IN THIS ISSUE:

*Events
*Volunteer Opportunities
*Internships, Jobs, and Beyond...
*In the Spotlight: No Price for Valuable Health Care






EVENTS
Summer Links Information Session
Monday, November 30th
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Ida Noyes First Floor Lounge, (1212 E. 59th Street)
Summer Links offers an intensive 10-week internships to 30 returning College and graduate students committed to public service, community building, and social change. Interns receive a $4 000 stipend and participate in weekly day-long and evening trainings about Chicago and social justice issues. For more information, please contact Student Intern Hallie Trauger at htrauger@uchicago.edu

What’s Next for Chicago
Tuesday, December 1
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Roosevelt University, Congress Lounge (430 South Michigan Avenue)
Despite losing the Olympic bid, how can Chicago harness all the energy put into the bid to create a better city for every? Join the conversation featuring University of Chicago American History professor Adam Green and other diverse perspectives coming together to envision possible futures for Chicago. This program is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended and can be made online, by email, at events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Splash! Chicago seeks new members to join our Student and Schools Recruitment Team. If you are at all interested in education and its structures, working with kids, or preaching atop lunch tables, you should sign up! Please call us at 773-789-7347 OR email splashchicago@gmail.com if you want to join our Recruitment Team.

Tutors in all subjects are needed at Hyde Park High School and John Hope HS. Please contact John MacDougall at 312-853-3932 or jmacdoug@roosevelt.edu

A 7th grade teacher, Jenny Jankowski, at Tarkington Elementary school is seeking UofC students interested in mentoring her 7th graders. The school is located at 71st and Kedzie, and is Chicago's first “green school”. (There’s a special need for mentoring male students who could benefit from a positive role model.) To get involved, contact Jennifer Jankowski at JLJankowski@cps.edu

INTERNSHIPS, JOBS, AND BEYOND...
Heart of Chicago Writing Contest
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Students should describe how they view The Heart of Chicago in one of three categories: Poetry, Narrative Fiction, and Narrative Non-fiction. Any aspect of the city may be considered for subject matter. Submissions will be accepted via email to katesoto@uchicago.edu and for more information visit: chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/heartofchicago_writing.html

Check out the “The Blog That Works,” the Chicago Studies blog: https://blogs.uchicago.edu/chicagostudies/2009/11/from_cobb_hall_to_the_corn_fie.html If you are interested in being a blogger, contact Chicago Studies Program Coordinator Rachel Cromidas at cromidas@uchicago.edu

Humanities in Action
Due: January 23, 2010
The HIA summer fellowship programs bring together international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and human rights doctrines in democratic societies. Separate programs will take place for five weeks in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, and Warsaw. Students of all majors and academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Full application materials are available at: http://www.humanityinaction.org/apply/usa

Applications for Teaching Artists through the Teaching Lab Collaborations (or TLC for short), have just gone live on-line here. For more information regarding job requirements and details, contact Jessica Hutchinson at jesshutchinson@uchicago.edu

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
No Price for Valuable Health Care
Anne Groggel, Staff Writer

Public health is on the minds of people around the nation in this midst of uncertainty around health care reform, finding quality and affordable health care. One thing can be agreed upon: the issue of health services is more important than ever. The State’s proposed 6.7% budget cuts to Health and Human Services would have a detrimental impact on the health of Chicago residents.

Beyond taking advantage of the free flu shots on campus, University of Chicago students are working to providing essential health services. Betsy Rubinstein, a graduate student at the School of Social Service Administration, decided to organize a fundraiser and raffle for the Chicago Women's Health Center located on the North Side. Founded in 1975 and the nation's oldest feminist health collective, Chicago Women's Health Center strives to make health care accessible to all women and transgendered people regardless of their ability to pay.

Chicago Women’s Health Center is a collective of women, including counselors, outreach health educators, and doctors who provide health education and accessible gynecological and mental health care to women and transgendered people in the Chicago area. Last year, CWHC served more than 6,000 Chicagoans through programs in gynecology, counseling, alternative insemination, outreach & education, and acupuncture.

