM in Disability Studies). Their residency at UC Berkeley will consist of a public lecture, classroom lectures, two evenings of workshops in collaboration with the Center for Independent Living and a culminating evening of public workshop results and audience discussion. Public Lecture/Presentation/Discussion Wednesday, March 14, 7-9pm, 285 Kroeber Hall, free admission Wheelchair accessible. Please refrain from wearing scented products. To request sign interpretation (2 weeks notice please) and for more info: sschweik@berkeley.edu. Student Workshop Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13, 6-8pm; Wednesday, March 14, 6-10pm Petra Kuppers writes: "During the workshops, we'll be working with many different modalities: dance, theatre, song. We are also going to use performative writing: in each of these workshops, I am going to work with interested students who want to explore ways of writing in response to what is happening around them in the same space. At the end of the workshops, the writing students will share with the performers what they did - and hopefully, we will find fruitful and exciting collaborations there. We've found this to be a more unusual but exciting form of praxis, and hope you find it exciting, too." To apply: please write a short letter of application. Address what draws you to the project; what area you're most interested in exploring (race, disability, medicine, gender etc. - and they all interlock); and what experience you have doing performance work (theater, dance, voice) and/or creative and critical writing. Don't feel you can't apply if you have no such experience. Openness is the only essential criterion for participation in the workshop. Send your letter by Monday, March 5 to Susan Schweik at sschweik@berkeley.edu. Up to 20 people can participate. Sponsored by the Ed Roberts Disability Studies Post-Doctoral Program/Institute for Urban and Regional Development, the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Consortium for the Arts *3**. Get Published */Scholarships and contests/ Do you write? Draw? Paint? The Cal Literary Arts Magazine (CLAM) is currently accepting submissions for its Spring 2007 issue! CLAM is a student-run, student-published biannual journal of the arts. We publish student writing (poetry, prose, short fiction, short non-fiction), photography, and other visual artwork. Submissions are reviewed anonymously by student peers. As we only accept submissions from the UC Berkeley Undergraduate and Graduate student body, we are a one of a kind opportunity on this campus for publication. All submissions should be e-mailed to clam.submissions@gmail.com. If you can't send it to us digitally, feel free to contact us for other arrangements. The deadline for the Spring 2007 issue of CLAM is April 4th. We can't wait to see your stuff! P.S. The journal (Fall 2006 issue) is currently available at the ASUC Bookstore and by online/mail-order. For any further questions/comments/concerns, visit our website at ocf.berkeley.edu/~clam. Hello Friends, The UC Rally Committee, in conjunction with Berkeley Poetry Review, is holding a Bay Area/ Cal-themed poetry contest for Charter Week (March 19th-23rd) to celebrate and honor the University on its 139th birthday. Professor Robert Hass (former United States Poet-Laureate) and two other esteemed professors will judge the poems along with the Berkeley Poetry Review. 3-5 winning poems will be chosen and authors will have the option of being published in the Berkeley Poetry Review. They will also be published in The Daily Californian during Charter Week and the winners will be honored at UCRC's Charter Colloquium on the night of Wednesday, March 21st. Each winning poet will receive an elegant "Hail To California" poetry anthology published by California Alumni Association as well as gift cards from local businesses. While all poetry must be related to Cal or Berkeley in some way, there is no specific format required. Submissions can be made to BerkeleyPoetryReview@yahoo.com and are due by (tentatively) Wednesday, March 14th at 12:00 PM. We encourage you to write and submit Cal-themed poetry to the contest and help honor our University. Go Bears! For California, for art. Announcement of Literary Awards for unpublished manuscripts for writers between 20-35 years of age NO SUBMISSION FEE I am writing to let you inform students that you work with about our upcoming Literary Award competitions: the 50th annual Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award, the 70th annual James Duval Phelan Literary Award, and 17th annual Mary Tanenbaum Literary Award. These three prestigious awards are offered annually to promising young writers between the ages of 20 and 35 who either were born in California or now reside in Northern California or Nevada. There is no entry fee to submit a manuscript for consideration, and there are two awards of $2,000.00 each and one