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Garnet and Gold Scholar Society dead-lineS approachinG

Students planning to graduate this summer face two important dead-lines to complete requirments for GGSS. Final engagement area refle-actions are due May 25, with final sysnthesis due June 22. Students who expect to graduate in

the fall semester must complete an intent to partici-pate by May 18 and submit the first two engagement area reflections by June 22 and final engagement area reflection by Sept. 21. Synthesis for fall gradautes is due Oct. 26. Fall graduates must attend a senior work-shop the semester prior to gradaution. No workshop dates are scheduled for the summer, so fall graduates must email [email protected] to set up an appointment.

It’s About...LeadershipCommunityAdvocacyChangeCitizenshipActionAcceptanceParticipationVisionAwarenessJusticeCivility

May 18, 2016

inVolVeMent opportUnitieSFacilitatorS needed For coMMUnity oUtreach proGraMThe Community Outreach Program seeks goal-orient-ed, dedicated, service-minded students to facilitate service projects this summer. Strong facilitators are critical to the success of the program, which aims to offer at least one service project every day of the week that addresses a wide range of community needs. Responsibilities include transporting FSU students in center vans, so interested students must have a valid

driver license, current auto insurance and a good driv-ing history. Other responsibilities include recruiting, informing, educating, supervising and encouraging the students on the outreach project, helping them learn more about the needs of the community, discov-ering what they are passionate about, and inspiring them to continue volunteering.Contact Heather Stitely at [email protected] for more information. Facilitator applications are available at http://thecenter.fsu.edu/COP or at the Center for Leadership & Social Change, located in the first floor of the Dunlap Success Center. Applications should be returned via email to [email protected] or dropped off at the center as soon as possible.

peer leaderShip coUrSeThe Peer Leadership course is designed to equip emerging student leaders with the skills and resourc-es needed to build student organizations that are successful, sustainable and impactful at Florida State University.This three-credit hour course will be held on Tues-days and Thursdays from 12:30-1:45 p.m. and will cover a range of topics including personal leadership development, peer mentorship, effective communica-tion, group dynamics and diversity, and collaboration and campus resources. This course can count toward the Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership Studues, but students must apply and be accepted to take part in the class. Applications are due by Aug. 4, and space is limited. Register for the course at https://nolecentral.dsa.fsu.edu/form/start/101491. Contact Dorsey Spencer at [email protected] for more information.

oUt For UnderGrad hoStS Fall indUStry conFerenceS For lGBtQ StUdentS

Out For Undergrad is a nationwide network of volunteers with a mission to help high-achieving LGBTQ undergradu-ates reach their full potential.Each year, the organization selects a diverse class of top-performing LGBTQ students from around the country to attend its industry-focused conferences: weekend-long summits where LGBTQ professionals educate students about job opportunities in highly competitive industries — and inspire them to pursue challenging, ambitious careers.The organiztion hosts conferences on business, technolo-gy, engineering, and has recently added marketing. The goal of O4U Marketing, whose conference will be hosted at Pepsico’s Chicago offices in September, is to bring business, marketing, communications, liberal arts, and design students together with LGBTQ professionals from top marketing, digital, retail, and consumer product companies. Students will truly learn what life is like in the fields of advertising, product management, analytics, media, and branding. All admitted students receive full travel and lodging scholarship.Students can apply to attend one of the conferences by May 22 at outforundergrad.org. For more information, contact [email protected].

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Please join us in making the 2016 JDRF One Walk a huge success by

volunteering just a few hours of your time. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is in need of volunteers to assist with various job duties on walk day including walk route, water stations, activities area, food tent, and

more.

We hope you’ll consider joining JDRF as we raise funds to help cure, better treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes (an incurable autoimmune disorder.)

*JDRF will sign-off on all community service hours obtained by volunteers

pertaining to this event*

To sign-up to volunteer please contact Andrea Carlile at (850) 933-7670 or [email protected].