Presently, the Center is working to raise money in order to move into a larger location, due to increasing demand for their services. Over the past few months, she coordinated with CWHC staff and T's Bar restaurant to put together the event, and has already received many in-kind donations from local businesses for the raffle. Betsy described her involvement as helping to support “an organization that provides health care in the right way.”

Rubinstein was especially drawn to the organization because of her interest in gender, health, and sexuality. The health center offers Trans Gynecology Access Program (TGAP) to provide gynecological services to transgender men. “I was incredibly pleased” Rubinstein stated “with an all-women run, feminist health collective that specifically reaches out to queer women and trans people.”

Betsy became involved with this nonprofit after shadowing Bess Hart, the Clinical Director at the Chicago Women’s Health Center. Bess Hart, a graduate from the Social Service Administration, currently works as a clinical social worker providing individual counseling at the clinic.

Potential budget cuts to the Public Health Budget mean fewer city services for an array of health program organizations. Organizations like Chicago Women’s Health Center become the lifeline to ensuring residents the health services they need. Reflecting on this budget crisis, Rubinstein concludes that “every person deserves sensitive, affordable, and comprehensive health care, and CWHC is a tremendous asset to our community for providing that for Chicagoans.”

The Chicago Women’s Health Center Fundraiser will be held at December 10th at 8pm at T’s Bar & Restaurant on 5025 N. Clark St. Students may contact Betsy at betsyrubinstein@gmail.com if you have any questions. For more information on Chicago Women's Health Center, please visit: http://www.chicagowomenshealthcenter.org

The University Community Service Center (UCSC) fosters the development of civic-minded students by providing substantive community service opportunities through community partnerships based on mutual trust and respect. If you have questions - how to get involved as a student or how to connect to students as a community organization - please contact us.

University Community Service Center
5525 S. Ellis Ave., Suite 160
Chicago IL, 60637
Tel: 773.753.4483
Fax: 773.834.1160
ucsc.uchicago.edu

IN THIS ISSUE:

*Events
*Volunteer Opportunities
*Internships, Jobs, and Beyond...
*In the Spotlight: Students Rally for Coalition Building










EVENTS
University of Chicago Blood Drive
Monday, November 23rd
10:00am – 4:00pm
Ida Noyes, Cloister Club Room
Co-hosted by University of Chicago's Interfaith Dialogue Club and the Faiths Act Fellows Amy and Rebecca, this blood drive will be a chance for the Hyde Park community to give back to those in need locally. RSVP at amy.mcnair@faithsactfellows.org

Summer Links Information Session
Monday, November 30th
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Ida Noyes First Floor Lounge, (1212 E. 59th Street)
Summer Links offers an intensive 10-week internships to 30 returning College and graduate students committed to public service, community building, and social change. Interns receive a $4 000 stipend and participate in weekly day-long and evening trainings about Chicago and social justice issues. For more information, please contact Student Intern Hallie Trauger at htrauger@uchicago.edu

What’s Next for Chicago
Tuesday, December 1
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Roosevelt University, Congress Lounge (430 South Michigan Avenue)
Despite losing the Olympic bid, how can Chicago harness all the energy put into the bid to create a better city for every? Join the conversation featuring University of Chicago American History professor Adam Green and other diverse perspectives coming together to envision possible futures for Chicago. This program is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended and can be made online, by email, at events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24, Angelic Organics Learning Center will be preparing our fall fundraising appeal mailing, and we need help stuffing and stamping envelopes! If you're available and willing to help, please respond directly with Corrine Reynolds at 773-288-5462

Splash! Chicago seeks new members to join our Student and Schools Recruitment Team. If you are at all interested in education and its structures, working with kids, or preaching atop lunch tables, you should sign up! Please call us at 773-789-7347 OR email splashchicago@gmail.com if you want to join our Recruitment Team.

Tutors in all subjects are needed at Hyde Park High School and John Hope HS. Please contact John MacDougall at 312-853-3932 or jmacdoug@roosevelt.edu

Hyde Park-Kenwood Interfaith Council is seeking ushers, greeters, and collection counters for the annual Thanksgiving Day Worship Service – Rockefeller memorial Chapel, starting at 11:00am. For more information, contact Allan Lindrup via email to either uusj@sbcglobal.net or hpkifc@hotmail.com, or by phone to 773-642-8061.

