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Lectures & panel discussions
THE
EU ENLARGEMENT PROCESS: 20 AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
Thursday, Sept. 24, Noon
Prospect House, Presidential Dining Room
Lecture by Ollie Rehn, EU Enlargement Commissioner. Sponsored by the
Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, European Union Program.
Lunch will be served. RSVP: matheney@princeton.edu.
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SUSTAINABLE BUILDING REVOLUTION: CHINESE-STYLE
Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:30 PM
Friend Convocation Room
Lecture by Zhang Yue, one of China's best-known business leaders and an
advocate of sustainable building practices. Zhang, who is chairman of Broad
Air Conditioning and vice chair of the United Nations Environment Program's
Sustainable Buildngs and Climate Initiative, will
also show a short movie about the sustainable building that was erected at
the Broad corporate campus in Changsha, Hunan Province. Sponsored by the
Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations and the Keller Center for
Innovation in Engineering Education.
REGULATING
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION: OUGHT THERE TO BE A LAW?
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 4:30–6 PM
Robertson, Dodds Auditorium
Panel discussion
with Rakesh Khurana,
the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business
School; Ari Gabinet, Principal, Securities
Regulation, for The Vanguard Group, Inc.; and Robert L. Jackson, Jr.,
Assistant General Counsel at the Department of the Treasury. Viviana Zelizer, the Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton
University will moderate the panel. Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Law and Public
Affairs.
LESSONS
FROM A LONG WAR: ENGAGEMENT IN THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 4:30 PM
Robertson, Dodds Auditorium
Lecture by
Ambassador Ryan Crocker M.C.F. '85, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and a
Practitioner-in-Residence at the Woodrow Wilson School. He will be
introduced by Ambassador Barbara Bodine, a
Woodrow Wilson School Diplomat-in-Residence and former U.S. Ambassador to
Yemen. Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs.
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Events
COMMUNITY
HOUSE VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6–9 PM
Carl A. Fields Center
Community House
will partner with the Program in Teacher Preparation and the Princeton
Regional Schools to provide valuable training for mentoring adolescents and
being an effective tutor. Dinner will be provided. RSVP: 258-6136 or house@princeton.edu.
STUDENTS
FOR EDUCATION REFORM (SFER) OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6–8 PM
Rocky Private Dining Room
Info session
presented by a new student group called Students For Education Reform
(SFER), which will advocate for meaningful education policy reform (with a
focus on K-12 education), inform students about current issues in education
policy, host events and lectures, and help match students with jobs in
teaching or education policy. Editors of SFER's affiliated magazine,
American Education Review, will also be present to discuss their summer
internships in teaching and/or education policy. For information: cbelling@princeton.edu.
SCIENCE
IN SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 7–8 PM
Frist 307
Science in
Society is Princeton University’s science and science policy journal.
Anyone interested in writing, editing, design/layout, and business
administration is welcome.
BREAKOUT
PRINCETON CIVIC ACTION TRIPS INFORMATION SESSION
Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:30 PM
Women’s Center conference room, Frist 200 level
Application deadline: Thursday, Oct. 1, 5 PM
Breakout
Princeton Civic Action Trips are week-long opportunities to learn about and
take action on important public issues will over Fall Break. Fall 2009
trips include: Music outreach in Philadelphia, community mental health
services in New York City, Deaf education in Washington, D.C., mass
incarceration in New York and New Jersey, the rule of law on the Pine Ridge
Reservation in South Dakota, and green design in Greensburg, Kans. Full
descriptions of all trips and a link to the online application are online: pace.princeton.edu/breakout.
KABOOM!
PLAYGROUND BUILD DAY
Saturday, Sept. 26, 8:30 AM–2:30 PM
Princeton YMCA-YWCA Field, 59 Paul Robeson Place
To celebrate
Community House's 40th anniversary, the organization is joining forces with
the Princeton YM and YWCA to build a playground for children in the
Princeton community. Shifts are available from 8:30-11:30 AM (meet in front
of Nassau Hall at 8 AM) or 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (meet in front of Nassau Hall
at 11 AM). Breakfast and lunch will be provided. R RSVP: 258-6136 or house@princeton.edu;
include how many volunteers will be coming and what shift they will work.
NEW
JERSEY RIDE AGAINST AIDS, PRINCETON REST STOP
Saturday, Sept. 26, 9–11 AM
Frist South Lawn
An opportunity to
show support for this group of cyclists who ride 250 miles to raise funds
for AIDS research. Sponsored by the Frist Campus
Center, the LGBT Center, and the Student Global AIDS Campaign.
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GREENING
PRINCETON FARMERS’ MARKET
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 11 AM–3 PM
Firestone Plaza
The Greening
Princeton farmers' market is a grower/producer market where all of the
vendors make or grow what they sell, including farm fresh seasonal
produce, naturally raised meats and other artisanal goods. It features
weekly live music, as well as tables with nutrition information,
sustainability initiatives at Princeton and dedicated student volunteers
to keep the operation running smoothly. Through Oct. 27.
