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Meet alumni sponsors, supervisors, and fellow students and learn more about funded public service internship opportunities in summer 2010: Friday, Nov. 13, 4:30-5:30 PM in Frist 302, featuring alumni sponsors and internship supervisors, and Friday, Nov. 20, 4:30-5:30 PM in Frist 302, featuring 2009 summer interns. Sponsors represented include Class of 1975, Guggenheim Internships in Criminal Justice, Princeton Club of Philadelphia, and SVC.

Meet recent alumni and learn more about these selective, paid, two-year fellowships for graduating Princeton seniors with Environmental Defense Fund, The Food Project, and Vermont Community Foundation: Thursday, Nov. 19, 4:30-5:30 PM in Guyot 154; and Friday, Nov. 20, 12:30-2 PM in Frist 243 (International Center).

The Pace Center supported approximately 1,600 opportunities for civic engagement in 2008-2009 through activities including direct volunteer service, civic action break trips, social entrepreneurship, political action, public service internships and fellowships, volunteer teaching and tutoring, and engaged learning. Read more about Pace Center programs including Breakout Princeton, Community Action, Community House, and the Student Volunteers Council (SVC) in the 2009 Annual Report.

ReimaginingService.org is a community and a platform to foster ideas that make an impact. It is a place for anyone who believes that volunteering is more than just "a nice thing to do," and that it holds the key to addressing some of our communities' toughest challenges. This website features the Reimagining Service report, written by a community of leaders from the government, nonprofit, and corporate sectors.

In a little more than two weeks, many Princeton students will cast their votes in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. But some other students have been involved in the election for months. Students and organizations on campus have been actively campaigning and said they will continue to do so in the next few weeks leading up to the election.

Princeton students have raised nearly $2,000 to help victims of recent natural disasters in Southeast Asia.

Bridge Year is a structured nine-month program with a focus on community service and cultural immersion for Princeton students prior to the start of their freshman year. Bridge Year students are placed in volunteer assignments that serve local communities while enriching their understanding of the world. Participants are providing updates from the field on the Bridge Year website.

Celebrate 40 years of Community House at Princeton and learn about opportunities to volunteer in the Princeton Regional School District: Saturday, Sept. 19, at the new Carl A. Fields Center, 58 Prospect Ave.

When establishing their new home at 58 Prospect Ave., Princeton University's Fields Center and Community House staff decided to make it a beacon for multicultural education and social opportunities within the University campus and local community. While physically located just across the street from their old building at 86 Olden St., the new facility is miles away in offering larger, more visible and dynamic space for the work supported by the two organizations.

Find out about community service and weekly volunteer opportunities with local nonprofits at the SVC Open House: Tuesday, Sept. 22, 4:30-6:30 PM, Firestone Plaza (in case of rain, Frist 100 level).