A 7th grade teacher, Jenny Jankowski, at Tarkington Elementary school is seeking UofC students interested in mentoring her 7th graders. The school is located at 71st and Kedzie, and is Chicago's first “green school”. (There’s a special need for mentoring male students who could benefit from a positive role model.) To get involved, contact Jennifer Jankowski at JLJankowski@cps.edu

INTERNSHIPS, JOBS, AND BEYOND...
Heart of Chicago Writing Contest
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Students should describe how they view The Heart of Chicago in one of three categories: Poetry, Narrative Fiction, and Narrative Non-fiction. Any aspect of the city may be considered for subject matter. Submissions will be accepted via email to katesoto@uchicago.edu and for more information visit: chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/heartofchicago_writing.html

Check out the “The Blog That Works,” the Chicago Studies blog: https://blogs.uchicago.edu/chicagostudies/2009/11/from_cobb_hall_to_the_corn_fie.html If you are interested in being a blogger, contact Chicago Studies Program Coordinator Rachel Cromidas at cromidas@uchicago.edu

Humanities in Action
Due: January 23, 2010
The HIA summer fellowship programs bring together international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and human rights doctrines in democratic societies. Separate programs will take place for five weeks in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, and Warsaw. Students of all majors and academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Full application materials are available at: http://www.humanityinaction.org/apply/usa

Applications for Teaching Artists through the Teaching Lab Collaborations (or TLC for short), have just gone live on-line here. For more information regarding job requirements and details, contact Jessica Hutchinson at jesshutchinson@uchicago.edu

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Students Rally for Coalition Building
Chelsie Sluyk, Staff Writer

Last Monday night, students from across the University filled the common meeting room of 5710 for a workshop on coalition building. A remarkably apt meeting place, the old brick Hyde Park home was itself the product of a coalition; the LGBTQ student groups and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs joined together to petition the University for a gathering space for students to engage in community building and programming. On this night, undergraduates, graduate students, and staff spent the evening trading stories, discussing potential scenarios, and brainstorming successful techniques for bringing different activist groups together to achieve their goals.

“The Coalition Building workshop was a time to allow student activists the time to think critically on how and why they can form partnerships. The workshop was there to challenge activists to think about the work that they hope to be doing on/off campus with other students as well as with community organizations” said David Klein, Social Justice program intern and organizer of the event. While some participants came just to learn about social justice and see what was going on in the University’s activist community, many students came as representatives of their student organizations. Among those who attended were representatives from Southside Solidarity Network, ArtShould, Partnership for the Advancement of Refugee Rights, Green Campus Initiative, Feminist Majority, and many others. “It was great to see representation from so many different parts of the university and many different kinds of activists.” Klein said, “I think some great conversations were sparked by the event.”

Third-year Fundamentals major, Will Larson, co-director of ArtShould, a campus group focused on arts tutoring in Chicago Public Schools and building a connected and active arts community on campus, said of his reasons for participating in the event, “Since so many of our goals involve collaboration or coalition-building, I wanted to take what first-hand experience I've had of that process to this workshop, both to reflect on my knowledge and hear other perspectives.”

The workshop was facilitated by Alex Poeter, Director of Organizing for the Chicago Freedom School and long time advocate at the local youth-based social justice organization. Drawing from his 18 years of experience working in coalitions, he discussed the opportunities and unexpected challenges. Poeter was enthusiastic about having the chance to work with U of C students. “It seems like a lot of students are involved in coalitions or interested in getting more engaged,” Poeter said, “it is important for them to be as aware as possible through learning and being engaged with their communities, and to build long-term goals around that.”

Many of the students planned to put what they learned at this meeting into action. First year Masters student in the Social Service Administration Program, Veronica Mercado, is part of the Community Economic Development Organization, which is working with the Harris school toward the goal of “reinvesting in the community that surrounds Hyde Park and the University of Chicago.”

The Coalition Building Workshop is one of many events organized by the Social Justice program year round. They offer one workshop each quarter addressing a topic that students are interested in learning about. They also host bi-quarterly get-togethers as well as their annual event, the Student Activist Conference, a day-long event held in January. This winter’s conference will explore the topic of “working across difference,” challenging students to “think about what it means to work in a diverse community or to be working on intersectional issues,” Klein says.

