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Spring 2017 Service-Learning Courses

Working on your pre-reg list? Want the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom through meaningful community service, in addition to guided instruction with peers in the classroom? Consider enrolling in a service-learning course! As a reminder, all service-learning courses may count towards the Civic Engagement Certificate. — Living in a Polluted World (ENVS 361)…

Service Corps Roundup

Many service opportunities have upcoming deadlines! Check out some of the opportunities below to find a service program that is a good fit for you. The list will be updated periodically, so bookmark it and check back! Ambassador Corps The Ambassador Corps program is the leading social enterprise internship program. A select group of students from the top undergraduate…

Green Street is looking for class proposals!

The Green Street Teaching and Learning Center is looking for class proposals for children in grades 1-5 in music, visual art, culture, languages, dance, movement, nutrition, media, other arts disciplines, environment, science, and math. We are particularly interested in classes that integrate art, math, and science in a fun, hands-on way that children may not be…

The Trade-Offs of Voting for a Third Party Candidate

Because so many young voters are considering voting Libertarian or Green, the Campus Election Engagement Project has put together a concise nonpartisan resource on the trade-offs of voting Third Party this election, offering historical perspective on the strengths and downsides of Third Party choices.  For anyone voting by absentee ballot in your home state, they also have…

The Future of Foreign Policy – Election 2016

This is the last of three panels in Allbritton’s Right Now! Series about the 2016 presidential election.  This panel, “The Future of Foreign Policy,” will feature: DANIEL J. JONES, Penn Quarter Group and Lead Author on the Senate “CIA Torture Report” Daniel has extensive experience advising senior business executives and U.S. government officials. He has spent…

Right Now! Series: Net Neutrality

Net neutrality is a central issue of freedom of speech and access on the Internet. If you’ve ever streamed movies, TV, or sports games on your computer, then net neutrality is something important to you! In February 2015, the FCC voted to uphold Net Neutrality and forbade Internet providers from charging some users to access…

Behind the Curtain: Campaign Financing, Gerrymandering, and Barriers to Voting – Election 2016

This is the second of three panels in Allbritton’s Right Now! Series about the 2016 presidential election.  This panel, “Behind the Curtain: Campaign Financing, Gerrymandering, and Barriers to Voting,” will feature: Dave Daley, CT Mirror, author of Ratf*cked David Daley is the author of “Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy”…

The Role(s) of Religion – Election 2016

This is the first of three panels in Allbritton’s Right Now! Series about the 2016 presidential election.  This panel, “The Role(s) of Religion,” will feature: ANTHEA BUTLER, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at UPenn and author of Women in the Church of God in Christ, Making a Sanctified World Anthea Butler is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and…

A Recipe for the Rule of Seven

When I started college in the fall of 1994, we had the Freshman Fifteen and an all-you-can-eat dining plan (RIP Mocon). Now, there’s the Rule of Seven, cafeterias are thoughtfully called all-you-care-to-eat, and it’s our schedules and resumes that have become overweight. Author’s note: I’m about to overuse a food metaphor, so you might want…