Event Details:

2016 JDRF One Walk, Tallahassee

Southwood Town Center Saturday, May 21,

2016 Registration/Check-In: 8:00 a.m.

Walk Starts: 9:00 a.m. (Volunteer start/end times will vary)

VolUnteerS needed For JUVenile diaBeteS reSearch FoUndation’S one WalK

Organizers of this year’s One Walk are looking for vol-unteers to assist with duties including walk route, water stations, activities area and food tent. The May 21 event at Southwood Town Center raises funds to help cure, better treat and prevent Type 1 Diabetes, an incurable autoimmune disorder. Registration for the walk opens at 8 a.m. and walk begins at 9 a.m. Volunteer start and end times will vary based on duties. JDRF will sign off on all community service hours obtained by volunteers for this event. To sign up to volun-teer, contact Andrea Carlile at 850-933-7670 or [email protected].

older aMericanS Month SelFie proJect

May is Older Americans Month. It is a time to celebrate our nation’s aging population, or older Americans. This year’s theme is “Blaze a Trail,” and the Area Agency on Aging for North Florida, Inc. wants to highlight the contributions and impacts that our country’s older Americans have had on others with a selfie photo project throughout May. Please take a selfie of yourself and an older adult, then post it on social media and tag AAANF (Instagram: AAAN-orthFlorida; Twitter: AAANorthFlorida; or Facebook: Area Agency on Aging for North Florida, Inc.). Use the hashtag #OAMTrailBlazer, and share a sentence or two about what that older adult in your photo means to you.To learn more about Older Americans Month or download a logo to use in your selfie visit http://oam.acl.gov. This is not a location or age-bound project. Participants are wel-come to take and post as many photos as they’d like. The target is to have 500 posts using #OAMTrailBlazer. rUn For WaKUlla SprinGS

On May 21, run to convert the Park’s 1937 vintage boats to solar or electricity and other needed park upgrades. As a special treat, this run is through the “Sanctuary,” a wil-derness area of the state park not open to the public. There will be no gate fee for runners that day. Bring a picnic or enjoy an elegant

lunch in the lodge and spend the day. Race day registration and pre-registration packet pickup begins at 7 a.m., with a 1-mile fun run and the 5 k races to begin at 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively. For more information or to register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/run-for-wakulla-springs-5k-1-mile-fun-run-2016-tickets-22770531272?aff=eac2.

VolUnteer With eMancipation dayThe Knott House Mu-seum and the John G. Riley Center host this annual celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation on Fri-day, May 20. Reenactors, perform-ers, and local dignitaries gather with the community to celebrate this historic event. Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers will help with set up and break down; distributing programs, serving refreshments and lunch, helping with Knott House tours, orienting visitors to the park, and helping with school groups. Those interested in volunteering for this event, can register at the following link: bit.ly/EmanDay-Vol2016. Email Lydia Nabors at [email protected] with any questions.

nonproFit enterpriSe & Social innoVation SUMMitRegister today for the Nonprofit Enterprise & Social Innovation Summit, the region’s first-ever summit on nonprofit enterprise and social innovation. This one-day summit will bring leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors together to share ideas and strategies for advancing social innovations through entrepreneurship.Social entrepreneur Robert Hacker, consultant, au-thor and professor at FIU and MIT Sloan, will provide the keynote address as part of the FSU Jim Moran In-stitute for Global Entrepreneurship’s Advice Straight Up speaker series.When: June 8, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PMWhere: Turnbull Conference Center555 West Pensacola St.Tallahassee, FL 32306Registration is $100 for the public, $75 for members if the Institute for Nonprofit Innovation and Excel-lence, and $45 for students. Ticket price includes a full day of presentations and interactive events, breakfast, lunch, breaks, Summit swag bag and t-shirt.For more information contact [email protected].

nonproFit MUSic acadeMy SeeKS VolUnteer inStrUctorS

The I Am Music Academy is a branch of the I Am Mu-sic Foundation. The academy is a non-profit organiza-tion located in Tallahassee, and it is currently looking for volunteers to teach in our academy.