award of $3,000.00. Several award-winners in recent years have secured publishing deals with major publishing houses such as St. Martin's Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Knopf as a result of these awards. Former award recipients include Philip Levine, Ernest J. Gaines, Al Young, Michael Palmer, Frank Chin, Jane Hirschfield, Lyn Hejinian, David St. John, Dagoberto Gilb, and Sallie Tisdale. Deadline for submission is a postmark deadline by March 31, 2007. http://www.theintersection.org/resource_awards.php. /The Berkeley Undergraduate Journal/ is a bi-annual publication of the best undergraduate research in the humanities and social sciences. The BUJ is currently accepting submissions. Subtmissions should be 15-60pgs. Submissions procedures can also be found at http://learning.berkeley.edu/buj . Submissions are due by Wednesday, March 7th at 4pm in 301 Campbell Hall. /The Roosevelt Review wants your papers on politics and policy for the 2007 issue /The Roosevelt Review is devoted to publishing high quality research, analysis, and policy proposals by graduate and undergraduate students. It aims to give policymakers access to untapped student intellectual capital and build connections between students and policymakers with common interests. While the primary mission of the Roosevelt Review is to present innovative policy proposals, it is also interested in research that analyzes and clarifies current modes of thinking about policy issues. If you've written a paper that analyzes current public policy or could offer a policy perspective on a given problem, please submit it. Articles are selected for originality, relevance, and readability. As a general guideline, articles should be mid-length analysis pieces of between 2000-10,000 words, and must include a bulleted executive summary of 250 to 400 words. All citations must be included, with a 'works cited' page attached. To submit your work, please email your submission to the Chair of the Editorial Board, Caitlin Howarth at caitlin@rooseveltinstitution.org, with subject line "Roosevelt Review Submission." This email should be sent with two electronic copies of the submission: one file (whose name includes the word "author") with the author's name, school, and full contact information, and one file (whose name includes "no-author') without this information. Please also indicate which policy sector(s) your paper addresses in your email. All submissions undergo blind review; names are known only to the Chair of the Editorial Board. Any questions about submissions or the Roosevelt Institution can be sent to caitlin@rooseveltinstitution.org. Papers are accepted on a rolling basis, with the final submission deadline of May 20th, 2007. *4. Internships and Volunteering * /Spring Credits, Summer Plans and other opportunities/ /Cinematic and Literary Traditions of Liberty/ summer workshop hosted by the Institute for Humane Studies This workshop will be a rare chance for aspiring young novelists, filmmakers, artists, musicians and future scholars of the arts to get the opportunity to sit with serious, talented peers for an entire week discussing what they care about most: their work, the work of great authors and filmmakers and the very substance of art, the human struggle to know himself and be free. This year's Cinematic and Literary Traditions of Liberty workshop will be held at UCLA, July 7-13. The seminar is free; meals, housing, books, etc. will be covered for all accepted applicants. Interested students can find out more at www.TheIHS.org/1984. The deadline to apply for this amazing, free seminar is March 31; *students who complete their application by March 15 will receive a free copy of George Orwell's 1984.* *Position: Shoemaker & Hoard Intern Reports to:* Managing Editor *Term of Internship:* one semester *Minimum number of hours:* 15-20 per week The intern's duties will include: * assisting the Publisher on all administrative matters, including answering phones and filing * organizing pre-sales and sales meeting materials * providing reader reports (or another form of brief) on slush manuscript/proposal submissions * sending out rejection letters when necessary * applying for Library of Congress information * following-up on manuscript permissions (artwork & text excerpts) * proofing page proofs and bluelines * shipping advance copies to authors & agents Additional duties may be assigned according to the intern's interests and experience, as well as the needs of the department. If you'd like to apply for this internship, please email a resume and cover letter formatted as Microsoft Word attachments to internships@avalonpub.com <mailto:internships@avalonpub.com>. Please put the name of this specific internship in your subject line. Our schedules are flexible to accommodate other course work. This is an *UNPAID* internship. We do not accept phone calls concerning the internship program. For