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INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
MULTICULUTRAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT The Multicultural Leadership Summit focuses on a foundation of knowledge that will enhance student success in leadership in the areas of multiculturalism, diversity, and social justice. The goal is to educate students on diversity and multiculturalism, and empower them to be agents of social change in an increasingly diverse and global community. The theme for this year’s summit is “Building Alliances for Change: Together We Can _________”. 2015 MLS will be Friday, January 30, 2015 from 3:30pm to 6:30pm and Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 8:00am to 5:30pm at the Dunlap Success Center, the Globe and Multicultural Engagement Building, and the Askew Student Life Center on FSU campus. If you are interested in presenting, please click on the link to submit a presentation proposal. Submission of proposals is due by Friday, December 5, 2014. If you have any questions, concerns, or need additional assistance on submitting a presentation proposal please contact Roberto Orozco at [email protected]. If you are interested in registering for this event, please register here.
APPLY TO BE A 2015 TEDxFSU SPEAKER/PERFORMER! TEDxFSU is now in its fifth cycle. This year’s theme is Against the Current. The ocean currents are one of the most powerful forces of nature on our planet. It has the power to alter our experience as a species on Earth dramatically. Moving against this current is in essence shifting a natural paradigm. A current can be in society as well, a social norm or societal habits. Moving against these challenges the status quo and allows people to be different, think different, and change the world. TEDxFSU is looking for speakers and performers from a wide-range of experiences, perspectives, disciplines, and genres who can share an inspiring idea related to this year’s theme. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to apply. TEDxFSU will take place on Friday, March 20, 2015. Applications are due by Friday, December 15, 2014 by 11:59pm. To apply, visit thecenter.fsu.edu/Programs/TEDxFSU.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
It’s About…
Leadership Community Advocacy Change Citizenship Action Acceptance Participation Vision Awareness Justice Civility
OFFICE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP SPRING SERVICE FAIR The Office of Servant Leadership (OSL) is hosting a Spring Service Fair on Union Green Wednesday, February 11 from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Register now! If you are a service-based Registered Student Organization and would like to have a table at this event please email [email protected] for more details and for the link to register. If you have any questions please contact Alexa Cronin (Director) at [email protected].
Student Registration for our 2015 Seminole Success Night is open! During the spring semester, the Career Center and the Center for Leadership & Social Change holds its annual “Seminole Success Night: A Celebration of Diversity and Leadership” networking event. This event provides a unique opportunity for students of diverse backgrounds to network and build relationships with corporate companies and organizations who are actively seeking these populations. The event also provides the space for students to explore companies and organizations based on their identities and core values. More information concerning the event can be accessed HERE. The event will take place on Wednesday, January 28, 2014 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the Alumni Center and is open only to 150 students who pre-register. PLEASE NOTE: Students must have PLUS services to participate in this event! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kelvin Rutledge at [email protected] or (850) 644-9776.
2015 SPRING INVOLVEMENT FAIR Don’t miss out on the 2015 Spring Involvement Fair being held Thursday, January 15, 2015 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm by the Student Activities Center and the Student Organization Advisory and Resource (SOAR) Board. An Involvement Fair was held this past fall and they are looking to make it even bigger this spring. Register today to make sure your RSO or Campus Department is part of the largest tabling event of the semester. Click here to register and find complete details about the event. If you have any questions please contact Mallory Garcia at [email protected].
SPRING 2015 RSO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM The RSO Executive Leadership Program is designed to equip emerging student leaders with the skills and resources needed to build student organizations that are successful, sustainable, and impactful at FSU. This workshop series is designed to help up-and-coming leaders within RSOs hone their leadership skills and learn how to run a successful RSO at FSU. This non-credit certificate program will be held once a week and will cover a range of topics including personal leadership development, peer mentorship, effective communication, collaboration and campus resources, and more! Students must apply and be accepted to take part in the program. Applications are due December 12 and space is limited. Use this form to nominate a student (or a few) that you think could benefit from this program and the Student Activities Center will send them an application! The workshops will take place every Thursday from January 15 through March 26, 3:00pm to 4:30pm. Contact Dorsey Spencer at [email protected] with any questions.
SPRING PART-TIME JOB FAIR
Are you looking for a part-time job? Don’t miss the Part-Time Job Fair! The Spring Part-Time Job Fair will be held on Tuesday, January 13 from 10:00am-2:00pm in the Ogelsby Union Ballrooms. This is an opportunity for you to meet with employers and obtain flexible part-time employment, on-campus or in the local area, while earning your degree. Resume and professional attire are recommended. Visit the Career Center’s webpage here for more information: career.fsu.edu/fairs/parttime/index.cfm.
WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION Enjoy a day of American Indian culture, music, astronomy, and fun at Mission San Luis! Come observe the occasion of the "sun standing" at its southernmost position in the sky and honor the heritage of this 17th century living history village. During the day, shop for holiday gifts and support artisans selling their fine crafts, join a drum circle, or enjoy flute and drumming in concert. There will also be children's make-and-take crafts, primitive weapon activities, presentations by speakers and storytellers, food vendors, and more. In the evening, view the pre-solstice stars and planets with telescopes provided by the Tallahassee Astronomical Society. The Celebration will take place on Sunday, December 14. For more information, visit here.
SOLIDARITY IMMERSION Gain an up-close understanding of the movement for workers’ rights throughout the Dominican Republic and Haiti through personal testimonies and conversations. Meet the leaders of Alta Gracia, the world’s first ever living-wage union-made college apparel factory. Learn how you can be a leader on campus supporting garment workers’ rights globally. Get plugged into a national network of students fighting for change. Immerse yourself in Dominican culture and life with homestays, day trips, beaches, rivers, hikes, dancing, and local food. This trip is from December 28 to January 9. The cost is $925 and covers all on-island expenses. Need-based scholarships and fundraising support is available. For more information and to apply, please visit solidarity-ignite.org or contact [email protected].
NOLA SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDENT ORGANIZING RETREAT Spend a weekend meeting students from all over while feeding your organizing skills and creativity, building the foundations for a unified social justice movement, and enjoying New Orleans. With a focus on economic justice and workers’ rights campaigns, you’ll also have the chance to learn from leaders in the movements for LGTBQ rights, immigrant justice, anti-human trafficking, fighting the prison-industrial complex and more. Explore New Orleans with student social justice leaders. Hands-on interactive workshops, presentations, and dialogue – for students, by students – focused on winning concrete economic justice and workers’ rights campaigns. Fundraising workshops, carpool connections, and need-based travel scholarships available. $10 Registration fee holds your spot. Food and housing are included for registered attendees. For more information, please visit solidarity-ignite.org or contact [email protected].
ABILITY 1ST RAMP BUILDING PROJECT DATES Ability 1st is looking for student organizations or groups of 8 to 10 volunteers to build ramps on Saturday, December 13. If your student organization/group is interested, please contact Kevin Ogden at (850) 575-9621 Ext 106 or email him at [email protected]. Dates can be held for groups until they have a chance to get with folks and see if you’d be able to have the 8 to 10 volunteers needed for a typical, average-sized ramp project.
GLOBAL AMBASSADORS PROGRAM The FSU Center For Global Engagement's Global Ambassadors Program (GAP) connects international students, scholars, and faculty with organizations and classes at FSU. There are participants from all over the world who are interested in talking about their home countries and cultures with your members. Some of the ambassadors have unique talents and interests related to their cultures, i.e. culinary, dance, music, etc. If you are interested in learning more about the GAP program, or would like to have a global ambassador visit your organization, please contact John Clark at [email protected].
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FESTIVE FAMILY PHOTO CONTEST
The City of Tallahassee is hosting the Festive Family Photo Contest; a contest that rewards families for capturing their best holiday moments. No matter how posed your family’s photo is, they welcome them all. Bring on the ugly sweaters, uncooperative moments and fur-babies. Photos of your family at the upcoming Winter Festival and Elf Night are strongly encouraged. To enter the Festive Family Photo Contest, families simply pick out their favorite holiday photo and email it to [email protected]. For more information and full submission guidelines, visit here.
REPORT CARD RALLY In an effort to encourage the students of Leon County Schools in grade Kindergarten through 12th grade, the Report Card Rally has been organized to give businesses an opportunity to reward students with a gift of product or service for their achievements. The Rally will also require volunteer staff for duties such as: checking report cards for straight “A” students, encouraging students, handing out gift bags, passing out planners, managing the drawings for Wild Adventures tickets and other prizes, keeping the showroom floor free of debris, helping with setting up tables, helping with breaking down tables, passing out balloons, handing out magazines, and other unexpected fun duties as they arise. Interested volunteers can contact Cynthia Covington at (850) 329-7684 or at [email protected]. Thank you for your interest and support of future FSU students!