The organization provides private and group lessons once a week for 30 or 45 minutes to students aged 8 to 18. The academny operates year-round, except in Decem-ber. For more information about the academy, visit http://www.iammusicfoundation.org/academy.Those interested in volunteering can contact Mellissa Harris at [email protected].

StorieS oF deSeGreGation in Florida'S capital city

The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation will host the exhibition “They Led the Way” at its headquarters, the historic Hays Hood House at 906 E. Park Avenue from May 19 – June 30.Learn about the students who desegregated public schools in Tallahassee during the 1960s. They went on to become leaders and business professionals.The exhibit is part of the 2016 Season of Emancipation.

apply For Green FUnd MoneyThe Green Fund provides an opportunity for stu-dents to realize their ideas for sustainability and environmental progress at FSU. It is intended to provide students hands-on experience with the development and management of projects in sup-port of efficiency, conservation, and sustainability efforts. Get all the details at http://sustainablecampus.fsu.edu/Green-Fund/Green-Fund-application.

internShipS, ScholarShipS & opportUnitieS

SUStainaBle caMpUS noW hirinG StUdentSThe Sustainable Campus pro-gram seeks to have our cam-pus serve as a living model of sustainability, providing learn-ing experiences that students, faculty and staff may develop, apply and practice at FSU and in their extended communi-ties. The program is rooted in

the values of sustainability as a process, participation & action by our campus community, education, and collaboration. The program has grown tremendously over the past five years, due largely in part to incredible students.. Student coordinators are the backbone of the pro-grams and they are looking for some new talent to join the effort to grow sustainability across campus. Check out the job descriptions for the following po-sitions: garden manager, reCycle bike coordinator, Garnet & Gold Goes Green coordinator, social me-dia coordinator, graphic designer, writer and web designer.Interested in applying? Email Kristen Lee ([email protected]) with the following information: contact info (FSU email and phone number), resume, specific position and a brief statement of interest.

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SUMMer inStitUte oF conFlict reconcil-iation & nonViolence

Selma, Alabama-based nonprofit Something New will host it’s annual Summer Institute of Conflict Reconciliation & Nonviolence from July 18 to July 22. The weeklong training program, part of the organization’s New Way program, finds an appropriate setting in historic Selma, where the principles on nonviolence were proven tried and true during the Voting Rights Movement of 1965. Participants will leave with an understanding of the principles behind the Civil Rights Movement and also how these timeless concepts are still applicable and desperately needed today.The goal of the program is to teach people to effectively and peacefully handle conflict. Build-ing on the principles of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the nonviolence method of conflict reconciliation can be power-fully applied to any setting, any issue, any rela-tionship. Topics covered include introduction to nonviolence, culture, values, defining nonvio-lence & violence, historical perspective of nonvi-olence campaigns,levels & types of conflict, principles of nonvio-lence, and steps of nonviolence.Cost for the institute is $400, and includes train-ing program and all materials, lunch and snacks during the training and a two-year certification in Nonviolence and Conflict Reconciliation.For more information, visit www.somethingnew.org.

center For leaderShip & Social chanGe SeeKS WritinG / MarKetinG internThe Center for Leadership & Social Change seeks a media intern for Summer 2016 and the 2016-2017 school year. All year-availability is preferred, but the internship can filled on a semesterly basis. The in-ternship may be completed for school credit. Responsibilities of the media intern include: • Write, edit and publish news updates• Write, edit and publish press releases• Contribute to website redesign project and increas-ing journalistic coverage of CLSC events• Contribute to social media outreach• Fulfill other responsibilities as determined by me-dia specialist Paige Rentz and other center staff.To apply, email a writing sample, resume and cover letter in PDF format to Paige Rentz at [email protected].