more information please visit www.avalonpub.com/internships/index.html <http://www.avalonpub.com/internships/index.html>. The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education (aka the UCB Labor Center) will be sponsoring the 6th Annual Labor Summer Internship Program, a full-time PAID internship program for UC graduate and undergraduate students. This is an opportunity for you to spend eight weeks in Northern and Central California developing leadership, political analysis, research and organizing skills while working with unions and community based organizations striving for justice for California's working people. If you are passionate about social and economic justice--apply for the Labor Summer Internship Program and be a part of building a better California! The deadline for students to apply is March 16th. For more information and to apply online visit our website at http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laborsummer/ Please contact Karen Navarro at 510-643-0910 or by email at navarrok@berkeley.edu with any questions you may have. /The Magnolia Project - Education. Service. Advocacy. Our Commitment to the Gult Coast/. Do you want to make a real impact in New Orleans? Do you want first hand experience in Katrina relief? If so, check out the Magnolia Project! We're a new initiative that seeks to increase student involvement in the rebuilding of New Orleans. Whether you're interested in the physical efforts of rebuilding New Orleans or the political and social issues behind Katrina, the Magnolia Project has something valuable to offer you. So join us from May 22nd - June 12th for a three week long service trip that will change your perception of what hurricane Katrina is all about. Attend our info-session on 3/12 from 7:00-8:30pm in 2050 VLSB to learn more! Check out our website at www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~magnolia or email us at magnolia.katrina@gmail.com ! *The Bonner Leaders Program is a nationally recognized AmeriCorps program that seeks to transform the lives of students, their campuses, their local communities and the world through service and leadership. Bonner Leaders are outstanding students who commit themselves to leadership through service and making positive change across campus and in the community. Cal Corps is recruiting 55 students of all majors and years to lead off campus programs in many areas including: reading, writing, and math literacy, environmental restoration, civic engagement and learning, and public policy. Committed students receive a $1000 voucher for tuition/loans, can earn up to 2 units, and will receive extensive leadership, career, and professional skills training. Skills developed include: ability to work with others; critical thinking; volunteer management, and program planning. Detailed position descriptions and applications found at: http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1102 Applications are due Friday, March 23, 2007. * Community Projects Grants are offered through a partnership between the ASUC and Cal Corps, to fund student-initiated service programs dedicated to addressing vital community needs. Cal Corps sponsorship provides groups with leadership training, specialized advising, and administrative resources to help them manage volunteers and provide effective service to their communities. Any registered student group engaged in off-campus service can apply for grants from $200-$1000. Cal Corps also accepts applications from new and emerging groups, looking to address an unmet community need. Applications Due April 20th, 2007. http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1104 *5**. The Bulletin Board* /A Smattering of Postings/ /Job!/ Heyday Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher located in Berkeley, CA, is looking to hire a motivated and creative person to assist our marketing department with special projects. The hours will be flexible, 10-20 per week, and the pay is $14/ per hour. Assignments will range greatly and may include tasks like researching regional markets, seeking out non-traditional sales venues, writing letters to encourage course adoptions for specific titles, maintaining databases, creating promotional materials, and assisting with special events. Because the duties to be assigned are so varied, this position demands an employee with an equally diverse set of skills and personality traits, including: intellectual agility, friendliness, strong reading and writing abilities, pleasant telephone manner, acumen for complex research, and cultural sensitivity. Applicants also must be adept at organizing both their own work and the work of others. Heyday is a busy publisher - we publish 25 books a year in addition to a quarterly magazine - and we therefore need someone who can work quickly and accurately with minimal supervision. While previous marketing experience would certainly be helpful, intelligence and dedication are far more valuable to us. Please address inquiries to Ms. Kate Brumage via email (kate@heydaybooks.com) with the subject line "I LOVE Books!" Do not send attachments, as they will be destroyed. Please include in the body of your email a short paragraph describing your interest in the position, your major, your school year, and any special abilities you feel would be of interest to Heyday. /The Staff Services Analyst exam is coming to UC Berkeley!