MENTOR NEEDED A grandmother is looking for a mentor for her 16 year-old grandson, who will be attending the Florida Youth Challenge Academy. His Residential Phase will be from January until June. During this phase, the teen and his mentor will write weekly and the mentor will need to go to Starke for training. The mentor can pick from three dates for the training and can visit multiple times. During the Follow-up Phase, the mentor and the teen will do community service projects and meet monthly to help him stay on track. This mentor needs to be male and over the age of 25. If you are interested in this mentoring opportunity or have any questions, contact Kathy Bradley at (850) 766-4216.
ARABIC OUTREACH PROGRAM
The Arabic Division of the Department of Modern Languages has an outreach program to elementary and middle schools in the Tallahassee area. This program aims to educate students about the diverse peoples and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa through fun and engaging activities. Students will be encouraged to think about residents of the various regions as fellow humans who lead lives similar to their own. The program is set in the afterschool environment for the elementary level and takes place during the school day for middle school. Volunteers are required to be available for an entire semester; be available for an average of one to two hours per week; be able to work semi-independently in a confident and professional manner; have some knowledge or commitment to learn about the Middle East/North Africa; and have at least one skill relevant to the tasks described above. For more information, please contact Dr. Zeina Schlenoff, coordinator and advisor for the Arabic Program at [email protected].
MARKET DAYS The Tallahassee Museum is hosting Market Days on December 6 and December 7 at the North Florida Fair Grounds. The event welcomes people from all over the country and sees about 10,000 people total, sometimes more. Market Days is seeking volunteers to administer a short survey to guests. They need approximately 10 volunteers per shift: Shift 1: Saturday, December 6 from 8:00am – 12:00pm; Shift 2: Saturday, December 6 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm; and Shift 3: Sunday, December 7 from 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact Natasha Hartsfield at [email protected].
UNITED AGAINST INEQUITIES DISEASES
United Against Inequities in Diseases (UAID) is excited to announce the 2015 UAID Symposium on Health Inequities! UAID will be taking over Miami for the weekend of January 16-18, 2015, and they want to see you there. The itinerary includes workshops by businesspeople, activists, politicians, researchers, and other people who fight health inequities every day from every angle. In addition to their line-up of speakers, you can look forward to an Ebola Epidemic Simulation, real life case studies in health inequities, and an Innovative Social Change Competition with a cash prize for the winners! Scholarships are also available to aid with your travel expenses! There is a limit of only 150 students nationwide so register today at uaid.org/symposium (deadline is December 15)! Please email Karl Chamberlin, UAID Director of National Events, at [email protected] with any questions about the UAID Symposium.
ECP OR ERP Register for one of the Career Center’s Experiential Learning Recognition programs (ERP or ECP)! This is a way for students to earn recognition for their internships/experiential learning opportunities. Students must register though their SeminoleLink account before the end of Drop/Add for Spring 2015. More information may be found at (www.career.fsu.edu/erp or www.career.fsu.edu/ecp). OPPORTUNITY NATION: OPPORTUNITY LEADER PROGRAM Are you a leader who is passionate about increasing opportunity in America? Opportunity Leader Program is a part of Opportunity Nation, a bipartisan, cross-sector national campaign to expand economic mobility for young Americans. They are looking for students that will have valuable perspectives on creating more educational and career opportunities for young people to attend their upcoming National Opportunity Summit on February 25 and February 26 in Washington, DC to be a critical part of the conversation with CEOs, nonprofit and community leaders and other young people. Apply to be an Opportunity Nation Leader and join their national summit on opportunity. Email [email protected] to learn more. The deadline to apply is December 12.
INTERNSHIPS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES
PART-TIME VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
The Tallahassee Museum is seeking a part-time volunteer coordinator for a high functioning nonprofit. Duties include: recruitment and retention of volunteers, tracking volunteer service hours, and coordinating episodic volunteers for special events. This person must be well-organized, enthusiastic, driven, outgoing, teamwork oriented, and personable. Required competencies are communication skills, presentation skills, technical ability,
collaboration skills, and time management. Required education is a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, communications or another related field. Preferred experience is prior experience developing and implementing volunteer programs and training. To apply, email a resume to Natasha Hartsfield at [email protected].