Student Activism is a major part of the college experience for many University of Chicago students, and new resources and educational opportunities continue to emerge all the time. Reflecting on the time he has dedicated to positive, active engagement in the communities he belongs to over the past two and half years, ArtShould’s Will Larson concludes, “At times I think I've learned more about myself and other people through this work than through coursework, and it is definitely something I think is worth devoting a lot of my time to.”

To find out more about the Social Justice Program and its events, contact David Klein at djk@uchicago.edu

The University Community Service Center (UCSC) fosters the development of civic-minded students by providing substantive community service opportunities through community partnerships based on mutual trust and respect. If you have questions - how to get involved as a student or how to connect to students as a community organization - please contact us.

University Community Service Center
5525 S. Ellis Ave., Suite 160
Chicago IL, 60637
Tel: 773.753.4483
Fax: 773.834.1160
ucsc.uchicago.edu

IN THIS ISSUE:

*Events
*Volunteer Opportunities
*Internships, Jobs, and Beyond...
*In the Spotlight: Investing in Diversity at the U of C










EVENTS
UTEP Information Sessions
November 16, November 19, and November 20
5:00pm
BSLC 202
The University’s Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) will be hosting several recruiting meetings next week. UTEP aims to recruit students who are committed to social justice and wish to prepare to teach within Chicago Public Schools. Students can enter UTEP’s program in the fall of their 4th year or following graduation. Learn more about the information sessions and UTEP at http://utep.uchicago.edu/

“origins.” An art exhibit
Thursday, November 19 (6pm – 10pm) – Friday, November 20 (3pm – 10pm)
5710 S. Woodlawn
Engage the local community through art, music, and discussion; featuring works by artists from Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Palestine and Chicago. The event features Skylah Sensahrae’s Photography, Bronzeville and City Infrastructure, Adama Wiltshire’s Painting from “Women of the L” and Gihad Ali’s Spoke Word Poetry. For more information contact Adama Wiltshire: adama@uchicago.edu

UCSC Autumn Quarter Day of Service!
Saturday, November 21st
9:00am – 12:00pm
Student volunteers are encouraged to sign up in groups to walk or bus out to community service organizations and sites around Chicago and the South Side. Some of the tasks this year may include: Preparing and serving food at a soup kitchen, setting up a winter rooftop garden, organizing canned goods at a food pantry, and supervising children at a shelter. Signup at ucsc.uchicago.edu/pages/dayofservice.html

Summer Links Information Session
Monday, November 30th
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Ida Noyes First Floor Lounge, (1212 E. 59th Street)
Summer Links offers an intensive 10-week internships to 30 returning College and graduate students committed to public service, community building, and social change. Interns receive a $4 000 stipend and participate in weekly day-long and evening trainings about Chicago and social justice issues. For more information, please contact Student Intern Hallie Trauger at htrauger@uchicago.edu

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Tutors in all subjects are needed at Hyde Park High School and John Hope HS. Please contact John MacDougall at 312-853-3932 or jmacdoug@roosevelt.edu

G.E.D. Tutors needed who can commit 2-3 hours Monday thru Friday for one-on-one tutoring or need to complete student teaching or internship requirements. For more information call Allison – 773-675-4610.

Hyde Park-Kenwood Interfaith Council is seeking ushers, greeters, and collection counters for the annual Thanksgiving Day Worship Service – Rockefeller memorial Chapel, starting at 11:00am. For more information, contact Allan Lindrup via email to either uusj@sbcglobal.net or hpkifc@hotmail.com, or by phone to 773-642-8061.

A 7th grade teacher, Jenny Jankowski, at Tarkington Elementary school is seeking UofC students interested in mentoring her 7th graders. The school is located at 71st and Kedzie, and is Chicago's first “green school”. (There’s a special need for mentoring male students who could benefit from a positive role model.) To get involved, contact Jennifer Jankowski at JLJankowski@cps.edu

Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBT films and videos each and every year. Reeling 2009 is presenting nearly over 50 programs over 11 days from November 5-15. There are many volunteer opportunities for box office people, ushers, drivers, event coordinators, and volunteers for schedule distribution. If you're interested in volunteering, email chicagolgff@chicagofilmmakers.org or call (773) 293-1447.