/ This is a great opportunity for students who are interested in getting a government job with the State of California. Normally this exam is given at our testing center in Downtown Sacramento. In order to seek out qualified candidates entering the workforce, the State Personnel Board will be giving the exam on each of the UC campuses in the next few months. The exam at UC Berkeley will be given on March 8, 2007. It will be located in the Tan Oak Room. Students can show up any time between 8am and 3pm and will have up to 3 hours to complete the exam. The exam will be multiple choice format and Scantrons and calculators will be provided. The Staff Services Analyst is a great entry-level position for getting into State service. In order to get a job with the State of California you must first take and pass a civil service exam and then you may apply for open positions. These positions are located statewide in a wide variety of functions. If you have any questions regarding the exam or State service, please send an e-mail to StateRecruit@spb.ca.gov. Go to: https://forms.spb.ca.gov/Employment/index.cfm and create a new account and complete a state application. This will make the process quicker the morning of the exam. Make a copy of your application and bring your User ID and Password with you to the exam. Bring a photo ID with you. /Galileo Educational Services/, in partnership with The Tech Museum of Innovation, de Young Museum and Klutz, is gearing up and getting ready for this summer, and we hope that you will join us in inspiring thousands of campers during an amazing 2007 summer camp season - and having FUN! Currently, we are seeking college students and graduates for summer positions at Camp Galileo and The Tech Museum Summer Camps in over 15 Bay Area communities. Please note that our next application deadline is April 2nd. Jobs fill quickly, so apply now. Below you will find the specific position information and web links for our online application. For detailed job descriptions, please visit http://www.galileoed/jobs To apply, click on our online job application http://www.galileoed.com/docs/jobApps/jobapp.html Galileo Educational Services' mission is to provide opportunities for young people to discover and pursue their passions. Through collaboration with premier organizations such as The Tech Museum of Innovation, de Young Museum and Klutz Galileo Educational Services operates unique summer enrichment programs at fifteen Bay Area locations. Galileo Educational Services is seeking college students and graduates for fun summer positions at Camp Galileo and The Tech Museum Summer Camps. College student positions: Gain valuable experience leading kids and assisting in the camp classroom as a Team Leader at Camp Galileo or Assistant Instructor at The Tech Museum Summer Camps. College graduate positions: Earn Continuing Education credits while instructing art, science, outdoors, engineering, or technology-related subjects in a fun, camp environment. We are seeking graduate students for Lead Instructor positions at both camps. Galileo provides curriculum and training to set you up for success--all you need is a passion for camp and experience leading kids! APPLICATION DEADLINE - APRIL 2. For detailed job descriptions and our online application, visit http://www.galileoed/jobs. Camp Galileo Voted "Best Camp for Kids" in Bay Area Parent and "Best of the Bay" in San Francisco Magazine, Camp Galileo is a fun art, science, and outdoor summer day camp for kids entering K-5th grades. Jobs are available at Camp Galileo in 14 communities throughout the South Bay, Peninsula, San Francisco, & East Bay---if you love working with kids, Camp Galileo has a convenient job location for you. Lead Instructors - Lead Instructors deliver weekly themed curricula to groups of ~16-22 campers in their area of expertise - Art, Science or Outdoors. Most importantly, they generate enthusiasm and inspire our campers in these areas. If you are passionate about teaching, enjoy working with kids in a unique and dynamic environment, and have a fun and energetic attitude, then Camp Galileo is for you! As a Lead Instructor, you will further develop your skills as an educator while creating an unforgettable camp experience for our campers. Instructional experience preferred. Previous camp experience is a plus! Team Leaders - Be a leader and an inspiration - and be remembered forever by your campers! As