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PAIDEIA
DINNER DISCUSSION: THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5:45–7:15 PM
Frist 234
Dinner discussion
with Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Suggested
background reading: "Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New
Era of Corruption)," in the March 4, 2009 issue of The New Republican.
RSVP to make sure there's enough food: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDJHcU9sa1JWUnc3YnNZYklRSlBVWlE6MA.
TO
COUNT AND BE COUNTED: LATINOS AND THE US 2010 CENSUS
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 3–6 PM
Aaron Burr 219
An open forum to
promote discussion about various positions taken by community leaders,
representatives of Latino organizations, academics, and the public at large
in relation to the implementation and effects of the 2010 Census on Latino
individuals and families. Speakers: Alejandro Portes,
Douglas Massey, and Marta Tienda, Princeton
University; Rev. Miguel Rivera, national Coalition of Latino Clergy and
Christian Leaders; Martin Perez, Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey.
Sponsors: Center for Migration and Development, Latin American Defense and
Education Fund, Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, Program in Latin
American Studies, Program in Latino Studies, and University Center for
Human Values.
CRIME
AND PUNISHMENT WORKSHOP
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 6:30 PM
Wallace 190
Dinner and
discussion with Lisa Miller, associate professor of political science at
Rutgers University, who will talk about her project on political federalism
and its implications for racial inequality in the criminal justice system.
Sponsored by the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA).
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Internships & fellowships
PUBLIC
SERVICE INTERNSHIP PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, Sept. 29: Education and Youth
Services
Wednesday, Sept. 30: Policy Research, Law, and Legal Services
Thursday, Oct. 1: Community Outreach and Social Services
Rockefeller College, Rocky-Mathey Classroom (2nd
floor), 7–9 PM
Students who had
public service internships last summer will present their experiences.
Presented by the Pace Center.
HERBERT
SCOVILLE JR. PEACE FELLOWSHIP
Application Deadline: Oct. 5
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship provides college
graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, D.C., with a
public-interest organization focusing on arms control and international
security issues. The fellowship lasts from six to nine months and provides
a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington. All U.S.
citizens, and foreign nationals residing in the United States, are eligible
to apply; non-U.S. citizens living outside of the United States are not.
For information: www.scoville.org.
CAPITAL
SEMESTER
Final application deadline: Sunday, Nov. 1
Capital Semester
combines substantive nonprofit internships, courses for academic credit,
career development activities, exclusive briefings and lectures led by
prominent policy experts and nonprofit executives. Applications for the
fall program will be accepted on a rolling basis until the final deadline
of Nov. 1. The program, which is sponsored by The Fund for American Studies
in partnership with Georgetown University, is offered each fall and spring.
For information and an online application: www.DCinternships.org/CS or Dana Faught,
Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator, dfaught@tfas.org or
202.986.0384.
NJPIRG
ENERGY SERVICE CORPS INTERNSHIPS
Energy Corps is a
joint project between NJPIRG (New Jersey Public Interest Research Group),
AmeriCorps, and Princeton with the purpose of educating and engaging
Princeton students and community members about energy efficiency through
community education, K-12 education, energy auditing, and weatherizing
projects this semester. Opportunities include Media Coordinator,
Weatherization Project Cooordinator, Internet
Organizer, and more. The average commitment is about 10 hours a week.
Projects take place on campus as well as in the Princeton community and in
Trenton. For information: Daniel Brookshire, daniel@njpirgstudents.org.
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Other opportunities
CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE NEWSLETTER: GET LISTED
Deadline: Mondays at noon during the academic semester
The Civic
Engagement & Public Service Newsletter is changing its schedule. The
newsletter will be published on Tuesdays, and the deadline for newsletter
submissions is moving to Mondays at noon. To submit an item for inclusion: pace.princeton.edu/newsletter or pace@princeton.edu.
SVC
KATZENBACH ASL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Application Deadline: Friday, Sept. 25, at 11 PM
SVC's Katzenbach ASL project will accept 10 students to the
program, which offers free weekly American Sign Language classes on campus
on Mondays from 5-6 PM. Students also volunteer once a week at the New
Jersey School for the Deaf. There will also be a Breakout Princeton fall
break trip on Deaf education. For information about the Breakout trip: pace.princeton.edu/breakout. To apply to the Katzenback volunteer program: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGRnVmlna3BtenB4eFFvbW8tY0hvdkE6MA.
VOLUNTEER
WEBMASTER FOR PRISONER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program needs a
volunteer webmaster to set up a simple informational site describing the
mission of the organization and providing informational and training
materials as well as schedules. Interested students should send a resume
with web-design experience and a brief cover letter to jfarrin@nyct.net. For more information about
the program: pace.princeton.edu/prisoneducation.
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