INTERNSHIPS, JOBS, AND BEYOND...
Check out the “The Blog That Works,” the Chicago Studies blog: https://blogs.uchicago.edu/chicagostudies/2009/11/from_cobb_hall_to_the_corn_fie.html If you are interested in being a blogger, contact Chicago Studies Program Coordinator Rachel Cromidas at cromidas@uchicago.edu

Humanities in Action
Due: January 23, 2010
The HIA summer fellowship programs bring together international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and human rights doctrines in democratic societies. Separate programs will take place for five weeks in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, and Warsaw. Students of all majors and academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Full application materials are available at: http://www.humanityinaction.org/apply/usa

Applications for Teaching Artists through the Teaching Lab Collaborations (or TLC for short), have just gone live on-line here. For more information regarding job requirements and details, contact Jessica Hutchinson at jesshutchinson@uchicago.edu

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Investing in Diversity at the U of C
Anna Tenuta, Staff Writer

Before the start of the 2008-2009 school year, the University of Chicago announced that the entering freshman class would be "the most diverse group of students ever admitted to the college". The Class of 2012, according to the UChicago News Office, has record percentages of African-American, Hispanic and Latino, Asian and international students; additionally, the number of students in the Class of 2012 from lower-income families is 28 percent greater than the Class of 2011. This record diversity at the U of C represents a major step forward. Encouraging historically underrepresented, low income, first generation and minorities from Chicago's inner city and all over the country is a major challenge and goal for college admissions.

To meet this challenge, Investment in Diversity, a partnership between the UCSC and the Office of College Admissions, offers free campus tours of the University of Chicago campus to interested groups of 6th through 9th graders. Through the Investment in Diversity tours, the university hopes to make the students feel comfortable and welcomed on campus, in order to ultimately increase the recruitment of diverse students at the U of C. Visitors come from all over the country to participate - from Texas to the suburbs of Illinois to Nashville to just a few blocks away from campus.

"The University has the unique opportunity, because we are located in such a diverse community of Hyde Park and in the Chicagoland area, to reach out to those diverse groups within the area and let them know that there is this great university in their midst and that college is really not so inaccessible," explained Samira Patel, student intern for Investment in Diversity.

Patel really emphasized the importance of reaching out to these students of diversity at a young age to remind them that they have what it takes to make college a reality and to encourage them to begin taking the steps they need to increase their willingness and ability to apply, enroll and thrive at the U of C. The tours offer them a sneak peek of the college life, giving them the enthusiasm to think ahead about activities, interests, applying for scholarships and finding the right fit.

When greeting the groups of students upon arrival at the university, Klaas Van Der Wey, program supervisor of Investment in Diversity, explained that he always makes it a point to tell them they are "honorary UChicago students for the day", in order to make the experience more real for them, something they can consider in the future as a reality.

From June to August alone, tours were given to over 400 visitors. Just this week, a group of young women from Chicago Bulls College Prep on the west side were given a tour of campus.

"My favorite part of being a tour guide is seeing the smiles on student’s faces when you tell them that they’re smart and that they can achieve great things as long as they stay focused and work hard," explained Chase Weldon, a second-year undergraduate student who has been a tour guide for Investment in Diversity for just over a year.

According to Van Der Wey, the student tour guides who volunteer in Investment in Diversity are what make the program so strong. He said that they are able "to make the important connections with the students so naturally, it is mostly just sharing their personal experiences and, inevitably, sharing their excitement about this place".

In order to meet the demands of the tour requests that the program receives, Investment in Diversity hopes to continue recruiting such dedicated, enthusiastic students to volunteer as tour guides.

"We hope to become more visible in the university community and also in the greater Chicagoland area. And we want to be able to provide tours that are influential to the students that come here," said Patel, about her personal goals for the program this year.

The Investment in Diversity tours last only an hour, but the program aims to have a lasting impact on the students long after they have left the main quad. This is fully embodied in the program's tagline this year, encouraging both the university and the visitors to take part in these tours -- "One hour can change a life".

