CONTENTS FOR APRIL 25, 2005

NEWS

1. ACS Music Completes Two Successful Internet 2 Projects
2. ACSTC Announces Summer 2005 Software Engineering Student Interns
3. ACS Environmental Program Announces New Grant

OPPORTUNITIES

1. Global Partners Opportunities
2. Women's/Gender Studies Conference
3. Drama/Theatre Workshop at Centre College

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****NEWS****

1.   ACS MUSIC COMPLETES TWO SUCCESSFUL INTERNET 2 PROJECTS

On March 23 faculty members and students from Birmingham-Southern, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts participated in a live broadcast of coaching sessions with the winners of the Composers of Internet 2 (CI2): Technology-Enabled Composition Contest. Complete details about the project are available at:
http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/it_s/internet2/CI2/. Archived streams of three of the sessions are available for public viewing on the site as well.

On April 10 Sewanee music faculty and students participated in an Internet 2 broadcast led by the New York based Da Capo Chamber Players performing at the North Carolina School for the Arts. East Carolina State also joined in this project. In the two-hour session students at all three institutions were able to discuss performance and compositional techniques with the players.

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2. ACSTC ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2005 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENT INTERNS

Ten students from six ACS institutions (Centenary, Furman, Millsaps, Southwestern, Trinity, University of the South) and one NITLE Southern Region School were selected to participate in the ACSTC Summer Software Engineering Internship, to be held May 30 - July 29, 2005 at the ACS Technology Center at Southwestern University. Students will receive instruction in software engineering concepts along with hands-on experience designing and coding real-world applications. For more information, please visit http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/se.

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3.    ACS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ANNOUNCES NEW GRANT

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the ACS Environmental Programs $300,000 to be used over the next three years.  With these funds, ACS will continue supporting campus and alliance leaders, curriculum development, and workshops and conferences.  We also will move in new directions to support student teaching assistantships, model internships, campus community partnerships, environmental justice, and service learning. Please join us in participating in the consortium's Environmental Programs.

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****  OPPORTUNITIES ****

1.    GLOBAL PARTNERS OPPORTUNITIES

**The Language and Technology Task Force offers funding for attendance at CARLA (Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition) Summer Institutes in July 2005: 1) Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom; 2) Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages and 3) Maximizing Study Abroad: Teaching Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use. Deadline: May 31, 2005. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/langtech/CARLAfunding.html.

**Join the Global Partners Francophone Speakers Bureau and share your teaching and research expertise with other Global Partners campuses. For more information contact Teresa Wise at <twise@colleges.org>. Visit the France Regional Alliance webpage to see more about the work of this group: http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/index.html.

**Central Europe and Russia Task Force offers funding for International Visitors. Deadline: Rolling; but visit and travel must be completed by Dec. 31, 2005. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/cerus/ivp.html.

**This summer ( June 16-18, 2005) Birmingham-Southern College will host a Global Partners Symposium on "Defining Reorientation for the Study Abroad Student and the Institution." More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/bestprac/reorientation.html.

**Also, this summer (August 4-5, 2005) a Best Practices Workshop on liberal arts and  international education takes place at Southwestern University.  More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/bestprac/libarts.html.

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2.    WOMEN'S/GENDER STUDIES CONFERENCE 2006

Plan now to attend the ACS 2006 Women's/Gender Studies Conference at Centenary College.  It's not too early to plan your attendance at the conference and to start mentoring your students' presentations.

Dates:  March 24-25, 2006
Theme:  Governing Bodies: Reflections on the Self, Society and the State Organizers:  Kim VanHoosier-Carey <kvanhoos@centenary.edu> and Michelle Wolkomir <mwolkomi@centenary.edu>

Contact Kim, Michelle or Teresa Wise at ACS, <twise@colleges.org>, to get involved.

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3.   DRAMA/THEATRE WORKSHOP AT CENTRE COLLEGE

A Drama/Theatre Workshop will be held on June 2-5, Centre College.  LAST CALL for registrations. There are a few spaces left for this workshop. Registrations must be received no later than May 2, 2005.  E-mail Beth Bowser, <bowser@colleges.org>, to request a registration form.

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