Game Day Recycling Volunteers Needed and Sustainability Announcements

Events and other opportunities

 

1.       Game Day Recycling Volunteers Needed

2.       Religion, Nature and Ethnobiology Symposium

3.       Call for applications: NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

4.       International Education Week

5.       Lead101: Art of Leadership Conference

6.       Harn Museum of Art: Dialogue on Florida Springs

7.       Projects for Peace Information Session

 

 

1.  Help Recycle at the South Carolina Game This Weekend!

When: THIS Saturday, November 13, 2010

Shift 1: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Shift 2: 1-3 p.m.

Shift 3: 3-5 p.m.

Shift 4: 5-6 p.m.

Shift 5: 6-7:30 p.m.

Where: Meet at the white volunteer tent outside Gate 2 of the O'Connell Center (Next to the Neutral Gator Display, look for people wearing "Green Team" t-shirts)

The TailGator Green Team is a fun way to help UF reach its zero waste goal and you may also be able to raise money for your favorite student organization!  For more information or to RSVP for a shift, e-mail gatorgreenteam@gmail.com by Thursday, 11/11.

 

2.  Religion, Nature and Ethnobiology Symposium

The previously announced Ethnobiology Symposium begins Thursday evening, 11 November 2010, at 6:00 p.m., Reitz Union, Rm 349.  Complete (and updated) information on the symposium is available at http://www.brontaylor.com/temp/Ethnobiology_Symposium.pdf

3. Call for applications: NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The program aims to create the next generation of climate researchers. It endeavors to attract recent PhDs with research interests in areas relevant to the NOAA climate science and services program (http://www.climate.noaa.gov or http://www.globalchange.gov).

The deadline for applications is 17 January 2011. The program offers two-year postdoctoral fellowships, reviewed annually. Appointments will be announced in early spring 2011.

For additional information and instructions on how to apply, please visit the NOAA Climate & Global Change website: http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/cgc/ or view the attached poster.

 

4. International Education Week

International Education Week, hosted by the University of Florida International Center, will offer ample activities for involvement on campus Nov. 14-19.

 

The theme, "Making Global Connections," focuses on understanding global cultures. It will highlight all the opportunities available to UF students for international education and study abroad programs.

 

Each day during the week, free samples of international Starbucks coffee will be available in the Hub, where students can learn more about international opportunities. For more information visit, http://news.ufl.edu/2010/11/08/international-education/.

 

 

5.  Lead101: Art of Leadership Conference

This year the Art of Leadership Conference will be held on Sunday, November 14, 2010 from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm in the J. Wayne Reitz Union. All students at the University of Florida are welcome and encouraged to attend. There is no cost for attendance and no limit to how many students may attend. Lunch will be provided!

 

This is a half day conference is designed to educate, develop, and inspire strong leaders to make progressive strides towards change at the University of Florida and beyond. Students will have an opportunity to explore values of their choice all while enhancing and developing their leadership skills' through experiencing a variety of workshops, speakers, and activities.

 

To register visit http://www.leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/studentorgs/lead101/aol.php.  Please submit registration forms to artofleadership2010@gmail.com, or to the Center for Leadership and Service on the 3rd Floor of Peabody Hall. For questions contact AOL 2010 Director Angela Thorpe at am.thorpe12@gmail.com.

 

6. Harn Museum of Art: Dialogue on Florida Springs, Thursday, November 18, 5 p.m.
Join us for an interdisciplinary dialogue on Florida springs featuring artistic and scientific perspectives on the beauty and ecology of our water.

Participants include Gainesville-based Margaret Tolbert, whose painting, Silent Springs, has been selected as the poster for this year's WUFT-FM 89.1 and WJUF-FM 9 Fall membership drive; writer Bill Belleville, whose eloquent writings focus on nature and conservation; Jim Stevenson who served as Chief Biologist for the Florida State Park System for 20 years, chaired the Florida Springs Task Force, and was Director of the Governor's Florida Springs Protection Initiative; and UF Professor Jon Martin who researches surface water and ground water interactions as a member of the Department of Geological Sciences; and Matthew J. Cohen  whose work in the School of Forest Resources & Conservation focuses on wetland processes. A poster signing by Margaret Tolbert will take place at the Florida Museum of Natural History following the presentation at the Harn.

7. Projects for Peace Information Session
An information sessions will be held November 16 at 5 p.m. in Peabody 411. UF students have once again been invited to participate in Projects for Peace, an initiative for students to design their own grassroots projects for peace that they will implement during the summer of 2011 — the top projects will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.

Preliminary drafts are due December 8, 2010 and the final proposal deadline is January 10, 2011. For more information go to http://www.leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/programs/100projects/ or contact Tracey Reeves at traceyr@leadershipandservice.ufl.edu

 

Sincerely,

Ashley

Ashley Pennington

Office of Sustainability

University of Florida

P.O. Box 113111

(352) 392-7578

www.sustainable.ufl.edu