"At the end of a tour, it makes me feel great when the students' teachers come up to me and thank me for giving their students something positive, and say that they wish they had more black male role models for their students," explained Weldon.

To get involved or volunteer to be a student tour guide for Investment in Diversity, please contact Samira Patel at spa342@uchicago.edu.



The University Community Service Center (UCSC) fosters the development of civic-minded students by providing substantive community service opportunities through community partnerships based on mutual trust and respect. If you have questions - how to get involved as a student or how to connect to students as a community organization - please contact us.

University Community Service Center
5525 S. Ellis Ave., Suite 160
Chicago IL, 60637
Tel: 773.753.4483
Fax: 773.834.1160
ucsc.uchicago.edu

IN THIS ISSUE:

*Events
*Volunteer Opportunities
*Internships, Jobs, and Beyond...
*In the Spotlight: Making Your Job Become Your Job


*Photo Courtesy of ssa.uchicago.edu




EVENTS
Fighting Displacement from South Africa to Chicago: A Visit from Ashraf Cassiem
Wednesday, November 11
7:30pm
Harper 140
Hear reflections from Ashraf Cassiem (lead organizer of South Africa’s Anti-Eviction Campaign) on the situation confronting South Africa's poor, the resistance they have organized, and lessons to be learned by groups struggling for the right to housing in a U.S. housing market plagued by foreclosure, evictions and destruction of public housing. Presented by Southside Solidarity Network & Students for a Democratic Society.

Summer Links Information Session
Wednesday, November 11
6:00pm – 7:00pm
5710 S. Woodlawn Community Lounge
Learn about the Summer Links program, an intensive 10-week internships to 30 returning College and graduate students committed to public service, community building, and social change. Interns receive a $4 000 stipend and the option of subsidized on-campus housing, and participate in weekly day-long and evening trainings about Chicago and social justice issues. For more information, contact Trudi Langendorf at trudi@uchicago.edu or (773) 834-2699.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Tutors in all subjects are needed at Hyde Park High School and John Hope HS. Please contact John MacDougall at 312-853-3932 or jmacdoug@roosevelt.edu

G.E.D. Tutors needed who can commit 2-3 hours Monday thru Friday for one-on-one tutoring or need to complete student teaching or internship requirements. For more information call Allison – 773-675-4610.

Hyde Park-Kenwood Interfaith Council is seeking ushers, greeters, and collection counters for the annual Thanksgiving Day Worship Service – Rockefeller memorial Chapel, starting at 11:00am. For more information, contact Allan Lindrup via email to either uusj@sbcglobal.net or hpkifc@hotmail.com, or by phone to 773-642-8061.

Math tutors are needed for a class of boys at Madison Elementary School (74th Dorchester). For more details please contact Susan Peters Susan.Peters@uchospitals.edu or 773-702-5037.

Volunteer for the Chicago Academic Games League (CAGL), a math competition for middle school youth on the University of Chicago campus once a month. Teach the students once a week for 1-2 hours and be there to support them at the tournaments. For more information contact Boryana at boryanalevterova@gmail.com

Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBT films and videos each and every year. Reeling 2009 is presenting nearly over 50 programs over 11 days from November 5-15. There are many volunteer opportunities for box office people, ushers, drivers, event coordinators, and volunteers for schedule distribution. If you're interested in volunteering, email chicagolgff@chicagofilmmakers.org or call (773) 293-1447.

INTERNSHIPS, JOBS, AND BEYOND...
Become a part of campusCATALYST - a student-driven, pro-bono consulting service for nonprofits - and earn the opportunity to learn from your peers in a unique educational experience. You can apply online at http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/campuscatalyst.org/viewform?formkey=dENJV01BMGp4bjhrY1I4Z0ZHYVA0clE6MA. The deadline for applications is November 7th at midnight.

Due: November 12, 2009
The Program for the Global Environment and the Environmental Studies program will sponsor an undergraduate run conference this year. The program will provide funding, staffing, and advising for this project and invite interested undergraduates in any major or concentration to submit preliminary proposals. (Preference will be given to well structured proposals that address interdisciplinary approaches to environmental topics. Group submissions are encouraged.) If you are interested in participating, please send a one to two page proposal to maddie@uchicago.edu by November 12, 2009.