IMPACT
If you want to make an impact on big issues that matter, apply to be an Impact intern today. As an intern, you’ll help educate and engage more students and citizens on this issue. You’ll help us get the issue into the media, build coalitions, organize events, and you’ll even get to meet with Congresswoman Castor in Tampa Bay. You can read more about the internships by visiting the Environment America and PIRG websites: jobs.environmentamerica.org/page/amr/internships-make-difference and jobs.uspirg.org/page/usr/undergraduate-internship-application. If you are graduating this year, you can also apply to be an Impact Campaign Organizer – it is a full-time, two-year program that is about winning concrete, lasting change in our country. You can read more about becoming a campaign organizer at weareimpact.org.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS FOUNDATION, INC. Make a difference in Florida! Join the Crystal Springs Foundation Mobile Learning Lab team and deliver quality environmental education programs to the citizens and youth of Florida. Team members will visit schools, special events, and festivals throughout the state of Florida. The Crystal Springs Foundation, Inc. is seeking interns for an Environmental Education Internship for fall 2015. For more information, please visit www.crystalspringspreserve.com. If you have a Seminole Link Plus account, the Job ID is 751835. This internship can be completed in places throughout Florida. There is a monthly stipend, food stipend, and housing will be provided throughout the duration of the internship.
EVERGLADES YOUTH CONSERVATION CAMP/ FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
The Everglades Youth Conservation Camp and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation is seeking an intern in West Palm Beach, FL. Please visit www.fyccn.com/eycc for more information. If you have a Seminole Link Plus account, the Job ID is 761476. Paid varies and the focus is on facilitation and instruction of summer programs for third to eighth grade campers in a residential summer camp setting.
ADMINISTRATION MANAGER & YOUNG THEATRE
INSTRUCTOR Thomasville Center for the Arts seeks an experienced Administration Manager with excellent organization skills and the ability to multi-task in a high paced arts environment. Experience in office management and working knowledge of accounts payable and receivable systems required. They are also looking for someone to teach theatre to young people. For more info, visit here.
PART-TIME ASSISTANT WEB DESIGNER The Assistant Web Designer will assist the FSU College of Fine Arts Media Specialist in the design, development, maintenance and troubleshooting of Web-related systems and technologies. He or she also works as a liaison to both, College IT team and University ITS, to ensure Web systems appropriately integrate, as well as, meet specifications. For more info, visit here or contact Anna Prentiss at [email protected].
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP The Event Photography Group is seeking a Customer Service Representative in Tallahassee, FL. This is an hourly paid position. The basic function of the Customer Service Representative is to ensure 100% customer satisfaction. The representative is the first point of contact for the customer and it is the representative’s job to make sure all of the customer’s inquiries are answered, their problems are solved, and their orders are placed. The ultimate goal is to ensure the customers are receiving excellent service from Event Photography Group. French/Spanish speaking skills are a plus! For more information, please visit www.eventphotographygroup.com. If you have a Seminole Link Plus account, the Job ID is 761471.
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY M.A. PROGRAM The Mississippi State University Department of Anthropology & Middle Eastern Cultures’ Applied Anthropology MA Program is offering travel funding of up to $500 for students interested in applying to their program. These grants will help defray travel costs for students to visit Mississippi State and learn more about their program, meet their faculty, and get to know Starkville, MS. Their visitation program is expected to take place on February 12 and 13, 2015. In order to apply for these funds, prospective students must send a form (amec.msstate.edu/pdf/travel_grants.pdf) and a copy of their CV to the graduate coordinator Dr. David M. Hoffman ([email protected]). Applications to support travel funding for our spring application cycle are due on December 16, 2014. Awardees will be notified by January 7, 2015. For Applied Anthropology program details, please see their website at amec.msstate.edu/grad.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR The Spring 2015 Governor’s Internship Program is looking for interns (www.flgov.com/internship). This program is designed to provide both undergraduate and graduate students with a rare, hands-on experience in state government that will better prepare them for future careers. Interns will gain an understanding of the inner-workings of state government and have one-of-a-kind opportunities to interact with elected and appointed officials, government agencies and the media.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL Northwestern Mutual (www.northwesternmutual.com) is seeking interns for the following locations: Gainesville, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Tallahassee, FL and Savannah, GA. This is a paid internship. The internship provides real-world experience as a financial representative while interns pursue their studies and determine their career. Whatever career direction the interns ultimately choose, the financial representative internship helps them build on their classroom learning and develop skills that they will use for a lifetime. Northwestern Mutual prides itself on uncovering and developing talent.
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