a Camp Galileo Team Leader you guide groups of campers through their Art, Science or Outdoor activities throughout the day and assist Lead Instructors in the classroom. You are a role model in charge of camper teams, providing positive and friendly support to campers and instilling in them a sense of teamwork and accomplishment as you lead them in team cheers, skits and other fun camp traditions. If you are passionate about kids (and the arts, sciences and outdoors), patient and have a fun and energetic attitude, Camp Galileo is for you! Experience leading groups of kids is helpful, but not required - if you have a positive attitude and lots of energy, we can teach you the rest. Previous camp experience is a plus! Camp Galileo's unique job benefits include: continuing education credits, curriculum & training provided by institutions such as The Tech Museum of Innovation and the de Young Museum, a fun, non-traditional teaching environment, and access to Galileo's network of prominent leaders in education which includes (among others): Craig Baker, Director, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford University; Anthony S. Bryk, Spencer Professor of Organizational Studies, Stanford University School of Education and the Graduate School of Business; Georgia Heise, Director of Programs and Education, Bay Area Discovery Museum; Tom Keating, Ph.D., Educational Technology Coordinator, Portola Valley School District; Barron Park Elementary Parent; Sheila Pressley, Director of Education, de Young Museum; Kim Smith, Co-founder and Chairman, New Schools Venture Fund; Glen Tripp, CEO & Founder, Galileo Educational Services & Former Vice President of Operations, SCORE! . The Tech Museum Summer Camps The Tech Museum Summer Camps, for entering 4th-8th graders, features hands-on science and technology classes at the world class Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. Classes include Lego Robo Tech, Animation Sensation, Video Game Design, Roller Coaster Physics, Action Contraption, Crime Solver Scientists, and Science of Sports. Enjoy inspiring kids about science in the South Bay's most interactive museum. Assistant Instructors- Typically college students or recent grads who have strong backgrounds in science, technology or engineering. In many cases, The Tech Summer Camps Assistant Instructors will help teach some of the class curriculum. Camp runs June 19th - August 11th, and jobs range from 6 to 8 weeks in length. As an Assistant Instructor in our program, you will have the opportunity to impact kids and help develop their love of science, engineering and technology. APPLICATION DEADLINE - APRIL 2. For detailed job descriptions and our online application, visit http://www.galileoed/jobs. /RUN FOR THE ASUC!/ Each Cal student pays a $55 student fee to the ASUC every semester. You can do the math to prove to yourself this comes out to be a HUGE amount of money that the ASUC is responsible for. The ASUC uses the student fees to support student groups and provide other services for students on campus, as well as fund everything the ASUC for which the ASUC is responsible. The ASUC goes far beyond the bookswap and Cal Lobby Day, and the best way to be involved in the allocating of all that student money, to be consulted in the decisions made on behalf of the student body is to become INVOLVED. The most direct way to become involved is to RUN FOR OFFICE. The positions available in the ASUC are 20 Senators 1 President 1 Executive Vice President 1 Academic Affairs Vice President 1 External Affairs Vice President 1 Student Advocate The annual ASUC Elections are being held on Wednesday April 11, Thursday April 12, and Friday April 13 2007. The only way to be on the ballot is to file a CANDIDATE FILING FORM and pay a $5 filing fee per office you'd like to be considered for with the Elections Council on the 4th Floor of Eshleman Hall by 5pm on Friday March 16, 2007. The CANDIDATE FILING FORM and more information is available at http://www.elections.asuc.org or on the 4th floor of Eshleman Hall. If you have any questions, feel free to contact electioncouncil@gmail.com Good Luck and we'll see you on the ballot! This undergraduate research newsletter contains the following: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hints for applicants to programs 2. Overview of deadlines coming up in February, March, and April, including information sessions for some of those programs. 3. Workshops "Getting Started in Undergraduate Research", and "Writing a Research Proposal": Schedule for the spring. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. RESEARCH PROGRAM DEADLINES FOR MID- TO LATE SPRING - AND INFORMATION SESSIONS HELD EARLIER THAN THAT 03-07-06 3 PM deadline. CENTER FOR RACE AND GENDER Amount: $200-$1,000. For research or creative projects that address issues of race and gender, especially on the Berkeley campus and its neighboring communities, but also in California, the nation, or the world. Applications are particularly sought from students majoring in areas where race and gender issues have not previously been of major concern. For Spring '07 deadline, student must graduate after 5/07. Grants awarded for up to six months from start date. Covers direct costs related to project, but not for equipment or living expenses. Public presentation, and project description in newsletter. About 6 participants. http://crg.berkeley.edu/programs/grants/grants.html 03-12-2007; April, 2007; November, 2007 deadlines. BIOLOGY FELLOWS PROGRAM Amount: $1500 ac. year, $3500 summer. Applicant must graduate AFTER program; esp. for "needy" students, women, under-rep but all encouraged to apply. Project must be in the biological sciences, broadly defined, 2.7+ gpa. For ac. year fellowship, must have lab placement in order to apply. Student carries out research in lab in biological sciences; enrichment meetings (grad school advice, etc.) 15 participants. http://research.berkeley.edu/Biology_Fellows/BFP.html 03-16-07 deadline. SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM (SURP) Ac. credit or stipend at discretion of mentor. Projects only in the biological sciences, although some also relate to chemistry, computer science, or other disciplines. no Summer apprenticeship program in bio sciences. 45 participants/summer. http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/SURP/ 03-23-07 deadline. SURF: SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (L&S) Amount: $3,000. L&S only 3.0 gpa; grad F'07or Spr/Sum'08. Funds independent summer research; a few mtgs in the summer. 38 participants, approx. Info sessions: Monday, February 12, 2007, 2:15-3:00 Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 1:15-2:00 Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 5:15-6:00 http://research.berkeley.edu/surf/ 04-01-07 estimated deadline. GROUP SUMMER RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIPS (TOWNSEND CENTER) Amount: $2,500. Projects are in the humanities (and social sciences). Students must apply to one of 12 faculty projects no Pairs faculty members and undergraduate students in summer research projects. 12 participants. http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/groupapprentices.shtml 04-03-07 estimated deadline. CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEACE AND WELL-BEING UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS Amount: $3,000. Applicant's work should relate to how people connect with each other and how we can reduce the tensions and alienation that get in the way of benevolent interactions. Topic can be across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines, with a particular focus on the social-behavioral sciences. Fellows receive research funding; contribute to Center's website and quarterly magazine; attend Center symposia and lectures; go to monthly fellows meetings to share progress, solicit feedback, and identify resources; poster presentation; final report. 1 participant. http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/research_fellowships.html 04-04-07 deadline. DAVID SCHOLARS PROGRAM Amount: $16,500. sciences Applicants should be planning a PhD, in good ac. standing; soph. or jr. , eligible for need-based fin. aid. Funds indep. research in the sciences; community service in low-incomes schools req'd; 4 participants, app. Info sessions: Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 2:00-3:00pm, 2063 VLSB Thursday, March 1, 2007, 1:00-2:00pm, 2063 VLSB Friday, March 9, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, 2063 VLSB Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 2:00-3:00pm, 2063 VLSB http://research.berkeley.edu/david/index.html 04-06-07 deadline; September, 2007 deadline; Jan. 08 deadline. SPONSORED PROJECTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (SPUR - CNR) Amount: up to $2,000 for student-initiated. Both faculty and student must be in College of Natural Resources. 2.0 gpa Students can apply to work on faculty-initiated projects (soph, jr., or sr.), or can submit their own projects for funding (with support of a faculty mentor) -- usually jr. or sr. 25 participants/yr. , app. http://cnr.berkeley.edu/site/about_spur_students.php 04-30-07, Sept. 07, Dec. 07 deadlines. TRAVEL GRANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (L&S) Amount: up to $500. L&S only priority to seniors. Provides funds for travel for data collection or for presentation at professional meetings. 15 particip./year., approximately. http://research.berkeley.edu/travel/ Deadline: rolling until $ is gone. ASUC ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY FUND GRANTS Amount: usually up to $500. Highest priority to students with carefully thought-out proposals, support of a faculty mentor, and who have sought out other support. 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