Applications for Teaching Artists through the Teaching Lab Collaborations (or TLC for short), have just gone live on-line here. For more information regarding job requirements and details, contact Jessica Hutchinson at jesshutchinson@uchicago.edu

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Making Your Job Become Your Job
Anne Groggel, Staff Writer

The daunting question of what life holds after graduation lurks through most students’ minds. Unemployment seems terrifying but, to some, what is worse is the fear of working in a passionless job. How are students to attain meaningful jobs where they feel they make a difference and not simply become a suit sitting inside a fluorescent lit cubicle?

This week we explore initiatives that address these questions for both graduate and undergraduate students.

The School of Social Service Administration (SSA) is hosting "Nonprofits and Social Innovation Workshop" a series of four sessions to help graduate students of all programs and divisions build leadership skills necessary to pursue employment in nonprofit organizations. These lunchtime workshops target students committed to working within the field of nonprofit human services. Taught by ROI Ventures, LLC (a strategy firm that works with business, philanthropy and social entrepreneurship clients and SSA faculty) these workshops cover the topics of Money and Meaning, Social Entrepreneurship Intelligence Quotient, Case Study of Social Enterprise, and Knowledge Transfer.

Filing into the classroom while picking out their sandwich from the assorted prepackaged lunch boxes, students hoped that the first workshop held on October 20, would speak to the tools needed to having a career and invoking social change. One participant, Julie Garfield, a second year student at SSA hoped, "to gain exposure to organizations and programs that have made a significant impact, organizations that change the way we think about delivering effective services to individuals and communities."

The workshop led by Rachel Newton Bellow and Suzanne Muchin with ROI Ventures, explored “the intersection of money and meaning.” Muchin, founder of ROI Ventures, also serves on the Visiting Committee for the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and is a frequent guest lecturer for the Booth School of Business. Muchin explains, "We are sharing concepts that we wish someone had shared with us when we were at the front end of our career paths working in organizations and businesses that were seeking to achieve both social and financial success. In the best case scenario, students will have an entirely new framework, or lens, for the work they are pursuing. We would like them to see the world differently, and to question some of the traditional paradigms that exist in the non-profit sector in particular."

At SSA, Associate Professor Scott Allard helped organized the workshop series. He sees the program as functioning to "connect University of Chicago graduate students from different professional programs on campus, who share an interest in working with or within nonprofit organizations to develop solutions for the most pressing problems facing society. Part of the training offered through the Workshop relates to skill and leadership development, but bringing students into direct contact with some of the most prominent leaders and entrepreneurs in the local nonprofit sector is another critical piece."

For undergraduate (and graduate) students alike, Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS) and the University Community Service Center partner to provide Public and Social Service programming (PASS). Historically an annual one-day event, PASS is now a series of year-long programs introducing students interested in public service, social service and non-profit careers to alumni and organization representatives working in these fields. In partnership with CAPS, students receive support in these career fields through exploration, job search skill training, resume writing assistance and networking events.

After a successful kick-off event held on October 28th, Dillan Siegler an Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Development is optimistic of the benefits to students through this new delivery of PASS programming. The next in the series of events is “A Look Inside the Federal Government”, this Monday, November 9, from 5:30pm – 7:00pm in Ida Noyes’ West Lounge. Sponsored by the Annenberg Speakers Bureau through the Partnership for Public Service, this event features Bernard G. Deazley IV, MPA, FACHE, Health Systems Specialist at Portland Oregon’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

More information on these and other public and social service events can be found at:

School of Social Service Administration
http://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/
Career Advising and Planning Services
http://caps.uchicago.edu
University Community Service Center
http://ucsc.uchicago.edu
University of Chicago Public Interest Program
http://ucpip.uchicago.edu


The University Community Service Center (UCSC) fosters the development of civic-minded students by providing substantive community service opportunities through community partnerships based on mutual trust and respect. If you have questions - how to get involved as a student or how to connect to students as a community organization - please contact us.

University Community Service Center
5525 S. Ellis Ave., Suite 160
Chicago IL, 60637
Tel: 773.753.4483
Fax: 773.834.1160
ucsc.uchicago.edu