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From a faculty-all, staff-all, and student-all email…just in case anyone overlooked it…. (Minorly edited for style.)

Kaleidoscope Youth in Art , a WKU grant-funded program, is looking for WRITING STUDENTS willing to volunteer at the Parker Bennett Elementary School on Mondays for our 5th grade Creative Writing class. Kaleidoscope is working with three Parker Bennett fifth grade classes in the area of Creative Writing. Our Mentoring Artist, Bonny McDonald is instructing the classes, hosting over 55 students.

This program is a part of Kaleidoscope’s Outreach initiative connecting to local youth serving agencies to provide an arts-integrated curriculum. Our mission is to transform youth and community through arts and activism. Each student journals weekly on the lesson of the day. Bonny needs assistance responding to the youth journals, correcting grammar and spelling, and complimenting the work completed.

If you would like to assist in helping young people discover the world of language, the power in vocabulary and the freedom in expression please contact Lauren Cunningham, Kaleidoscope Program Director at lauren.cunningham@wku.edu.

I received this information in an email from Ms. Tess McKinley in WKU’s Career Services Center. Note the December 7, 2007, deadline for submitting materials. If you would like to apply for any of these positions and would like my help assembling your materials, please contact me at angela.jones@wku.edu.

Below is a list of the intern positions available with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for spring 2008. They are willing to work with WKU’s credit hour requirements as always. These are all undergraduate positions with the exception of the Entrepreneurship Strategic Marketing Intern which is a graduate student level.

Please use the links below to view the descriptions for the available internship positions for spring 2008. Interested candidates should apply online or e-mail Rebecca Myers at rmyers@nashvillechamber.com with any questions.

Event Planning Intern http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000149f.htm
Information Services Intern http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000146f.htm
Marketing and Communications Intern http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000147f.htm
Research and Development Intern http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000144f.htm
Small Business Programs Intern http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000148f.htm
Entrepreneurship Strategic Marketing Intern http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000150f.htm (* Graduate Level)
Existing Business Intern - Database Coordinator & Research http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000151f.htm
Existing Business Intern - Market Collateral Development http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/po/000152f.htm

Applicants may click the links above to visit www.NashvilleJobsLink.com for more information. To go to a general page with all of the internships listed, they may also visit http://nashvillejobslink.com/9/8/4/3/jobs/. They can also choose to apply online through each link, or they can e-mail me with any questions. We are requesting that all applications be submitted by December 7, 2007.

Dear All:

It’s that wonderful time again. Our (now umpteenth annual)
2007 Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language and Culture.
TODAY, Friday, November 16 in Cherry Hall 125.

Come enjoy free food and bonhomme and some great oral essays!

1:30 Intro by Associate Dean Larry Snyder

1:45 session: Lydia Nelson, Kim Reynolds, Mary Sparr
2:20 session: Katie Bond, Christa Davidson, Melissa Messer
3:00 session: Mason Broadwell, Brooke Shafar, Emmett Barton
3:40 session: Kenneth Gray, Erin Tabor, Amanda Schneider
4:15 session: Chuck Stinson, Brandon Colvin, Corey Smith

Please come out to support your friends and students and colleagues!

This note from Dale Rigby:

Dear All…
Everybody who submitted was a winner. The judges choose the
following three
submitters for the top prizes this Sunday at our 11th Annual Jim Wayne
Miller
Celebration of Writing:
1st place: Cody Tucker
2nd place: Corey Bewley
3rd place: Bobby Deignan

If you haven’t already, you should check out the new zine in town, Rise Over Run.

They have a Facebook presence.

and a MySpace page, and blogs, too.

Give a look and contribute.

Dear All–a last reminder about the Study Abroad Essay Contest!

Just a final reminder that the Study Abroad Essay Contest deadline is
noon on Thursday. Please remind students that you know who have taken study
abroad trips about this contest. Prize money is $225 for 1st place, $75
for 2nd, and $50 for 3rd. This is a wonderful way for students to
reflect on their experiences and what was gained by studying outside of
the U.S.

The winning essays from last year can be viewed from this website:
http://www.wku.edu/studyabroad/alumni/essay2006.html

Full details are attached.

Sincerely,

Derick Strode